Setup Guide

MIDI Setup Guide: MIDI Control with 3rd Party Applications
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MIDI ConTrol wITH 3rD ParTy aPPlICaTIons
In this chapter, we’ll cover how to setup several popular DAW applications to utilize your POD Studio/
TonePort UX2/UX8/KB37 as a MIDI controller device, as well as a few handy tips for some of these
applications. If you have not already done so, please read through “Controlling Ableton Live Software”
on page 3•1 since it includes MIDI control aspects that are common to many DAW applications. Check
your MIDI/DAW software’s user manual for more information regarding its specific MIDI Control
capabilities as well.
Propellerhead Reason™
The Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices dialog includes a Controller Mapping preset that configures POD
Studio/TonePort KB37 for use with Reason. Due to Reason’s dynamic MIDI environment, the KB37
works with Reason’s Remote™ interface via a Remote codec for KB37, which is installed with GearBox
3.x.
IMPORTANT: Reason version 3.04 (or later) is required for the Remote codec, so be sure to install the
latest available Reason update (see http://www.propellerheads.se). Reason must also be installed before
installing GearBox in order for the Remote KB37 codec to appear. Running the GearBox installer again
after installing Reason (or after running a Reason update installation) can fix this problem.
What is the Reason Remote™ Codec?
The Remote codec performs the task of mapping KB37 MIDI controller messages to Reason-specic
functions. For example, the codec automatically maps the KB37’s transport buttons to Reason’s
transport functions.
But there are hundreds of knobs and buttons in Reason, and fewer controllers on the KB37. To manage
all those Reason parameters, the Remote codec maps the knobs and buttons to various Reason device
parameters (by “Reason devices” here, we’re referring to Reason’s software instruments), relative to
the currently selected track. Therefore, a default map for the KB37’s buttons and knobs exists for each
Reason device.
To use the KB37 with Reason’s Remote codec:
• In the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices dialog, select the “Reason 3” preset and click OK: