User Manual

INSTALLATION
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• At the first program launch, you will also have the option to download additional
content from the Manage Content window.
The optional content consists of Rack Extensions and sound banks and is stored in the “Propellerhead
Content” folder in the “Music” folder on your computer. After the download you will have to restart
Reason for the optional content to become available.
The Authorization system
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.
• If you have a working Internet connection you can run Reason with Internet Verification.
The program will then contact the Propellerhead web site and verify that Reason is registered to your
user account.
• If you need to use Reason without Internet access, you can download and install the
Codemeter application and then authorize your computer (or Ignition Key hardware)
from your Propellerhead user page.
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 Bal-
ance audio interface to run Reason in authorized mode, anywhere and on any computer.
• Finally, if you don’t have a working Internet connection, or any authorized computer or
Ignition Key hardware, 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 Demo
Mode you can work as usual and even save your work. However, you cannot open songs in Demo
Mode (for details, see “Running Reason in Demo Mode”).
Registering Reason
To be able to run Reason in authorized mode (see “Running Reason with Internet Verification” and
“Running Reason on an authorized computer - or with an authorized Ignition Key hardware”), the program
must be registered to your account on the Propellerhead web site.
D If you purchased the boxed version of Reason, follow the instructions printed on the DVD
sleeve.
! If you purchased Reason directly from the Propellerhead web shop, the Reason license
has already been registered to your user account and you can use Reason by running
with Internet Verification.