Setting Up MIDIIt is strongly recommended that you use Reason with at least one MIDI keyboard to enjoy its full potential. A MIDI interface with two or more ports is ideal, since you can use both a keyboard to play notes and a control surface for knobs, faders, and buttons. Before connecting a keyboard, make sure that any MIDI interface you are using is installed with the correct drivers and connected properly. To connect a keyboardConnect the USB cable from your keyboard to your computer (the simpler of the two methods). or Connect your keyboard's MIDI out cable to a MIDI in port on your MIDI interface. You should also connect the keyboard's MIDI in cable to the interface's MIDI out port. Setting Up Control Surfaces" later in this chapter). |