11.3
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Overview
- Audio and MIDI Basics
- Using Reason Rack Plugin as an Instrument
- Using Reason Rack Plugin as an Effect
- Working in the Rack
- Routing Audio and CV
- Sounds, Patches and the Browser
- The I/O device
- Kong Drum Designer
- Introduction
- Overview
- About file formats
- Using patches
- Pad Settings
- The Drum and FX section
- The Drum modules
- The Support Generator modules
- The FX modules
- Connections
- Using Kong as an effect device
- Using external effects with Kong
- Redrum Drum Computer
- Introduction
- About file formats
- Using patches
- Programming patterns
- Redrum parameters
- Using Redrum as a sound module
- Connections
- Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player
- Introduction
- About REX file formats
- Loading and saving Dr. Octo Rex patches
- Playing Loops
- Adding Loops
- Playing individual Loop Slices
- Slice handling
- Dr. Octo Rex panel parameters
- Dr. Octo Rex synth parameters
- Connections
- Europa Shapeshifting Synthesizer
- Introduction
- Panel overview
- Signal flow
- Playing and using Europa
- Panel reference
- Sound Engines On/Off and Edit Focus section
- The Oscillator section
- The Modifiers section
- The Spectral Filter
- The Harmonics section
- The Unison section
- The User Wave and Mixer section
- The Filter section
- The Amplifier section
- The Envelopes section
- Envelope 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Preset
- Adding a Sustain stage
- Adding and removing envelope points
- Changing the envelope curve shape
- Looping the envelope
- Editing levels only
- Creating “free form” envelope curves
- Using the Envelope 3 and Envelope 4 curves as Sound Engine waveforms
- Using the Envelope 4 curve as a Spectral Filter curve
- The LFO section
- The Effects section
- The Modulation Bus section
- Connections
- Tips and Tricks
- Grain Sample Manipulator
- Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
- Subtractor Synthesizer
- Malström Synthesizer
- Monotone Bass Synthesizer
- ID8 Instrument Device
- Rytmik Drum Machine
- Radical Piano
- Klang Tuned Percussion
- Pangea World Instruments
- Humana Vocal Ensemble
- 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
- NN-19 Sampler
- Introduction
- General sampling principles
- About audio file formats
- About Key Zones and samples
- Loading a Sample into an empty NN-19
- Loading SoundFont samples
- Loading REX slices as samples
- Creating Key Zones
- Selecting Key Zones
- Setting the Key Zone Range
- Deleting a Key Zone
- About Key zones, assigned and unassigned samples
- Adding sample(s) to a Key Map
- Setting the Root Key
- Removing sample(s) from a Key Map
- Removing all unassigned samples
- Rearranging samples in a Key Map
- Setting Sample Level
- Tuning samples
- Looping Samples
- About the Solo Sample function
- Automap Samples
- NN-19 synth parameters
- Play Parameters
- Connections
- MIDI Out Device
- Quartet Chorus Ensemble
- Sweeper Modulation Effect
- Alligator Triple Filtered Gate
- Pulveriser
- The Echo
- Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
- BV512 Vocoder
- Introduction
- Setting up for vocoding
- Using the BV512 as an equalizer
- BV512 parameters
- Connections
- Tips and tricks
- RV7000 Mk II Advanced Reverb
- Neptune Pitch Adjuster and Voice Synth
- Introduction
- Overview and basic concepts
- Setting up for pitch processing
- Using pitch correction
- Using pitch shifting (Transpose)
- Using Formant control
- Using the Voice Synth
- Panel parameters
- Connections
- Softube Amps
- Audiomatic Retro Transformer
- Channel Dynamics Compressor & Gate
- Channel EQ Equalizer
- Master Bus Compressor
- Synchronous Timed Effect Modulator
- The MClass Effects
- Half-Rack Effects
- The Combinator
- Pulsar Dual LFO
- RPG-8 Arpeggiator
- Matrix Pattern Sequencer
- Mixer 14:2
- The Line Mixer 6:2
- Working with Players
- Settings
- The Reason Rack Plugin Settings dialog
- Index
AUDIO AND MIDI BASICS36
General audio and MIDI handling
Reason Rack Plugin doesn't communicate directly with your audio or MIDI hardware. Instead, this is handled by your
DAW host, which in turn passes on MIDI or audio to Reason Rack Plugin and gets audio back in return.
A Reason Rack Plugin instance can:
• Receive MIDI notes and other messages from the DAW host. It does not care about MIDI channels.
• Receive up to four audio channels (two stereo input pairs).
Typically, Reason Rack Plugin receives audio when used as an audio effect, but it's also possible to send audio to
an instrument (if your DAW permits this), for sidechaining and other effects.
• Send out up to 32 audio channels (16 stereo pairs) to the DAW host.
In most cases, the output will be a single stereo signal, but you may for example want to route different drum
sounds to different outputs for processing on separate channels in your DAW host's mixer.
• Reason Rack Plugin can also send MIDI to other tracks in your DAW - if you use the MIDI Out Device, see “MIDI
Out Device”.
Typical input/output configurations
Below are some examples of typical MIDI and audio configurations in Reason Rack Plugin:
Stereo instrument device
This setup involves MIDI note input sent to an instrument device, and stereo audio output sent from the instrument
device:
Stereo instrument example.
Reason Rack Plugin
MIDI In
MIDI Out from
Master Keyboard
Live and playback MIDI data from Instrument Track in sequencer
DAW Sequencer
DAW Mixer
ID8 audio output signals
Reason Rack Plugin output signals
PITCH MOD
VOLUME
Piano
Upright
Delay
Chorus
Dance
Vibes
Grand
A
B
C
D
instrument device
ID8 1
FADER
L R
5
6
MUTE
SOLO
MIX CHAN...
ID8 1
M
M
S
S
M
M
M
MAIN OUT TO MAIN
DEVICE
1-2 3-4
TO MAIN
5-6
TO MAIN
7-8
TO MAIN
9-10
TO MAIN
11-12
TO MAIN
13-14
TO MAIN
MAIN SIDECHAIN
15-16
AUDIO IN
AUDIO OUT
SHUFFLE
I/O