First of all, I havent been at this for very long. I use Reaper with a Tascam 1800 and some 500 series pres and EQ's most of which are from CAPI DIY kits. I just finished the 553f kit and am trying to figure out how to run a track through the EQ for mixing purposes. I asked in two different post on the Reaper forum but havent had much luck and am getting a bit frustrated.
The problem is:
1.) Reaper's plugin "ReaInsert" (used for external hardware) has some issues in that I cant run the track through w/o it coming back out of sync with the rest of the tracks not to mention that I cant hear other tracks when ReaInsert is engaged which makes mixing in context of the other tracks impossible.
2.) I can send the track to the EQ w/o ReaInsert and just record the input on a new track BUT the changes I hear as Im EQ'ing the track do not sound as they do when I play back the recorded track.
So...how do other home "studio" people do this type of thing? Do I need a different interface? Save up for a different DAW? I have Cubase LE5 that came with my interface but unless I know its going to be better for this purpose I dont really want to waste my time. Am I missing something? It also seems that others have had ongoing issues with Reaper' ReaInsert plugin, but not everyone, so maybe its a combination of different issues like compatibility of the DAW and interface? Any suggestions would be VERY much appreciated, Im really determined to make this work and have gotten no where on Reaper's forum. Thanks!
The problem is:
1.) Reaper's plugin "ReaInsert" (used for external hardware) has some issues in that I cant run the track through w/o it coming back out of sync with the rest of the tracks not to mention that I cant hear other tracks when ReaInsert is engaged which makes mixing in context of the other tracks impossible.
2.) I can send the track to the EQ w/o ReaInsert and just record the input on a new track BUT the changes I hear as Im EQ'ing the track do not sound as they do when I play back the recorded track.
So...how do other home "studio" people do this type of thing? Do I need a different interface? Save up for a different DAW? I have Cubase LE5 that came with my interface but unless I know its going to be better for this purpose I dont really want to waste my time. Am I missing something? It also seems that others have had ongoing issues with Reaper' ReaInsert plugin, but not everyone, so maybe its a combination of different issues like compatibility of the DAW and interface? Any suggestions would be VERY much appreciated, Im really determined to make this work and have gotten no where on Reaper's forum. Thanks!