Operation Manual

MENU AND DIALOG REFERENCE
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D A rotating yellow rectangle appears, indicating Learn mode. Press the
key (or key combination) you wish to use to remote control the parame-
ter.
The rotating stops and the rectangle will now display the key or key combination
you used.
! Note that the transport panel uses the numeric keypad for various com-
mands. If you assign a parameter to a single numeric key, the corre-
sponding transport functionality will be overridden!
D Another way to assign keyboard control commands is to have “Keyboard
Control Edit Mode” deselected on the Options menu, and to simply
[Ctrl]-click (Mac) / right-click (Windows) the parameter you wish to re-
mote control.
This opens a pop-up menu, where one of the options will be “Edit Keyboard Con-
trol Mapping”. Selecting this opens the Key Control dialog. Thus, you do not have
to enable/disable Edit mode from the Options menu if you know that a parameter
is assignable.
! If you try to assign a key control that is already in use, you will get an
alert asking if you wish to change the current assignment.
Remote Override Edit Mode
All supported control surface devices have “standard remote mappings” for each
Reason device. If you wish to override this standard mapping, you can do so in the fol-
lowing way:
1. To get an overview of which parameters can be assigned remote overrides,
select “Remote Override Edit Mode” from the Options menu.
Each device you select will show a blue arrow symbol beside every parameter that
can be assigned a remote override. Standard mappings are marked with yellow
knob synbols (only shown when the device has MIDI input). Assigned overrides
are marked with a lightning bolt symbol.
2. If you click on an assignable parameter to select it (selected parameters are
orange in color), you can then select “Edit Remote Override Mapping...”
from the Edit menu.
This opens a dialog where you can assign override mappings.
3. Make sure that the “Learn from Control Surface Input” box is ticked.
4. Simply turn the knob (or slider etc.) that you wish to use to assign Remote
Override for the parameter.
The “MIDI Received” field momentarily flickers as you turn the knob, and then the
dialog shows the control surface device and the control you used.
You can also make override mappings manually:
D Select a device from the Control Surface pop-up in the dialog, and then
select a control from the Control pop-up.
On the Control pop-up, all the controls on the selected control surface are listed.
5. Click “OK” to exit the dialog.
The selected parameter is now tagged with a lightning bolt symbol, indicating Re-
mote Override mapping.
6. To exit Remote Override Edit mode, deselect it from the Options menu.
You do not always have to use this method - see below.
Mapping with Remote Override Edit mode deactivated
If Remote Override Edit Mode is enabled on the Options menu, mapped parameters
are “tagged”, and the arrow indicators show the assignable parameters. In this mode,
however, you cannot operate Reason normally. Remote Override Edit mode is prima-
rily for overview of available parameters and the current assignments.
D Another way to assign keyboard remote commands is to have “Remote
Override Edit Mode” deselected on the Options menu, and to simply
[Ctrl]-click (Mac) / right-click (Windows) the parameter you wish to re-
mote control.
This opens a pop-up menu, where one of the options will be “Edit MIDI Remote
Mapping”. Selecting this opens the MIDI Remote dialog. Thus, you do not have to
select Edit mode from the Options menu if you already know that a parameter is
assignable.
Additional Remote Overrides...
On the Options menu there is an item named “Additional Remote Overrides...”. Se-
lecting this opens a dialog with remote functions that cannot be assigned using Re-
mote Override Edit mode, such as switching target tracks, Undo/Redo etc.
See the Remote Control chapter for details.
Surface Locking...
This opens a dialog where you can lock a control surface to a specific device.
This means that the locked device is always “tweakable”, regardless of which track
has MIDI input in the sequencer. This enables you to play and record notes for one
device and at the same time control parameters for another device from a control sur-
face.
For example, you could lock a control surface to control the main mixer, so you can al-
ways control overall levels while playing/tweaking other devices.
D The master keyboard device cannot be locked!
If you select the master keyboard in the Preferences, you can click the “Use No
Master Keyboard” button. You can then lock this control surface to a device and
use its controllers to tweak parameters, but you will not be able to play the device.
D Each control surface can be locked to one device at a time (but you can
lock several control surfaces to the same device).
This locked device will always be controlled by the selected control surface, until
you unlock the device or lock the surface to another device. You can lock as many
devices you wish, as long as you have enough control surfaces.