Operation Manual

THE SEQUENCER
6
Recording
Recording and Playback Basics
The basic procedures for recording and playback are described in the Getting
Started book. Here is a brief repetition:
D Make sure that the device you wish to play/record has master keyboard
MIDI input by clicking in the In column for the track connected to the de-
vice.
The master keyboard icon and the Record enable button will light up for the corre-
sponding track in the sequencer track list.
D To activate recording, click the Record button on the Transport panel or
press [*] on the numeric keypad.
If your computer keyboard lacks a numeric keypad, you can activate recording by
holding down [Command] (Mac) or [Ctrl] (Windows) and pressing [Return].
D Recording starts at the current song position.
D You can get a metronome click during recording by activating Click on
the transport panel.
The volume of the metronome click can be adjusted with the Level knob.
D If the Loop is activated, the area between the Left and Right locators will
be repeated, allowing you to add or replace material on each loop pass
(depending on the Overdub/Replace switch - see below).
D To start playback from the current song position, click the Play button or
press [Enter] on the numeric keypad.
To stop, click the Stop button, press [0] on the numeric keypad or press [Return].
You can also toggle between Play and Stop by pressing the Space bar.
D To move the song position, click in the ruler, use the Rewind/Fast For-
ward buttons or edit the position numerically on the transport panel.
You can also move the song position to the Left or Right Locator by pressing [1]
or [2] on the numeric keypad.
Recording Notes
The Overdub/Replace switch
If you record over an area where there are notes recorded already, the result depends
on the Overdub/Replace switch on the transport panel:
D In Overdub mode, the new recording is added to whatever was on the
Track before.
For example, this is useful for adding elements during loop recording or for adding
controller data to recorded notes.
D In Replace mode, the new recording replaces any previously recorded
notes.
Only the notes in the actual recording area are replaced.
! It’s probably best to use Overdub mode as your default mode, to avoid
removing material by mistake.
Quantizing during Recording
If the Quantize Notes During Recording switch is activated on the sequencer toolbar,
notes will automatically be quantized when you record them. This is described in de-
tail on page 26.
Recording Controllers
In Reason, you can automate virtually all device parameters, creating completely auto-
mated mixes if you like. This is done by recording (or drawing) controllers in the se-
quencer.
Before you record automation
Before you start recording automation of a parameter, you may want to set it to a suit-
able “static value”. By this, we mean the value the parameter should have whenever it
isn’t automated in the song. Here is why:
D When you first record a section of automation for a parameter, its origi-
nal value will be inserted throughout the rest of the song.
This is explained in detail on page 8.
Let’s say you want to create a fade-out by recording your lowering a fader in the Mixer.
Then it’s a good idea to first set the fader to the correct static value (i.e. the value the
fader should be set to before you start the fade-out).
The same thing is true if you want to create a filter sweep for a synthesizer, some-
where within the song: First set the filter frequency to the value it should have else-
where in the song, then record the filter sweep.