Specifications

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X-Station
Requirements/Setting up:
• If you have a ReMOTE 25 Audio, you can upgrade this to an X-Sta-
tion - see www.novationmusic.com.
• To use the X-Station with Reason, you need to connect it via USB or
two-way MIDI.
• Make sure the X-Station isn't write protected: press "Global", make
sure the memory protect page is shown in the display and use the
"Data/Value" knob to select "off".
• When you add the X-Station in Reason, you must select the correct
MIDI output on the MIDI Output Port menu in the Add Control Sur-
face dialog. Reason will then upload a template to the edit buffer in
the X-Station.
• If you like, you can then save these settings to any template mem-
ory location on the X-Station. If you do this, you can also set which
template the X-Station should show each time you turn it on: select
the saved template, press "Global" and press "Write".
About the controls:
When you list the X-Station controls in Reason (e.g. when mapping Remote Over-
rides), they will be named according to their labels on the panel. However, in the
default mapping, the name of a control will not always match the parameter it's
mapped to (since Reason has some very different parameters than the X-Station).
We have tried to keep it as logical as possible though.
Many of the controls on the X-Station have multiple functions. When the Reason
template is selected, the following multiple functions are available:
• In the Oscs-Mixer section, you can select Osc 1 or Osc 2, changing
the function of most knobs and buttons.
• In the Filters section, all controls have different functions depend-
ing on whether you select Filter 1 or 2 (using the button in the upper
right corner of the section).
• In the LFOs section, you can select LFO 1 or LFO 2, changing the
function of all controls.
• The function of the controls in the Mod Env/Env 3 section depends
on whether "Mod" or "Env 3" is selected with the button to the right.
• The Velocity slider has three modes, selected with the button next
to it. However, the Trigger and Repeat buttons are not affected by
this mode selection.
About the default mapping:
D The transport buttons control the corresponding transport func-
tions in Reason.
D Reason supports the channel pressure (aftertouch) of the X-Station
keyboard, but the result depends on the settings for the controlled
device.
D The X/Y touch pad isn't mapped to any parameters by default, but
you can map it freely using Remote Overrides.
Note that there are two control surface items for each axis - you can map the
touch pad to four different Reason parameters (two for the X-axis and two for
the Y-axis).
D The Arp On and Arp Latch buttons are used for Target Previous/
Next Track (move master keyboard input up or down in the track
list).
D For devices with patches, the Trigger and Repeat buttons select the
previous/next patch.
D With most devices, the Effects Control knob (in the lower right cor-
ner of the panel) controls the master level.
However, for the mixers, the master level is mapped to the Amp Velocity fader.
D For pattern devices (Redrum and Matrix), you select pattern with
the buttons above the sliders (the four Amp Env buttons and the
four first Mod Env buttons).
The Mod Env F3 button steps through banks.
D With a few devices, keyboard shortcut variations are used.
D Mixer 14:2
There are six keyboard shortcut variations, determining which mixer channels
(ch 1-8 or ch 10-14) and what parameters are controlled. In all variations the
Amp Velocity knob controls Master Level, the Mod Velocity knob controls Aux
1 Return and Env3 Velocity controls Aux 2 Return.
D Mixer 6:2
There are two keyboard shortcut variations, Pans and Sends. In all variations
the Amp Velocity knob controls Master Level and the Mod Velocity knob con-
trols Aux Return. The Amp Env and Mod Env knobs control Ch 1-6 levels.
D Thor
The Osc 1 Sync and Osc 2 Sync parameters control Rotaries 1 and 2. The
Osc Env Depth and Osc LFO Depth parameters control Buttons 1 and 2 on
the Thor panel.
D Redrum
There are three keyboard shortcut variations, Pitch, Length and Pan. In all
variations the Effects Control knob controls Master Level and the Amp Env
and Mod Env knobs control the drum channel levels.
D Matrix
Button 9-12 and 17-20 select pattern; button 13-14 and 21-22 select bank.