Specifications

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MicroKONTROL
Requirements/Setting up:
• The MicroKONTROL can be connected via USB or standard MIDI
connectors.
• If connected via USB, you need to make sure that both the MIDI In
ports are properly selected (one for the keyboard and one for the
controls).
• If connected via MIDI, you only need to select the "Controls MIDI In
Port" - make sure the "Keyboard MIDI In Port" is set to "Not se-
lected".
• Reason will automatically find the MicroKONTROL if you click the
Auto-detect button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in
the Preferences (a two-way MIDI or USB connection is needed).
• When you add the MicroKONTROL (manually or using auto-detect),
it will automatically be set to a custom mode for use with Reason.
About the controls:
Reason makes use of all encoders, sliders, pads and buttons except for the oc-
tave shift buttons. The program will also control the displays on the MicroKON-
TROL, showing parameter names and values.
About the default mapping:
D The main LCD display shows the name of the device currently con-
trolled by the MicroKONTROL.
D The "Setting" and "Scene" buttons are used for Target Previous/
Next Track (move the master keyboard input up or down in the track
list).
D For devices with patches, the "Message" and "Exit" buttons select
the previous/next patch.
D The joystick serves as pitch bend (horizontally), mod wheel (up),
breath controller (down) and channel pressure (joystick button).
Whether a Reason device responds to breath control or channel pressure de-
pends on its settings.
D The main encoder is mapped to master level, where applicable.
D For many devices, the pads are simply mapped to buttons on the
device.
D Mixer 14:2
The "Hex Lock" and "Enter" buttons determine which mixer channels are
controlled (1-8 or 9-14).
Pad buttons 13-16 select variations, determining what should be controlled
by the encoders (pan, send1, send2 or send3). The upper pad buttons serve
as mute buttons.
D Line Mixer 6:2
The "Hex Lock" and "Enter" buttons determine whether the encoders should
control pan or sends.
D Thor
The "Hex Lock" and "Enter" buttons select variations (Filters Osc & Amp,
Modulation, Sequencer 1 or Sequencer 2) for the encoders, sliders and pad
buttons. Encoders 1 and 2 control Rotaries 1 and 2 and Pad buttons 1 and 2
control Buttons 1 and 2 on the Thor panel.
D Subtractor
The "Hex Lock" and "Enter" buttons select variations (Filter & Amp, Osc or
Mod) for the encoders, sliders and pad buttons.
D Malström
The "Hex Lock" and "Enter" buttons select variations (Filter, Osc/Mod A or
Osc/Mod B) for the encoders, sliders and pad buttons.
D NN-XT
You can use the pad buttons to play the sampler. They are mapped chromati-
cally from C2 up.
D Redrum
Only drum sounds 1-8 can be controlled.
The "Hex Lock" and "Enter" buttons select variations. There are four varia-
tions: Pitch/Play, Length/Play, Pitch/Pattern and Length/Pattern. In the
"Pitch" variations, the encoders control the pitch of the drum sounds; in the
"Length" variations they control the length. In the "Play" variations, you can
play the drum sounds with the pads. In the "Pattern" variations, the pads are
used for selecting pattern and bank. The sliders always control the levels.
D BV-512 Vocoder
The sliders control the band levels - use the "Hex Lock" and "Enter" buttons
to select which vocoder bands to control.
D Matrix
Pad buttons 1-8 select pattern, pad button 9 controls the Run button, pad
button 12 controls the Pattern Enable switch and pad buttons 13-16 select
bank.
D ReGroove
Encoders 1-8 control the A1-A4 Slide and Shuffle. Sliders 1-4 control the
A1-A4 Groove amount.