Installation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Installation
- Requirements
- About the Audio Hardware
- About MIDI Interfaces
- Installing the Software
- Upgrading from an earlier Reason version
- Running the Installer
- The Authorization system
- Registering and authorizing Reason
- About deauthorizing the computer
- Running Reason on an authorized computer - or with an Ignition Key hardware
- Running Reason with Internet Verification
- Running Reason in Demo Mode
- Using Reason with ReWire on a 64-bit operating system
- Setting Up
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4. The following step depends on the situation:
If you purchased the boxed version of Reason and haven't yet registered the program, you will be
asked to do that:
D Enter the license number and registration code found on the DVD sleeve in the Reason
box, then click the Register button.
A new web page appears where you are asked if you want to write your license to your computer or to
your optional Ignition Key hardware or do it later. If you click the Later button, you will still be able to
run Reason using Internet Verification, see “Running Reason with Internet Verification”.
When you have registered Reason and want to write your license to your computer or Ignition Key:
D Click the Authorize button.
This will take you to the “Authorize Computer and Keys” page where you can choose to write your
Reason license to your computer, to your optional Ignition Key and/or to a connected Balance inter-
face.
5. Follow the instructions on the web page to write your licence to your computer or to your
Ignition Key.
6. When you're done, Reason will continue to launch and you will now be able to run the
program in Authorized mode.
You can now quit the web browser if you like.
About deauthorizing the computer
You can authorize one computer at a time. If you're moving your work to another computer, you can first
deauthrorize the current computer and then authorize the other one. This is done from your account page
at the Propellerhead web site.
! Remember to deauthorize your computer before sending it to service or selling it!
Running Reason on an authorized computer - or with an Ignition
Key hardware
If you launch Reason on an authorized computer, or with an authorized Ignition Key hardware
(Propellerhead USB stick or Propellerhead Balance audio interface) connected, the program will simply
start without further ado.
q If you are using an Ignition Key on an unauthorized computer, always connect the Igni-
tion Key hardware before starting your computer and launching Reason. This way Rea-
son will start up immediately, without the Authorization procedure.
If you have an authorized computer, or an authorized Ignition Key hardware connected to your computer,
it’s no longer necessary to have Internet connection when running Reason.