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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 then use this license to authorize your Propellerhead hardware - either the Propellerhead Ignition Key
USB stick or other hardware with the Ignition Key built-in, such as the Propellerhead Balance audio interface.
You can then use your Propellerhead audio interface (or Propellerhead USB stick) to run Reason in Authorized
Mode, anywhere and on any computer.
• If you don't have the Ignition Key hardware at hand, you can still run Reason in authorized 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, should you be without both your Ignition Key hardware and internet connection, 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 with the 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.
This means you can run Reason using Internet Verification, right away (see “Running Reason with Internet Verifi-
cation”). However, when you receive your Propellerhead Ignition Key hardware you need to authorize it, so please
read on!