Grid64P0 Keyboard Player

The grid64 Player series of rack extensions takes inspiration from the tools developed over the years by the user community of grid MIDI controllers, and wants to bring some of those workflows to the Reason environment.

The model P0 is the first player in the series and its goal is to provide a flexible and programmable keyboard interface to use with grid MIDI controllers. It is best suited for controllers with an 8x8 pad layout and the models supported are the Novation Launchpads, NI Maschine Jam, Ableton Push and the Akai APC Mini. For those, you can download custom Remote files which enable two-way communication with Reason*.

After setting up your controller, grid64|P0 can be used to play any rack instrument using a variety of isomorphic note layouts. Additionally, you can create custom layouts to suit your own needs and thanks to patches, layouts can be recalled quickly avoiding time consuming MIDI assignments.

The device has two Engine types. Engine 1 is fully programmable, whilst Engine 2 is hard coded for devices like Kong and Dr.Octorex allowing to play Kong drums, trigger slices or entire Rex loops with ease.

If you have ever wanted to integrate a grid controller into your Reason workflow, the grid64 Player offers an easy way to do that.

If you don’t have a grid controller, you can still use a midi keyboard to trigger the grid64 Player.

• Reason standalone mode only, the Reason Rack plugin does not support Remote.
  Download the Remote files HERE.

Version History: please refer to the product manual

• Keyboard interface for 8x8 grid MIDI controllers featuring two-way communication with Reason (in standalone mode, after setting up the control surfaces for the supported models, Remote files are provided)
• Two Engine types with a variety of note layouts catering to different use cases
• (Engine 1) fully programmable pitch layout where the user can assign a specific pitch and color to each pad
• (Engine 1) row or column edit menus with the ability to copy/paste, transpose, rotate, shuffle and randomize all the pitches in a given row or column
• (Engine 1) map edit menu with the ability to o copy/paste, transpose, rotate, shuffle, randomize and assign presets to all the pitches in the selected map
• (Engine 1) two configurable map variations A and B per patch which can be switched during play
• (Engine 2) two hardcoded layout types (variations A and B) designed for Kong or similar, and Dr.Octorex
• (Engine 2) Map A is ideal to play Kong drums with the lower 16 pads on the left side triggering pads 1-16, and the lower 16 pads on the right side playing the selected pad at 16 velocity levels
• (Engine 2) Map B is ideal to play Dr.Octorex, with the orange pads triggering single rex slices (slice 1 thru 46) while the yellow pads trigger playback of loops in slot 1 thru 8
• EXT Velocity switch allows to bypass the MIDI velocity from a controller and uses instead the velocity set by the Velocity knob with 4 amounts of velocity variation (None, Low, Medium, High)
• The device can be triggered with the mouse or with a regular midi keyboard using notes C0 to D#5