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Arturia DrumBrute Remote Codec

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Hey :) When connecting an hardware instrument to Reason, where it can work both as a MIDI Controller (sending notes, controls, etc to Reason) and also as a MIDI Instrument (receiving notes, CCs, etc from Reason) it's always good practice to turn off its Local Control. (unless you prefer to set the outgoing vs incoming to different MIDI Channels). Local Control?  What is that ?! Well, usually, MIDI enabled instruments are able to disconnect their physical user-interface (keyboard/pads, knob/fader/buttons controls) from their sound "engine" or section(s). Why is  Local Control needed ? To avoid MIDI feedback loops or double triggering of notes, etc. Imagine the following scenario in Reason (or any other DAW): You have the External MIDI Instrument (EMI) rack device point to Arturia DrumBrute's (in) MIDI port, so you can send MIDI notes from Reason and trigger DrumBrute's pads (sounds). But you also want to receive notes from the D...