Getting Started Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Installation
- Setting Up
- Guided Tour
- About this Chapter
- Guided Tour
- The Rack
- The Back
- The Transport Panel
- The Sequencer
- The Tool window
- The Devices
- Reason Hardware Interface
- Combinator
- Mixer 14:2
- Line Mixer 6:2
- Subtractor Analog Synthesizer
- Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
- Malström Synthesizer
- NN-19 Digital Sampler
- NN-XT Digital Sampler
- Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player
- Redrum Drum Computer
- Kong Drum Designer
- MClass Mastering effects
- BV512 Vocoder
- Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
- RV7000 Advanced Reverb
- RV-7 Digital Reverb
- DDL Digital Delay Line
- D-11 Foldback Distortion
- ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter
- CF-101 Chorus/Flanger
- PH-90 Phaser
- UN-16 Unison
- COMP-01 Compressor
- PEQ2 Two Band Parametric EQ
- Spider Audio Merger & Splitter
- Spider CV Merger & Splitter
- The Matrix Pattern Sequencer
- RPG-8 Monophonic Arpeggiator
- ReBirth Input Machine
- Tutorial 1 - Playing a Song
- Tutorial 2 - Playing devices and selecting sounds
- Tutorial 3 - Creating a drum pattern
- Tutorial 4 - Recording a bass line
- Tutorial 5 - Adding a REX loop
- Tutorial 6 - Adding an arpeggio
- Index
INSTALLATION
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What is in the Reason package?
When you purchase Reason, the package contains the following items:
The Reason 5 installation DVD
This disc contains the main Reason program installer and the Reason Factory Sound Banks, two large files
containing samples, patches and loops for use with Reason. These are copied to your hard disk the first
time you launch Reason (see “About the Sound Banks” on page 13 for more information). In addition, the
DVD contains documentation in Adobe Acrobat format, and an installer for Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The product authorization card
This contains the license number required for the installation. Keep this card in a safe place, in case you
need to re-install Reason!
! Note that if you bought Reason from the PropShop, it is already registered to your ac-
count.
The Getting Started Manual
The manual you are reading right now!
Requirements
Below you will find the minimum requirements for running Reason Version 5:
! Note that these are the minimum requirements! You will benefit from a fast computer
with a lot of RAM, since this will allow you to use more devices at the same time.
Mac OS X
• Intel Mac (multiple cores highly recommended)
• 1 GB RAM or more
•DVD drive
• Mac OS X 10.4 or later
• 2 GB free hard disk space
• Monitor with 1024x768 resolution or better
• CoreAudio compliant audio interface or built-in audio hardware
• A MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended
Windows
• Intel Pentium 4/AMD Athlon or better (multiple cores highly recommended)
• 1GB RAM or more
•DVD drive
• Windows XP SP3, Vista or Windows 7
• 2 GB free hard disk space
• Monitor with 1024x768 resolution or better
• A 16 bit Windows compatible audio card, preferably with an ASIO driver
• A MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended.