Problems Recording W/ Keyboard In Reason Options

[liquidh2o]

I bought a yamaha DGX-500 recently, as well as an emagic mt4 to handle the midi in/out to my mac. Setup was a breeze, and I have reason 2.0 setup right now to where i can actually hear the notes i'm playing on my keyboard through reason.

Problem is, when I go to record a track, and i'm playing notes through the keyboard, reason isn't recording what i play. I've tried going thru the different synthesizers and the same results.

I followed the instructions on the FAQ for Reason for setting up my keyboard to record, and still no luck.

My setup is as follows.

Dual Ghz Mirror Drive power mac
running os 10.2.2
Reason 2.01 (the .01 is the latest update i believe)
Emagic mt4
Yamaha DGX-500

also of note I only have the yamaha DGX-500 setup with only midi out to the mt4, but I believe that's all i should need since i'm not wanting to hear what i play thru the sequencers(in reason) on the keyboard, is this right or am i missing something?

Your help would be greatly appreciated, as all i can do right now is just listen to the pretty sounds my keyboard makes while routed thru the synths and sequencers, talk about frustrating!

Thanks.

[Levon River]

I have the same set up... I dont understand, what did you change to fix it?

In the Reason "MIDI" preferences pane, there's a drop-down for selecting the MIDI channel that the Reason sequencer is to receive MIDI on (it defaults to MIDI channel 1). It has to be set to the same MIDI channel that yer keyboard (or other MIDI controller) is set to *send* MIDI on. Otherwise, it's like dialing the wrong number.

Most all MIDI controllers have an option for setting the "Send" channel for MIDI information. (Some older ones--like the DX-7, IIRC--might be locked into sending only on MIDI channel 1.) Anyway, as long as:

1) Reason's preferences is set to receive on whatever channel your controller is sending on, and,

2) you've clicked in the far left of the track you want to record into (to put the MIDI icon in that track so you know that *that's* where your MIDI information is going), and,

3) you have a Reason sound module in the rack AND selected in the little drop-down "Out" menu on that specific track, then...

Everything oughta' be copesthetic.