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Other functions
D To edit a surface, double click it in the list (or select it and click Edit).
This lets you change its name and MIDI port settings, if needed.
D To delete a surface, select it in the list and click Delete.
D You can turn off a surface by deactivating its “Use with Reason” checkbox.
This could be useful if the surface is connected to your system but you only want to use it with another program.
There is also the Sync tab in the Preferences. This is only used for External Control MIDI buses and for MIDI Clock
Sync settings. All hands-on MIDI control is set up on the Control Surfaces tab.
Example Setups
There are several possible variables when it comes to what type of setup you are using. Please read on.
A single MIDI keyboard with controls
With this setup, the keyboard is your master keyboard, which means it is always routed via the sequencer (it controls
the device connected to the sequencer track with Master Keyboard Input). To control another device, you move the
Master Keyboard Input (the keyboard symbol in the In column in the track list) to another sequencer track.
You can, however, use Remote Override to control parameters on other Reason devices (or global Reason functions
such as transport).
A basic MIDI keyboard and an additional control surface
The keyboard and the control surface should be connected to separate MIDI ports (or use separate USB connec-
tions). Here, the basic MIDI keyboard is your master keyboard - it is used for playing and recording via the sequencer.
You can have the control surface follow the master keyboard - this lets you tweak the parameters of the device you
are playing (just like in the example above).
You can also lock the control surface to another device in the rack - this lets you play one device while adjusting the
parameters of another.
A MIDI keyboard with controls plus one or more control surfaces
This is the ideal setup! Again, all keyboards and control surfaces should be connected to separate MIDI ports (or use
separate USB connections). The master keyboard is routed via the sequencer track and you can use its controls to
tweak the parameters of the device you are playing. The additional control surfaces could be locked to the Main
Mixer or to different devices in the rack.
If you have additional MIDI keyboards locked to devices in the rack, you can also play and record on their correspond-
ing sequencer tracks simultaneously. This is perfect if your band has several keyboard players who want to play and
record their tracks simultaneously into Reason!
For example, if you lock a control surface to the Main Mixer, you will always have control over levels, pans and addi-
tional channel strip parameters - see “Remote controlling the Main Mixer” and “Remote controlling multiple mixer
channels”. You could also have dedicated controls for transport, Undo/Redo, sequencer track MIDI focus selection,
etc.