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Getting StartedVersion 2.0, EnglishDigital Sampler , 14 Channel Expandable Mixer , Master Song Sequencer , Multiple Effects Processors Analog Poly

Installation 8 About the Audio Hardware The audio hardware is the computer equipment that converts the digital signals from Reason to analog audio si

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Installation 9 Windows DDDD If possible, you should use ASIO compatible audio hardware (i.e. audio hardware for which there is an ASIO driver). ASIO

Installation 10 ✪ OMS includes a special feature called IAC (Inter Application Com-munication) that allows you to route MIDI between programs on your

Installation 11 Launching the Program Now, the Reason files have been installed in a folder on your hard disk. Under Windows, all Reason related item

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2 DDDD Setting Up

Setting Up 14 About this Chapter This chapter describes the settings you need to make before you can start using Reason. These are necessary in order

Setting Up 15 Setting up the Audio Hardware The first thing you need to do is to establish a connection between Reason and the audio hardware. This i

Setting Up 16 Windows DDDD If you are using audio hardware for which there is a specific ASIO driver, you should select this. With an ASIO driver wr

Setting Up 17 Setting up MIDI Input Reason has a very wide-ranging MIDI support, allowing you to make use of up to seven different MIDI inputs on a m

Operation Manual by Synkron: Ludvig Carlson, Anders Nordmark and Roger Wiklander.The information in this document is subject to change without notic

Setting Up 18 Setting the default song Every time you start Reason, and every time you select “New” from the File menu, a default song opens. The “st

3DDDD Quick Tutorial

Quick Tutorial20About this ChapterThis chapter is a quick introduction to the basics in Reason, laid out as step-by-step tutorials. At the end of the

Quick Tutorial21You may also want to add some effects to the music. In this song, there are two effect devices connected: a delay and a chorus/flanger

Quick Tutorial226. Pull down the Create menu and select Subtractor Analog Synth, and then Redrum Drum Computer.You have now added two instrument devic

Quick Tutorial23DDDDOnce you have selected a patch this way, you can step between the patches in the same folder, by clicking the up and down arrow bu

Quick Tutorial2417. Click the Run button on the Redrum device panel.The pattern will start playing (as indicated by the running “LED” on the step butt

Quick Tutorial2533. Click and drag the Filter 1 Freq slider on the Subtractor panel.The changes you make will be heard immediately.34. Click stop twic

Quick Tutorial26Guided TourOn the following pages you will find a brief “guided tour” through the program. This helps you get familiar with the differ

Quick Tutorial27The Transport PanelThe panel at the bottom of each song document window is called the transport panel. It contains transport controls

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Quick Tutorial28The DevicesThe following devices are available in Reason:Reason Hardware InterfaceThis device handles Reason’s communication with your

Quick Tutorial29Malström SynthThe Malström is a polyphonic synthesizer featuring two oscillators, two modula-tors, two filters, a waveshaper and a lar

Quick Tutorial30Dr. Rex Loop PlayerThe Dr.Rex Loop Player plays REX files - audio files created in ReCycle, another Propellerhead Software product. Re

Quick Tutorial31RV-7 Digital ReverbThis is a reverb effect with ten different reverb algorithms, ranging from hall and room simulations to special eff

Quick Tutorial32The Matrix Pattern SequencerThe Matrix is a stand-alone pattern sequencer, somewhat similar to a vintage an-alog sequencer. A Matrix p

4DDDD Common Operations and Concepts

Common Operations and Concepts34About this ChapterThis chapter describes some general methods and techniques employed throughout Reason. It also conta

Common Operations and Concepts35SlidersTo move a slider, click on the slider handle and drag up or down.DDDDYou can also click anywhere on the slider

Common Operations and Concepts36Tool TipsIf you position the pointer over a parameter on a device panel and wait a mo-ment, a tool tip will appear. Th

Common Operations and Concepts37UndoVirtually all actions in Reason can be undone. This includes creation, deletion and reordering of devices in the R

Table of Contents 2 1 Table of Contents 5 Installation 6 Welcome!6 About the manuals7 What is in the Reason package?7 Requirements8 About the Audio H

Common Operations and Concepts38Window TechniquesUsing more than one Reason Song windowYou can have several Reason Songs open at the same time. Each w

Common Operations and Concepts39Scrolling and ZoomingReason offers a few different options for scrolling and zooming in the rack and the sequencer.Scr

Common Operations and Concepts40DDDDYou can also click and drag with the Magnifying Glass to create a selection rectangle.The view will then be zoomed

5DDDD Audio Basics

Audio Basics42About this chapterThis chapter contains some useful information about how audio is handled by Reason. Some of it may seem a bit technica

Audio Basics43About Sample Rates and ResolutionsSample rate and resolution are properties of digital audio, which determine the quality of the sound.

Audio Basics44About Audio LevelsWhen playing back in Reason, you should keep an eye on the Audio Out Clip-ping indicator on the transport panel. If th

6DDDD Managing the Rack

Managing the Rack46About this ChapterAs you have seen by now, the central part of Reason is the rack. This is where you create and configure your devi

Managing the Rack47Selecting DevicesSome operations (e.g. cutting, copying and deleting devices) require that you select one or several devices in the

Table of Contents 3 69 Using Pattern Devices 70 About this chapter70 What are Pattern Devices?71 Selecting Patterns72 Programming a Pattern73 Clearin

Managing the Rack48In this example an RV-7 reverb device is moved:4. Release the mouse button.The device(s) are moved to the new position and the othe

Managing the Rack49A Quick Note on Routing! This section only describes the basics in routing. For detailed de-scriptions of routing procedures and po

Managing the Rack50Manual RoutingTo connect devices manually, you need to flip the rack around to see the back. This is done by pressing [Tab] or sele

Managing the Rack51DDDDYou can change an existing connection in the same way, by clicking on one end of the cable and dragging it to another connector

Managing the Rack52Routing MIDI to a DeviceThere are several ways to send MIDI from an external MIDI controller to a Rea-son device, as described in t

Managing the Rack53Note that the mixer channel tape strips show the name of the device directly connected to the mixer! This means that if you have an

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7DDDD The Sequencer - Basics

The Sequencer - Basics56About the SequencerThe sequencer is your main composition tool in Reason. This is where you record notes, controllers, device

The Sequencer - Basics57Sequencer window handlingThe sequencer area below the rack.The basic window techniques in Reason have been described on page 3

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The Sequencer - Basics58Working with the sequencer in a separate windowThe sequencer window can be detached from the rack and used in a separate windo

The Sequencer - Basics59A note about using Reason with two monitorsIf you have a computer system with two monitors, you can do the following:DDDDUse o

The Sequencer - Basics60DDDDYou can also select the next or previous track in the list by using the up and down arrow keys on the computer keyboard.DD

The Sequencer - Basics61Deleting TracksTo delete one or several tracks, select them and press [Backspace] or [Delete].DDDDIf the track to be deleted (

The Sequencer - Basics62About the Ruler, Song Position and LocatorsRegardless of which view mode is selected, you will find a horizontal ruler at the

The Sequencer - Basics63Setting Up for RecordingBefore you can start recording, you need to make some settings:Tempo and Time SignatureThe tempo and t

The Sequencer - Basics64Recording more tracksOnce you have recorded something, you can continue recording on other tracks, while hearing the first rec

The Sequencer - Basics65PositioningThe song position is indicated by the vertical line with the “P” marker in the ruler. There are several ways to mov

The Sequencer - Basics66Using the LoopIn loop mode, the sequencer will repeat a section over and over again, during playback or recording. You specify

The Sequencer - Basics67What else can I do in the sequencer?This chapter has only touched briefly on the capabilities of the sequencer. In the electro

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8DDDD Using Pattern Devices

Using Pattern Devices70About this chapterAs of this writing, Reason includes two pattern-based devices: the Redrum drum computer and the Matrix Patter

Using Pattern Devices71Selecting PatternsEach pattern device has 32 pattern memories, divided into four banks (A, B, C, D).The Bank and Pattern button

Using Pattern Devices72Programming a PatternThe actual programming procedure differs for the different devices (see the electronic documentation for d

Using Pattern Devices73Clearing a PatternTo clear (empty) a pattern, select it and use the Clear Pattern command on the Edit menu or device context me

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9DDDD The Browser

The Browser76BackgroundAbout the DatabaseReason songs and patches can contain references to other files on your hard disk, namely samples (wave or aif

The Browser77Reason File FormatsThe following table lists the file formats that you can browse and open using Reason’s browser:|File type|Extension|De

Installation 6 Welcome! Thank you for purchasing Reason 2.0!This is the first major update of Reason. This means that this program – by soft-ware sta

The Browser78The BrowserThe browser is a special file dialog that appears when you open songs or load patches, samples or REX files, from within a ReF

The Browser79Find All ReFills buttonClicking this button will make the program look for all available ReFills and list them in the main file display.T

The Browser80Handling Missing SoundsSampler patches, drum machine patches and Soundfonts contain references to samples - files on your hard disk. The

The Browser81Auto SearchIf you click the Auto Search button, Reason will search for the selected files in all database folders. If the program finds a

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10DDDD Working with Patches

Working with Patches84What are Patches?A Reason patch contains settings for a specific device. As explained in the chapter “The Browser”, patches can

Working with Patches85DDDDIf you click on the patch name display on the device panel, a pop-up menu will appear, listing all patches in the current fo

Working with Patches86DDDDIf you have selected a patch, modified it and want to save it with the modifications, you could either save a separate, modi

11DDDD Song File Handling

Installation 7 What is in the Reason package? When you purchase Reason, the package contains the following items: DDDD The Program Disc CD. This con

Song File Handling88About Self-contained SongsThe song is the main file format in Reason. A song contains the device setup and all settings in the rac

Song File Handling89Song InformationSelecting the Song Information item on the File menu opens a dialog in which you can supply various information ab

Song File Handling90Saving a SongTo save a song, proceed as follows:1. Set up the self-contained settings as desired (see the previous page).2. Pull d

Song File Handling91Creating a New SongTo create a new song, select New from the File menu. This makes a new song document window appear.DDDDBy defaul

Song File Handling92Exporting as an Audio FileWhen you have created a complete song, you may want to mix it down to make it playable for other people

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Index94AAlter 73ASIO Driver 9, 15Audio Card Driver 15Audio File Formats 43Audio Hardware 8, 42Audio Levels 44Audio Out 42Audio Out Clipping 44Automati

Index95KKey CommandsSyntax in Manual 34Transport 62Zooming 57Knobs 34LL Marker 66Latency 16Left Locator 66Levels 44Loop Mode 66MM Column 66Mac OS X au

Index96RR Marker 66RackNavigating 46Turning around 50Randomize 73Reason Factory Sound Bank see Factory Sound BankReason Song Archive 90Recording 63Red

Index97TracksAbout 56Connecting to Devices 60Creating 59Deleting 61Duplicating 60Moving 60Naming 59Routing MIDI to 60Selecting 59Transport Panel 62Tun