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4.2.2 Transport Control
• Quantise - Toggles quantise On/Off, quantising incoming MIDI
• Click - toggles the metronome click
• Undo - pressing this will trigger the undo function
• Play & Stop - pressing these buttons will initiate playback of the track
• Record - pressing this will trigger the record function
• Loop - toggles the transport loop (“cycle mode”)
4.2.3 Rotary Knobs
With a Reason instrument selected, the Launchkey’s 8 knobs automatically control useful parameters.
Of course, which parameters the knobs control varies by instrument. With the Kong Drum Designer,
for example, the Launchkey’s knobs (from left to right) map to Pitch, Decay, Bus FX, Aux 1, Aux 2,
Tone, Pan and Level.
4.2.4 Pads Session Mode
With a Reason instrument selected and the pads set to Session Mode (hold Shift and press the Session
pad), the Launchkey’s 16 pads automatically control useful device settings. For the Grain Sample
Manipulator, for example, the pads (from left to right) map to Effects On, Phaser On, Distortion On,
EQ On, Delay On, Reverb On, Compression On, Key Mode setting (toggles between Poly, Retrig,
Legato), Porta (toggles between Off, On and Auto), Motion, Grain Type Select, Oscillator On/ Off,
Sample to Filter and Osc to Filter.
4.2.5 Navigation
The ◄ and ► arrow buttons allow you to navigate between tracks, pressing the ◄ button will
select the track above and the ► button will select the track below the current. Doing so will also
automatically arm the newly-selected Reason track.
4.2.6 Preset Browsing
Press the ▲ and ▼ buttons to scroll through presets on Reason instruments.