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TABLE OF CONTENTS4
Introduction 29
Welcome! 30
About this chapter 30
About this manual 30
About the Reason operating system
versions 30
Conventions in the manual 30
The Authorization system 32
Registering Reason 32
Running Reason with Internet Verification 33
Authorizing your Computer/Ignition Key (for off-line use)
33
About deauthorizing the computer/Ignition Key 34
Running Reason on an authorized computer - or with an
authorized Ignition Key hardware 34
Running Reason in Demo Mode 35
Managing additional content 36
Reassigning the Function Keys in macOS
37
About automatic program updates 38
Common Operations and
Concepts 41
About this chapter 42
Areas, windows and basic navigation 42
Song window overview 42
The Browser 43
The Main Mixer 44
The Tutorial area 44
The Rack 45
The Sequencer 46
The Transport Panel 46
The ReGroove Mixer 47
Navigating between the areas 47
Showing/hiding the Navigators 47
About different Themes 48
Using several Reason Song windows 49
The Tool Window 49
The On-screen Piano Keys window 50
General window techniques 51
Resizing 51
Scrolling 52
Zooming in the Sequencer 53
Scrolling and zooming using a wheel mouse 54
Editing parameters 55
Knobs 55
Faders and sliders 56
Buttons 56
Fold/Unfold buttons 57
Multi Mode selectors 57
Numerical controls 58
Alpha-numeric controls 58
Numerical segment displays 59
Tool Tips 60
Context menus 61
Parameter context menus 61
Device context menus 62
Main Mixer channel strip context menu 63
Rack “background” context menu 64
Main Mixer “background” context menu 64
Sequencer context menus 64
Undo and Redo 65
On-screen Piano Keys 67
About this chapter 68
Using the On-screen Piano Keys 68
Opening the Piano Keys window 68
Mouse mode 69
Computer Keys mode 70