User Manual

MENU AND DIALOG REFERENCE
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• MIDI Control keyboard
Select this is you have a MIDI keyboard with programmable knobs, buttons or faders. You need to set up your con-
trol surface so that the controllers send the correct MIDI CC messages, depending on which Record device you
want to control - check out the MIDI Implementation Chart in the Record documentation. If your control surface
has templates or presets for different Reason 2.5 devices, these can be used.
• MIDI Control Surface
Select this if you have a MIDI controller with programmable knobs, buttons or faders (but without keyboard).
Again, you need to set your controllers to send the right MIDI CCs.
• MIDI Keyboard (No Controls)
Select this is you have a MIDI keyboard without programmable knobs, buttons or faders. This is used for playing
only (including performance controllers such as pitch bend, mod wheel, etc.) - you cannot adjust Record device pa-
rameters with this type of control surface.
q Under the “Other” Manufacturer, there are also two options called “MIDI Keyboard Multichannel” and “MIDI
Controller Multichannel”. Use these if the controls on your keyboard/control surface send the same MIDI mes-
sage but on different MIDI channels. Read more in “Adding a control surface or keyboard” in the Remote chap-
ter.
After selecting a model, proceed with selecting MIDI input as described above.
About the Master Keyboard
One of the control surfaces can be the Master Keyboard. This is like any other control surface, but it must have a key-
board and it cannot be locked to a specific Record device (in other words, it always follows the MIDI input to the se-
quencer). This is the surface you use to play the instrument devices in Record.
D The first surface with a keyboard that is added (or found by auto-detect) is automatically selected to be the
Master Keyboard.
This is shown in the Attached Surfaces list on the Preferences page.
D If you want to use another surface as Master Keyboard, select it in the list and click the “Make Master Key-
board” button.
There can only be one Master Keyboard.
D If you don’t want to use any Master Keyboard at all, select the current Master Keyboard surface and click the
same button (which is now labeled “Use No Master Keyboard”).
The Master Keyboard Input setting
This determines how you set Master Keyboard Input in the sequencer: to which track and device the Master Key-
board should be directed (which track to play from your keyboard):
• In “Standard” mode, the selected track automatically gets Master Keyboard Input.
This way you can just click anywhere on a track in the track list to select it for playing (or use the arrow keys to
step up and down in the track list).
• In “Separated” mode, you need to click directly on the device icon to the left in the track list to set Master Key-
board Input.
This is useful if you’re working with multiple selections in the track list, or if you want to select different tracks for
editing without changing which device you play from your keyboard.
• Master Keyboard Input is indicated by a red border around the device icon in the track list.
On instrument tracks, a small keyboard is also shown below the device icon. On other track types, a small control
surface is shown below the device icon.