I need some help with Reason Remote

[spacepluk]

I'm making a remote script for my Native Instruments Kontrol S61 mk3 and so far I've managed to get most of the stuff working like it does on the other DAWs that are supported including: KK/Kontakt/MIDI switching, Mixer VU meters, etc. I'm super happy with how it's turning out and I intend to share it in the forum once it's finished and cleaned up.

Now there's just a couple of things that I can't figure out and I'm not sure if they are possible at all. So here are my questions:

• Is there any way to know which Channel # from the Reason Master Section corresponds to the currently selected track?
• Can I get the total channel count from somewhere?
• Also I'm not sure how to detect when a Channel/Track is deleted... but I wouldn't need this if I find solutions to the other two.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

[jam-s]

If you have not yet downloaded it you should get the Remote SDK from here: https://developer.reasonstudios.com/dow ... r-products
This should cover pretty much all the things which can be done using Remote.

[spacepluk]

If you have not yet downloaded it you should get the Remote SDK from here: https://developer.reasonstudios.com/dow ... r-products
This should cover pretty much all the things which can be done using Remote.

I did! But I still need some help with the above

[jam-s]

Now there's just a couple of things that I can't figure out and I'm not sure if they are possible at all. So here are my questions:

• Is there any way to know which Channel # from the Reason Master Section corresponds to the currently selected track?
• Can I get the total channel count from somewhere?
• Also I'm not sure how to detect when a Channel/Track is deleted... but I wouldn't need this if I find solutions to the other two.

As tracks in the sequencer are not related to mix channels in Reason I don't think question 1 and 3 are applicable. The total number of mix channels might be something you can get. I think the remote codec from MixerJaexx for the X-touch could give some inspiration here. He might also have some good hints for you if you can get in touch with him.

[robussc]

How are you liking the mk3? I’m still on the mk1 which has been great, but the plastic is starting to degrade on the wheels.

[spacepluk]

As tracks in the sequencer are not related to mix channels in Reason I don't think question 1 and 3 are applicable. The total number of mix channels might be something you can get. I think the remote codec from MixerJaexx for the X-touch could give some inspiration here. He might also have some good hints for you if you can get in touch with him.

Thanks! Super helpful!

[spacepluk]

How are you liking the mk3? I’m still on the mk1 which has been great, but the plastic is starting to degrade on the wheels.

I like it a lot! I can only compare it with the mk2 though. The new keybed feels a bit different (because if the poly aftertouch I think) but it's still top tier. And the software still needs some work but most of the important stuff is already working great for me.

[robussc]

How are you liking the mk3? I’m still on the mk1 which has been great, but the plastic is starting to degrade on the wheels.

I like it a lot! I can only compare it with the mk2 though. The new keybed feels a bit different (because if the poly aftertouch I think) but it's still top tier. And the software still needs some work but most of the important stuff is already working great for me.

Cool, thanks!

[djsmex]

Yes, you are totally right, there is no direct relation from sequencer tracks to main mixer channels. There are remote items that can bank through the main mixer channels but to keep a running total of main mixer channels you will need to use lua code to check and store the total which will need updating on every event that may alter the value from duplicating channels to inserting instruments or parallel channels etc.
There is a select main mixer channel remote item but is limited to a range of 0 to 127 running this through a loop and checking each channel may be one method of counting mix channels up to 128.
What may be nice, is to have a second midi out mapped to a virtual port so that text data could be sent to a web browser to give speech feedback, a little like the nks accessibility feature of these keyboards. Unfortunately I only have the M32 at present.