Specifications

ROUTING MIDI TO REASON
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About the Various MIDI
Inputs
All MIDI Inputs are set up in the Preferences-MIDI and Preferences-Advanced
MIDI dialogs This chapter describes the various ways you can set up how in-
coming MIDI is received.
Sequencer Input
This is set in the Preferences-MIDI dialog. The Sequencer is the “standard” port
for receiving MIDI input. This is what you should be using if you intend to use the
Reason sequencer.
Once you have selected your MIDI interface on the Sequencer Port pop-up (and
which channel it should receive on), you can direct incoming MIDI to any device
by just clicking the “In” column to the left of a track name in the track list.
External Control Bus Inputs
This is set in the Preferences-Advanced MIDI dialog. The External Bus inputs
provide up to 64 MIDI input channels divided into four buses, each with 16
channels.
D These MIDI inputs are primarily for controlling Reason Devices from
an external sequencer.
This could be an external hardware sequencer or sequencer software that is in-
stalled on the same computer as Reason. You should preferably use a multiple
port MIDI interface, so you can select separate ports for Reason and the other
MIDI devices to use, although this isn’t strictly required. See “Sending MIDI Data
to Reason” below for further information.
Remote Control and MIDI Clock Input
These are set in the Preferences-Advanced MIDI dialog.
• The Remote Control input is used for assigning a MIDI port for receiving
MIDI Controller messages for “live” remote control. How to use Remote
Control is described in the chapter “MIDI and Keyboard Remote Control”.
• Using MIDI Clock, you can slave (synchronize) Reason to hardware devices
(tape recorders, drum machines, stand alone sequencers, workstations etc.)
and other computer programs running on the same or another computer.
MIDI Clock is a very fast “metronome” that can be transmitted in a MIDI Ca-
ble. As part of the MIDI Clock concept there are also instructions for Start,
Stop and locating to sixteenth note positions.
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 ready to receive MIDI Clock sync.
See the “Synchronization” chapter for more information.