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
TABLE OF CONTENTS
4
Introduction 7
Welcome! 8
About the Reason documentation 8
About the Reason operating system versions 8
What is in the Reason box? 9
The Reason installation DVD 9
Product authorization 9
The Reason download version 9
If you are upgrading from an earlier Reason version 9
Using the Reason download version while waiting for the box 9
Installation 11
Requirements 12
Mac OS X 12
Windows 12
About the Audio Hardware 13
Audio hardware and Mac OS X 13
If you are using the Propellerhead Balance audio interface 13
If you are using the built-in audio hardware in your Macintosh 13
If you are using other audio hardware with your Macintosh 13
Audio hardware and Windows 13
If you are using the Propellerhead Balance audio interface 13
If you are using other audio hardware with your Windows PC 14
About MIDI Interfaces 14
MIDI In Connections 14
MIDI Out Connections 15
Installing the Software 15
Upgrading from an earlier Reason version 15
Running the Installer 15
About the Sound Banks on Mac OS X (DVD version only) 16
The Authorization system 16
Registering and authorizing Reason 17