Operation Manual

AUDIO BASICS
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! Note that it doesn’t matter if the level meters on the individual devices (effects, MIxer channels, etc.) “hit the
red”. Output clipping can only occur in the Hardware Interface.
The technical reason for this is that internally, Reason uses high resolution floating point processing, which en-
sures highest audio quality and virtually limitless headroom. In the Hardware Interface, the floating point audio is
converted to the resolution used by the computer’s audio interface, and that’s where audio out clipping might oc-
cur.
If you are using multiple outputs
If you are using an audio interface with more than two outputs, you might want to have different devices connected
to different outputs. If the Audio Out Clip indicator on the Transport Panel lights up, you should play back the section
again while checking the Reason Hardware Interface. Each output socket has a level meter - if the red meter seg-
ment lights up, the output is clipping.
The indicator for Output 7 on the Hardware Interface indicates clipping
D If necessary, bring up the Big Meter and select the output pair where the clipping occurs. Lower the output
level of the device connected to the clipping output, until no clipping occurs.
If you are using ReWire
If you are streaming audio to another application using the ReWire protocol, clipping can not happen in Reason. This
is because the conversion from floating point audio happens in the other audio application. See “ReWire” for more in-
formation.
Output 7 indicates
audio clipping.