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MIDI OUT DEVICE1082
Automating MIDI Program Change
If you like, you can automate the Program parameter to change sound/program/preset of your external instrument
during playback of your Reason song.
1. Right-click the Program up/down buttons, or the display, and select “Edit Automation”.
This creates a separate Program Change automation lane in the sequencer track.
2. Now, you can edit the Program Change lane in the sequencer and insert Program Change automation points
wherever you like in your song.
! It’s recommended to place the Program Change automation points slightly before the positions where you
want the new sound/program/preset to appear in your song. This is to allow for the time it takes to load the
new sound in your external instrument.
A note about MIDI Bank Select
The MIDI Bank Select message is used for selecting specific banks of sounds/programs/presets in MIDI instru-
ments that feature several sound banks.
There is no specific panel control for MIDI Bank Select in the MIDI Out Device. However, you can use the regular
MIDI Controller automation described below for inserting Bank Select automation points. MIDI Bank Select normally
uses MIDI CC #0 and/or #32. Refer to the MIDI documentation of your specific instrument for details.
! Note that MIDI instruments that have several banks of sounds usually expect a Bank Select message to be im-
mediately followed by a Program Change message in order to change the bank and program/preset. In these
situations, sending only a Bank Select message - without a subsequent Program Change message - will not
change anything.
! Note that Reason only sends out MIDI CC data when they actually change. This means that you might have to
send a different “temporary” MIDI CC value just before you send the actual MIDI CC value. For example, if you
want to resend the value “1” for MIDI CC#32, first send another value (e.g. “0” or “2”) and then send the value
“1” immediately afterwards. You can do this by adding and/or moving automation points in the automation
clip for MIDI CC#32 in the sequencer, see “Editing parameter automation”.
Recording MIDI Controller automation
Besides automation of the panel controls, the MIDI Out Device allows you to record automation of MIDI Controllers 0-
119. Each recorded MIDI CC# shows up on separate automation lanes in the sequencer and can be edited in the
same fashion as regular “internal” parameter automation.
Recording MIDI Controller automation from the MIDI Out Device
To record MIDI CC# automation from the MIDI Out Device, proceed as follows:
1. Select the desired MIDI CC# by dragging up/down in the CC display.