User Manual

Table Of Contents

INTRODUCTION

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 ac-

count.

• 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 Balance audio in-

terface 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 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.