Specifications
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Control Freak Live
Requirements/Setting up:
• To use the Control Freak Live with Reason, you need to select pro-
gram 36 and make sure this isn't changed from the factory default
settings.
• You can reset the Control Freak Live to factory defaults - note that
this restores all factory presets and removes any changes you have
made. To reset, turn the unit on while pressing all four buttons in
the lower row ("Shift", "Store", "<-" and "->"). The display will say
"Updating Memory".
About the controls:
Reason makes use of the sixteen knobs and sixteen buttons. To use buttons 9-
16, you need to hold down the button labeled BUTTONS 9-16 (this is the top
right button under the display – F.Key 4).
About the default mapping:
D For devices with patches, buttons 15 and 16 are used for Select Pre-
vious/Next Patch.
D When controlling devices with many parameters, keyboard shortcut
variations are used.
D Mixer 14:2
There are four keyboard shortcut variations: Levels, Pans, Send 1 and Send 2.
In the different variations the knobs control the respective function for the
corresponding channel. The buttons control mutes in all variations.
D Mixer 6:2
There are two keyboard shortcut variations: Pans and Sends. Knobs 1-6 con-
trol the levels, knob 15 controls Aux Return and knob 16 Master Level, in both
variations. Knobs 8-13 control the pans and sends in the different variations.
Buttons 1-6 control mute and buttons 8-13 control mute and solo respec-
tively. Button 14 controls Aux Pre/Post.
D Thor
There are three keyboard shortcut variations: Filters, Osc & Amp and Modula-
tion. The knobs control parameters in the respective group for each of the
variations. The buttons control various switch parameters in Thor. Knobs 1
and 2 control Rotaries 1 and 2 and buttons 1 and 2 control Buttons 1 and 2
on the Thor panel
D Subtractor
There are two keyboard shortcut variations: Filters & Env and Osc. The knobs
control parameters in the respective group for each of the variations. The but-
tons control various switch parameters in Subtractor.
D Malström
There are two keyboard shortcut variations: Osc and Filters. The knobs and
buttons control parameters in the respective group for each of the variations.
D NN-19
There are two keyboard shortcut variations: Filter & Env and Mod. The knobs
control parameters in the respective group for each of the variations. The but-
tons control various switch parameters in NN-19.
D Dr. REX
There are two keyboard shortcut variations: Filter & Env and Osc. The knobs
control parameters in the respective group for each of the variations. The but-
tons control various switch parameters in Dr. Rex.
D Redrum
There are three keyboard shortcut variations, in which the knobs control lev-
els, pans and pitch, respectively. The selected variation also determines the
functions of the buttons: In the first variation, the buttons select pattern and
bank, in the second, they control the drum sound mutes and in the third, the
buttons are used for auditioning the drum sounds.
D BV-512 Vocoder
There are three keyboard shortcut variations: Basic, Band 1-16 and Band 17-
32. In the basic variation the knobs control the panel parameters. In variations
2-3 the knobs control the band levels. Button 1-2 control switch parameters.
D Matrix
Buttons 1-8 select pattern in the current bank, while buttons 9-12 select
bank.