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Table Of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Authorization

Reason uses an authorization system designed to be as flexible as possible, while at the same time providing the best

possible copy protection for the product. Here's how it works:

• The core of the authorization system is your license number, which is registered to your user account on the

Propellerhead web site.

• You can then use this license to authorize one specific computer, one optional Ignition Key and one Propeller-

head Balance audio interface (which contains built-in Ignition Key hardware).

If you choose to authorize your computer, you won’t need any physical Ignition Key hardware plugged into the

computer. During start-up Reason automatically detects that your computer is authorized.

You can also choose to authorize an optional physical Ignition Key (USB stick) or Propellerhead Balance audio in-

terface to run Reason in authorized mode, anywhere and on any computer.

• If you don't have an authorized computer or Ignition Key hardware at hand, you can still run Reason in autho-

rized mode, provided that you have a working Internet connection.

The program will then contact the Propellerhead web site and verify that Reason is registered to your user ac-

count.

• Finally, if you don’t have an authorized computer or Ignition Key hardware at hand, nor a working Internet con-

nection, you can run Reason in Demo Mode.

This is also the mode you use if you are trying out the program, but haven't yet purchased it. In this mode, you can

work as usual and even save your work. You cannot, however, open songs (except for demo songs) in demo mode

(for details, see “Running Reason in Demo Mode”).

Registering and authorizing Reason

To be able to run Reason in authorized mode (see “Running Reason on an authorized computer - or with an Ignition

Key hardware” and “Running Reason with Internet Verification”), the program must be registered to your account on

the Propellerhead web site.

! If you purchased Reason directly from the Propellerhead web site, the Reason license has already been regis-

tered to your user account and you can use Reason by authorizing your computer or by running with Internet

Verification.

If you have purchased the optional Ignition Key (USB stick) you will want to authorize it, so please read on!