Reason Rack Plugin 12.7 Operation Manual
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#Setting up for MIDI controlling an external track/plugin
In this example we will route the MIDI from a Dual Arpeggio Player device via a MIDI Out Device.
1.
Drag a MIDI Out Device from the Instruments palette in the Browser and drop in the rack.
The MIDI Out Device is created in the rack.
2.
Click the Players palette and drag a Dual Arpeggio Player and drop above the MIDI Out Device:
The Dual Arpeggio Player is automatically attached to the MIDI Out Device.
3.
Create a MIDI track in the DAW sequencer.
4.
Select Reason Rack Plugin as MIDI Input port for that track (refer to the DAW manual).
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With most DAWs, a Reason Rack Plugin instance can produce both audio and MIDI at the same time (i.e. a Reason Rack Plugin instrument can also send out MIDI). However, with DAWs using the AU plugin format (e.g. Logic), you need to add Reason Rack Plugin in a special MIDI FX slot for it to output MIDI. That instance will be a MIDI effect only and won't output audio.
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If you get problems with “hanging” notes, click the Panic button to send out an “All Notes Off”.
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To route MIDI from other Player devices in the Reason Rack Plugin instance, simply create another MIDI Out Device and attach another Player to it. Then, select a different MIDI Channel on the MIDI Out Device.
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You don’t have to attach a Player to the MIDI Out Device - you could use the MIDI Out Device just for “throughput” of the MIDI from the Reason Rack Plugin instance.
In these situations it doesn’t matter where in the rack you place the MIDI Out Device.
#About recording the Player MIDI from the MIDI Out Device
If you want to record the MIDI from the Player, you will have to do that in real-time on the destination track in your host DAW, see “Getting the Player MIDI output onto a track in your DAW”.
#Modulating MIDI Controllers from CV signals
The MIDI Out Device features eight CV inputs for routing modulation signals from the Reason Rack Plugin instance to MIDI CC# of your choice. These MIDI CC# changes are then transmitted on the selected MIDI Channel of the MIDI Out Device.
1.
Flip the rack around and connect some modulation sources to the desired CV inputs:
2.
Flip the rack back to the front and click the On button to activate the CV IN section:
CV signals routed to any of the four CV IN pairs are indicated by lit LEDs:
3.
Click to select which CV IN pair to edit:
4.
Drag up/down to select the desired MIDI CC# to route the CV modulation signals to:
5.
Turn the Scale knobs to change the modulation range, from static (0-0) to full (0-127):
6.
Turn the Offset knobs to change the modulation offset (0-127):
The modulation level(s) are shown in the CC Output displays:
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Repeat steps 3-6 to assign and set up the other CV IN pairs.
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CV can be bipolar (have negative or positive values) but MIDI CC values are always positive. Any negative CV values will be truncated to zero when converted to MIDI CC. To preserve the shape of e.g. a modulation LFO, you can use the Scale and Offset controls to convert the bipolar CV (going between -127 and +127) to a MIDI CC going between 0 and 127. In that case, set both Scale and Offset halfway up.
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You can also use the Offset knobs for manually setting MIDI CC values without anything connected to the CV inputs.
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The CV Input ON button enables CV inputs. Turn this off if you want to make manual settings, select MIDI CCs etc, without the values being modulated by CV.