Specifications

GETTING STARTED
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Authorizing Reason Essentials with Propellerhead
Balance
The Propellerhead Balance audio interface comes with a specially designed built-in protection key - the Ignition Key
- which is a part of the Reason Essentials protection system. To be able to use the special Reason Essentials and
Propellerhead Balance features, such as Clip Safe, you need to transfer your Reason Essentials license to the
Ignition Key which is fitted inside the Propellerhead Balance audio interface.
A big advantage, when you have your Reason Essentials license on the Propellerhead Balance Ignition Key, is that
this allows you to connect your Propellerhead Balance interface to any other computer that has Reason Essentials
installed and run the program in authorized mode without further ado. In other words, the Propellerhead Balance au-
dio interface doubles as a protection dongle for Reason Essentials.
Proceed as follows to transfer your Reason Essentials license to the built-in Ignition Key in Propellerhead Balance:
1. Log in to your User Account at www.propellerheads.se.
2. Click the “Your Products” link.
3. Click the “Manage License” link for your Reason Essentials product and follow the instructions on the page to
transfer your license to the built-in Ignition Key in the Propellerhead Balance interface.
If you are going to use Propellerhead Balance with other DAW software than Reason Essentials, you don’t have to
authorize the built-in Ignition Key.