User Manual

AUDIO BASICS
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Master Tune setting
By default, Reason plays back a “middle A” at 440 Hz, which is the standard tuning in most instruments. However, if
you are playing Reason together with other instruments, you may want to adjust the tuning:
1. Select “Preferences...” from the Edit menu (Win) or Reason menu (Mac).
2. Click the “Audio” tab.
3. Adjust the global tuning with the Master Tune slider or button controls.
D If you like, you can also adjust the Master Tune during playback.
! The Master Tune setting affects the tuning of all sound sources in Reason, including the Tuner function on the
Audio Tracks. It also affects the tuning of the Redrum and Dr. Octo Rex loop player.
About audio levels
When recording and playing back in Reason, you should keep an eye on the Audio In and Audio Out Clip indicators
on the Transport Panel, or on the Hardware Interface and the Big Meter. You should also keep an eye on the clip in-
dicators on the Main Mixer Master Section. If any of the clip indicators light up, the audio level is too high, resulting in
clipping (digital distortion).
The Clip indicators on the Audio In and Audio Out meters on the Transport Panel.
The Clip indicators in the Master Section of the Main Mixer.
! Note that if you use the Propellerhead Balance audio interface when recording audio tracks in Reason, you can
use the unique Clip Safe function. The Clip Safe function allows you to heal clipped input signals! See “Re-
cording using the Clip Safe function in Propellerhead Balance” for more information.
The Clip indicators will stay lit for a short
moment, to make them easier to spot.
If the audio out level is, or has been,
too high, the Clip indicators in the
Master Section will stay lit until you
click the “Reset” button.
Audio Out Clip indicators
Reset button