VSTi's with multiple outs, problem connecting to my midi keyboard?

This is the problem Im having. I open a new project, insert new audio track, press on the fx and add a vsti (in this case hypersonic). I load a patch on channel one, then I enable record on the track. Then I go select channel 1 by going to in > midi input > my midi keyboard > Channel 1. Now when I play notes a red light flickers but there is no sound. When I open the vsti window and press on one of the keys in channel 1, there is sound. Im completely new to Reaper as of last night, am I doing something wrong? (it works fine with 1 channel vstis by the way)

Hello Maulkie and welcome to these forums. You'll find many helpful people here and a lot of useful information. Make sure that you purchase Nicholas' excellent User Guide and ReaMix docs too. Worth their weight in gold. User Guide:.. ReaMix:....... Purchase:.... Distribution:. Nicholas has also written "Home Recording for Beginners", available at all good book shops: If you can, get hold of a copy of the Computer Music Beginner's Guide Special #32 - it's full of tutorials for beginners, using Reaper. This site will ship it internationally: --------------------------- What you're doing sounds right to me - the little red light shows that (the track is Armed for Recording and) MIDI is reaching your track, so it should be going to the VSTi and generating a sound. On the track, select MIDI Input >> All Inputs >> All channels and see if that makes a difference Also, try recording some MIDI from your keyboard onto the track.

Ive gotten it working now, I think I didnt have the monitor recording input set to ON.