Soundcraft REASON SETUP GUIDE

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This Setup Guide is for interfacing Propellerheads’ Reason with the Digital 328 digital mixer.

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This guide assumes that you have a working knowledge of your computer platform and a
familiarity with Reason and the Digital 328.

The procedure will show the user how to integrate the Digital 328 MIDI Controller Bank as

a limited control surface for all devices within Reason.

Macintosh users must have OMS 2.38 installed and active to achieve results outlined
in this guide.

The Digital 328 MIDI Controller Bank allows the definition of all 16 faders, 16 encoders and 32
mute and solo switches as physical MIDI controllers. For this reason (no pun intended), the 328
is as flexible as any application will allow, yet there are often limitations imposed by third-party
software.

The 328 uses MIDI Continuous Controller parameters to control devices within REASON, and the
328 is perfectly suited for this task. Utilizing the 328 together with Reason is simply amazing –
many benefits will be realized with this system.

Launch Reason and enter the PREFERENCES Dialogue.

Under PREFERENCES, select MIDI.

Enable the 328 as an External controller.

Close the PREFERENCES window and return to the main view.
Under the MIDI input section, configure Reason as follows:

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Assign the Digital 328 to Bus A

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Assign the MIDI channels as follows:

1 Redrum 8 Distortion
2 Synth 9 Filter
3 Mixer 10 Chorus/Flanger
4 Sampler 11 Phaser
5 Dr. Rex 12 Compressor
6 Reverb 13 EQ
7 Delay

Failure to configure reason in this manner will render the provided

Digital 328 MIDI Controller Presets inactive.

The 328 Controller presets need to be dumped into the 328 via MIDI SYSEX.

The provided Controller Preset files are in Standard MIDI File format, so any computer sequencer
should suffice. Consult your sequencer manual for advice on how to open a Standard MIDI File.

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Once the SMF file is opened in your sequencer, assign the output of the track to the Digital 328.

On the 328, go to MENU/MIDI DUMP IN – hit ENTER. The 328 will wait for the data.

The first set of data (measure 4) in the Standard MIDI File is all 6 Controller presets. When the
328 receives this data, it will overwrite any existing controller presets in locations 1

through 6.

The next 6 sets of data (measures 7 through 23) contain the individual presets, in case you want
to reassign the location number (without erasing existing 328 data). Standard MIDI File Markers
have been used to indicate the data types.

Press PLAY on your sequencer to begin the data transmission.

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