Instruments Radical Keys
Radical Keys on a Stream Deck +
Select a Radical Keys in the rack and the deck shows its controls: 14 pages and 52 parameters, built from Radical Keys'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 4Character
Landing dials#
The landing page opens on Volume, Patch, Pitch and Character. Each dial has more banks behind it: press and turn a dial to step through them. Radical Keys has 6 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 Volume | Select Patch | Pitch Bend | Character |
| 2 | mic2 | mic1 | – | Instrument Blend |
| 3 | Tremolo Stereo Width | Tremolo Speed Free | – | Tremolo Depth |
| 4 | Overdrive Presence | Comp Amount | – | Overdrive Drive |
| 5 | Ambience Level | Phaser Rate | – | Chorus DryWet |
| 6 | EQ Hi Gain | EQ Lo Gain | – | EQ Mid Gain |
Pages#
The keys on the landing page open Radical Keys's sections. The Groups key opens Velocity, Mechanics, Global and FX. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FX | Comp Amount | EQ Mid Gain | Phaser Rate | Chorus DryWet |
| Velocity | Vel Resp Low | Vel Resp Curve | Vel Resp High | – |
| Mechanics | Key Down Level | Key Up Level | Pedal Level | – |
| Global | Master Volume | Tune | Tune Drift | – |
From the landing keys
| Page | Dial 1 | Dial 2 | Dial 3 | Dial 4 | Keys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voicing | Character | mic1 | mic2 | Instrument Blend | – |
| Resonance | Symp Res Level | Symp Res Release | Sustain Pedal | – | – |
| Envelope | Env Attack | Env Decay Curve | Env Release | – | – |
| Tremolo | Tremolo Speed Free | Tremolo Speed Synced | Tremolo Depth | Tremolo Stereo Width | On Wave Sync |
| Overdrive | Overdrive Drive | Overdrive Presence | Overdrive Type | – | On |
| Ambience | Ambience Level | Ambience Type | – | – | On |
Inside Groups › FX
| Page | Dial 1 | Dial 2 | Dial 3 | Dial 4 | Keys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comp | Comp Amount | – | – | – | On Fast |
| EQ | EQ Lo Gain | EQ Mid Gain | EQ Hi Gain | – | On Pre OD |
| Phaser | Phaser Rate | Phaser Depth | – | – | On Color Stereo |
| Chorus | Chorus Intensity | Chorus DryWet | – | – | On Stereo |
How it follows#
Select a Radical Keys in the rack and the Reason Remote codec, installed during setup, tells the plugin which device has focus. The deck opens Radical Keys's landing page, and values go both ways: turn a dial and Radical Keys moves, change a control in Reason and the touch strip follows.
Which edition#
Radical Keys is in both editions: free in Reason Remote Lite, which follows 8 devices, and in Reason Remote ($20), which follows all 27. The pages below are the same in both.
New to the deck? Getting started covers setup, and Instrument pages explains landing pages, sections and folders.