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• MIDI Control Surface
Select this if you have a MIDI controller with programmable knobs, buttons or faders (but without keyboard).
Again, you need to set your controllers to send the right MIDI CCs.
• MIDI Keyboard (No Controls)
Select this is you have a MIDI keyboard without programmable knobs, buttons or faders. This is used for playing
only (including performance controllers such as pitch bend, mod wheel, etc.) - you cannot adjust Reason device
parameters with this type of control surface.
q Under the “Other” Manufacturer, there are also two options called “MIDI Multichannel Control Keyboard” and
“MIDI Multichannel Control Surface”. Use these if the controls on your keyboard/control surface send the
same MIDI message but on different MIDI channels. Read more in “Adding a specific control surface or key-
board” in the Remote chapter.
After selecting a model, proceed with selecting MIDI input as described above.
About the Master Keyboard
One of the control surfaces can be the Master Keyboard. This is like any other control surface, but it must have a key-
board and it cannot be locked to a specific Reason device (in other words, it always follows the MIDI input to the se-
quencer). This is the surface you use to play the instrument devices in Reason.
D The first surface with a keyboard that is added (or found by auto-detect) is automatically selected to be the
Master Keyboard.
This is shown in the Attached Surfaces list on the Preferences page.
D If you want to use another surface as Master Keyboard, select it in the list and click the “Make Master Key-
board” button.
There can only be one Master Keyboard.
D If you don’t want to use any Master Keyboard at all, select the current Master Keyboard surface and click the
same button (which is now labeled “Use No Master Keyboard”).
Easy MIDI Inputs
By default Reason automatically scans and detects any unused MIDI In port(s) on your computer. If you have a MIDI
keyboard or MIDI control surface connected to your computer, Reason automatically connects and lets you use it for
controlling Reason. This way you don’t have to do any manual set-up but can start controlling Reason right away.
See “Automatic set-up using the Easy MIDI Inputs function” for more details.
The Master Keyboard Input setting
This determines how you set Master Keyboard Input in the sequencer: to which track and device the Master Key-
board should be directed (which track to play from your keyboard):
• In “Standard” mode, the selected track automatically gets Master Keyboard Input.
This way you can just click anywhere on a track in the track list to select it for playing (or use the arrow keys to
step up and down in the track list).
• In “Separated” mode, you need to click directly on the device icon to the left in the track list to set Master Key-
board Input.
This is useful if you’re working with multiple selections in the track list, or if you want to select different tracks for
editing without changing which device you play from your keyboard.
• Master Keyboard Input is indicated by a grey MIDI Input indicator next to the device icon in the track list.