I find the following workflow both productive and inspiring: #1 Project setup I prefer building a new and very simple rack at the beginning of a project. This new rack may contain only a drum machine, a couple of synths, a sampler and perhaps audio tracks for guitar and vocal. I find it useful with ...

- Create downscaled version of Reason for mobile devices (example Caustic 3) and allow syncing both ways with desktop Reason - The above simplified Reason should be runnable on your computer as well - Locking of physical midi controller to arbitrary rack device with assignable keyoard code or MIDI C...

Now I understand. If you want a software that does the sync for you this will take a lot of work. I wonder if the Deluge supports any kind of state dumping to the computer? With proper documentation of these state binaries on disk you could in theory create a Rack Extension for reading/writing to t...

Now I understand. If you want a software that does the sync for you this will take a lot of work. Yes Ahornberg I realise this is not trivial. But still it is a dream I have :) I wonder if the Deluge supports any kind of state dumping to the computer? With proper documentation of these state binari...

[...]All instruments in Reason could for instance be rendered to samples [...] How do you want to render a complex synth like Thor to samples? How do you want to render devices that do CV modulation to samples? Ahornberg, I think very simple here: The Reason instrument you want to trigger on the ha...

I want hardware boxes like the Deluge to support syncing to Reason! Imagine transferring sequences, automation, samples, etc. both ways between the hardware box and your DAW. All instruments in Reason could for instance be rendered to samples and then uploaded to the box. Or the other way around if ...

I also prefer Rack Extensions over VSTs. Very glad I bought 'The Legend' as a RE instead of the VST version. My analog synth of choice should sit cleanly in my DAW environment and fit tightly with my workflow. Also I do not like cluttered windows everywhere and always run Reason on two monitors maxi...

I have now been in contact with PH support about this and they can confirm that there are no other ways of doing this.

The issue has been explained to them in detail and has been added to the feature requests list as case "399889".

I hope this is a lucky number

The workflow you are looking for is achievable out of the box with the Nektar Panorama P4 and P6 controllers. Interesting and good news that some companies have understood the value of this type of Reason integration. I have tried a few keyboards with integrated mixer sections in the past but have ...

Finally I have found a solution to separating my main keyboard's mixer section from the actual keybed playing the current instrument. I have an Akai MPK249 keyboard with a nice mixer section containing 8 faders and 8 knobs. Back when I got this keyboard I thought in all my naivety: "I want to play m...

I have not touched the new VST functionality yet and I have had Reason 9.5 since the day it launched. Perfectly happy with the stock devices and the rack extensions I own. I do plan looking into some vintage synth emulation and some other stuff from the VST scene in the future. But I like and apprec...

Thank you artotaku, the Options->Surface locking menu was an alternative I had not looked at before. It is quite slow because I have to navigate the menus using up/down arrow and 'Enter' key codes. But it will always work since I have keyboard arrows, Enter and Tab mapped to my main keyboard. My goa...

Yes, lack of LED feedback of control item state is a PITA. It´s a pity, since I like the Akai stuff as well. They are solidly built. I chose a Novation Launchkey 49 which works bidirectional for the pads but has no LED buttons below the faders unfortunately. Build quality is ok, can´t say much abou...

I have now tried to live without bidirectional communication on my main keyboard for a while.. ... and it is painful... :| Each time I load one of my Reason projects (and I have dozens) I have to manually set each track's volume, fade, width and mute-state. Cant live with that anymore and I have to ...

Thank you artotaku, my dear Legend is alive again

The Legend from Synapse is not remote mapping on my system. It used to work back in June but when arriving back from holidays it no longer maps to the BCR. I know the .remotemap is in effect because my Orbis synth works OK. All the stock devices also seem to work fine. Can anyone check if their Lege...

I have two controllers set up in Reason 9.5: 1. An MPK249 acting as my master keyboard for playing the selected instrument having MIDI focus 2. A BCR2000 which by default follows the MIDI focus. This enables me to tweak all parameters of the instrument while playing from the master keyboard. In case...

Bewlay wrote: I installed Bome Midi Translator and figured out how to program the controls but then found out I need 'Midi Yoke' (or something similar) as well to make it work at the same time as Reason. This makes me a bit nervous with a gig coming up shortly. Adding a new driver to work at the sa...

I asked Akai support about this and they can confirm that none of the knobs or switches on the MPK249 are capable of receiving command codes for state setting. I can circumvent this by clicking each switch twice after loading my Reason project. As a result all mixer channel states are in sync with t...

Very interesting and inspiring stuff you are doing. Thanks for sharing!! An eye opener for me is the benefits from using Reason's block mode. I will experiment with implementing some of your workflows on my MPK249 + BCR2000 setup. Will also check out the Bome midi program you suggested to check the ...

I must assume you used remote override mapping? Remote override information is stored on the song level only. Unless someone has written a "remotemap" for your device, you will have to override map it in each new session. You can work around this by using templates. As for the mouse clicks, think a...

In my Reason 9 project I have configured the MPK249 switches to control mix channel mute/solo. So far so good, I can now enable or mute the mix channels live from the MPK. The state of each switch channel on my MPK is now reflected in the Reason mixer. Perfect, this fits very well with the workflow ...

There are a couple of methods available which may enable your VST to work in Reason. But it seems to be far from ideal and more like hacks really. Have a look at the article below. Other people can probably comment on the pros and cons of the various methods mentioned here, I never tested any of thi...

Thanks alot Oenkenstein for this contribution to the Reason scene.

I am now playing with The Legend from Synapse Audio. Works perfectly with your mappings.

It is great having all RE knobs, sliders and buttons available from one controller.

A rough first version electro mix I put up on SoundCloud today.

Made with stock Reason 8 devices and an electric guitar: