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  • #1039834
    Col
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      can the controller lane automation be mapped to a hardware midi controller (BCF2000) in reason 3 ?

      #1094135
      BioTech
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        Col wrote:
        can the controller lane automation be mapped to a hardware midi controller (BCF2000) in reason 3 ?

        As far as I know you can map any of the controller lanes to a midi controller, be it a mod wheel on a synth or a controller such as yours.

        Although having never done it I couldn’t say how to.

        #1094136
        BioTech
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          Just had a butchers at R3 and although I don’t have a midi controller I think I might have worked it out.

          Right click the control you wish to automate on the device (not in the sequencer) and select “edit remote override mapping”

          I THINK that you then must select the control uint you wish to use and then rotate/move the pot/slider/wheel that you wish to use so that it registers via midi to R3 and you can then assign that controler.

          Not sure about this though, and you may have already tried it.

          #1094146
          Raj
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            yes it will learn your controllers – tools or options menu I think:wink:

            #1094144
            noname
            Participant

              Should be an option called “midi learn” which will send the whole device panel a funny colour, and give it numbers (red is for keyboard, and as far as I remember, it goes green for midi).

              Then you select any lane, and right click where you get an option to learn controller number from input. Move the slider/knob, and that should do it…:weee:

              #1094140
              ideosphere
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                oh oh oh – thank you so much for putting this post up!!

                I’d had a bit of a fiddle before and couldn’t suss it (dunno why cause there wasn’t that many options but hey its working now!!) could get the keyboard and pitch bend to work but nothing else – but now…

                oh the possibilities seem endless!

                Good luck your end Col :weee:

                #1094137
                BioTech
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                  ideosphere wrote:
                  oh oh oh – thank you so much for putting this post up!!

                  I’d had a bit of a fiddle before and couldn’t suss it (dunno why cause there wasn’t that many options but hey its working now!!) could get the keyboard and pitch bend to work but nothing else – but now…

                  oh the possibilities seem endless!

                  Good luck your end Col :weee:

                  Just out of interest, how did you do it?

                  #1094141
                  ideosphere
                  Participant

                    still can’t seem to get any auto mapping sorted – right clicked thing to automate (ie mixer level ch1 slider), selected Edit Remote Override Mapping, wiggled the slider I wanted, clicked ok, done. Same for knobs only you twiddle rather than wiggle 😉

                    Gonna have a bit of a play tonight – gonna also try assigning the same sliders to different instrunments and hopefully they’ll change depending on what I’ve got selected for midi input in the sequencer!

                    :bounce_fl :bounce_g: :bounce_fl

                    #1094145
                    noname
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                      ideosphere wrote:
                      still can’t seem to get any auto mapping sorted – right clicked thing to automate (ie mixer level ch1 slider), selected Edit Remote Override Mapping, wiggled the slider I wanted, clicked ok, done. Same for knobs only you twiddle rather than wiggle 😉

                      Gonna have a bit of a play tonight – gonna also try assigning the same sliders to different instrunments and hopefully they’ll change depending on what I’ve got selected for midi input in the sequencer!

                      :bounce_fl :bounce_g: :bounce_fl

                      If you mean auto mapping as in assigning a custom standard midi setup, you need to set up your mappings, then save them in as a song (this is the only way reason will store custom map setups…)

                      #1094130
                      Col
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                        I’m not sure i got all that, my midi controller can already control all of the reason3 buttons, I just right click and lock to behringer, the problem is the controller lane itself, i can’t seem to get it to record the automation that I am inputting via the midi controller into the controller lanes in the sequencer.

                        I’m a bit confused and can’t see a clear cut method for doing this other than maybe routing it to the mixing desk and applying the various filters etc with the hardware as the tune is playing and then recording it via a line in source on the second computer’s soundcard, but if i make a timing mistake or that I’m screwed and will have to start again.

                        Alternatively, I could slave to cubase or export midi/audio loops from reason and use the hardware to control the automation there, only problem with that is i will have to program the controller myself as the Mackie and baby Hui emulation my controller offers is a bit shit with cubase.

                        maybe I’m gonna end up having to sit down for a few hours and actually program the bloody thing which takes away time from making the music itself.

                        #1094138
                        BioTech
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                          Col wrote:
                          the problem is the controller lane itself, i can’t seem to get it to record the automation that I am inputting via the midi controller into the controller lanes in the sequencer.

                          That’s odd. Should just be a case of selecting the required device in the sequencer (making sure midi & record are highlighted next to the sequencer track) pressing record then play and off you go. I guess you’ve already tried this plenty of times already though so I don’t know the answer to your problem.

                          Good luck!

                          #1094131
                          Col
                          Participant
                            BioTech wrote:
                            That’s odd. Should just be a case of selecting the required device in the sequencer (making sure midi & record are highlighted next to the sequencer track) pressing record then play and off you go. I guess you’ve already tried this plenty of times already though so I don’t know the answer to your problem.

                            Good luck!

                            Woot i was just messing around there and worked out where i was going wrong, I was trying to automate the channel without creating a sequencer track for that particular channel.

                            fkin yeeha, now i can get on with my music at long long last

                            buzzing

                            #1094132
                            Col
                            Participant

                              I was trying to actually automate the controller lanes in the sequencer itself as i thought it would be similar to the way R and W functionality operates in Cubase.

                              sometimes the problem is so simple you completley overlook it

                              #1094133
                              Col
                              Participant

                                lets aaaaaaaaaaaav it

                                now my toons are sounding better.

                                man, I’m so happy i could kiss every one of you

                                #1094142
                                ideosphere
                                Participant

                                  Hehe – was up till way past my bedtime last night messing with my new discovery!! :weee:

                                  Did a bit more research too and it looks like Sound On Sound may be doing a ‘using reason live’ article this month if anyones interested.

                                  Oh the possibilities!!!!

                                  #1094143
                                  ideosphere
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                                    ideosphere wrote:
                                    Oh the possibilities!!!!

                                    I know I kind of said this in my post yesterday too but well – that’s all I’ve been muttering to myself since!

                                    :you_crazy

                                    #1094139
                                    BioTech
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                                      ideosphere wrote:
                                      I know I kind of said this in my post yesterday too but well – that’s all I’ve been muttering to myself since!

                                      :you_crazy

                                      Haha! :laugh_at: :weee:

                                      #1094134
                                      Col
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                                        ideosphere wrote:
                                        Hehe – was up till way past my bedtime last night messing with my new discovery!! :weee:

                                        Did a bit more research too and it looks like Sound On Sound may be doing a ‘using reason live’ article this month if anyones interested.

                                        Oh the possibilities!!!!

                                        same here look at the time of my post before this one , 5am style

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