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offline melack from barcielwave on 2008-09-07 13:03 [#02235059]
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is it possible / is there any way to control reason
directly with a midi controller, so that i can assign any
paramater to any rotary i want?



 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2008-09-07 13:07 [#02235060]
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yeah, I haven't used reason for years, but I think you can
right click a knob and do learn midi or something like that.
They you twiddle the knob. It might have been reaktor?
There is a way to do it in reason, I would say look on the
right click menu over on a knob, sorry can't be of more
help. Gave up computer music because it zapped my ideas
v.quickly, I'm a MPC man now and loving it.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2008-09-07 13:15 [#02235063]
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oh great thank you so there is an easy way to do it...
wonderful!

tell me more about mpc and love


 

offline noseburger on 2008-09-07 14:57 [#02235096]
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reason is quite flexible in that respect, what version do
you use?


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2008-09-07 15:04 [#02235103]
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3, i think...


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2008-09-07 15:48 [#02235133]
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i can't stand midi, or maybe i just never learned it. i
prefer just playing it and then chopping and looping it.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2008-09-07 15:52 [#02235142]
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yeah you can definitely do it with version 3, but it may or
may not work on your specific midi controller. It was a bit
finicky on my roland jp-8000, but worked for the most part.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2008-09-07 22:35 [#02235206]
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Reason is very solid with midi, only problem being to attach
more than one parameter to the same knob you need a third
party application.

Reason and midi have been <3 since v1


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2008-09-07 22:36 [#02235207]
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The thing is, midi is simple and used everywhere, but if you
don't know what you are doing then you are going to miss a
step. Its not a matter of learning it so much as a matter of
getting used to it.


 

offline noseburger on 2008-09-08 01:00 [#02235209]
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you can program the combinator to control multiple
parimiters of multiple devices and then assign that to midi
quite easily.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2008-09-08 01:42 [#02235213]
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Ah. Good point. Still, I like the ability to quickly assign
parameters on the fly. Having to assign then do patches puts
an extra step making the workflow a little more cumbersome
than I would like.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2008-09-08 09:05 [#02235265]
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great thanks for the tips mates!

what controller do you recommend me to buy, then? i want one
with lots of knobs and no need for a keyboard (althought its
always useful after all)...


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2008-09-08 11:17 [#02235291]
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...for a macbookpro!yay


 

offline unabomber from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2008-09-09 02:24 [#02235408]
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macbookpro?

Jeje! Enhorabona!


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2008-09-09 03:49 [#02235422]
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It really depends. I find it takes a little while to figure
out what would be most conducive to your workflow. I know
the bitstream 3x pretty well. Its got a lot of robust
features, however the arpegiator and LFO's are dodgy. The
knob and slider layout is great.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2008-09-09 04:54 [#02235444]
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bentornat a s'xltronic!
yeayea, macbookpro i fora maldecaps...hehe
despres del quem vas dir lany passat,
de com matrevia a anar pel mon amb aquell portatil...
ara ja espero que tot vagi sobre rodes. noves cançons
preparades, mes tralla, mes consistència, falta programar i
coordinar... el sergi ja sestressa amb el tema assajos. de
fet, ja ha dit que no el truquin per currar fins despres del
festival... :o

that beatstream 3x looks exactly what i was looking for,
taxi :)



 


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