
REMOTE - PLAYING AND CONTROLLING REASON DEVICES
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Keyboard Control
Assigning keyboard remote commands does not involve MIDI, so there is no special
setting up required. Keyboard commands can be assigned to parameters just as
when using Remote Override mapping, but the functionality differs in one central as-
pect:
D Keyboard Control commands can only be used to toggle on/off or min/
max values for an assigned parameter.
Hence, if you assign a keyboard remote command for a knob, slider or spin control, it
will only switch between the minimum and maximum values for that parameter. The
only exception to this are the multi-selector buttons used for various parameters such
as envelope destination, for example. These will cycle through the available options
when using keyboard control.
Enabling Keyboard Control
To enable Keyboard Control, select “Enable Keyboard Control” from the Options
menu.
Editing Keyboard Control
D To get an overview of which parameters are remote controllable select
“Keyboard Control Edit Mode” from the Options menu.
When done, each device you select will show a yellow arrow symbol beside every
parameter that can be assigned a keyboard control.
A section of a drum machine with Keyboard Control Edit Mode enabled.
D If you click on an assignable parameter to select it, you can then select
“Edit MIDI Control Mapping” from the Edit menu.
This opens a dialog allowing you to select a key command for that parameter.
You may use any key except the Space bar, Tab, Enter or the Numeric keypad
(which is reserved for Transport functions) or a combination of [Shift] + any key
(with the same aforementioned exceptions).
The Keyboard Control dialog.
D Simply press the key (or key combination) you wish to use to remote
control the parameter.
The “Key Received” field momentarily indicates that it is “learning” the key-
stroke(s), and then the dialog displays the name of the key you have pressed. If
[Shift] was used, the box beside the word Shift in the dialog is ticked.
You can also double-click on the arrow for an assignable parameter to set up key-
board control:
D A rotating yellow rectangle appears, indicating Learn mode. Press the
key (or key combination) you wish to use to control the parameter.
The rotating stops and the rectangle will now display the key or key combination
you used.
About the two Edit Keyboard Control Modes
If Keyboard Control Edit Mode is enabled (ticked) on the Options menu, assigned pa-
rameters are “tagged”, showing the remote key for that parameter. In this mode, how-
ever, you cannot operate Reason normally. This mode is primarily for overview of
available parameters and the current assignments.
D Another way to assign keyboard remote commands is to have “Keyboard
Control Edit Mode” deselected on the Options menu, and to simply
[Ctrl]-click (Mac)/right-click (PC) the parameter you wish to remote con-
trol.
This opens a pop-up menu, where one of the options will be “Edit Keyboard Con-
trol Mapping”. Selecting this opens the Keyboard Control dialog. Thus, you do not
have to enable/disable Edit mode from the Options menu if you know that a pa-
rameter is assignable.
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