Well integrated control surfaces for Reason 12?

[gkillmaster]

I'm curious which control surfaces (with or without keyboard) are well integrated into Reason for controlling it as a DAW as well as doing MIDI/CV and CC. Would be great if it had dials, XY pad, some pads and sliders. The musical functions are more important to me than the DAW functions.

Thanks!

Greg K.

[gkillmaster]

Oops, sorry. I posted in the wrong forum. Not sure how to move it. Guess it should be in the Hardware forum.

[MrFigg]

Nektar T4/ T6. Integrated as hell. Inputs for sustain and expression pedals (not so common to have Exp for some reason). MIDI mappings for Reason REs and VSTs. Sliders and knobs. Sequencer controls etc etc.

[gkillmaster]

Nektar T4/ T6. Integrated as hell. Inputs for sustain and expression pedals (not so common to have Exp for some reason). MIDI mappings for Reason REs and VSTs. Sliders and knobs. Sequencer controls etc etc.

Yay, great to know about. Thanks! I hadn't thought of Nektar and I do use an expression pedal a lot.

[cgijoe]

You'll hear everyone around hear endorse Nektar for good cause, there is more support from both the company and users for Reason integration. PoohBear on YouTube has several videos comparing the different Nektar keyboards and integrations. My keyboard/controller broke recently, and I replaced it with the Novation SL MK3, only for it's integration with other external devices. It can still do some standard manual mapping, but I rarely edit soft synths through devices. My needs are mostly to map a parameter to a knob for the automation performance recording.

[gkillmaster]

You'll hear everyone around hear endorse Nektar for good cause, there is more support from both the company and users for Reason integration. PoohBear on YouTube has several videos comparing the different Nektar keyboards and integrations. My keyboard/controller broke recently, and I replaced it with the Novation SL MK3, only for it's integration with other external devices. It can still do some standard manual mapping, but I rarely edit soft synths through devices. My needs are mostly to map a parameter to a knob for the automation performance recording.

Thanks! And I'll check out the videos.

[gkillmaster]

You'll hear everyone around hear endorse Nektar for good cause, there is more support from both the company and users for Reason integration. PoohBear on YouTube has several videos comparing the different Nektar keyboards and integrations. My keyboard/controller broke recently, and I replaced it with the Novation SL MK3, only for it's integration with other external devices. It can still do some standard manual mapping, but I rarely edit soft synths through devices. My needs are mostly to map a parameter to a knob for the automation performance recording.

Poohbear's videos are super helpful. Thanks for the mention. I'm interested to find out more about the Nektar Panorama P1. I love his in depth video about Pattern Mutator!

[wendylou]

Is anyone with a Nektar P4/P6 keyboard also using a P1? Any advantage to using both at the same time?

[Arpeg]

Is anyone with a Nektar P4/P6 keyboard also using a P1? Any advantage to using both at the same time?

This video may help from Pooh Bear as he does mention the P1 works brilliantly for mapping the keyboards etc. The video is about the three main Keyboards from Nektar - P, T, and LX and a little bit about the P1 @17 minutes in the vid. His set up at the time of making the video was a T4 with a P1 as can be seen at the end of the video.

Easy

[miyaru]

Mmm, I use an Ableton Push2 with PusheR2 to control Reason 11 suite, does a good job!

[gkillmaster]

I'm curious of the newer Nektar Impact LX Mini 25-key Keyboard Controller has the same mapping functionality as the Nektar Panorama P1 ?

And, would you rather get the Nektar controller below or the Novation equivalent?

This thing:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... controller

[QVprod]

I'm curious of the newer Nektar Impact LX Mini 25-key Keyboard Controller has the same mapping functionality as the Nektar Panorama P1 ?

And, would you rather get the Nektar controller below or the Novation equivalent?

This thing:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... controller

Just responded in the other thread, but the LX stuff is a step down from the Panorama line. It has less functionality. Plus the screen on the P1 makes major difference in knowing what you’re controlling, and being able to control multiple things.

[gkillmaster]

I'm curious of the newer Nektar Impact LX Mini 25-key Keyboard Controller has the same mapping functionality as the Nektar Panorama P1 ?

And, would you rather get the Nektar controller below or the Novation equivalent?

This thing:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... controller

Just responded in the other thread, but the LX stuff is a step down from the Panorama line. It has less functionality. Plus the screen on the P1 makes major difference in knowing what you’re controlling, and being able to control multiple things.

I appreciate this a lot! Great to know...

[gkillmaster]

I've heard mention of the Korg NanoKontrol 2 being a great controller. Anyone used it with Reason? I'm curious how well the integration is?