Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Common Operations and Concepts
- On-screen Piano Keys
- Audio Basics
- Sequencer Functions
- About this chapter
- Introduction
- Sequencer area overview
- Track details
- Lane details
- Clip basics
- Toolbar details
- Ruler details
- Transport Panel details
- About the Inspector
- Recording in the Sequencer
- About this chapter
- General recording functions
- Note recording details
- Parameter automation recording details
- Performance controllers vs. track parameter automation
- Recording performance controller automation
- Recording parameter automation into Note Clips
- Recording performance controller automation over or into an existing clip
- About performance controller automation on multiple lanes
- Recording parameter automation
- Recording parameter automation in Loop mode
- Recording parameter automation over or into an existing clip
- Adjusting automated parameters during playback - “Live mode”
- Recording parameter automation on multiple tracks
- Pattern automation recording details
- Tempo automation recording
- Arranging in the Sequencer
- About this chapter
- Clip handling
- Selecting clips
- Deleting clips
- Resizing (masking) clips
- About masked recordings and events
- Tempo scaling clips
- Moving clips
- About overlapping clips
- Duplicating clips
- Cutting, Copying and Pasting clips
- Naming clips
- Coloring clips
- Splitting clips
- Joining clips
- Muting clips
- Merging clips on note lanes
- Matching clips using the “Match Values” function
- Inserting bars
- Removing bars
- Note and Automation Editing
- About this chapter
- The Edit Mode
- Tool Window editing tools
- Note editing
- Selecting notes
- Deleting notes
- Drawing notes
- Resizing notes
- Moving notes
- Moving notes manually
- About moving notes outside or between clips
- Changing note pitches (transpose) with the arrow keys
- Nudging note positions with the arrow keys
- About nudging notes outside an open clip
- Moving notes with the “Alter Notes” function
- Moving notes with the “Extract Notes to Lanes” and “Explode” functions
- Moving notes in the Inspector
- Duplicating notes
- Using Cut, Copy and Paste
- Quantizing notes
- Transposing notes
- Extract Notes to Lanes
- Scale Tempo
- Editing note velocity
- Automation editing
- Overview
- Editing parameter automation
- Drawing parameter automation events
- Deleting automation events
- Editing performance controller automation
- About Automation Cleanup
- Editing pattern automation
- Drawing pattern automation
- Moving, resizing and duplicating pattern automation clips
- Deleting pattern automation clips
- The “Convert Pattern Automation to Notes” function
- Editing tempo automation
- Automating time signature
- Moving, resizing and duplicating time signature automation clips
- Deleting time signature automation clips
- Note and automation editing in the Inspector
- Working with Blocks in the Sequencer
- About this chapter
- Introduction
- Arrangement Views
- Editing Blocks in the Block View
- Arranging Blocks in the Song View
- Working with the Rack
- About this chapter
- Rack device procedures
- Sounds and Patches
- About this chapter
- About patches
- About ReFills
- Using the Browser
- Opening the browser
- Browser elements
- Navigating in the Browser
- Using Locations and Favorites
- Favorites Lists
- Selecting and auditioning patches
- Selecting and auditioning samples
- Selecting multiple files
- Cross-browsing patch files
- Create Instrument/Create Effect
- About patch formats and sampler devices
- Using the “Search” function
- Opening files
- About browse lists
- Handling Missing Sounds
- The Missing Sounds dialog
- Reason file formats
- Routing Audio and CV
- Song File Handling
- Exporting Audio
- Sampling
- The ReGroove Mixer
- Remote - Playing and Controlling 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
- ReWire
- Synchronization and Advanced MIDI
- About this chapter
- Synchronization to MIDI Clock
- Advanced MIDI - The External Control Bus inputs
- Optimizing Performance
- Reason Hardware Interface
- 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
- Mixer 14:2
- The Line Mixer 6:2
- Subtractor Synthesizer
- Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
- Malström Synthesizer
- NN-19 Sampler
- Introduction
- General sampling principles
- About audio file formats
- Sampling in NN-19
- About Key Zones and samples
- Loading a Sample into an empty NN-19
- Loading SoundFont samples
- Loading REX slices as samples
- Creating Key Zones
- Selecting Key Zones
- Setting the Key Zone Range
- Deleting a Key Zone
- About Key zones, assigned and unassigned samples
- Adding sample(s) to a Key Map
- Setting the Root Key
- Removing sample(s) from a Key Map
- Removing all unassigned samples
- Rearranging samples in a Key Map
- Setting Sample Level
- Tuning samples
- Looping Samples
- About the Solo Sample function
- Automap Samples
- NN-19 synth parameters
- Play Parameters
- Connections
- NN-XT Sampler
- Introduction
- Sampling in NN-XT
- 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. Octo Rex Loop Player
- Introduction
- About REX file formats
- Loading and saving Dr. Octo Rex patches
- Playing Loops
- Adding Loops
- Playing individual Loop Slices
- Creating sequencer notes
- Slice handling
- Dr. Octo Rex panel parameters
- Dr. Octo Rex synth parameters
- Connections
- Redrum Drum Computer
- Introduction
- Sampling in Redrum
- About file formats
- Using patches
- Programming patterns
- Redrum parameters
- Using Redrum as a sound module
- Connections
- Kong Drum Designer
- Introduction
- Overview
- About file formats
- Using patches
- Pad Settings
- The Drum and FX section
- The Drum modules
- The Support Generator modules
- The FX modules
- Connections
- Using Kong as an effect device
- Using external effects with Kong
- The MClass Effects
- RV7000 Advanced Reverb
- Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
- BV512 Vocoder
- Introduction
- Setting up for basic vocoding
- Using the BV512 as an equalizer
- BV512 parameters
- Connections
- Automation
- Tips and tricks
- Half-Rack Effects
- Matrix Pattern Sequencer
- RPG-8 Arpeggiator
- ReBirth Input Machine (Windows Only)
- Menu and Dialog Reference
- Reason menu (Mac OS X)
- File menu
- Edit menu
- Undo
- Redo
- Cut/Cut Tracks and Devices
- Copy/Copy Tracks and Devices/Copy Patch
- Paste/Paste Tracks and Devices/Paste Patch
- Delete/Delete Tracks and Devices
- Delete Tracks
- Duplicate Tracks and Devices
- Select All/Select All Devices
- Select All in Device Group
- Sort Selected Device Groups
- Auto-route Device
- Disconnect Device
- Combine/Uncombine
- Initialize Patch
- Cut Pattern
- Copy Pattern
- Paste Pattern
- Clear Pattern
- Browse Patches...
- Browse Loops...
- Browse Samples...
- Automap Samples
- Delete Sample/Remove Sample
- Delete Unused Samples
- Split Key Zone
- Delete Key Zone
- Reload Samples
- Add Zone
- Copy Zones
- Paste Zones
- Duplicate Zones
- Delete Zones
- Select All Zones
- Copy Parameters to Selected Zones
- Sort Zones by Note
- Sort Zones by Velocity
- Group Selected Zones
- Set Root Notes from Pitch Detection
- Automap Zones
- Automap Zones Chromatically
- Create Velocity Crossfades
- Copy Loop to Track
- Copy Pattern to Track
- Shift Pattern Left/Right
- Shift Drum Left/Right
- Shift Pattern Up/Down
- Random Sequencer Pattern
- Randomize Pattern
- Randomize Drum
- Alter Pattern
- Alter Drum
- Invert Pattern
- Arpeggio Notes to Track
- Create Track for.../Delete Track for...
- Go To Track for
- Insert Bars Between Locators
- Remove Bars Between Locators
- Convert Pattern Automation to Notes
- Convert Block Track to Song Clips
- Commit to Groove
- Parameter Automation...
- New Note Lane
- Merge Note Lanes on Tracks
- Get Groove From Clip
- Join Clips
- Mute Clips/Unmute Clips
- Crop Events to Clips
- Add Labels to Clips/Remove Labels from Clips
- Clip Color
- Track Color
- Adjust Alien Clips to Lane
- Quantize Notes
- Edit Keyboard Control Mapping...
- Clear Keyboard Control Mapping
- Clear All Keyboard Control Mappings for Device
- Edit Remote Override Mapping...
- Clear Remote Override Mapping
- Clear All Remote Override Mappings for Device
- Copy/Paste Remote Override Mappings
- Preferences – General
- Mouse Knob Range
- Automation Cleanup Level
- Trigger Notes while Editing
- Reduce Cable Clutter Setting
- Cable Animation
- Show Parameter Value Tool Tip
- Show Automation Indication
- Default Song
- Load Last Song On Startup
- CPU Usage Limit
- Load Default Sound in New Devices
- Use MultiCore Audio Rendering
- Self-contain Samples When Loading From Disk
- Preferences – Audio
- Preferences – Keyboards and Control Surfaces
- Preferences – Advanced Control
- Preferences - Language and Computer Keyboard
- Create menu
- Options menu
- Internal Sync/MIDI Clock Sync/ReWire Sync
- Enable Keyboard Control
- Keyboard Control Edit Mode
- Remote Override Edit Mode
- Additional Remote Overrides...
- Surface Locking...
- Toggle Rack Front/Rear
- Reduce Cable Clutter
- Auto-group Devices and Tracks
- Follow Song
- Show Block Clips in Song View
- Keep Events in Clip while Editing
- Auto-color New Sequencer Tracks
- Record Automation into Note Clips
- Number of Precount Bars
- Enter Edit Mode/Enter Arrange Mode
- Switch to Block View/Song View
- Window menu (Windows version)
- Window menu (Mac OS X version)
- Help menu
- Index
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