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Let's look at a typical custom routing scenario: patching out individual channels from a drum machine to other tracks. But as a Reason user I'm guessing you'll soon want to dig a little deeper and start tinkering. If all you need to do is use individual Reason synths in Live then we're done here. Signals from inside the Rack can be split out to Live's mixer via the I/O Device.When you add a device to the Reason Rack plug-in it gets auto-cabled and should work straight away. To add parameters here, click Configure, then click the controls you want in the Reason Rack. Here you will see any parameters that you've already recorded, shown as small sliders with a generic name. At the top left (next to the device On/Off button) there's an arrow button that unfolds the automation parameter view. To enable parameters, you need to bring up the Device view in the track with the Reason Rack Plug-in (see ScreenВ 2). Also, some hardware controllers rely on the DAW host automation rather than MIDI CCs for hands-on control. Pre-assigning automation parameters is useful if you want to edit/draw them rather than record them in real time. There's a Preference in Live's Record/Warp/Launch settings that sets whether all tracks will record automation, or only ones which are record armed.

To do this the Automation Arm button must be lit in the transport bar (or AUTO should be lit on Push). First, if you arm automation and start moving a parameter, it will be automatically added. Automated parameters appear in the plug-in Device view.There are two ways automation parameters get created for plug-ins. With plug-ins it's a bit different: automation lanes are only created when you need them. Live's native devices have all their parameters available to view and edit as soon as you add the device. Automation parameters in Live appear in the Clip inspector, the Envelopes section and in the automation view in the Arranger. AutomationДespite the fact that the Reason Rack is completely modular, automation is still fully supported in Live. I have an Instruments collection and Effects collection which helps to avoid hunting through folders. You can do this by drag-and-drop, or by right-clicking. The first thing I did was add the two plug-ins to my Collections, which is Live's favourite tagging system (ScreenВ 1). Reason Rack Plug-in Effect is for signal processing and can be dropped on Audio tracks, Return tracks or after other devices on MIDI tracks. Reason Rack Plug-in is for instruments, so is the one to drop on MIDI tracks. In Live's Browser the plug-in can be found in Plug-ins / VST3 / Reason Studios.

You can't route MIDI to individual devices, so rather than using one big Rack like you did with Rewire, the best approach is to use multiple instances of the plug-in: one for each sound source or effect chain you want to use in Live. All your usual devices and Rack Extensions are available inside the plug-in. As a brief recap, the Reason plug-in features the Rack portion of Reason, without the Sequencer or Mixer. Any presets you save will also appear here.In case you missed it, the big news with Reason 11 is that Rewire is gone, and Reason is now a plug-in! That means that if, like me, you have worked with Reason alongside Live you'll need to make some adjustments. You can save time by adding the Reason plug-in to your Collections.

ABLETON LIVE LITE PLUGINS HOW TO

In SOS December 2019's column we took a high-level look at the new Reason Rack plug-in that comes with ReasonВ 11 (see This month we'll dive into some specific tips for using the Rack inside Ableton Live, including how to route audio, how to use Live's automation with Rack devices, and how the plug-in's sideвЂ‘chain feature works. We show you how to use Reason as a plug-in within Ableton Live.

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