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FBV MkII Advanced User Guide: Controlling 3rd Party Software

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Propellerhead Reason

- FBV MkII Setup Tutorial

The FBV MkII devices of course do not include the note keys & knobs like a Line 6 KB37 “keyboard”

controller offers, to allow you to play the Reason instrument devices, record MIDI performances, etc.

However, FBV MkII devices do offer Footswitch & Expression Pedal controllers, which can be used to

trigger and control lots of parameters in Reason! To conﬁgure an FBV for this functionality, you’ll need

to set it up in Reason as a “Generic MIDI Control Surface” (although, for the record, we hate to think

of our beloved FBV “generic”!) Just follow these steps - which are the same in Windows

or Mac

X, unless otherwise noted.

• In the Reason Preferences dialog, select Keyboards and Control Surfaces and click the Add

button, then select <Other> in the list of devices.

• Make the following settings in the Control Surface dialog:

Select MIDI Control Surface as the Model.

Type in a name for your device (this is how

it will appear in the Reason MIDI Controller

menus).

Choose the USB MIDI Port that you want

Reason to receive from. We’ll choose the

ﬁrst FBV MIDI Out Port (note that your

port names appear differently on Mac® or

Windows® - see page 6•1).

Click OK when done.