Reason Midi Drop Out, Reason's midi functions useless after... Options

I am trying out the software sequencing thing... its much different than a MPC, thats for sure. I'm not ready to give up yet though, it could get interesting.

My question for you intelligent souls is dealing with Reason and Recycle. Typically, I start a track up in Reason and switch back and forth between that and Recycle when I need to import loops. The only problem with this strategy is that when I go back to Reason (everytime) the midi in does not respond, at all. I have tried everything that I can think of, even checking oms. I swear I am not on crack and yes, initially when I open Reason, the midi does work.

If this helps, this is my setup: Roland Juno 106 or Yamaha CS6X connected via midi to Digi 001, Reason and Recycle software (as well as Protools, which I do not use during the creation of the track), Mac G4 DP 550 (overclocked)

Any help with this stumbling block would be greatly appreciated.

for anyone with the same probs:

Why does Reason sometimes lose it's MIDI connection when I switch to
another MIDI application? It has turned out that Reason can lose contact with OMS if OMS is not set to run in the background. To fix it, do this:

Close Reason
Open the OMS setup application
In Edit -> OMS MIDI setup, enable the 'Run MIDI in background' option.
Save and quit OMS setup
Launch Reason again.