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SETTING UP

Setting up MIDI

In Reason, MIDI keyboards or remote control devices are called control sur-

faces. MIDI input from control surfaces is handled by a system called Remote.

Here are some of the main features:

You can use any number of control surfaces at the same time.

The program supports a large number of control surfaces out of the

box - knobs, faders and buttons on the surfaces are automatically

mapped to the most useful parameters on the Reason devices.

You don’t have to change the settings on the control surface to control dif-

ferent devices in Reason - if you change MIDI focus from a Subtractor track

to a Malström track, the control surface will automatically adapt.

You just set up your control surface once and for all for use with Reason -

the program handles the rest!

For control surfaces that are not natively supported at this stage,

you can use generic drivers.

With the generic drivers, you can use templates or settings compatible with

Reason 2.5, if available for the control surface.

Note however, that Remote drivers for additional control surfaces will be

added continuously - check our web page for more info.

By default, all control surfaces follow the sequencer MIDI input.

This means that you set MIDI input to a track in the sequencer to route the

control surface(s) to the track’s device in the rack.

You can lock a control surface to a specific device in the rack.

For example, you could have a master keyboard that follows MIDI input,

while another control surface is locked to the main mixer in the rack. This

way you can control levels and pans at all times. This is described in the Op-

eration Manual.

You can use remote overrides to map a specific control on a surface

to a specific Reason parameter or function.

For example, you could override-map a knob or fader on your control surface

to the mixer’s master level fader. Or you could map buttons on your control

surface to control Reason’s transport (play, stop, record, etc.) at all times, re-

gardless of which track has MIDI input in the sequencer. This is described in

the Operation Manual.

D Remote also supports some control surfaces with MIDI feedback.

If you have such a control surface and it is supported by Reason 3.0, you

can take full advantage of motorized faders, meters, displays, etc.

D Among the Reason documentation you will find a document called

“Control Surface Details”.

This contains useful information about the supported control surfaces.

In case you specified a master keyboard in the Setup Wizard, and you don't

have any other control surfaces, you don't have to do anything else. But if you

want to add additional control surfaces or edit your settings, this is done in the

Preferences.

Adding a control surface

1. Open the Preferences dialog and select the Control Surfaces page.

2. If your control surface is connected via USB (or if you have made a

two-way MIDI connection), try clicking the Auto-detect Surfaces

button.

Reason scans all MIDI ports and tries to identify the connected control sur-

faces. Note that not all control surfaces support auto-detection.

All found surfaces are listed in the Attached Surfaces list.

3. To add a control surface manually, click the Add button.

This brings up a new dialog.

4. Select the manufacturer of your control surface from the Manufac-

turer pop-up menu.

If you can’t find it on the menu, see below.

5. Select the model of your control surface from the Model pop-up

menu.

If you can’t find it on the menu, see below.