Nucleus Daw Control - Default Reason Profile
Main Soft Key Page
The Reason Soft Key set contains 14 MCU commands together with 2 USB keyboard short cuts, Edit and Tools, to switch Menu
displays.
Above you can see the assignments for the Nucleus’ Left Hand Soft keys.
NM/VAL
(NAME/VALUE) flips the lower row of the channel encoder displays to show the names of the Reason parameters
controlled by the faders instead of the name of the Reason Device assigned to the faders (with the exception of
the 14:2 mixer where the channel (fader) labels are displayed in the upper row and the function of the encoder is
shown in the lower row when NM/VAL is active). The UP/DOWN cursor keys select next/previous track in the
Reason Sequencer, which automatically assign the track’s instrument/device to the faders and encoders. The
encoder parameter name is only displayed when the encoder is turned. The FLIP command interchanges the fader
and encoder parameters and displays the names if NM/VAL has been selected.
AReset
activates the Reset Automation Override function.
Pan, Aux 1, Aux 2, Treble Bass and FxRet
assign the named mixer function to the channel encoders when a 14:2 Mixer is the target track device. When
Malström is the target track device, Aux 1 and Aux 2 toggle the channel controls between Oscillator A + Modulator
A and Oscillator B + Modulator B.
SOLO
MUTE
EDIT
acts as Solo ON/OFF for the target track
acts as Mute ON/OFF for the target track
switches the Sequencer to Edit Mode on the target track
NoFlip
cancels the FLIP status (operating the FLIP key a second time will not cancel the FLIP function) and is illuminated
when FLIP is not active.
SOLO-X
MUTE-X
Toggle
Redo
cancels all active track Solos.
cancels all active track Mutes.
Rotates the Reason Rack (Front/Rear).
everses a change caused by the UNDO function. It illuminates whenever there is a valid REDO option.
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USING THE REASON 6 MIXER
Reason 6 adds a more comprehensive mixer than the standard 14:2 previously used.
To control the Reason 6 mixer with the Nucleus, the 1st thing you need to do is right click on the master section in the rack
view and select 'create track for master section'.
With this new track selected in sequencer, the Nucleus faders now control the Reason mixer's faders, and you can bank left
and right to access all available tracks.
The VPots can control many different things depending on what mode they are in, which is set by the buttons above the left
hand display.
Working through the options from left to right:
With the Instrument button selected, the VPots 1-8 control the FX Returns 1-8 levels and VPots 9-16 control FX Returns 1-8 Pans.
With the Plugin button selected VPots 1-5 control the master compressor, VPots 9-12 control the master inserts, and VPots
14-16 control the Control Room section.
With the EQ button selected the Vpots control the channel input gain, which if you then hit a channel select button, VPots 1-
8 toggle to controlling the selected channel's dynamic section.
With the Pan button selected the VPots control Pan, which if you then hit a channel select button, VPots 1-8 toggle to
controlling the selected channel's filters, rotaries, width and pan.
With the Send button selected the VPots control FX1 send level, which if you then hit a channel select button, VPots 1-16
toggle to controlling the selected channel's FX sends, Rotaries, width and Pan.
With the Track button selected the VPots control FX2 send level, which if you then hit a channel select button, VPots toggle
to controlling the selected channel's Filters and EQ.
Once you get used to this control methodology, it becomes very quick and easy to control the entire Reason 6 mixer, toggling
between seeing one parameter for ever channel (e.g. Pan) to having total control of an entire mixer section for the selected
channel, (e.g. EQ).
Hopefully this makes sense, and should increase your enjoyment of Nucleus within the Reason environment even more.
Once you have mastered controlling the mixer, if you want to get really advanced it is also possible to set up 2 Nucleus layers
to both control Reason simultaneously. Then, by using surface locking, DAW layer 1 can be set to always control the Reason
mixer and DAW layer 2 can be used to control the rest of the rack, edit all your devices etc...
Nucleus’ User definition and Reason’s creative habitat make for a powerful combination.
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TRANSPORT/UTILITY KEYS
Below is a list of DAW commands supported by Reason:
DAW CMND
SOFTKEY LABEL
REASON FUNCTION
NOTES
Keyboad ID
Aux1
KeybdID
Aux1
N/A
Identifies Keyboard
Aux Send 1 on 14:2
Pan on 14:2
Pan
Pan
Treble
Treble
Aux2
Treble EQ on 14:2
Aux Send 2 on 14:2
FX Return 1-4 on 14:2
FLIP
Aux2
FX Rtn
FX Ret
Flip
Flip
Intercancels with UNFLIP
Intercancels with FLIP
Shows function/Value
No Flip
Name/Value
Bass
NoFlip
NM/VAL
Bass
UNFLIP
Name/Value
Bass EQ on the 14:2
N/A
SMPTE/Beats
Busses
Outputs
User
SMPTE
Busses
Outpts
User
Accesses Busses
Accesses Outputs
Shift
Shift
Option
Control
Alt
Option
Ctrl
Alt
Reset Automation
Undo
AReset
Undo
MuteX
SoloX
Redo
Resets Automation
Undo
Mute Off
Solo Off
Redo
Turns Mutes Off
Turns Solos Off
Redo
Track Mute
Track Solo
Goto L
Mute
Solo
Mute Selected
Solo Selected
Locates to L
Locates to R
Cycle
Goto L
Goto R
Cycle
Drop
Goto R
Cycle
Drop
Replace
Rplace
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DAW CMND
SOFTKEY LABEL
REASON FUNCTION
NOTES
Loop
Loop
Loop
Click
Click
Metronome
Transport
Transport
Transport
Transport
Transport
Transport
Transport
Forward
Rewind
Stop
Forwrd
Rewind
Stop
Play
Play
Record
Play footswitch
Record
Scrub
Record
PlayFS
RecFS
Scrub
External Footswitch
External Footswitch
Once a command has been assigned to a Soft Key, it can be renamed via the Browser with any label you wish.
Additional useful information for controlling Reason can be found in the Reason Control Surface Details Manual which
describes MCU operation and general MIDI control, as well as in the Reason Key Commands manual available on the
Propellerhead website - http://www.propellerheads.se/
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Configuring Reason for NUCLEUS Control
In the Reason Preferences menu, select the Keyboard and Control Surfaces page and use the Add command to select a Mackie
Combo, Extender Right option. Enter ipMIDI Ports according to the Nucleus DAW layer that will be controlling reason. In the
example below, Reason will be controlled from Nucleus DAW Layer 1.
Click on Edit to define the iPMidi ports. In this example Reason is being controlled via the Nucleus DAW layer 1.
Click on OK to finish the Set Up.
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