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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
Common Operations and Concepts
- About this manual
- About this Chapter
- Conventions in the Manual
- Making Settings
- Tool Tips
- Context menus
- Undo
- Window Techniques
Audio basics
- About this chapter
- How Reason communicates with your audio hardware
- General Information
- PC Specific Information
- Mac Specific Information
Sounds, Devices and Patches
- Introduction
- Rack device procedures
- A Quick Note on Routing
- About patches
- About ReFills
- Using the Browser
Routing Audio and CV
- About the various signals that can be routed
- About Cables
- Automatic Routing
- Manual Routing
- Using CV and Gate
The Sequencer
- Introduction
- Sequencer basics
- Recording
- Recording automation
- About the toolbar
- About Snap
- Editing clips in Arrange mode
- The Edit mode
- Tool window - Tools page note editing functions
- Copying patterns to sequencer tracks
- Automating tempo and time signature
- Importing and Exporting MIDI Files
The ReGroove Mixer
- Introduction
- The ReGroove Mixer
- Groove Settings
- Working with grooves
- Groovy tips & tricks
- The ReGroove patches in the Factory Sound Bank
Remote - Playing and controlling Reason devices
- About the various MIDI inputs
- About Remote
- Setting up
- Remote basics
- Locking a surface to a device
- Remote Override
- Additional Remote Overrides...
- Keyboard Control
- Saving Remote Setups
Advanced MIDI - the External Control Bus inputs
- About the External Control Bus inputs
Using Reason as a ReWire Slave
- About this Chapter
- Why use Reason with ReWire?
- Introducing ReWire!
- Launching and Quitting
- Using the Transport and Tempo Controls
- Synchronization
- Routing Audio
- Routing MIDI via ReWire 2
- Converting ReWire Channels to Audio Tracks
- Details About Various ReWire Hosts
Synchronization
- ReWire users - Read This!
- What is Synchronization and MIDI Clock?
- Slaving Reason to an External Device
- Slaving Reason to Another Program on the Same Computer
- Synchronization Considerations
Song File Handling
- About Self-contained Songs
- Song Information
- Saving a Song
- Publishing a Song
- Opening a Song
- Closing a Song
- Creating a New Song
- Creating a Default Song
- Exporting as an Audio File
Optimizing Performance
- Introduction
- Optimization and Output Latency
- Optimizing Your Computer System
- Optimizing Songs
- Songs and Memory Requirements
Transport Panel
- Overview
Reason Hardware Interface
- Introduction
- MIDI In Device
- Audio Out
The Combinator
- Introduction
- Creating Combinator devices
- Combinator elements
- About internal and external connections
- Adding devices to a Combi
- Combi handling
- Sequencer tracks and playing Combis
- The Controller panel
- Using the Programmer
The Mixer
- Introduction
- The Channel Strip
- The Mixer signal flow
- About the EQ modes
- The Auxiliary Return Section
- The Master Fader
- Connections
- Chaining Mixers
The Line Mixer 6:2
- Introduction
- Channel parameters
- The Auxiliary Return Section
- Master level
- Connections
Redrum
- Introduction
- About File Formats
- Using Patches
- Programming Patterns
- Redrum Parameters
- Using Redrum as a Sound Module
- Connections
Subtractor Synthesizer
- Introduction
- The Oscillator Section
- The Filter Section
- Envelopes - General
- LFO Section
- Play Parameters
- External Modulation
- Connections
Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
- Introduction
- Thor elements
- The Controller panel
- Using the Programmer
- Modulation bus routing section
- Step Sequencer
- Connections
Malström Synthesizer
- Introduction
- The Oscillator section
- The Modulator section
- The Filter section
- Routing
- The play controls
- Connections
- Routing external audio to the filters
NN-19 Sampler
- Introduction
- General Sampling Principles
- About Audio File Formats
- About Key Zones and Samples
- Automap Samples
- NN-19 Synth Parameters
- Play Parameters
- Connections
NN-XT Sampler
- Introduction
- Panel Overview
- Loading Complete Patches and REX Files
- Using the Main Panel
- Overview of the Remote Editor panel
- About Samples and Zones
- Selections and Edit Focus
- Adjusting Parameters
- Managing Zones and Samples
- Working with Grouping
- Working with Key Ranges
- Setting Root Notes and Tuning
- Using Automap
- Layered, Crossfaded and Velocity Switched Sounds
- Using Alternate
- Sample Parameters
- Group Parameters
- Synth parameters
- Connections
Dr. Rex Loop Player
- Introduction
- About File Formats
- Adding a Loop
- Creating Sequencer Notes
- Slice Handling
- Dr.Rex Synth Parameters
- Connections
Matrix Pattern Sequencer
- Introduction
- Programming Patterns
- Example Usage
RPG-8 Arpeggiator
- Introduction
- Using the RPG-8
- RPG-8 Parameters
- CV connections
- Tips and tricks
ReBirth Input Machine
- Introduction
- Preparations
- Routing
BV512 Vocoder
- Introduction
- Setting up for basic vocoding
- Using the BV512 as an equalizer
- BV512 parameters
- Connections
- Automation
- Tips and tricks
The Effect Devices
- Common Device Features
- The MClass effects
- The MClass Equalizer
- The MClass Stereo Imager
- The MClass Compressor
- The MClass Maximizer
- Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
- RV7000 Advanced Reverb
- RV-7 Digital Reverb
- DDL-1 Digital Delay Line
- D-11 Foldback Distortion
- ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter
- CF-101 Chorus/Flanger
- PH-90 Phaser
- UN-16 Unison
- COMP-01 Auto Make-up Gain Compressor
- PEQ-2 Two Band Parametric EQ
- Spider Audio Merger & Splitter
- Spider CV Merger & Splitter
Menu and Dialog Reference
- Reason Menu (Mac OS X)
- File Menu
- Edit Menu
- Create Menu
- Options Menu
- Window Menu (Windows Version)
- Window Menu (Mac OS Version)
- Help/Contacts Menu
Index

INDEX

397

Pre-Align (ReGroove Mixer) 101

Pre-count 61

Preferences

Advanced Control page 385

Audio page 381

General page 380

International page 385

Keyboards and Control Surfaces page 383

Preview (Dr.Rex) 287

Publish Song 136, 367

Punch In/Out 62

Quantize 89

Quantize Notes 379

Quantize Notes during Recording 90

R Marker 60

Rack

Navigating 22

Turning around 27

RAM 143

Random Sequencer Pattern 376

Random Timing (ReGroove Mixer) 103

Randomize

Pattern (Matrix) 302

Pattern (Redrum) 179

Pattern (RPG-8) 223, 312

Razor tool

Splitting clips 74

RCY files 286

Reason Hardware Interface 150

Reason Song Archive 136, 367

ReBirth Input Machine 316

Record Automation as Performance Controllers 148

Recording 61

Controllers see Automation

Notes 61

Pattern Changes 69

ReCycle 286

Redo 10, 370

Redrum

Individual Outputs 183

MIDI Notes for 183

Parameters 180

Patches 175

Programming Patterns 176

ReFills

About 32

Downloading from Browser 42

Registering Reason 390

ReGroove Mixer

Assigning to note lanes 104

Creating ReGroove Patches 106

Factory Patches 107

Making grooves permanent 105

Parameters 98

Settings in Tool Window 102

Reload Samples 373

Remote

About 110

Additional Overrides 117

Mapping variations 113

Remote Override 115

Surface Locking 113

Surface Locking dialog 113

Remote Override

Edit mode 115

Remote Override Edit Mode 387

Remote Override mapping 115

Remove Bars Between Locators 77, 377

Repair Invalid Data in Clips 379

Reset (Automation) 68

Reset Band Levels (Vocoder) 324

Resizing

Lanes in Edit View 80

Notes 82

Resolution (Audio) 17, 137, 369

Resolution (Redrum Pattern) 178

Reverb

RV-7 351

RV7000 344

ReWire

Latency 19

Setting Up 125

With ReBirth 316

REX files 32

Loading in Dr.Rex 286

Loading in NN-19 243

Loading in NN-XT 257

Loading in Redrum 175

Right Locator 60

Ring Modulation (Subtractor) 190

Routing

Automatic 26, 47

Manual 27, 48

Pop-up Menu 49