I’m trying to get my new Qu-5 to control reaper. So far I have done everything on the reaper setup side of things. The setup guide on the mixer is outdated it seems, relating to older firmware. I can use the the transport bar but not the faders.
How do i setup the mixer? Could use an updated step by step setup guide. Any help will be massively appreciated.
Could you provide us with a little more information? What type of computer are you using and what version of operating system are you currently running would be a good start. Also what version of firmware is on your QU-5?
I’m running windows 11. The firmware on the console is 1.1.1.
The manuals seem to refer to older firmware.
Update. Found a guide- however when I want to make the control layer in blocks of 8 to control faders, midi daw control 1, 2 etc is not on the list?
Hey Frederik - did you use this guide to get set up?
Have you got the latest version of Allen & Heath MIDI control installed?
Yes. Turned out a recent windows security update blocked the virtual midi inputs in reaper.(it also buggered up Cubase). Rolled back the update, and the guide actually works. Because the virtual midi was blocked, it was impossible to choose them to set up mackie control for tve faders to work.
Windows 11 KB5074105 or newer update already includes MIDI 2.0, which is still a preview release, so there may be errors. I experience that it does not recognize programs that load after the system starts or are started after it. Such as loopmidi, rtpmidi, or even A&H MIDI Control.
My easiest solution is to press “Restart MIDI Service” within “Global MIDI Settings” in Windows’ own “MIDI Settings” program, after you have started all programs, but before starting DAW.
Useful things:
MIDI Service Check-er:
This allows you to check whether your Windows update for MIDI 2.0 is already installed.
Windows.MIDI.Services.SDK:
This is the service itself, and the program I mentioned above.
(Downloads are in “Assets”)
Another alternative is to write a .bat file after installation in which you put this:
@echo off
midi service restart
And create a shortcut to this .bat that can be started with administrator privileges. This way you can even put this in the task scheduler, e.g. to run 2 minutes after login (presumably in less than 2 minutes all background programs will start automatically, e.g. A&H’s own MIDI Control).