Switching blocks with MIDI input

[CookieClimber]

Hey. I wonder if anybody knows a way around this problem. I want to make a song with instruments as layers, looping a 4 bar chord progression. The idea is to have all instruments running in the background and use the faders on my keyboard to fade them in one by one and "build" the track up in a live performance.

The problem is, as I am preparing my track now. It's the same 4 bars looping over and over. I want to have a 4 bar chord progression for the verse, and one for the chorus, and switch between them using a button assigned on my keyboard, or a similar solution.

One way would be to build the verse in block 1 and the chorus in block 2 and simply click between them. But Reason is not really designed for live performance in this way so I guess I would have to use the mouse, and also time the transition perfectly.

Does anyone have a workaround for this?

[Sterioevo]

I figured out a way to achieve this by navigating the sequencer timeline in a non linear way, using the External Midi Instrument in a combinator and a custom remote map. Convoluted but works. I can explain further if you are interested in rabbit holes...,

[Catblack]

I figured out a way to achieve this by navigating the sequencer timeline in a non linear way, using the External Midi Instrument in a combinator and a custom remote map. Convoluted but works. I can explain further if you are interested in rabbit holes...,

I'm interested. I'm guessing you are using a custom remote codec and remotemap?

[cgijoe]

I too, would be interested in learning about this method!

[theshoemaker]

The Nektar Impact codec uses this function.

[Sterioevo]

see attached zip with combinator, remote map and codec...