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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

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RPG-8

About 306

Arpeggiator parameters 310

Arpeggio notes to track 309

MIDI-CV Converter parameters 309

Setting up 306

rps files 136

Run button 176, 177

RV-7 Reverb 351

RV7000 Advanced Reverb 344

S1/S2 controls 180

Sample Rate

About 17

For Playback 141

In Exported Audio 137, 369

Samples

Browsing 372

Extracting from Self-contained Songs 134, 368

File Formats 32

Missing 41

NN-19 244

NN-XT 260

Redrum 174

Save Song 136, 366

Scale Tempo 91

Scream 4 339

Scrolling 12, 22

Search function 39

Select All (Sequencer) 71

Selecting

Clips 70

Notes 81

Self-Contained Songs 134

Self-contained Songs 368

Send Out (Redrum) 180

Sends

Mixer 165

Redrum 180

Seqencer

Key edit mode 79

Sequencer

Adjust Alien Clips to Lane 71

As separate window 57

Attaching 80

Basic window handling 56

Bypassing 122

Detaching 80

Drum edit mode 80

Inspector strip 74, 83

REX edit mode 80

Transport Controls 146

vs Pattern Sequencers 176, 297

Set Root Notes from Pitch Detection 374

Shift

Pattern (Matrix) 302

Pattern (Redrum) 179

Pattern (RPG-8) 223, 312

Shift Pattern 376

Show Parameter Value Tool Tip 380

Shuffle 178

Global 99

ReGroove Mixer 100

Setting for Pattern Devices 99

Sidechain inputs

About 337

Signature 61

Slices

About 286

Creating Sequencer Notes 288

Making Settings for 289

Selecting 289

Slide (ReGroove Mixer) 100

Sliders 8

Snap 60

About 70

Disabling with Shift 82

Solo 54

Mixer 165, 170

Redrum 180

Song Archive 136, 367

Song Information 135, 367

Song Position 59, 147