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D The “Use no master keyboard” button allows you to disable MIDI note input in the sequencer.
The surface designated as Master Keyboard cannot be locked to a specific device - it always follows the se-
quencer Master Keyboard Input. By selecting the Master Keyboard surface in the Attached Surfaces list and click-
ing this button allows you use Surface locking, although you will not be able to play the device. See “Locking a
surface” in the Remote chapter for details.
Adding or editing a control surface
To add a control surface, click the “Add” button to open the Control surfaces dialog. If you want to edit the settings for
an existing control surface, click the “Edit” button. Then proceed as follows:
1. Select the manufacturer of your control surface from the Manufacturer pop-up menu.
If you can’t find it on the menu, see below.
2. Select the model of your control surface from the Model pop-up menu.
If you can’t find it on the menu, see below.
3. An image of the selected control surface model is shown, often along with some information text - read this
carefully.
For some control surfaces, you need to select a specific preset to use the surface with Reason - this is noted here.
4. Use the MIDI Input pop-up to select the input port to which you have connected the surface.
If in doubt, you can click the “Find” button and then tweak a control or play a key on the control surface to have
Reason find the correct input port for you.
• Some control surfaces may have more than one MIDI Input pop-up menu.
You need to select ports on all MIDI Input pop-up menus.
• Some control surfaces will have a MIDI Output pop-up menu.
In some cases this is labeled “Optional” - then you don’t have to make a selection. In other cases, a MIDI Output is
required. This is the case if the control surface uses MIDI feedback - motor fader, displays, etc.
5. If you like, you can rename your control surface in the Name field.
6. Click OK to add the surface.
D Depending on the surface model, alerts may appear, reminding you to select a specific preset etc.
In some cases, Reason can restore a preset in the control surface to factory settings for you. If so, you will be in-
formed about this.
Finally you return to the MIDI Preferences page, where your added surface is now listed.
If your control surface model isn’t listed
If you can’t find your control surface listed on the Manufacturer or Model pop-up menus when you try to add it, this
means that there’s no native support for that model. However, the program supports generic keyboards and control-
lers. Here’s what to do:
D Select “Other” on the Manufacturer pop-up menu and then select one of the three options on the Model pop-
up menu.
or, if the Manufacturer is listed but not your specific model:
D Select one of the three “Other” options on the Model pop-up menu:
In both cases, the options are:
• MIDI Control keyboard
Select this is you have a MIDI keyboard with programmable knobs, buttons or faders. You need to set up your con-
trol surface so that the controllers send the correct MIDI CC messages, depending on which Reason device you
want to control - check out the MIDI Implementation Chart in the Reason documentation.