Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Finally just recently moved to really screwing around with Reason, I 
have to admit that I've been really digging on the avenues the 
program leaves open.

I've been using the Command Station to control the bulk of reason, 
and during the course of such had come up with a few questions that I 
was hoping some of you would be able to answer.

1.  Though "most" knob data and any key presses I make on the Command 
Station transmit fine to Reason, I've been having trouble being able 
to use the Command Stations sequencer as a means of controlling 
Reason.  For whatever reason, soon as I begin playing a sequence on 
the Command Station specifically made to be dumped into Reason, 
Reason is unable to pick up the Midi information being transmitted by 
the sequencer.  Anyone have any ideas as to why this may be occuring?

2.  I primarirly use the midi learn function to assign what knobs on 
the Command Station I want to correspond with whatever on reason.  
I've come to notice however that there is a small handfull of knobs 
on the Command Station, that though they are transmitting Midi data, 
when I use the Midi learn function on Reason (which shows that it's 
picking up Midi activity), it never seems to actually learn to relate 
designated knob/slider to the knob that I told it to learn on the 
Command Station.  Anyone have any ideas why?

Respects,

       Aaron Nesby

Reason has seven possible MIDI sources that are set in the preferences under
MIDI and ADVANCE MIDI.  The ones in the MIDI screen are designed to be the
kind of controller like a keyboard or knob-box you would use on a
track-by-track basis to control Reason.  This is very much like the way the
XX-7 rechannelized the pads and knobs into the active sequencer track.

When you wish to control Reason from an external sequencer the way to do
this is to go to the ADVANCED MIDI preference and set one of the four
channels to the desired MIDI port the XX-7 is connected to.  This is
essentially a MIDI cable connected directly into the Reason rack, bypassing
the Reason sequencer.  In the Rack's MIDI control "device" you can assign
each MIDI channel on one of the four possible ports (A-D) to any current bit
of gear in the rack.  So if you have a Redrum you want controlled by the
XX-7's channel 1, a Subtraktor on channel 2, and the mixer on channel 16 you
would set up the assignments accordingly in the system control panel on the
rack.

This setup does not work too well if the main Reason control device is also
assigned to the XX-7.  You could set things up so that something like MIDI
channel 1 is always the Reason controller if needed, but that is only
helpful if your recording into the Reason sequencer.

Keep in mind that the XX-7's rechannelizing will still be doing its thing
(if enabled).  So you will need to change channels/tracks from the XX-7 to
direct MIDI to another Reason instrument for live play and/or control via
the knobs. and of course you will need your sequence tracks assigned to the
right combination of channel and external output.


drk

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On 1/27/03 11:30 AM, "Alien <neilaworking@...>"
<neilaworking@...> wrote:

> Finally just recently moved to really screwing around with Reason, I
> have to admit that I've been really digging on the avenues the
> program leaves open.
> 
> I've been using the Command Station to control the bulk of reason,
> and during the course of such had come up with a few questions that I
> was hoping some of you would be able to answer.
> 
> 1.  Though "most" knob data and any key presses I make on the Command
> Station transmit fine to Reason, I've been having trouble being able
> to use the Command Stations sequencer as a means of controlling
> Reason.  For whatever reason, soon as I begin playing a sequence on
> the Command Station specifically made to be dumped into Reason,
> Reason is unable to pick up the Midi information being transmitted by
> the sequencer.  Anyone have any ideas as to why this may be occuring?
> 
> 2.  I primarirly use the midi learn function to assign what knobs on
> the Command Station I want to correspond with whatever on reason.
> I've come to notice however that there is a small handfull of knobs
> on the Command Station, that though they are transmitting Midi data,
> when I use the Midi learn function on Reason (which shows that it's
> picking up Midi activity), it never seems to actually learn to relate
> designated knob/slider to the knob that I told it to learn on the
> Command Station.  Anyone have any ideas why?