Propellerhead Reason - 3.0 - Control Surface Details User Guide
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1. For devices with patches buttons 15 16 select the previous next patch bp REASON For effect devices button 22 controls the Bypass On Off state gt For most devices the Data Value rotary below the display is mapped to master level However on the two mixers the master level is controlled by Slider 8 Mixer 14 2 There are two keyboard shortcut variations determining which mixer channels are controlled ch 1 7 or ch 8 14 The rotaries control pan and the knobs control Aux Send 1 Malstrom There are two keyboard shortcut variations In the first variation the knobs and ro taries are mapped to parameters for Oscillator 1 and 2 respectively while the slid ers control the filter parameters In the second variation the knobs and rotaries control the modulators and additional oscillator settings while the sliders control additional filter and shaper parameters Redrum There are two keyboard shortcut variations determining which drum channels are controlled drum 1 8 or drum 9 10 Button 9 12 and 17 20 select pattern button 13 14 and 21 22 select bank Matrix Button 9 12 and 17 20 select pattern button 13 14 and 21 22 select bank BV 512 Vocoder The sliders control the band levels Use keyboard shortcut variations to select which vocoder bands to control X Station Requirements Setting up If you have a ReMOTE 25 Audio you can upgrade this to an X Station see www novationmusic com To use the X Sta2. For devices with patches buttons 7 and 8 select the previous and next patch respectively Buttons 9 and 10 are used for Target Previous Next Track move the master keyboard input up or down in the track list eb REASON Pattern devices uses the following buttons Button Mapped to 1 Select pattern 1 2 Step through the patterns in the current bank 3 Step through bank A D 4 Pattern Enable on off 5 Run W hen you select another bank you need to select a pattern before the bank select takes effect Mixer 14 2 There are two keyboard shortcut variations Levels and Pan and Sends W hen the Levels and Pan variation is selected the upper row of knobs control pans and the lower row controls levels with knob 3 10 being the master level W hen the Sends variation is selected the upper and lower rows control Aux sends 1 and 2 respectively The Aux return levels are on Knobs 3 5 and 3 10 In both variations you select which mixer channels to control by using the Layers channel 1 5 6 10 or 11 14 Line Mixer 6 2 Layer 1 2 and 3 control levels pans and Auxsends respectively Button 1 6 serve as mute buttons knob 1 10 is the master level and knob 3 10 is the Aux return Subtractor Layer 1 contains filter settings layer 2 contains settings for LFO 1 and the Amp En velope and layer 3 contain oscillator settings Malstrom Layer 1 contains filter settings while layer 2 and 3 contain settings f
3. Xt REAS CIN propellerhead Ae FTrUARE Operation Manual by Synkron Anders Nordmark The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Propellerhead Software AB The software described herein is sub ject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to any other media expect as specifically allowed in the License Agreement No part of this publication may be copied reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by Propellerhead Software AB Note Trademarks referred to within the Reason product are the property of their respective trademark holders None of these trademarks holders are affiliated with Propellerhead Software AB or our products The referrals to these trademarks do not in any way constitute trademark use Nor does the use of these trademarks intend to explore the goodwill associated with these trademarks 2005 Propellerhead Software and its licensors All specifications subject to change without notice Reason is a trademark of Propellerhead Software All other commercial symbols are protected trademarks and trade names of their respective holders All rights reserved Introduction Supported Control Surfaces This document describes the control surfaces and keyboards that are supported in Alesis Reason 3 0 For information about how to set up and use the Remote functions in Ph
4. lower row buttons are Mute buttons In Pattern Select Mode buttons 1 6 on the upper and lower row select patterns and banks The Preset left right buttons select which drum channels should be controlled drum 1 7 or drum 8 10 BV 512 Vocoder The band levels are controlled by the middle row encoders The mod levels are shown with the LED rings around the push encoders The Preset left right buttons select which bands should be controlled and viewed Matrix Buttons 1 6 on the upper and lower row select patterns and banks Button 7 on the upper row controls the Pattern Enable switch Doepfer Drehbank Requirements Setting up To use the Drehbank with Reason you need to select Bank 2 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory default settings You can reset the Drehbank to factory default settings in the following way Keep the Snap button pressed while you turn on the Drehbank The Snap LED will now be off and the two other LEDS Bank 1 and Bank 2 will be lit Release the Snap button and press the Bank 2 button to select Bank 2 The Drehbank can not be auto detected by Reason you have to add it manually by clicking the Add button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page and select ing the control surface from the Manufacturer and Model menus Pocket Control Requirements Setting up To use the Pocket C ontrol with Reason you need to select preset 0 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory default set
5. you select pattern with the but tons above the sliders the four Amp Env buttons and the four first Mod Env buttons The Mod Env F3 button steps through banks With a few devices keyboard shortcut variations are used Peavey PC 1600x Requirements Setting up To use the Peavey PC 1600xwith Reason you need to select preset 21 and make Sure this isn t changed from the factory settings You can reset the PC 1600xto factory default settings by holding down the Utility and Enter buttons while you turn the power on note that this will erase all settings you have made If you prefer to reprogram preset 21 to the default settings without resetting all other presets the faders and buttons should send the following MIDI CC mes sages Fader1 CC 53 Fader2 CC 66 Fader3 CC 79 Fader4 CC 54 Fader5 CC 67 Fader6 CC 80 Fader7 CC 89 Fader8 CC 92 Fader9 CC 87 Fader 10 CC 88 inverted value range Fader11 CC 55 Fader12 CC 68 Fader13 CC 81 Fader14 CC 56 Fader15 CC 69 Fader16 CC 82 Button 1 16 Program Change 0 15 About the default mapping For devices with patches buttons 15 and 16 select the previous next patch gt For devices with many parameters keyboard shortcut variations are used ep REASON Advanced Creating your own remote maps If you have a control surface for which there is no native support in Reason it s possi ble to create remote support for this yourself It s a bit co
6. available when you are using the default mapping depends on which Reason device has MIDI input from the BCR devices with few parameters may only use the first group while devices with many parameters may use all four groups eb REASON About the default mapping gt The following buttons in the right part of the panel are used for global functions Edit Button Loop On Off S tore Button Record Learn Button Target Previous Track move master keyboard input one step up in the track list Exit Button Target Next Track move master keyboard input one step down in the track list Top Left User Button Rewind Top Right User Button Fast Forward Bottom Left User Button Stop Bottom Right User Button Play For devices with patches you can use Button 8 in the upper and lower row to select the previous or next patch respectively For effect devices Button 7 in the upper row controls the Bypass On Off state gt Where applicable bottom row encoder 8 controls the master level gt Mixer 14 2 The Preset left right buttons select which mixer channels should be controlled channel 1 7 or channel 8 14 If you select Encoder Group 4 the LED rings around the push encoders will serve as peak meters you cannot use the push encoders in this mode Redrum There are two keyboard shortcut variations Play Mode and Pattern Select Mode In Play Mode the upper row buttons can be used to audition drum sounds and the
7. gt The Data Entry Fader C9 will control the master level where applicable For devices with patches buttons C18 and C19 select previous next patch gt Keyboard shortcut variations are used for devices with many parameters Ozone Requirements Setting up e To use the Ozone with Reason you need to select preset 1 and make sure this hasn t been changed from the factory default settings e You can restore all presets to factory settings by holding down the MIDI Select button while you turn on the Ozone note that this restores all presets removing any changes you have made e The Ozone must be added manually it cannot be found by auto detect About the default mapping gt Note that the Data Entry Fader controls master level on many devices gt Keyboard shortcut variations are used for devices with many parameters POS REASON Oxygen 8 Radium 49 61 Requirements Setting up Requirements Setting up There are two codecs Remote drivers for the O xygen 8 older model and newer e The Radium 49 and Radium 61 are identical except for the length of the keyboard model Here s why Reason uses factory preset 1 in the O xygen 8 but we have To use a Radium keyboard with Reason you need to select preset 1 and make found that there are two different models of the O xygen 8 with different factory preset sure this hasn t been changed from the factory default settings settings So which codec to choose depends on th
8. select Filter 1 or 2 using the button in the upper right corner of the section In the LFOs section you can select LFO 1 or LFO 2 changing the function of all controls The function of the controls in the Mod Env Env 3 section depends on whether Mod or Env 3 is selected with the button to the right The Velocity slider has three modes selected with the button next to it However the Trigger and Repeat buttons are not affected by this mode selection About the default mapping gt The transport buttons control the corresponding transport functions in Reason Reason supports the channel pressure aftertouch of the X Station key board but the result depends on the settings for the controlled device The X Y touch pad isn t mapped to any parameters by default but you can map it freely using Remote Overrides Note that there are two control surface items for each axis you can map the touch pad to four different Reason parameters two for the X axis and two for the Y axis The Arp On and Arp Latch buttons are used for Target Previous Next Track move master keyboard input up or down in the track list For devices with patches the Trigger and Repeat buttons select the pre vious next patch With most devices the Effects Control knob in the lower right comer of the panel controls the master level However for the mixers the master level is mapped to the Amp Velocity fader For pattern devices Redrum and Matrix
9. this list These definitions are added under the Map Header line 7 Define the value type controls sliders knobs etc You define a typical control surface item of the value type by adding rows like this under the Map Header line lt name of the control gt xX 0 0 Map lt MIDI message gt lt MIDI message gt is the MIDI message sent by the control that you made a note of in Step 2 above It should be written in hexadecimal notation see the example below lt name of the control gt is the name of the control surface item that you defined in the Item list earlier The last entries are the values sent out by the control surface item Typically it s just a Single value that varies when you turn the knob move the slider etc this is the x in the Valuel column there are some other cases though read on For example let s say you have a control surface item that you call Knob 1 W hen you turn it and check your MIDI monitor application you see bO 47 00 bO 47 01 bO 47 02 bO 47 03 bO 47 04 and so on This means that the knob sends out MIDI controller 71 47 in hex on MIDI channel 1 indicated by the 0 after the b The last byte is the value that varies when you turn the knob In that case you would add the following line in the Map sec tion Map bO 47 xx Knob 1 X 0 0 8 A special case defining pitch bend Pitch bend has a higher precision than other MIDI co
10. Edit select the second port PCR 2 or similar on the second MIDI In put Port menu and click OK If only the first port is properly selected everything will work fine except the L1 L2 and L3 buttons About the controls The following buttons are available for use in Reason B1 B2 see below B3 B4 B5 B6 L1 L2 L3 the last three requires that both USB MIDI ports are selected see above Due to the settings in preset 0 buttons B1 and B2 cannot be used as two separate buttons Instead they appear as a single control surface item called Dec Inc Buttons You can map this item to a parameter in Rea son About the default mapping gt Buttons B5 and B6 are used for Target Previous Track and Target Next Track moving the master keyboard input up or down in the track list For patch devices buttons B3 and B4 are used for selecting the previous and next patch respectively gt The three buttons to the left above the pitch bend lever are used for transport control L1 Stop L2 Play and L3 Record Note again that both USB MIDI input ports must be selected for this to work gt When controlling devices with many parameters keyboard shortcut vari ations are used UR 80 Requirements Setting up To use the UR 80 with Reason you need to make sure that the Preset memory set is selected press the Memory button and then the first Track S tatus button marked P reset If you connect the UR 80 via USB
11. Fader makes use of keyboard shortcut variations for many Reason de vices Regelwerk The Regelwerk is defined as having a keyboard even though it hasn t obviously This is to make it possible to use the sequencer in the Regelwerk to play Reason How ever when you add the Regelwerk as a control surface in Reason it may automati cally become the Master Keyboard if you have no other keyboard connected and added at the time If this is not what you want just select the R egelwerk in the control Surface list and click Use No Master Keyboard bp REASON Edirol PCR 1 Requirements Setting up e When you use the PCR 1 with Reason you need to make sure that memory set 0 is selected This is the memory set selected by default when you turn the PCR 1 on e Reason will automatically find the PCR 1 if you click the Auto detect button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences About the controls The PCR 1 has 16 knobs to use the last eight press S hift The following buttons are available for use in Reason B1 B2 see below B3 B4 B5 and B6 Due to the settings in preset 0 buttons B1 and B2 cannot be used as two separate buttons Instead they appear as a single control surface item called Dec Inc B ut tons You can map this item to a parameter in Reason About the default mapping gt Buttons B4 and B5 are used for Target Previous Track and Target Next Track moving the master keyboard i
12. MOTE with Reason you need to connect it via USB or two way MIDI Make sure the ReMOTE isn t write protected press Global make sure the mem ory protect page is shown in the display and use the Data Value knob to select of e W hen you add the ReMOTE in Reason you must select the correct MIDI output on the MIDI Output Port menu in the Add C ontrol Surface dialog Reason will then upload a template to the edit buffer in the ReMOTE About the controls The controls are named as follows The sliders faders to the right are called Slider 1 8 The buttons below these are called Button 1 8 The top row of knobs are called Knob 1 8 The buttons below these are called Button 9 16 The bottom left row of rotary encoders are called Rotary 1 8 The buttons below these are called Button 17 24 About the default mapping gt The transport buttons control the corresponding transport functions in Reason Reason supports the channel pressure aftertouch of the ReMOTE key board but the result depends on the settings for the controlled device The X Y touch pad isn t mapped to any parameters by default but you can map it freely using Remote Overrides Note that there are two control surface items for each axis you can map the touch pad to four different Reason parameters two for the X axis and two for the Y axis Buttons 23 24 are used for Target Previous Next Track move master keyboard input up or down in the track list
13. N Alesis Photon X25 Requirements Setting up To use the Photon X25 with Reason you should select a default preset or the Reason 3 preset if that is included in the device If you have overwritten all default presets in the Photon X25 you can create a Reason 3 preset by making the following assignments for the Photon controls Control MIDI CC Dome X axis 02 Dome Y axis 03 Dome Z axis 04 Knob 1 10 layer1 10 19 Knob 1 10 layer2 20 29 Knob 1 10 layer3 70 79 Button 1 10 80 89 About the controls The Photon X25 has ten knobs with three layers This means that there are really 30 different knobs available for use in Reason If you use Remote O verride mappings the knobs are named Knob 1 1 Knob 1 2 and so on up to Knob 3 10 the first num ber denotes the layer and the second is the knob number For the AXYZ dome to be active you need to press the button next to it About the default mapping gt When controlling devices with few parameters not all knob layers will be used If nothing happens when you turn a knob make sure layer 1 is selected on the Photon X25 By default the AXYZ dome is mapped to Breath X axis Channel Pres sure Y axis and Mod Wheel Z axis W hether Breath and or Channel Pressure is received depends on the settings in the Reason devices Remember that you can use Remote Overrides to map the AXYZ dome to whatever parameter you like
14. User Button Rewind Top Right User Button Fast Forward Bottom Left User Button Stop Bottom Right User Button Play For devices with patches you can use Button 8 in the upper and lower row to select the previous or next patch respectively For effect devices Button 7 in the upper row controls the Bypass On Off state Mixer 14 2 The Preset left right buttons select which mixer channels should be controlled channel 1 7 or channel 8 14 Fader 8 always controls the master level If you select Encoder Group 4 the LED rings around the encoders will serve as peak meters you cannot use the encoders in this mode Redrum There are two keyboard shortcut variations Play Mode and Pattern Select Mode In Play Mode the upper row buttons can be used to audition drum sounds and the lower row buttons are Mute buttons In Pattern Select Mode buttons 1 6 on the upper and lower row select patterns and banks The Preset left right buttons select which drum channels should be controlled drum 1 7 or drum 8 10 Fader 8 always controls the master level BV 512 Vocoder The band levels are controlled by the faders The Preset left right buttons select which bands should be controlled Matrix Buttons 1 6 on the upper and lower row select patterns and banks Button 7 on the upper row controls the Pattern Enable switch ep REASON BCR2000 Requirements Setting up e The BCR2000 must have firmware v1 07 or later installed refer
15. ault mapping uses keyboard shortcut variations for devices with many param eters Korg KONTROL49 Requirements Setting up The KONTROL49 can be connected via USB or standard MIDI connectors If connected via USB you need to make sure that both the MIDI In ports are prop erly selected one for the keyboard and one for the controls If connected via MIDI you only need to select the C ontrols MIDI In Port make sure the Keyboard MIDI In Port is set to Not selected Reason will automatically find the KONTROL49 if you click the Auto detect button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences a two way MIDI or USB connection is needed W hen you add the KONTROL49 manually or using auto detect it will automati cally be set to a custom mode for use with Reason About the controls Reason makes use of all encoders sliders pads and buttons except for the octave shift buttons The program will also control the displays on the KONTROL49 show ing parameter names and values About the default mapping gt The main LCD display shows the name of the device currently controlled by the KONTROL49 The Setting and Scene buttons are used for Target Previous Next Track move the master keyboard input up or down in the track list For devices with patches the Message and Exit buttons select the previous next patch The joystick is not mapped to any parameters by default but you can as sign
16. default mapping gt The main LCD display shows the name of the device currently controlled by the MicroKONTROL gt The Setting and Scene buttons are used for Target Previous Next Track move the master keyboard input up or down in the track list gt For devices with patches the Message and Exit buttons select the previous next patch The joystick serves as pitch bend horizontally mod wheel up breath controller down and channel pressure joystick button W hether a Reason device responds to breath control or channel pressure de pends on its settings gt The main encoder is mapped to master level where applicable For many devices the pads are simply mapped to buttons on the device Mixer 14 2 The Hex Lock and Enter buttons determine which mixer channels are con trolled 1 8 or 9 14 Pad buttons 13 16 select variations determining what should be controlled by the encoders pan send1 send2 or send3 The upper pad buttons serve as mute buttons Line Mixer 6 2 The Hex Lock and Enter buttons determine whether the encoders should con trol pan or sends bp REASON Subtractor The Hex Lock and Enter buttons select variations Filter amp Amp Osc or Mod for the encoders sliders and pad buttons Malstrom The Hex Lock and Enter buttons select variations Filter Osc Mod A or Osc Mod B for the encoders sliders and pad buttons NN XT You can use the pad button
17. e About the default mapping About the default mapping gt On the keypad buttons 4 and 7 are used for Target Previous Next Track Buttons 8 and 9 are used for Target Previous Next Track move the mas ter keyboard input up or down in the track list gt Buttons 6 and 9 are used for Select Previous Next Patch where applica ble gt For devices with patches buttons 6 and 7 are used for Select Previous Next Patch gt For effect devices button 0 controls the Bypass On Off state ations are used gt With most Reason devices the Master Volume Fader below the display is mapped to the Master Level gt On the Redrum and Matrix button 1 steps through pattern 1 8 in the se lected bank while button 2 steps through bank A D Button 0 controls the Pattern Enable switch gt When controlling devices with many parameters keyboard shortcut vari ations are used eb REASON MK 449C Requirements Setting up Reason will automatically find the MK 449C if you click the Auto detect button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences To use MK 449C with Reason you need to select preset 4 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory settings If you have connected the keyboard via USB Reason will restore preset 4 to fac tory settings for you however note that you need to select preset 4 manually after this is done You can also restore yourMK 449C manually by holding down the and bu
18. e lower row S hift Store lt and gt The display will say Updating Memory About the controls Reason makes use of the sixteen knobs and sixteen buttons To use buttons 9 16 you need to hold down the button labeled BUTTONS 9 16 this is the top right button un der the display F Key 4 ep REASON About the default mapping For devices with patches buttons 15 and 16 are used for Select Previ ous Next Patch gt When controlling devices with many parameters keyboard shortcut vari ations are used gt Redrum There are three keyboard shortcut variations in which the knobs control levels pans and pitch respectively The selected variation also determines the functions of the buttons In the first variation the buttons select pattern and bank in the sec ond they control the drum sound mutes and in the third the buttons are used for auditioning the drum sounds gt Matrix Buttons 1 8 select pattern in the current bank while buttons 9 12 select bank Control Freak Studio Edition Requirements Setting up e To use the Control Freak SE with Reason you need to select program 36 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory default settings e You can reset the Control Freak SE to factory defaults note that this restores all factory presets and removes any changes you have made To reset turn the unit on while pressing all four buttons in the lower row S hift S tore lt and
19. e model of your O xygen 8 Here s e You can restore all presets to factory settings by holding down the MIDI S elect what you should do button while you turn on the Radium note that this restores all presets removing 1 Connect the Oxygen 8 via USB or MIDI any changes you have made o e The Radium keyboard must be added manually it cannot be found by auto detect 2 Select preset 1 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory settings 3 Ifneeded you can restore all presets to factory settings by holding downthe About the default mapping MIDI Select button while you tum on the Oxygen 8 note that this restores all presets removing any changes you have made gt Note that the Data Entry Fader controls master level on many devices 4 Add the keyboard as an Oxygen 8 older model and check whether it gt Keyboard shortcut variations are used for devices with many parameters works OK For a quick check set master keyboard input to a Subtractor device and move knob 1 this should control the frequency slider of filter 1 5 If this doesn t work delete the Oxygen 8 from the control surfaces list and add it again this time as an Oxygen 8 newer model The two codecs are identical in regards to the functions and mapping Below the factory settings for the knobs in preset 1 are listed You can use these lists to check whether your O xygen 8 is an older or newer model You can also use the lists to reprogram the
20. elease it This is a momentary button You could define it like this Map bO Ob xx Button 2 x 127 0 0 This will also work fine pressing the button sends 1 and releasing it sends 0 Reason takes care of the rest the program will ignore the 0 in most cases ep REASON 10 Define the keyboard if your control surface has one Pressing a key on a keyboard sends out a MIDI message like this 90 20 40 This means that a key is played on MIDI channel 1 with note number 32 20 in hex and velocity 64 40 in hex Releasing the same key may either send out depending on the keyboard model 90 20 00 or 80 20 30 The first case is most common it means that the keyboard sends a note on message with velocity 0 when you release the key The second case means that the keyboard sends a dedicated note off message The last byte in the second example is the release velocity how fast you release the key in this example the release velocity is 30hex Only some keyboards send out a vari able release velocity this is ignored by Reason anyway You could check your MIDI monitor application to see which type of note off message your keyboard sends or you could simply add the following to the midicodec file Map 9 xx 00 Keyboard O x 64 Map 8 XX yy Keyboard O X y Map 9 XX YY Keyboard 1 x y This covers all types of note on off messages on all MIDI channels 11 When you have defined all controls save the file a
21. gt The display will say Updating Memory About the default mapping For devices with patches buttons 15 and 16 are used for Select Previ ous Next Patch gt When controlling devices with many parameters keyboard shortcut vari ations are used gt Redrum There are three keyboard shortcut variations in which the faders control levels pans and pitch respectively The selected variation also determines the functions of the buttons In the first variation the buttons select pattern and bank in the sec ond they control the drum sound mutes and in the third the buttons are used for auditioning the drum sounds gt Matrix Buttons 1 8 select pattern in the current bank while buttons 9 12 select bank eb REASON Spin Doctor Requirements Setting up e To use the Spin Doctor with Reason you must select program 0 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory default settings To select program 0 turn the Data Entry knob until the display says Pr 0 e Youcan reset Spin Doctor to factory defaults note that this restores all factory presets and removes any changes you have made To reset turn the unit on while holding down the EDIT button and the F KEY button e The default mapping uses keyboard shortcut variations for devices with many pa rameters Keyfax Phatboy Requirements Setting up To use the Phatboy with Reason just make sure the switch on the back is set to posi tion Ill The def
22. howing or searching for line numbers this makes troubleshooting a remotemap easier Apart from that just make sure the application can open and save unformatted plain text files e The documentation for the control surface can be useful e A MIDI monitor application can also be very useful this allows you to check what MIDI messages are sent out by the different controls on the control surface There are lots of MIDI monitor applications available for download or purchase on the web e A Clear head e REASON How to create a midicodec file 1 Setup the control surface the way you want to use it with Reason For example you may want to select a certain program or template that you will al ways use with Reason You should not change the settings in this program tem plate after you have created the midicodec file 2 Make a note of which MIDI message is sent by each control on the control surface This is where a MIDI monitor application comes in handy 3 In the Reason program folder open the folder Template Documents and then open the subfolder Remote Files 4 Open the file Template midicodec in a text editor This document starts with the following lines Definition File 1 0 0 lt manufacturer name gt lt model name gt Universal MIDI Codec Control Surface File Format Version Control Surface Manufacturer Control Surface Model 5 Replace lt manufacturer name gt with the bra
23. ight locator Left Right Arrow buttons Go to previous next bar Up Down Arrow button Target previous next track moves master keyboard input up or down in the track list Jog Wheel Moves the song position or the position of the left or right locator P Button Jog wheel controls left locator position PO Button Jog wheel controls right locator position End Button Jog wheel controls song position Zoom Button Jog wheel moves position in coarse steps Scrub Button Jog wheel moves position in fine steps gt Other global functions Undo Button Undo Redo Button Redo Read O ff Button Reset Automation Override Cir Solo Button Click O n O ff For devices with patches buttons F15 and F16 selects the previous or next patch gt Mixer 14 2 The Channel Left Right buttons determine which channels should be controlled 1 8 or 9 14 You select what the rotary encoders should control by pressing the following buttons Assignment button 1 AuxSend 1 Assignment button 2 Aux Send 2 Pan button Pan Plug ins Button Aux Returns EQ Button Treble Dyn Button Bass Alternatively you can press the Select button for a channel the rotaries will then control allsends EQ and pan for the selected channel only The assignment dis play shows the number of the selected channel To return to normal mixer mode press the Select button again gt Line Mixer 6 2 If you press Assignment button 1 the rotaries control the send
24. it to any items in Reason by using Remote Overrides There are two separate control surface items for the joystick X axis and Y axis The Hex Lock and Enter buttons are mapped to Stop and Play on the Reason transport panel by default The main encoder is mapped to master level where applicable For many devices the pads are simply mapped to buttons on the device gt Mixer 14 2 The SW 1 and SW 2 buttons determine which mixer channels are controlled 1 8 or 9 14 Pad buttons 13 16 select variations determining what should be controlled by the encoders pan send1 send2 or send3 The upper pad buttons serve as mute buttons 4 Line Mixer 6 2 The SW 1 and SW 2 buttons determine whether the encoders should control pan or sends Subtractor The SW 1 and SW 2 buttons select variations Filter amp Amp Osc or Mod for the encoders sliders and pad buttons Malstrom The SW 1 and SW 2 buttons select variations Filter Osc Mod A or Osc Mod B for the encoders sliders and pad buttons NN XT You can use the pad buttons to play the sampler They are mapped chromatically from C2 up Redrum Only drum sounds 1 8 can be controlled The SW 1 and SW 2 buttons select variations There are four variations Pitch Play Length P lay Pitch Pattern and Length Pattern In the Pitch variations the encoders control the pitch of the drum sounds in the Length variations they con trol the length In
25. knobs manually if you don t want to restore all presets to fac tory defaults Oxygen 8 lolder model jnewer model Knob 1 MIDICC 10 MIDICC 74 Knob 2 MIDICC 11 MIDICC 71 Knob 3 MIDICC 12 MIDICC 81 Knob 4 MIDICC 13 MIDICC 91 Knob 5 MIDICC 14 MIDICC 16 Knob 6 MIDICC 15 MIDICC 80 Knob 7 MIDICC 16 MIDICC 19 Knob 8 MIDICC 17 MIDICC 02 About the default mapping gt Note that the Data Entry Fader controls master level on many devices gt Keyboard shortcut variations are used for devices with many parameters bp REASON Mackie Control Requirements Setting up e Reason supports the Mackie C ontrol or typically the Mackie C ontrol Universal in Mackie Control mode If you are using a Mackie Control Universal you need to select the Mackie C on trol mode of operation Hold down the SELECT buttons for Ch 1 and Ch 2 and turn on the device you are then asked which mode of operation to use Select Mackie Ctrl by pressing the corresponding V P ot e You must connect the Mackie C ontrol using two way MIDI both MIDI In and Out should be connected e Reason will automatically find the Mackie C ontrol if you click the Auto detect but ton on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences About the default mapping gt Transport and navigation Transport buttons The corresponding transport functions in Reason Loop button Loop O n O ff Frm Left button Go to left locator Frm Right button Go to r
26. mplicated but you don t need any programming skills Note It is only possible to create support for standard MIDI control sur faces with one way communication support for advanced devices with two way communication LEDs motor faders signal meters or dynamic displays cannot be added by a user How Remote works For Reason to support a control surface it needs two files gt The midicodec file lists all controls on the control surface knobs sliders keyboard etc gives them names and defines which MIDI message cor responds to which control Basically the midicodec file tells Reason that if MIDI message xxxis received this means that control yyy is being used gt The remotemap file connects maps each control to a parameter or func tion in Reason This is done separately for the different Reason devices This means that if your control surface is connected to a Subtractor device in Reason the remotemap may tell Reason that turning Knob 1 should change the filter fre quency parameter W hen the target is a Mixer device instead the remotemap may tell Reason that turning Knob 1 should change the level fader for channel 1 So to create support for a control surface in Reason you need to write a midicodec file and a remotemap file for it What you need To create a midicodec file and a remotemap file you need the following e A text editor application Its convenient if the text editor has functions for s
27. n Goto Right Locator S hift P rev Button Click O n O ff S hift N ext Button O verdub Replace Undo Button Undo S hifttUndo Button Redo Time Dial Song position Return to Zero Loop On O ff Rewind Rewind Fast Forward Fast Forward Stop Stop Play Play Record Record For patch devices the Mixer button selects the previous patch and the Inst button selects the next patch For effect devices Status button 8 in dark unlit mode controls the By pass On Off state Mixer 14 2 The Track Group button to the left selects which mixer channels to control chan nel 1 8 or channel 9 14 This selection affects faders Status buttons and C ontrol knobs The modes for the Status buttons are mute dark solo green and EQ on off red Redrum The Track Group button to the left selects which drum channels to control drum 1 8 or drum 9 10 The modes for the Status buttons are mute dark solo green decay gate mode red and audition drum sounds orange To select pattern press Shift and use the horizontal cursor buttons To select bank press Shift and use the vertical cursor buttons BV 512 Vocoder The faders control band levels and the Track Group button to the left selects which vocoder bands to control Matrix The Status buttons select pattern in dark mode and bank in green mode Button 8 in green mode controls the Pattern Enable switch You can also select patterns using S hift H orizontal Cursor b
28. nd name of the control surface and lt model name gt with the name of this control surface model 6 Below the Item Header line list all the control surface items the controls on the control surface Here are some examples of how different items are defined Item value 0 127 The above could be a slider or a knob You replace lt name of the control gt with a name of your choice e g Knob 1 or Fader A All control surface items must have dif ferent names lt name of the control gt Item button 0 1 The above is how a button is defined You replace lt name of the control gt with a name of your choice e g Button 1 lt name of the control gt Item keyboard O 127 The above is how you define a keyboard if your control surface has one You could name the keyboard in the Name column as with the other controls but typically you just call it keyboard as above keyboard Item pitch bend 16383 If your control surface has a pitch bend control it is typically defined with a range from 0 to 16383 as above Again you could give the control another name than pitch bend if you like value 0 W hen you have listed all control surface items as described above you need to define which MIDI message corresponds to each control surface item This is how Remote knows that you are using a certain knob slider or button on your control surface by receiving a MIDI message from the control surface and comparing it to
29. nput up or down in the track list For patch devices buttons B3 and B6 are used for selecting the previous and next patch respectively gt When controlling devices with many parameters keyboard shortcut vari ations are used PCR M1 The PCR M1 works just like the PC R 1 when you use it as a control surface with Rea son see above The only differences are e The PCR M1 can be connected via MIDI instead of USB In that case you need a two way MIDI connection both MIDI In and MIDI O ut for Reason to be able to auto detect the keyboard However you can always add the PCR M1 manually e The PCR M1 has inputs for hold pedal and expression pedal eb REASON PCR 30 50 80 A30 Requirements Setting up e When you use the PCR keyboard with Reason you need to make sure that mem ory set 0 is selected This is the memory set selected by default when you turn the PCR keyboard on e If you connect the PCR keyboard via USB or two way MIDI Reason will automati Cally find it if you click the Auto detect button on the C ontrol Surfaces and Key boards page in the Preferences The PCR A30 will be recognized as a PCR A30 while the other models will be recognized as PCR Series e The PCR keyboards have two native MIDI outputs within the USB connection Reason will automatically find the first port on auto detect but you may need to manually select the second port Select the PCR keyboard in the control surfaces list click
30. ns Numpad 1 is mapped to Filter Env Invert Osc 2 on off is not mapped Numpad 8 is mapped to Filter2 O n O ff bp REASON gt Malstrom This is mapped as on the Malstrom overlay but the numpad and transport button mapping is changed The following parameters are controlled by the numpad but tons Numpad 1 Filter B On Off Numpad 2 Filter B Env Numpad 3 Filter A O n O ff Numpad 5 Filter A Env Numpad 8 Modulator A O n O ff gt Redrum There are two keyboard shortcut variations controlling drum 1 8 and drum 9 10 respectively The faders and knobs are mapped according to the Redrum overlay On the numpad button 1 controls the Pattern Enable switch button 2 steps through pattern 1 8 within the current bank and button 3 selects bank gt BV 512 Vocoder The faders control the band levels There are four keyboard shortcut variations de termining which vocoder bands should be controlled by the faders gt Matrix On the numpad button 1 controls the Pattern Enable switch button 2 steps through pattern 1 8 within the current bank and button 3 selects bank UC 33e Requirements Setting up e You must connect the UC 33e via USB or two way MIDI e Reason will automatically find the UC 33e if you click the Auto detect button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences If you add the UC 33e manually you need to specify both MIDI Input and O utput ports e When you add the UC 33e manually or by u
31. ntrollers it sends two different variable values which are used together If your control surface has a pitch bend con trol you define it like this Map e XxX yy pitch bend y 128 x 0 0 The in the pattern above is a wild card here it means that we don t care about which MIDI channel is used 9 Define the button type controls If you are defining a button what to write depends on how the button on the control Surface works O ften a button sends a MIDI message when you press it but nothing when you re lease it For example pressing Button 1 on your control surface might show the fol lowing in your MIDI monitor application bO Oa 7f This means that the button sends MIDI controller 10 0a in hex with a value of 127 7f in hex on MIDI channel 1 You don t care what value the button sends you only care that it s pressed Therefore you would add the following line in the Map section Map bO Oa xx Button 1 1 0 0 Here the value sent by the button xx doesn t matter it sends out 1 every time it s pressed Remote and Reason takes care of the rest for you This would also work fine if the button sent different values each time you pressed it But there are also buttons that send different values when you press them and when you release them Pressing and releasing such a button could show the following in the MIDI monitor bO Ob 7f bO Ob 00 shown when you press the button shown when you r
32. on your MIDI interface Then set the BCF2000 to oper ating mode S 3 e Reason will automatically find the BC F2000 if you click the Auto detect button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences About the controls All faders rotary encoders and buttons on the BCF2000 are available as control sur face items in Reason except for the four Encoder G roup buttons The BC F2000 has up to 32 rotary encoders four groups of eight encoders Y ou se lect which group to use by pressing the Encoder Group buttons below the display How many groups are available when you are using the default mapping depends on which Reason device has MIDI input from the BCF devices with few parameters may only use the first group while devices with many parameters use all four groups The motor faders on the BCF are not touch sensitive This means that if they receive MIDI data from Reason e g automated level changes you cannot grab them and change their setting To punch in on automated fader movements you have to click and drag the corresponding parameter on the screen in Reason About the default mapping gt The following buttons in the right part of the panel are used for global functions Edit Button Loop On Off S tore Button Record Learn Button Target Previous Track move master keyboard input up in the track list Exit Button Target Next Track move master keyboard input down in the track list Top Left
33. or Oscillator A and B respectively NN19 Layer 1 contains filter and LFO settings while layer 2 contains oscillator settings Amp Envelope and master level Dr REX Layer 1 contains filter settings layer 2 contains Osc LFO and Amp Envelope set tings Redrum Each knob corresponds to a drum sound The tree layers control level pitch and length of the sounds BV 512 Vocoder Knobs 1 8 in layers 2 and 3 are used to control the individual band levels You se lect which vocoder bands to control 1 16 or 17 32 by using keyboard shortcut variations Behringer BCF 2000 Requirements Setting up e The BCF2000 must have firmware v1 07 or later installed refer to http www be hringer com for more info e Before you add the BCF2000 as a control surface in Reason please make sure that the BCF2000 is set to Device ID 1 This is done in the global setup menu Hold down the EDIT key and press the STORE key release both keys and then use Encoder 5 to set the Device ID Press EXIT to leave the global setup menu e Ifyou connect the BCF2000 via USB you need to set it to operating mode U 1 Hold down the EDIT key and press the STORE key release both keys and then use Encoder 1 to set the operating mode Press EXIT to leave the global setup menu e If you connect the BCF2000 via MIDI you need to use two MIDI cables one from the IN port to the out port on your MIDI interface and one from the OUT B THRU port to the in port
34. or two way MIDI Reason will automatically find it If you click the Auto detect button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences If you connect the UR 80 via USB and select a MIDI input port manually for the UR 80 you should select the port called UR 80 2 About the controls There are 24 Control knobs available divided in three groups of eight You select which group of Control knobs to use Pan Send 1 or Send 2 by pressing the Assign button to the right of the knobs Similarly there are 32 Status buttons divided in four groups of eight You select which group of Status buttons to use by pressing the Select button to the right of the buttons The color of the Select button indicates which group is currently selected Most of the controls in the right part of the panel are available for use with Reason All of these controls except for the Time dial have double functions press Shift to use the secondary functions Note As of this writing Reason does not control the LEDs for the Status buttons Play button and Rec button We plan to add support for this soon please check www propellerheads se for more info About the default mapping gt The following controls have global functions in Reason Cursor Up Target Previous Track Cursor Down Target Next Track Cursor Left Move song position to previous bar Cursor Right Move song position to next bar Prev Button Goto Left Locator Next Butto
35. ore your Pro 88 manually by holding down the and buttons when you turn the keyboard on note that this restores all presets to factory set tings deleting any changes you have made About the default mapping gt gt Keyboard shortcut variations are used for devices with many parameters The transport buttons on the Pro 88 control the corresponding transport functions in Reason Buttons C57 and C58 are mapped to Target Previous Next Track move master keyboard input up or down in the track list Redrum There are three keyboard shortcut variations determining the function of the but tons In the first variation button B44 B51 select patterns and button C52 C55 select banks In the second and third variations the buttons control mutes and so los respectively Matrix Button B44 B51 select patterns and button C52 C55 select banks 02 Requirements Setting up e Ifyou have connected the O2 via USB Reason will automatically find it if you click the Auto detect button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the P refer ences e To use the O2 with Reason you need to select preset 2 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory settings e You can reset the O2 to the factory default settings by holding down the Preset and buttons while switching the keyboard on Note that this will restore all presets to factory defaults removing any changes you have made About the default mapping
36. oton X25 Reason please refer to the Reason Operation Manual Behringer BCF2000 Tip If a control surface is said to use keyboard shortcut variations this means you can Switch variations from the computer keyboard and change which parameters are con BCR2000 trolled by the knobs sliders or buttons on the surface To select a keyboard shortcut Doepfer variation press C trl Alt W indows or Command 0 ption Mac and one of the Drehbank number keys on the main part of the computer keyboard The number of variations Pocket C ontrol available depends on the control surface and which Reason device has MIDI input To Pocket Dial select the default variation press C trl Alt 1 or C ommand 0 ption 1 This is Pocket Fader done automatically when you change MIDI input to another device ia ii iro Support for new control surfaces will be added continuously Registered Reason 3 PCR 1 users will be able to download new Remote drivers from www propellerheads se PCR M1 Note also the section about creating your own Remote drivers see page 20 PCR 30 50 80 A30 UR 80 Evolution MK 249C MK 425C MK 449C MK 461C UC 33 original version UC 33e X S ession Kenton Control Freak O riginal Control Freak Live Control Freak Studio Edition Spin Doctor Keyfax Phatboy Korg KONTROL49 MicroKONTROL M Audio Keystation Pro 88 02 Ozone Oxygen 8 Radium 49 61 Mackie Control Novation ReMOTE series X S tation Peavey PC 1600x ey REASO
37. ou need to re launch Reason for the changes to take effect 4 Select the correct MIDI input port and click OK 5 Now the control surface should be added to the list on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page 6 If there s a red X next to the surface in the list this means there s something wrong with the remotemap Click the X to get an error report this can often help you find what s wrong If you need to edit the remotemap you don t have to restart Reason just save the changes in the file and turn the Use with Reason checkbox for the control sur face off and on again on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page 7 When the control surface is shown with a green check mark this means that the midicodec and remotemap files are OK You can try out the mapping in the program using the standard Remote proce dures gt If you have mapped a control to a parameter in Reason and this doesn t work even though the control surface gets a green check mark this could be because you have used the wrong name for the remotable item or misspelled it Check the tool tip for the parameter in Reason the item in the remotemap file Should have the exact same name as shown in the tool tip bp REASON
38. ous Track Map Button 8 Target Next Track gt You don t have to make mappings for every function or every device In fact you can use a remotemap file that only contains the headers as in the tem plate with the correct manufacturer and model name inserted Then there will be no automatic mapping of controls to parameters but you can still use Remote Override 9 When you have made all mappings you want save the file as xxx re motemap where xxx is the name of the control surface Remotemap files should be saved in the following folder Mac OS X lt your home folder gt Library A pplication S upport Propellerhead S oftware Re mote M aps lt manufacturer name gt Windows C Documents and S ettings lt username gt Application Data P ropellerhead S oft ware R emote M aps lt manufacturer name gt Initially the Remote folder in the path above will be empty you need to create a folder called Maps and then a subfolder with the name of the control surface manufacturer as specified in the midicodec file Testing 1 Re launch Reason 2 Open the Preferences dialog and go to the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page 3 Click the Add button and select the model manufacturer of the control sur face in the Add dialog If the control surface doesn t appear on the menus this means that there is some thing wrong with the midicodec file check that the header is correct gt If you edit the midicodec file y
39. p Keyboard Keyboard Map Pitch Bend Pitch Bend Map Modulation Mod Wheel Map Sustain Pedal Damper Pedal gt Make sure that the names in the Control Surface Item column are exactly the same as in the midicodec file and that the remotable items are cor rect 5 To map controls for a specific Reason device add map lines under the corre sponding Scope heading like this Scope Propellerheads SubTractor Analog Synthesizer Control Surface Item Key Remotable Item Scale Mode Map Knob 1 Filter Freq Map Knob 2 Filter Res etc 6 If your control surface has a keyboard you can map a specific key to a pa rameter or function in Reason like this Map Keyboard CO Filter2 On Off Note that this means that you can t play the Reason device with this key C0 in this ex ample pressing it will only control the parameter not make any sound 7 If there are lots of parameters on the device and few control surface items you can create Keyboard Shortcut Variations Check out some of the existing remotemaps to see how this is done 8 Finally you can map controls to functions under the Reason Document scope heading This is where you map transport functions target track selection Undo etc Here s how this could look Scope Propellerheads Reason Document Ee Control Surface Item Key Remotable Item Scale Mode Map Button 1 Stop Map Button 2 Play Map Button 3 Record Map Button 7 Target Previ
40. performance controls the nine faders the twelve knobs and the ten keypad buttons are available as control surface items in Reason About the default mapping gt On the keypad buttons 4 and 7 are used for Target Previous Next Track gt Buttons 6 and 9 are used for Select Previous Next Patch where applica ble For effect devices button 0 controls the Bypass On Off state gt Where applicable Knob 21 the last knob is mapped to master level gt When controlling devices with many parameters keyboard shortcut vari ations are used eb REASON UC 33 original version Requirements Setting up e To use the UC 33 with Reason you must select preset 21 and make sure that this isn t changed from the factory settings e Youcan restore the UC 33 to factory settings by holding down the and but tons when you turn the keyboard on note that this restores all presets to factory settings deleting any changes you have made e We strongly recommend that you connect the UC 33 to a separate MIDI port or use USB If you connect the UC 33 to the same MIDI port as a MIDI keyboard you will not be able to play all keys on the keyboard This is because the UC 33 maps some keys to transport functions and various buttons and if the UC 33 and the keyboard are connected to the same MIDI port Reason cannot separate them If you connect the UC 33 and the keyboard to separate MIDI ports this is nota problem Abou
41. rols on your control surface should be mapped to parameters and functions in Reason A basic mapping looks like this Map lt control surface item gt lt remotable item gt lt control surface item gt is the name of a control on your control surface as defined in the midicodec file lt remotable item gt is the name as a parameter or function in Rea son Note that there are two tabs between lt control surface item gt and lt remotable item gt 3 Tip It s a good idea to open an existing remotemap file and check how things are mapped there This will help you get the correct names of remotable items in Reason and give you hints on how to create a good mapping The remotemaps that were installed with Reason can be found in Library A pplication Support P ropellerhead S oftware Remote Maps Mac OS X C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Propellerhead S oftware Re mote M aps W indows 4 If your control surface has a keyboard you need to map the performance controls under the Master Keyboard scope heading Reason supports the following performance controls Keyboard Pitch Bend Mod W heel Damper Pedal Expression Channel Pressure Breath W hich controls to include depends on your control surface i e which control surface items are defined in the midicodec file It could look like this for example Scope Propellerheads Master Keyboard Control Surface Item Key Remotable Item Scale Mode Ma
42. s If you press the Pan button they control pans gt Subtractor There are two variations Filter and Amp amp Osc you select variation by press ing Assignment button 1 or 2 gt Redrum Use the Channel Left Right buttons to select which drum channels should be con trolled 1 8 or 9 10 You can audition the drum sounds with the S elect buttons The rotaries can control a number of different settings for the drum sounds you select which setting by pressing the following buttons Assignment button 1 Pitch Assignment button 2 Length Pan button Pan Plug ins Button Send 1 EQ Button Tone Sample Start Pitch Bend Amount Dyn Button Velocity Amount Buttons F1 F8 select pattern and buttons F9 F12 select bank gt Malstrom There are three variations Osc Mod A Osc Mod B and Filter select by pressing the Assignment 1 Assignment 2 or Pan buttons respectively gt BV 512 Vocoder The faders control the band levels use the Channel Left Right buttons to select which vocoder bands to control gt Matrix Buttons F1 F8 select pattern and buttons F9 F12 select bank The Select button for channel 1 controls the Pattern Enable switch ep REASON Novation ReMOTE series Requirements Setting up This model can be used with the ReMOTE 25 and other keyboards in the Novation ReMOTE Series Please use the latest operating system for the REMOTE keyboard see www no vationmusic com for details To use the Re
43. s xxx midicodec where xxx is the name of the control surface Midicodec files that you have created yourself should be saved in the following folder Mac OS X lt your home folder gt Library A pplication S upport P ropellerhead S oftware Remote C o decs MIDI Codecs Windows C Documents and S ettings lt username gt Application Data P ropellerhead S oft ware Remote C odecs MIDI C odecs Initially the Remote folder in the path above will be empty you need to create a folder called Codecs and then a subfolder called MIDI Co decs gt Anew midicodec file won t be recognized by Reason until you restart the program but you need a mapping file anyway So read on bp REASON How to create a remotemap file 1 In the Reason Template Documents Remote Files folder open the file Template remotemap in a text editor This document starts with the following lines Propellerhead Remote Mapping File File Format Version 1 0 0 Control Surface Manufacturer Control Surface Model lt manufacturer name gt lt model name gt 2 Replace lt manufacturer name gt with the brand name of the control surface and lt model name gt with the name of this control surface model as in the midicodec file The rest of this template document lists a number of scopes one for each Reason de vice one for the Master Keyboard and one for the Reason Document Under each scope heading you define how cont
44. s to play the sampler They are mapped chromatically from C2 up Redrum Only drum sounds 1 8 can be controlled The Hex Lock and Enter buttons select variations There are four variations Pitch P lay Length P lay Pitch Pattern and Length Pattern In the Pitch varia tions the encoders control the pitch of the drum sounds in the Length variations they control the length In the Play variations you can play the drum sounds with the pads In the Pattern variations the pads are used for selecting pattern and bank The sliders always control the levels BV 512 Vocoder The sliders control the band levels use the Hex Lock and Enter buttons to se lect which vocoder bands to control Matrix Pad buttons 1 8 select pattern pad button 9 controls the Run button pad button 12 controls the Pattern Enable switch and pad buttons 13 16 select bank M Audio Keystation Pro 88 Requirements Setting up If you have connected the Pro 88 via USB or two way MIDI Reason will automati Cally find it if you click the Auto detect button on the Control Surfaces and Key boards page in the Preferences To use the Pro 88 with Reason you need to select preset 10 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory settings If you have connected the keyboard via USB or two way MIDI Reason will restore preset 10 to factory settings for you however note that you need to select preset 10 manually after this is done You can also rest
45. sing auto detect Reason will upload custom settings overwriting preset 2 After this is done you need to select preset 2 on the UC 33e About the default mapping The UC 33e has the same mapping as the UC 33 original version See above X Session Requirements Setting up e Reason will automatically find the X S ession if you click the Auto detect button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences e To use the X Session with Reason you need to select preset 6 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory settings e If you have connected the keyboard via USB Reason will restore preset 6 to fac tory settings for you however note that you need to select preset 6 manually after this is done e You can also restore your X S ession manually by holding down the and but tons when you turn the keyboard on note that this restores all presets to factory settings deleting any changes you have made About the default mapping gt On the keypad buttons 4 and 7 are used for Target Previous Next Track gt Buttons 6 and 9 are used for Select Previous Next Patch where applica ble gt For effect devices button 0 controls the Bypass On Off state gt When controlling devices with many parameters keyboard shortcut vari ations are used Kenton Control Freak Original Requirements Setting up e To use the Control Freak with Reason you need to select program 36 and make Sure this isn
46. t changed from the factory default settings e You can reset the C ontrol Freak to factory defaults note that this restores all fac tory presets and removes any changes you have made To reset turn the unit on while pressing all four buttons in the lower row Shift Store lt and gt The display will say Updating Memory About the default mapping For devices with patches buttons 7 and 8 are used for Select Previous Next Patch gt When controlling devices with many parameters keyboard shortcut vari ations are used gt Redrum Only drums 1 8 can be controlled There are three keyboard shortcut variations in which the faders control levels pans and pitch respectively The selected variation also determines the functions of the buttons In the first variation the buttons con trol the drum sound mutes in the second they select pattern in the current bank and in the third buttons 1 4 selects bank while buttons 7 and 8 selects previous next patch gt Matrix The eight buttons select pattern in the current bank Control Freak Live Requirements Setting up e To use the Control Freak Live with Reason you need to select program 36 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory default settings e You can reset the Control Freak Live to factory defaults note that this restores all factory presets and removes any changes you have made To reset turn the unit on while pressing all four buttons in th
47. t the default mapping The UC 33 features a number of overlays for different Reason devices from previous Reason versions In the default mapping of the UC 33 we have tried to keep the map ping according to the overlays where possible This means that you can still use e g the Subtractor overlay when you re controlling a S ubtractor with the UC 33 although you no longer have to switch to a Subtractor preset However in some cases we had to rearrange the numpad buttons to make room for the patch selection target track and transport functions this is noted below gt The following buttons are used for global Reason functions Numpad buttons 4 and 7 are used for Target Previous Next Track For devices with patches numpad buttons 6 and 9 are used for Select Previous Next Patch The four transport buttons stop play rewind and fast forward are mapped to the corresponding transport functions in Reason The numpad 0 button is mapped to Record gt Mixer 14 2 There are four keyboard shortcut variations In variations 1 2 channels 1 8 are con trolled with the two upper rows of knobs controlling EQ and Aux Sends respec tively In variations 3 4 channels 9 14 are controlled in the same way The faders always control the levels and the lowest row of knobs controls the pan The mas ter level is mapped to fader F9 in all variations gt Subtractor This is mapped as on the Subtractor overlay with the following exceptio
48. the Play variations you can play the drum sounds with the pads In the Pattern variations the pads are used for selecting pattern and bank The sliders always control the levels BV 512 Vocoder The sliders control the band levels use the SW 1 and SW 2 buttons to select which vocoder bands to control Matrix Pad buttons 1 8 select pattern pad button 9 controls the Run button pad button 12 controls the Pattern Enable switch and pad buttons 13 16 select bank eb REASON MicroKONTROL Requirements Setting up e The MicroKONTROL can be connected via USB or standard MIDI connectors e If connected via USB you need to make sure that both the MIDI In ports are prop erly selected one for the keyboard and one for the controls e If connected via MIDI you only need to select the Controls MIDI In Port make sure the Keyboard MIDI In Port is set to Not selected e Reason will automatically find the MicroKONTROL if you click the Auto detect but ton on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences a two way MIDI or USB connection is needed e When you add the MicroKONTROL manually or using auto detect it will auto matically be set to a custom mode for use with Reason About the controls Reason makes use of all encoders sliders pads and buttons except for the octave shift buttons The program will also control the displays on the MicroKONTROL showing parameter names and values About the
49. tings To select preset 0 set all DIP switches on the back to off If you have changed the settings in preset 0 you will have to restore it using the editor supplied with your Pocket C ontrol Please refer to your Pocket C ontrol man ual for information on how to use the editor The Pocket C ontrol makes use of keyboard shortcut variations for many Reason devices Pocket Dial Requirements Setting up To use the Pocket Dial with Reason you need to select preset 85 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory default settings To select preset 85 set the DIP switches on the back to 00101010 where 0 is off and 1 is on Finally make sure Bank 1 is selected on the Pocket Dial If you have changed the settings in preset 85 you will have to restore it using the editor supplied with your Pocket Dial Please refer to your Pocket Dial manual for information on how to use the editor The Pocket Dial makes use of keyboard shortcut variations for many Reason de vices Pocket Fader Requirements Setting up To use the Pocket Fader with Reason you need to select preset 0 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory default settings To select preset 0 set all DIP switches on the back to off If you have changed the settings in preset 0 you will have to restore it using the editor supplied with your Pocket Fader Please refer to your Pocket Fader manual for information on how to use the editor The Pocket
50. tion with Reason you need to connect it via USB or two way MIDI Make sure the X S tation isn t write protected press Global make sure the mem ory protect page is shown in the display and use the Data Value knob to select off W hen you add the X S tation in Reason you must select the correct MIDI output on the MIDI Output Port menu in the Add C ontrol Surface dialog Reason will then upload a template to the edit buffer in the X S tation If you like you can then save these settings to any template memory location on the X S tation If you do this you can also set which template the X S tation should show each time you turn it on select the saved template press Global and press Write About the controls W hen you list the X S tation controls in Reason e g when mapping Remote O ver rides they will be named according to their labels on the panel However in the de fault mapping the name of a control will not always match the parameter it s mapped to Since Reason has some very different parameters than the X S tation W e have tried to keep it as logical as possible though Many of the controls on the X S tation have multiple functions W hen the Reason tem plate is selected the following multiple functions are available In the Oscs Mixer section you can select Osc 1 or Osc 2 changing the function of most knobs and buttons In the Filters section all controls have different functions depending on whether you
51. to http www be hringer com for more info e Before you add the BCR2000 as a control surface in Reason please make sure that the BCR2000 is set to Device ID 1 This is done in the global setup menu Hold down the EDIT key and press the STORE key release both keys and then use Encoder 5 to set the Device ID Press EXIT to leave the global setup menu e Ifyou connect the BCR2000 via USB you need to setit to operating mode U 1 Hold down the EDIT key and press the STORE key release both keys and then use Encoder 1 to set the operating mode Press EXIT to leave the global setup menu e Ifyou connect the BCR2000 via MIDI you need to use two MIDI cables one from the IN port to the out port on your MIDI interface and one from the OUT B THRU port to the in port on your MIDI interface Then set the BCR2000 to oper ating mode S 3 e Reason will automatically find the BCR2000 if you click the Auto detect button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences About the controls All encoders and buttons on the BCR2000 are available as control surface items in Reason except for the four Encoder G roup buttons The BCR2000 has up to 56 rotary encoders the three lower rows called bottom row middle row and top row and four groups of eight push encoders at the top Y ou select which group to use by pressing the Encoder Group buttons below the dis play this affects the push encoders only How many groups are
52. ttons when you turn the keyboard on note that this restores all presets to factory set tings deleting any changes you have made About the controls The keyboard and performance controls the nine faders the eight knobs and the ten keypad buttons are available as control surface items in Reason About the default mapping gt gt On the keypad buttons 4 and 7 are used for Target Previous Next Track Buttons 6 and 9 are used for Select Previous Next Patch where applica ble For effect devices button 0 controls the Bypass On Off state gt Where applicable Knob 17 the last knob is mapped to master level gt When controlling devices with many parameters keyboard shortcut vari ations are used MK 461C Requirements Setting up Reason will automatically find the MK 461C if you click the Auto detect button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences To use MK 461C with Reason you need to select preset 4 and make sure this isn t changed from the factory settings If you have connected the keyboard via USB Reason will restore preset 4 to fac tory settings for you however note that you need to select preset 4 manually after this is done You can also restore yourMK 461C manually by holding down the and buttons when you turn the keyboard on note that this restores all presets to factory set tings deleting any changes you have made About the controls The keyboard and
53. uttons and select banks using Shift Vertical C ur sor buttons ep REASON 7 Evolution MK 425C Requirements Setting up MK 249C Reason will automatically find the MK 425C if you click the Auto detect button on the Control Surfaces and Keyboards page in the Preferences Requirements Setting up To use MK 425C with Reason you need to select preset 4 and make sure this To be able to use the ten buttons on the MK 249C you need to program them so that isn t changed from the factory settings they send out the following MIDI program change messages e If you have connected the keyboard via USB Reason will restore preset 4 to fac tory settings for you however note that you need to select preset 4 manually after button 0 MIDI program change 00 this is done button 1 MIDI program change 01 button 2 MIDI program change 02 button 3 MIDI program change 03 button 4 MIDI program change 04 button 5 MIDI program change 05 button 6 MIDI ie change 06 About the controls button 7 MIDI program change 07 The keyboard and performance controls the eight knobs and the ten keypad buttons button 8 MIDI program change 08 are available as control surface items in Reason button 9 MIDI program change 09 e You can also restore yourMK 425C manually by holding down the and buttons when you turn the keyboard on note that this restores all presets to factory set tings deleting any changes you have mad
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