midi confusion

...and before i give up,my hardware setup is very simple.4 synth + midisport 2x4 and within cubase everything goes thru via my controller. in Reaper,maybe is it just me but this seems a nightmare to get the same setup to work and before buying i want to make things clear with it. I think i finally found how to get all my synth responding to their own channels. I put every midi track-in to ''All ch.''and the outs to their respective channels then i get total ''Thrue'' for all my synth via my controller.For each thack i opened ''show midi track control''then via the ''fx''on the track i get access to volume,pan etc.for each midi track. The problem i have with that is if i set a volume via midi track control when i restart the song from the beginning,it resets my Keyboard volume to +- 128....How can i fix this?? I'm a long time midi ''freak'' ;)Maybe Reaper is too much audio orientated for me. Thank's all for your help

I'm glad that you're getting things sorted out. It sounds as though some sort of reset message is being processed at the start of tracks. Perhaps you could compress a simple problem project file (no samples needed) into a ZIP file and post it here as an attachment so we can have a look at it and see what's (not) happening? In XP, right-click the project file, select Send To ... compressed (Zipped) folder). drag any other required media files into the ZIP file, when you reply, scroll down a bit, open the "Additional Options" section if needed by clicking the double downwards arrows, click on [Manage Attachments], browse to your ZIP file, select and Upload it.

I have no hardware synths, but maybe it's this: It's ticked here by default, so go to Options/Preferences/Midi devices and se if unticking helps.