Operation Manual

MENU AND DIALOG REFERENCE
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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 set-
tings for you - you are then informed of this.
Finally you return to the Control Surfaces Preferences page, where your added sur-
face 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 controllers. 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:
• Basic MIDI Keyboard
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.
• MIDI Controller
Select this if you have a MIDI controller with programmable knobs, buttons or fad-
ers (but without keyboard).
You need to set up your control 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. If your
control surface has templates or presets for different Reason 2.5 devices, these
can be used.
• MIDI Keyboard with Controls
Select this is you have a MIDI keyboard with programmable knobs, buttons or fad-
ers. Again, you need to set your controllers to send the right MIDI CCs.
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 keyboard and it cannot be locked to a specific Reason de-
vice (in other words, it always follows the MIDI input to the sequencer). This is the sur-
face 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 Keyboard” button.
You can only have 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 la-
beled “Use No Master Keyboard”).
Preferences – Advanced MIDI
External Control Bus Inputs
The External Bus inputs provide up to 64 MIDI input channels divided into four buses,
each with 16 channels.
D These MIDI inputs are for controlling Reason Devices from an external
sequencer.
This could be an external hardware sequencer or sequencer software that is installed
on the same computer as Reason. See the chapter “Routing MIDI to Reason” in the
Operation Manual.
MIDI Clock Sync
Using MIDI Clock, you can slave (synchronize) Reason to hardware devices (tape re-
corders, drum machines, stand alone sequencers, workstations etc.) and other com-
puter programs running on the same or another computer. MIDI Clock is a very fast
“metronome” that can be transmitted in a MIDI Cable. As part of the MIDI Clock con-
cept there are also instructions for Start, Stop and locating to sixteenth note posi-
tions.
D By first selecting the appropriate MIDI input using the MIDI Clock pop-up
and then selecting “MIDI Clock Sync” on the Options menu, Reason is
made ready to receive MIDI Clock sync.
See the “Synchronization” chapter for more information.