User guide
How to set up Reason Remote, get around the deck, and make it yours. Each page covers one thing. New here? Start with Getting started, then read Getting around. Looking up one device? Open its page under Supported devices.
Get started
Getting started
Install the plugin, run the one-time Reason setup, and check that the deck follows your selection.
The deck at a glance
What the keys, dials and touch strip do, and every dial gesture Reason Remote understands.
How auto-follow works
How Reason tells the deck which device you selected, over four virtual MIDI ports and two control surfaces, without watching window titles.
Getting around
The pages
Instrument pages
How an instrument's landing page, section pages and folders are laid out, what the hubs are for, and which instruments are covered.
The Document page
Transport, tempo, loop and track controls that work on the whole song, whichever device is selected.
The Master mixer
Sixteen channel faders with meters on four dials, locked to Reason's Master Section so they work whichever instrument is selected.
The Piano
Play the selected track from the keys and the touch strip, in single notes or chords, with octave, velocity and gate on the dials.
The Combinator
All 32 rotaries and 32 buttons of the selected Combinator, showing only the ones the patch uses, with a patch page for browsing.
The instruments
Make it yours
Customising your deck
Change the bundled pages safely, add Reason Remote actions to empty keys and your own profiles, and what to leave alone so auto-follow keeps working.
Dial settings
A reference for the Reason Encoder and Reason Channel Strip settings panels, covering what each setting changes and which ones are safe to touch.
Combinator layouts
Name a Combinator's rotaries and buttons, hide the ones you don't use and set colours and artwork, with one small file per patch.
Actions reference
Every Reason Remote action you can drop on a key or a dial, what it does, and which settings it has.
Combinator layout file
A field-by-field reference for the JSON file that names, hides and colours a Combinator's rotaries and buttons.
Help
Lite vs full version
What the free Lite edition covers, what the full version adds, and how to upgrade without redoing setup.
Troubleshooting
Fixes for the usual setup problems, where the logs are, how to uninstall, and where to get help.
Updating and uninstalling
How a plugin update differs from re-running the Reason installer, what survives, and how to remove the ports and surfaces.
Mac status
What works on a Mac today, and what does not. The plugin is Windows-only, so the deck does not follow your selection.
FAQ
Short answers on the Stream Deck model, Reason versions, Lite, price, setup and who makes Reason Remote.
About
Changelog
What changed in Reason Remote 1.4.0 and Lite 1.3.0, and which setup bundle you need with them.
Videos
The clips planned for Reason Remote. None of them are embedded yet. Each one shows a feature the plugin already ships.
About
Who makes Reason Remote, and the control-surface problem it was built to fix.
Request a device
Ask for a Reason device the deck doesn't follow yet. PX7, Scenic and effects are the known gaps.