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INSTALLATION
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Running Reason in Demo Mode
! Demo Mode is only available in the stand-alone version of Reason not in Reason Rack
Plugin.
If you don't have a Reason license, or if you don’t have an authorized computer or your optional Ignition
Key at hand and don’t have a working Internet connection, you can run Reason in Demo Mode:
1. Launch Reason.
The following window shows up:
2. Click the "Demo Mode" button.
Reason launches in Demo Mode.
The Demo Mode indicator lights up to the right on the Sequencer Transport Panel:
Running Reason in demo mode allows you to perform all operations as in authorized mode, with three
exceptions:
• You cannot export audio or bounce mixer channels to disk.
• You will not have access to any Rack Extension devices (except for the included Radical
Piano, Synchronous, Softube Amps, Audiomatic and Pulsar Rack Extensions).
• You cannot open songs.
The only songs that can be opened in demo mode are the dedicated demo songs (file extensions
".rsndemo" (Reason Demo Song), ".reedemo" (Reason Essentials Demo Song), ".reidemo" (Reason
Demo Song), ".reltdemo" (Reason Lite Demo Song) and ".recdemo" (Record Demo Song)). Demo
songs can be accessed from the “Open Demo Song” item in the File menu.
If you disconnect your Ignition Key on an unauthorized computer, or lose the Internet Connection while
running Reason with Internet Verification, the program will automatically enter Demo Mode. You can
continue to work, and save your songs as usual. When you reconnect the Ignition Key hardware or
reconnect to the Internet, Reason will automatically revert to authorized mode and the Demo Mode
indicator will go off.