Instruments Dr. Octo Rex
Dr. Octo Rex on a Stream Deck +
Select a Dr. Octo Rex in the rack and the deck shows its controls: 9 pages and 53 parameters, built from Dr. Octo Rex'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. Dr. Octo Rex 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 | Amp Env Attack / Decay / Sustain / Release | Filter Freq | Osc Octave / Osc Fine Tune / Osc Env Amount / Transpose | LFO1 Rate / Amount / Wave / Dest |
| 3 | Loop Level / Amp Vel Amount / Low Bandwidth On/Off / High Quality Interpolation | Filter Res / Mode / On/Off / Env Amount | Loop Transpose / Selected Loop Slot / Selected Loop in Editor | LFO Sync Enable / Filter Freq Mod Wheel Amount / Filter Res Mod Wheel Amount / Filter Decay Mod Wheel Amount |
| 4 | – | Filter Env Attack / Decay / Sustain / Release | Polyphony / Pitch Bend Range / Notes to Slot / Trigger Next Setting | – |
| 5 | – | Filter Env Vel Amount / Decay Vel Amount | Run / Enable Loop Playback / Follow Loop Playback | – |
| 6 | – | – | Select Loop 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 | – |
| 7 | – | – | Select Loop 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 | – |
Pages#
The keys on the landing page open Dr. Octo Rex's sections. The Groups key opens Mod Wheel, Velocity 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.
From the landing keys
| Page | Dial 1 | Dial 2 | Dial 3 | Dial 4 | Keys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loops | Loop Level / Transpose | Selected Loop Slot / in Editor | Select Loop 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 | Select Loop 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 | Run Enable Follow |
| Osc Pitch | Osc Octave | Osc Fine Tune | Osc Env Amount | – | – |
| Filter | Filter Freq | Filter Res | Filter Mode | – | Filter |
| Filter Env | Filter Env Attack | Filter Env Decay | Filter Env Sustain | Filter Env Release / Amount | – |
| Amp Env | Amp Env Attack | Amp Env Decay | Amp Env Sustain | Amp Env Release | – |
| LFO | LFO1 Rate | LFO1 Amount | LFO1 Wave | LFO1 Dest | Sync |
Inside Groups
| Page | Dial 1 | Dial 2 | Dial 3 | Dial 4 | Keys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mod Wheel | Filter Freq Mod Wheel Amount | Filter Res Mod Wheel Amount | Filter Decay Mod Wheel Amount | – | – |
| Velocity | Filter Env Vel Amount | Filter Decay Vel Amount | Amp Vel Amount | – | – |
| Global | Transpose | Master Level | Polyphony / Pitch Bend Range | Notes to Slot / Trigger Next Setting | Low BW HQ |
How it follows#
Select a Dr. Octo Rex in the rack and the Reason Remote codec, installed during setup, tells the plugin which device has focus. The deck opens Dr. Octo Rex's landing page, and values go both ways: turn a dial and Dr. Octo Rex moves, change a control in Reason and the touch strip follows.
Which edition#
Dr. Octo Rex 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.