Getting Started Guide

INSTALLATION
8
About the Audio Hardware
The audio hardware is the computer equipment that converts the digital signals from Reason to analog
audio signals (for connection to an amplifier, headphones, or similar). This equipment could be a stan-
dard stereo sound card, a USB audio interface, the built-in audio hardware on a Macintosh or some more
advanced audio card with several inputs and outputs, digital connectors, etc. Regardless of which, you
need to make sure the hardware and its drivers are properly installed:
Mac OS X
If you are using the built-in audio hardware of the Macintosh
In this case you don’t need to make any extra settings. Just connect the audio output to your listening
equipment (speakers, mixer, headphones or similar) and make sure your Mac plays audio properly.
If you are using other audio hardware
You may want to use other audio hardware with Reason (e.g. an audio interface with multiple outputs,
digital connections, etc.). For this to be possible, the audio hardware must be compatible with Mac OS
X, i.e. there must be a Mac OS X driver available for the card.
1. Install the audio hardware and its drivers as described in its documentation.
2. Connect the stereo outputs of your audio hardware to your listening equipment (speak-
ers, mixer, headphones or similar).
For info about how to use multiple outputs (i.e. more than a stereo output), see the Operation Manual
pdf. For now, we stick to standard stereo connections.
3. If possible, test that audio plays back OK with the audio hardware.
With some audio hardware, a test application is supplied for this purpose.