Key hold or Latch is it possible ?

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XSynth
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09 May 2019

I've been wanting a KEY HOLD or LATCH in Reason for years, you play a chord lift your hand and the chord is held.

Is this feature possible within Reason now or should i wait and come back in a few years to ask again :)

You can make an ARP held but keys nope :(


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09 May 2019

Just add an RPG-8 to your instrument, enable "Hold" and disable the arpeggiator!

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09 May 2019

WongoTheSane wrote:
09 May 2019
Just add an RPG-8 to your instrument, enable "Hold" and disable the arpeggiator!
You know, I had no idea this worked. The same for the transpose section. Nice tip!

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09 May 2019

Ah yes, super useful with 25 keys keyboard too!

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09 May 2019

WongoTheSane wrote:
09 May 2019
Just add an RPG-8 to your instrument, enable "Hold" and disable the arpeggiator!
Now map "Hold" to a button or key on your keyboard. Mind = blown. This makes my life so much easier, thank you!
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09 May 2019

Follow-up question, how yould you "stack" notes? Each time you press a note, "Hold" only holds the last thing you played. It would be nice if you could just add stuff one after another..
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09 May 2019

WongoTheSane wrote:
09 May 2019
Just add an RPG-8 to your instrument, enable "Hold" and disable the arpeggiator!
lol do i feel stupid now, super thx for that tip !!!!!!!!

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09 May 2019

To the best of my knowledge, that's always how Latches work: if you were able to stack notes after having released all notes, you couldn't play a new chord at all. So the only way is to keep at least one of the notes pressed. Or use a sustain pedal, but I must admit I haven't tried it within that particular context. It might also be possible to map the sustain pedal to a button on your keyboard (but then, I'm not sure it would be more convenient than just keeping one note pressed; unless you can map it as a toggle...).

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