Instruments Malström
Malström on a Stream Deck +
Select a Malström in the rack and the deck shows its controls: 13 pages and 89 parameters, built from Malström's Remote parameters.
Stream Deck + only (it needs the four dials) · Windows 10 or later · Reason 12 or later, or Reason Recon · about 20 minutes of setup, once
- Dial 1Volume
- Dial 2Patch
- Dial 3Pitch
- Dial 4Mod
Landing dials#
The landing page opens on Volume, Patch, Pitch and Mod. Each dial has more banks behind it: press and turn a dial to step through them. Malström has 7 banks. Where a cell lists more than one parameter, tap it on the strip to choose which one the dial turns. See dial banks.
| Bank | Dial 1 | Dial 2 | Dial 3 | Dial 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master Level | Select Patch | Pitch Bend | Mod Wheel |
| 2 | Oscillator A Gain / Oscillator B Gain / Spread Amount | Filter A Freq | Oscillator A Index / Motion / Shift / On/Off | Modulator A Curve / Rate / Target / To Pitch |
| 3 | Oscillator A Attack / Decay / Sustain / Release | Filter A Resonance / Mode / Env / Kbd Track | Oscillator A Octave / Semi / Cent | Modulator A To Index / To Shift / On/Off / Sync |
| 4 | Oscillator B Attack / Decay / Sustain / Release | Filter B Freq / Resonance / Mode / On/Off | Oscillator B Index / Motion / Shift / On/Off | Modulator B Curve / Rate / Target / To Level |
| 5 | Shaper Mode / Amount / On/Off | Filter A On/Off / B Env / B Kbd Track | Oscillator B Octave / Semi / Cent | Modulator B To Filter / To Modulator A / To Motion / On/Off |
| 6 | Route Oscillator B To Filter B / Oscillator A To Filter B / Oscillator A To Shaper / Filter B To Shaper | Filter Env Attack / Decay / Sustain / Release | Polyphony / Portamento / Pitch Bend Range / Legato On/Off | Mod Wheel Target / To Index / To Shift / To Filter |
| 7 | – | Filter Env Amount / Invert | – | Velocity Target / To Level A / To Level B / To Filter Env |
Pages#
The keys on the landing page open Malström's sections. The Groups key opens Env, Shaper, Vel, MW Dest, Route and Global. Each page puts that section's controls on the four dials, labelled with the parameter names Reason gives its Remote protocol. Switch keys light up when the setting is on.
Inside Groups
| Page | Dial 1 | Dial 2 | Dial 3 | Dial 4 | Keys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Filter Env Amount | Shaper Amount | Portamento | Spread Amount | – |
| Env | Filter Env Attack | Filter Env Decay | Filter Env Sustain | Filter Env Release / Amount | Inv |
| Shaper | Shaper Mode | Shaper Amount | – | – | On |
| Vel | Velocity Target | Velocity To Level B / A | Velocity To Filter Env / Attack | Velocity To Shift / Modulator | – |
| MW Dest | Mod Wheel Target | Mod Wheel To Index | Mod Wheel To Shift | Mod Wheel To Filter / Modulator | – |
| Route | – | – | – | – | B>FltB A>FltB A>Shp FltB>Shp |
| Global | Polyphony | Portamento | Pitch Bend Range | Master Level / Spread Amount | Legato |
From the landing keys
| Page | Dial 1 | Dial 2 | Dial 3 | Dial 4 | Keys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osc A | Oscillator A Index / Motion | Oscillator A Octave / Semi / Cent | Oscillator A Shift / Attack / Decay | Oscillator A Sustain / Release / Gain | On |
| Osc B | Oscillator B Index / Motion | Oscillator B Octave / Semi / Cent | Oscillator B Shift / Attack / Decay | Oscillator B Sustain / Release / Gain | On |
| Flt A | Filter A Mode | Filter A Freq | Filter A Resonance | – | On Env Kbd |
| Flt B | Filter B Mode | Filter B Freq | Filter B Resonance | – | On Env Kbd |
| Mod A | Modulator A Curve | Modulator A Rate | Modulator A Target / To Pitch | Modulator A To Index / Shift | On 1Shot Sync |
| Mod B | Modulator B Curve | Modulator B Rate / Target | Modulator B To Level / Filter | Modulator B To Modulator A / Motion | On 1Shot Sync |
How it follows#
Select a Malström in the rack and the Reason Remote codec, installed during setup, tells the plugin which device has focus. The deck opens Malström's landing page, and values go both ways: turn a dial and Malström moves, change a control in Reason and the touch strip follows.
Which edition#
Malström is in Reason Remote ($20), which follows all 27 devices. It is not in Lite: select one with Lite installed and the deck shows a page saying the full version covers it. Lite vs full.
New to the deck? Getting started covers setup, and Instrument pages explains landing pages, sections and folders.