Propellerhead Reason, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...INSTALLATION MANUAL...

Page 2: ...License Agreement No part of this publication may be copied reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by Propellerhead Software AB 2012 Propelle...

Page 3: ...Table of Contents...

Page 4: ...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...

Page 5: ...22 About the Preferences 24 Setting up the Audio Hardware 25 Mac OS X 26 Windows 26 About Latency and other Audio Settings 26 Setting up MIDI 27 Adding a Control surface 28 If your control surface mod...

Page 6: ...TABLE OF CONTENTS 6...

Page 7: ...Chapter 1 Introduction...

Page 8: ...terms to exchange ideas But even more importantly it s a forum open to you We think you will enjoy talking to other Reason users all over the world just as much as we ll enjoy talking to you Yours tru...

Page 9: ...d to your account The Reason download version If you are upgrading from an earlier Reason version If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Reason there are some important things to consider bef...

Page 10: ...INTRODUCTION 10...

Page 11: ...Chapter 2 Installation...

Page 12: ...hardware Free USB port for Ignition Key hardware a free USB2 0 port is necessary when using the Propellerhead Balance audio interface Internet connection for registration and Rack Extension installat...

Page 13: ...use with Reason Reason provides a number of pre configured Input s Output s combinations that can be accessed from the Audio tab in Preferences If you are using other audio hardware with your Macintos...

Page 14: ...tes or by manually drawing notes and automation in the sequencer this would not allow you to use the program to its full potential From now on we assume that you are using a MIDI interface and some ki...

Page 15: ...ctory Sound Bank rfl and Orkester rfl to a temporary location before installing These sound banks are exactly the same for Reason Version 6 5 which means that after you have up graded to the new versi...

Page 16: ...Propellerhead web site You then use this license to authorize your Ignition Key hardware fitted in an Ignition Key USB stick or built in in the Propellerhead Balance audio interface You can then use t...

Page 17: ...w account 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...

Page 18: ...ing your computer and launching Reason This way Reason will start up immediately without the Authoriza tion procedure When you have an authorized Ignition Key hardware connected to your computer it s...

Page 19: ...u don t have your Ignition Key hardware at hand and don t have a working Internet connection you can run Reason in Demo Mode 1 Launch Reason The following window will show up 2 Click on the Run in Dem...

Page 20: ...ssed from the Open Demo Song item in the File menu If you disconnect your Ignition Key hardware or lose the Internet Connection while running Reason with Internet Verification the program will automat...

Page 21: ...Chapter 3 Setting Up...

Page 22: ...ctions correctly in the last chapter Reason should be running and the first dialog in the Reason Setup Wizard guide should be open This only appears the very first time the program is run Note that th...

Page 23: ...hen a model If your model keyboard isn t on this list select Other D You will also have to specify a MIDI port to use This can be done either by selecting one of the available ports listed in the popu...

Page 24: ...his is opened from the Edit menu or if you are running Mac OS X from the Reason menu The Preferences dialog q Described herein are only the most important settings in the Preferences For informa tion...

Page 25: ...iver a software component that acts like a link between the program and the audio hardware Proceed as follows 1 In the Preferences dialog click the Audio tab 2 Pull down the Audio card driver pop up m...

Page 26: ...inputs and outputs About Latency and other Audio Settings On the Audio tab you will find a number of additional settings for audio The most important ones are Buffer Size and the corresponding readout...

Page 27: ...he track s device in the rack You can lock a control surface to a specific device in the rack For example you could have a Master Keyboard that follows MIDI input while another control surface is lock...

Page 28: ...identify the connected control surfaces Note that not all con trol surfaces support auto detection All found surfaces are listed in the Attached Surfaces list 3 To add a control surface manually click...

Page 29: ...up menu You need to select ports on all MIDI Input pop up menus Some control surfaces will have a MIDI Output pop up menu In some cases this labeled Optional then you don t have to make a selection In...

Page 30: ...orrect MIDI CCs MIDI Keyboard No Controls Select this if you have a MIDI keyboard without programmable knobs buttons or faders This is used for playing only including performance controllers such as p...

Page 31: ...e in the track list leaves Master Key board Input unchanged Other functions D To edit a surface double click it in the list or select it and click Edit This lets you change its name and MIDI port sett...

Page 32: ...ou create a new Song by selecting New from the File menu the selected Song will be loaded and used as a template for your new Song On Windows platforms the Song document will be named Document n where...

Page 33: ...t the best workflow in Reason we recommend that you change this behavior so that pressing e g the F5 key actually sends F5 to Reason and you hold down the Fn key to get the hardware control functions...

Page 34: ...rther to the Spaces item keyboard shortcut F8 and either remove the tick from the checkbox or assign it to another keyboard shortcut In Reason F8 is assigned to show hide the Tool Window 6 Now you re...