Specifications

QUICK TUTORIAL
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Now you could try playing the Subtractor synth “live” (provided you have a MIDI
keyboard or similar hooked up):
7. In the sequencer, click in the “In” column for the synthesizer track
(to the left of the name), so that a keyboard symbol is highlighted.
This symbol indicates that incoming MIDI is routed to the track. And since
the track is connected to the Subtractor device, any notes you play on your
MIDI keyboard will be sent to the synth.
MIDI routed to the Subtractor track.
8. Try playing your MIDI keyboard.
What you hear now is the default “Init” sound of the Subtractor, which may
not be so inspiring. You could start tweaking the parameters to create a
sound of your own, or you could select one of the included synth patches
(and tweak this to your liking):
9. Click the folder button on the Subtractor panel.
This opens the Patch Browser dialog.
10. In the Browser “Locations” list to the left, click on “Reason Factory
Sound Bank”.
This is one huge ReFill containing a large number of patches and samples
that are included with Reason when you purchase it.
11. Double click the folder “Subtractor Patches”.
This contains a number of folders with different sound categories.
12. Open one of the folders, and select a patch.
The patch is loaded in the background - you can try out the patch while play-
ing you keyboard without closing the Browser. Try selecting other patches in
the Browser to audition them. Click OK to confirm a selection and to close
the Browser.
D Once you have selected a patch this way, you can step between the
patches in the same folder, by clicking the up and down arrow but-
tons next to the patch display.
Alternatively, you can click in the patch name display to bring up a context
menu with all the patches in the folder.