I’m using and X-Touch in MCU mode, primarily to control Mixing Station, but I’m passing it through Bomes so I can use transport controls, for recording and playback and use counter display with Reaper. Most things pass straight through (x-touch to mixing station) with a few translators setup to redirect some things to and from reaper. I have everything working as expected except I can’t figure out how to send the current marker number from reaper so that it can display on the X-touch (in the first two segments of the TC display window). I think I actually had it working once but I lost the file and can’t retrace my steps. Any help or advice would be much appreciated. I can share my current file if it would help.
The thing is, I don’t think reaper ever sends the marker position but we can fake it if it is marker 1-8 using F1-F8 to move to that marker (if it exists). It then sends the Marker number back to the X-touch in the left positions. I don’t know any way Reaper can natively send marker numbers. You might need to ask them.
I basically use F1 to F8 which will select a marker in Reaper if you have it set that way. I then translate it to the Marker number to send back to the display.
0.6 was added just to set a marker with my X-touch.
I’m not sure where you got ‘Drop Marker’ as the note there doesn’t seem to match the Mackie MCU protocol.
I couldn’t get this to work the way I’m hoping as F1-F8 is not an option in my use cased as Reaper is not in focus for my setup, but I really appreciate you looking at this for me.
Because I’m using the X-touch mostly remapped to Mixing Station, I’m using a different button from the protocol to insert markers on the fly in Reaper (the one to the left of the TC display, I can’t remember its default use and I’ve covered the label). I’ve passed it through in Bomes and mapped that controller to the function directly in Reaper.
If I persist, I think I can use a Reaper script to convert marker ID to a midi notes velocity value but I’ve also seen that the Marker ID might be sent via Midi Clock/SPP.
TBH, It’s a nice-to-have but not worth expending much effort so I will leave it for now. Thanks again.
