101 on Setting up External Midi devices to Reason.

[@davidkaminski1110]

I cannot thank you enough. I love Reason but I couldn't stand having to restart my machine every single time I wanted to switch controllers. I like to play my Roland Aerophone wind controller but obviously it's better to play some some instruments with a keyboard or pads. Now I can plug them all in and switch around as needed. Many thanks to you and the author of the codecs!

[@cautious_possum]

This was extremely helpful to me. Using Windows 10, Reason 11 and a DrumBeat Pro, it was a little bit of a puzzle. The MIDI changes weren’t “sticking” until I restarted Reason 11.

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

When you add midi ports etc Reason usually needs a restart, if you change mappings you can get away with reloading the surface controller.. but I'm glad you found this useful and you are up and running...

[@rolandweygold1162]

Recently bought myself the Novation SL Mk3 that comes with zone split. Could not figure out how to map the zones to individual Reason instruments so this video is much appreciated. Thanks so much!!

[@seemsas]

I just knew the MidiOx method but I like the codec method. Thanks for sharing this detailed guide for setting up Midi.

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Glad it was clear and useful...

[@uk7769]

Your vid gave me some great ideas! Thanks for sharing this. Your part about 'legacy Reason midi' implementation vs your method is very helpful way to think about it.

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Glad it gave you some great ideas, that's what I hope people get out of my videos..

[@squeezewilson9]

How do you get the USB Cable input though? That part is what's not clear to me. Other than that, this tutorial is great! I just can't do anything with it until I understand how that USB Cable is showing in your Midi Ox and DAW, and it seems to have already been configured to your 3 midi devices. If you wouldn't mind, could you explain that to me? Sorry if my question is all over the place

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

In my case with the cable I was using it was plug and play, with my audio devices (UR 2x2MkII) you just install the drivers for it, once they are installed the ports should present them selves to you. It really should be a case of just plug the USB cable in, if it's not working I would try the cable on another computer or if possible another midi interface (the MIDI to USB cable is classed as an interface here). I did not do any special configuration to my external gear apart from making sure the Korg was taking out on Midi channel 2.

[@pdxfun4888]

again ,thank you for your kindness responding.

[@daleemmott1220]

Excellent video geez. May i ask what audio interface you use to plug in all your external gear ? Cheers

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

believe it or not I use my on board interface realtek, the laptop it self has 3 shared input\outputs for audio, the USB cable was a cheap and cheerful one from Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004IJ5FEU Externally I have a line mixer Fostex 2016 about 30 years old, all my gear I brought new more or less at the end of the 80's

[@CatherineMeeson]

You are ace mate , thanks exactly what I needed

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Glad you found it of help, there are plenty of advanced and beginners video's on my page and I'm happy to do requests...

[@jupiterbuoy2930]

Brilliant! So useful. Thank you.

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Glad it was helpful..

[@Teeyall]

THANK YOU SO MUUUUUUCH!!!!!!!!!

[@anthonythomas1229]

Excellent video!

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Thank you very much.. :)

[@martingatto8035]

Hello Master!! I take long time founding your video, to solve the multi keyboards on Reason Studio 12!!! I just have a little problem!... Your link to download Koshdukai Codec's file from Drive is broken or deleted... Can you create a new link? Excuse me for my limited English language!! Than you!!!

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Thank you for letting me know, I have updated the link to his blog which in turn has up to date links to the codec files etc...

[@IxBBxI]

Would you be able to help me out with a quick issue on this? I'm using Reason 10, and tried to follow the steps to transfer the files from the zip to the appropriate location, but I don't see the Remote folder. Its only C:/ProgamFiles/Propellerhead/Reason 10

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

C:\ProgramData\Propellerhead Software\Remote

[@benbowman7730]

Hey there. Great video :) I’m trying to midi map my Roland TD-6 electric drum set, will this protocol help me map the pads and see the results in real time?

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

It should work with any midi device and you should be able to map to kong etc.

[@KUPHSER]

Nice video. I have a question. I have an old Yamaha sy99, as it is a work station it is able to make songs. Is there a way setup the sy99 with reason as midi using reason as master, and when you press play in reason it also plays the current song on the sy99? Or failing that, can you send multiple midi channels out from the sy99 and create multiple midi tracks in reason playing the different sy99 midi tracks from the sy99. Sorry if that does not make much sense, I am still trying to figure it out

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Under Preferences \ Sync they are options to set this up. As for you 2nd question, this video should have covered that, I could have set my Korg up 8 times on 8 different channels and hence record all the channels from my Korg at the same time (my Korg can talk on 8 channels at once). Now I have been down the route you are on many many years ago, I ended up recording all my songs from my workstations into Reason (using multiple midi channels) and in the end I now don't use my gear any more, OK I still use my Korg but only as a keyboard controller, maybe once or twice a year I play the sounds from it but as a solo instrument not with Reason. VST's sound better than my old gear (Korg T1, Roland D-70 and I have a W-30 but that is so lo-fi LOL) . Using Reason to play midi and external gear to play it's own midi, you get into all kinds of sync and jitter issues, best to record into Reason and playback from there, you can use the EMI or External Midi Out Device (depending on what version of Reason you are on) to send out to external gear on different midi channels at the same time.

[@KUPHSER]

@@PoohBearsReasonChannel thanks for the informative reply, I have subscribed 😌 yes I thought this is what you did with the korg but was bit unsure, I’m brand new to old gear into my daw. All vintage gear I’ve ever owned has been used on its own, or recorded as audio. Yea I am heading down this route! I have such a soft spot for my sy99, and it is also unique with its rcm fm capabilities. Also a rest from always using so much software.. also I’m sure I will also learn a lot going down this route. I do agree tho software sounds great, is so user friendly and pretty much limitless these days.

[@kymbo72]

@@KUPHSER Hi, regarding your 2nd question, did you manage to get this to work? I have an SY77 full of my songs recorded years ago. In the past I have tried to record each track from an SY77 song onto a separate Reason track, but ran into a dead end as I could not figure out how to record all 16 tracks at once. And it became very tedious trying to do it one track at a time! But on stumbling upon this video, I started to wonder again whether it would be possible after all, using the method shown here. Do you have anything to report on how you went trying to do this with your SY99? Thanks!

[@sunilsolanki]

Excellent explanation! How do I sequence external hardware say an Ob6, from Reason??

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Just use the Midi Out Device (use to be called the EMI in older versions) it acts like an instrument so you put players on top of it or add all the notes you want into the Seq. To configure the Midi out Device select the hardware midi port and connect your OB6 to it and off you go.

[@DjSegwon]

Sup bro, have figured out how to route midi vst like wa production midiq or scaler in reason exclusively?

[@PoohBearsVoltageModular]

Yep.. I have a few video's about it, this was one of my latest ones.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJaye5lqiKdqgrs If you search Midi or VST3 on my Reason channel you should get a good hit.

[@lcloud6613]

Thank you PoohBear much appreciated great video

[@kfi4all]

Hi, and thanks for this video. I bought this yesterday and do not know how to make it work with reason 12. My effort was in vain. What do I do? l need help doing the right thing. Thanks

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

How far did you get?

[@pdxfun4888]

First , thank you for taking time to help with midi issues I have an old drum machine sequencer. I am trying to get the midi instrument individual tracks to record into reason using individual instruments in reason. Is there a way that the codec you suggested here will facilitate this? I got my drums to sync up and record but can’t get the midi tracks to work Again, thank you

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

If your drum machine is sending on different midi channels then yes this will work but it also comes down to what you mean by individual tracks as usually Drum machines talk on one channel and use different notes for different sounds. Need a lot more information, what do you mean by the midi tracks don't work? Did you setup the surface controller? Are you using Windows or Mac? What old drum machine is it?

[@pdxfun4888]

My drum machine is all Lynn 9000. It used to be my recording device. Obviously, I would program the drums and then it also had a sequencer side where I would use hardware since. Each hardware synth had its own midi channel and then with the keyboard I would program performances and when I would record, each midi channel had its own sound. Bass, piano, strings etc. So, can reason be my sound modules for each midi channel ?

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Yes it can be your sound modules for each midi channel, Note: Even though I used 3 different devices the Korg in the video supports multi midi channels at the same time and I could (and have) sent all those channels to Reason and record them on different tracks at the same time, of course I could have done individual channels if I have wanted. There are some notes in the description of the video about setting things up on a Mac using the IAC. I don't know Mac's so I won't be a great help there, but once you have it talking to your Mac getting to work in Reason is the same as in the video. Using the EMI (pre Reason 11) or the Midi Out device you can talk to your external devices.

[@CampbellRae]

I have a Edirol 8-in 8-out interface I would dearly like to use with reason and my Mac but it seems there are no drivers. Will this Koshdukai Codec potentially solve that I can't seem to get my Mac to se the device... Great video BTW thanks.

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Thank you, No the Kosh codec won't fix your issue, the hardware has to expose it self to the system first (i.e. drivers)

[@marcpinion]

Thanks so much for this video

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

You are more than welcome, thank you for stopping by :)

[@georgius65]

Hi PoohBear, love your channel and was soo optimistic that the above trick with that codec file would work immy, but I don't see the midi channels despite having restarted. I just have to copy the files in the correcte Remote folder, right? I didn't see any installer file. Sorry for being ignorant, I'm more of an analog guy in the digital world... Any suggestion will be welcome. And if it works, I'll gladly make a donation on your paypal account so you can grab a pint, one day...

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Hi, There are a few stages to setting this up, getting the Codex files installed, which is a simple copy, no installer needed, So do you see under Preferences\Control Surface - Manufacturer "Other" Model "Generic Controller on Midi Channel X" etc.

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

FYI I do have a Facebook page which might be better to chat on.. facebook.com/Poohbears-Reason-Channel-343729232948815/

[@marios739]

thank youuuuu

[@jrosboston9106]

Thank you !

[@ReazonAce]

Good man x

[@darknoisepilot]

I'd really love to see a video on using the MIDI OUT Device. I can't seem to get it right.

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Where is it going wrong for you?

[@grantsmith2491]

Brilliant. Thanks!

[@CybreSmee]

Cheers. My biggest problem is controlling synth patches FROM Reason. I know you need to set MSB, LSB and bank change messages, but I can not work out how to save these three MIDI blocks as a combinator patch (which contains multiple EMI for LFO, Cutoff etc).

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

For some reason KZbin has stopped notifying me of comments, arh, I think I may have seen you post up on one of the Reason groups on facebook. The MIDI Bank Select message is used for selecting specific banks of sounds/programs/presets in MIDI instruments that feature several sound banks. There is no specific panel control for MIDI Bank Select in the External MIDI Instrument device. However, you can use the regular MIDI Controller automation described below for inserting Bank Select automation points. MIDI Bank Select normally uses MIDI CC #0 and/or #32. Refer to the MIDI documentation of your specific instrument for details. Note that MIDI instruments that have several banks of sounds usually expect a Bank Select message to be immediately followed by a Program Change message in order to change the bank and program/preset. In these situations, sending only a Bank Select message - without a subsequent Program Change message - will not change anything. Note that Reason only sends out MIDI CC data when they actually change. This means that you might have to send a different “temporary” MIDI CC value just before you send the actual MIDI CC value. For example, if you want to resend the value “1” for MIDI CC#32, first send another value (e.g. “0” or “2”) and then send the value “1” immediately afterwards. You can do this by adding and/or moving automation points in the automation clip for MIDI CC#32 in the sequencer..

[@CybreSmee]

@@PoohBearsReasonChannel Thanks matie. I've made a video reply, typing is so tiresome...

[@CybreSmee]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6GVlIidn82pgs0

[@sttarch5150]

Why doesn't Propellerhead make this a lot easier?

[@dodgyscampton5668]

Just tried this with Reason 12 and it doesn't work anymore?

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

I just set this up now in Reason 12 without any issues. I'm happy to work through it with you, I know that Reason 12 has moved the location of the Remotes but at the same time it does read from the old location and it could be it's working for me as I moved over my preference file from Reason 11 to 12 (as I have over 30 midi ports setup and I did not want to go through that lot again LOL)..

[@dodgyscampton5668]

@@PoohBearsReasonChannel Hello again and thanks for your offer of help. I eventually worked it out! The folder names are now different in Reason 12. :-)

[@arpeggioblues5924]

Some good ideas.. but I'm looking for a way to control NI Massive (or other) Standalone, on same computer from REASON.. and so far, I can NOT find any description (understandable) to do this.. each time I end up with a looping midi signal that is a feed back and I have to kill all midi to stop it.. Any one have an idea how to do this? and can explain it in enough detail for a NEWBIE to figure this out? thank you inadvance

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

I don't know why but youtube has stopped notifying me of comments so I have only just seen this. What version of Reason are you running? You could send all your midi to Reason, then using the EMI in Reason send that out to Massive. This may help kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4GzgqimiLKXp8U

[@CatherineMeeson]

through the kontakt player bring massive into it in reason but you gotta create the vst path, i did this recently with help from reason family and it worked, I got abbey rd drums going in reason etc

[@sleepy_onion4838]

Yeah reason makes it real simple. Just find the only vid covering this on KZbin, pay 5 bucks for 3rd party software, chase around obsure file location to trustfully instal said software and follow the 20 steps listed.

[@leestarantulas3325]

I've subscribed :)

[@merowbeats1284]

7:26 You are welcome!

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

???

[@1939lb]

my hardware is not showing up in Reason

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

External hardware won't show however the midi ports should.

[@pdxfun4888]

I mostly use a Mac , which I regret buying. I’ve used pc and none of my friends did,so I blew it

[@promethiousb1489]

No matter what i try,i cannot get any sound from my midi device recorded,,,i can hear it and thats all,, also,what i would LOVE is to be able to use Reason in sync with my external gear,,using clock or midi,,,so it is all synchronised,,but i can't, sooooo frustrating.

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

You should be able to get it to sync using the clocks under Edit\Preferences\Sync\ Midi Clock Sync, also what audio interface are you using to connect your external devices with Reason?

[@promethiousb1489]

Hi, i am using a korg tactile keyboard controller,,,it has midi in and out.

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

and is that connecting directly via midi to audio interface or are using another method to connect it to your PC ?

[@promethiousb1489]

I have a behringer audio interface connected to my pc,,but it doesnt have midi sockets,,so i use that and my korg both connected separately to my pc,, but my rocket synth is plugged in the midi in and out of my keyboard, thanks for your time...

[@PoohBearsReasonChannel]

Maybe you could do a video of your setup etc. as I don't want to assume how you have set things up.