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REMOTE - PLAYING AND CONTROLLING DEVICES588
About the various MIDI inputs
This chapter describes how you can use Remote and the Easy MIDI Input function to set up your master keyboard
and control surfaces, allowing you to play Reason devices, adjust parameters and control various Reason functions.
This is the main way of sending MIDI to Reason, but there are also some additional methods:
• Using the External Control Bus inputs.
The External Control Bus inputs (set up on the Preferences - Sync page and in the MIDI In device in the hardware
interface) let you send MIDI directly to the individual devices in the rack. This is mainly used if you control Reason
from an external sequencer, etc. See “About the External Control Bus inputs”.
• Sending MIDI Clock to Reason.
This allows you to synchronize Reason’s tempo to other devices. See “Synchronization to MIDI Clock”.
About Remote
MIDI from control surfaces (keyboards, remote control units etc.) is handled by a protocol called Remote. The Remote
protocol allows for seamless integration between Reason and control surface devices. It is basically a mapping sys-
tem that provides direct hands-on control of parameters for each Reason device - including transport and sequencer
track selection!
At the time of this writing, Reason supports a large number of control surfaces and keyboards - the knobs, faders and
buttons on the devices are automatically mapped to parameters on each Reason device.
Remote drivers for more control surfaces will be added continuously. Check the Reason Studios web page in case
your model isn’t listed on the Preferences - MIDI page.
Remote controlling Reason devices couldn’t be made any simpler. Let Reason automatically look for all available MIDI
Input ports on your computer and automatically connect your master keyboard. Or, manually set up your control sur-
face for use with Reason - the program handles the rest!