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Table of Contents
Common Operations and Concepts
- About this manual
- About this Chapter
- Conventions in the Manual
- Making Settings
- Tool Tips
- Context menus
- Undo
- Window Techniques
Audio basics
- About this chapter
- How Reason communicates with your audio hardware
- General Information
- PC Specific Information
- Mac Specific Information
Sounds, Devices and Patches
- Introduction
- Rack device procedures
- A Quick Note on Routing
- About patches
- About ReFills
- Using the Browser
Routing Audio and CV
- About the various signals that can be routed
- About Cables
- Automatic Routing
- Manual Routing
- Using CV and Gate
The Sequencer
- Introduction
- Sequencer basics
- Recording
- Recording automation
- About the toolbar
- About Snap
- Editing clips in Arrange mode
- The Edit mode
- Tool window - Tools page note editing functions
- Copying patterns to sequencer tracks
- Automating tempo and time signature
- Importing and Exporting MIDI Files
The ReGroove Mixer
- Introduction
- The ReGroove Mixer
- Groove Settings
- Working with grooves
- Groovy tips & tricks
- The ReGroove patches in the Factory Sound Bank
Remote - Playing and controlling Reason devices
- About the various MIDI inputs
- About Remote
- Setting up
- Remote basics
- Locking a surface to a device
- Remote Override
- Additional Remote Overrides...
- Keyboard Control
- Saving Remote Setups
Advanced MIDI - the External Control Bus inputs
- About the External Control Bus inputs
Using Reason as a ReWire Slave
- About this Chapter
- Why use Reason with ReWire?
- Introducing ReWire!
- Launching and Quitting
- Using the Transport and Tempo Controls
- Synchronization
- Routing Audio
- Routing MIDI via ReWire 2
- Converting ReWire Channels to Audio Tracks
- Details About Various ReWire Hosts
Synchronization
- ReWire users - Read This!
- What is Synchronization and MIDI Clock?
- Slaving Reason to an External Device
- Slaving Reason to Another Program on the Same Computer
- Synchronization Considerations
Song File Handling
- About Self-contained Songs
- Song Information
- Saving a Song
- Publishing a Song
- Opening a Song
- Closing a Song
- Creating a New Song
- Creating a Default Song
- Exporting as an Audio File
Optimizing Performance
- Introduction
- Optimization and Output Latency
- Optimizing Your Computer System
- Optimizing Songs
- Songs and Memory Requirements
Transport Panel
- Overview
Reason Hardware Interface
- Introduction
- MIDI In Device
- Audio Out
The Combinator
- Introduction
- Creating Combinator devices
- Combinator elements
- About internal and external connections
- Adding devices to a Combi
- Combi handling
- Sequencer tracks and playing Combis
- The Controller panel
- Using the Programmer
The Mixer
- Introduction
- The Channel Strip
- The Mixer signal flow
- About the EQ modes
- The Auxiliary Return Section
- The Master Fader
- Connections
- Chaining Mixers
The Line Mixer 6:2
- Introduction
- Channel parameters
- The Auxiliary Return Section
- Master level
- Connections
Redrum
- Introduction
- About File Formats
- Using Patches
- Programming Patterns
- Redrum Parameters
- Using Redrum as a Sound Module
- Connections
Subtractor Synthesizer
- Introduction
- The Oscillator Section
- The Filter Section
- Envelopes - General
- LFO Section
- Play Parameters
- External Modulation
- Connections
Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
- Introduction
- Thor elements
- The Controller panel
- Using the Programmer
- Modulation bus routing section
- Step Sequencer
- Connections
Malström Synthesizer
- Introduction
- The Oscillator section
- The Modulator section
- The Filter section
- Routing
- The play controls
- Connections
- Routing external audio to the filters
NN-19 Sampler
- Introduction
- General Sampling Principles
- About Audio File Formats
- About Key Zones and Samples
- Automap Samples
- NN-19 Synth Parameters
- Play Parameters
- Connections
NN-XT Sampler
- Introduction
- Panel Overview
- Loading Complete Patches and REX Files
- Using the Main Panel
- Overview of the Remote Editor panel
- About Samples and Zones
- Selections and Edit Focus
- Adjusting Parameters
- Managing Zones and Samples
- Working with Grouping
- Working with Key Ranges
- Setting Root Notes and Tuning
- Using Automap
- Layered, Crossfaded and Velocity Switched Sounds
- Using Alternate
- Sample Parameters
- Group Parameters
- Synth parameters
- Connections
Dr. Rex Loop Player
- Introduction
- About File Formats
- Adding a Loop
- Creating Sequencer Notes
- Slice Handling
- Dr.Rex Synth Parameters
- Connections
Matrix Pattern Sequencer
- Introduction
- Programming Patterns
- Example Usage
RPG-8 Arpeggiator
- Introduction
- Using the RPG-8
- RPG-8 Parameters
- CV connections
- Tips and tricks
ReBirth Input Machine
- Introduction
- Preparations
- Routing
BV512 Vocoder
- Introduction
- Setting up for basic vocoding
- Using the BV512 as an equalizer
- BV512 parameters
- Connections
- Automation
- Tips and tricks
The Effect Devices
- Common Device Features
- The MClass effects
- The MClass Equalizer
- The MClass Stereo Imager
- The MClass Compressor
- The MClass Maximizer
- Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
- RV7000 Advanced Reverb
- RV-7 Digital Reverb
- DDL-1 Digital Delay Line
- D-11 Foldback Distortion
- ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter
- CF-101 Chorus/Flanger
- PH-90 Phaser
- UN-16 Unison
- COMP-01 Auto Make-up Gain Compressor
- PEQ-2 Two Band Parametric EQ
- Spider Audio Merger & Splitter
- Spider CV Merger & Splitter
Menu and Dialog Reference
- Reason Menu (Mac OS X)
- File Menu
- Edit Menu
- Create Menu
- Options Menu
- Window Menu (Windows Version)
- Window Menu (Mac OS Version)
- Help/Contacts Menu
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