Propellerhead Reason - 1.0.1 Guida di Avvio Rapido

INSTALLATION 8 About the Audio Hardware The audio hardware is the computer equipment that converts the digital sig-nals from Reason to analog audio s

INSTALLATION 9 About MIDI Interfaces While it is possible to use Reason without an external MIDI controller (by playing patterns and loops only, or d

INSTALLATION 10 Installing the Software Now it’s time to install the actual Reason software: 1. Insert the Reason CD labeled “Program Disc” into your

2 SETTING UP

SETTING UP 12 About this Chapter This chapter describes the settings you need to make before you can start using Reason. These are necessary in order

SETTING UP 13 Setting up the Audio Hardware The first thing you need to do is to establish a connection between Reason and the audio hardware. This i

SETTING UP 14 About Latency At the bottom of the audio page in the Preferences dialog, you will find an in-dication of the current Output Latency.Thi

SETTING UP 15 About Latency Compensation In the lower right corner of the Preferences-Audio dialog, you will find a set-ting called Latency Compensat

SETTING UP 16 Setting Sound and Patch Search Paths Reason songs and patches can contain references to other files on your hard disk, such as samples.

3 QUICK TUTORIAL

QUICK TUTORIAL 18 About this Chapter This chapter is a quick introduction to the basics in Reason, laid out as step-by-step tutorials. At the end of

QUICK TUTORIAL 19 You may also want to add some effects to the music. In this song, there are two effect devices connected: a delay and a chorus/flan

QUICK TUTORIAL 20 Now you could try playing the Subtractor synth “live” (provided you have a MIDI keyboard or similar hooked up): 7. In the sequencer

QUICK TUTORIAL 21 It’s possible to play the drum machine device via MIDI in the same way, but let’s try creating a pattern with the built-in pattern

QUICK TUTORIAL 2218. Click the Select button for one of the drum sounds.In Redrum, you add drum beats for one sound at the time.19. Click on the firs

QUICK TUTORIAL2333. Click and drag the Filter 1 Freq slider on the Subtractor panel.The changes you make will be heard immediately.34. Click stop twic

QUICK TUTORIAL24Guided TourOn the following pages you will find a brief “guided tour” through the pro-gram. This helps you get familiar with the diffe

QUICK TUTORIAL25The Transport PanelThe panel at the bottom of each song document window is called the trans-port panel. It contains transport controls

QUICK TUTORIAL26The DevicesThe following devices are available in Reason:Reason Hardware InterfaceThis device handles Reason’s communication with your

QUICK TUTORIAL27NN19 Digital SamplerThe NN19 allows you to load samples (Wave or AIFF files) and create multi-sample patches by mapping samples across

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QUICK TUTORIAL28RV-7 Digital ReverbThis is a reverb effect with ten different reverb algorithms, ranging from hall and room simulations to special eff

QUICK TUTORIAL29The Matrix Pattern SequencerThe Matrix is a stand-alone pattern sequencer, somewhat similar to a vin-tage analog sequencer. A Matrix p

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4COMMON OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS

COMMON OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS32About this ChapterThis chapter describes some general methods and techniques employed throughout Reason. It also conta

COMMON OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS33SlidersTo move a slider, click on the slider handle and drag up or down.➜ You can also click anywhere on the slider to

COMMON OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS34Tool TipsIf you position the pointer over a parameter on a device panel and wait a mo-ment, a tool tip will appear. Th

COMMON OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS35UndoVirtually all actions in Reason can be undone. This includes creation, dele-tion and reordering of devices in the

COMMON OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS36Window TechniquesUsing more than one Reason Song windowYou can have several Reason Songs open at the same time. Each w

5AUDIO BASICS

TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 5 Installation 6 Welcome!6 About the manuals7 What is in the Reason package?7 Requirements8 About the Audio Hardware9 About MIDI

AUDIO BASICS38About this chapterThis chapter contains some useful information about how audio is handled by Reason. Some of it may seem a bit technica

AUDIO BASICS39About Sample Rates and ResolutionsSample rate and resolution are properties of digital audio, which determine the quality of the sound.

AUDIO BASICS40About Audio LevelsWhen playing back in Reason, you should keep an eye on the Audio Out Clipping indicator on the transport panel. If thi

6MANAGING THE RACK

MANAGING THE RACK42About this ChapterAs you have seen by now, the central part of Reason is the rack. This is where you create and configure your devi

MANAGING THE RACK43Selecting DevicesSome operations (e.g. cutting, copying and deleting devices) require that you select one or several devices in the

MANAGING THE RACK44In this example a D-11 distortion device is moved:4. Release the mouse button.The device(s) are moved to the new position and the o

MANAGING THE RACK45A Quick Note on Routing! This section only describes the basics in routing. For detailed de-scriptions of routing procedures and po

MANAGING THE RACK46Manual RoutingTo connect devices manually, you need to flip the rack around to see the back. This is done by pressing [Tab] or sele

MANAGING THE RACK47➜ You can change an existing connection in the same way, by clicking on one end of the cable and dragging it to another connector.U

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 63 Using Pattern Devices 64 About this chapter64 What are Pattern Devices?65 Selecting Patterns66 Programming a Pattern67 Clearin

MANAGING THE RACK48Routing MIDI to a DeviceThere are several ways to send MIDI from an external MIDI controller to a Reason device, as described in th

MANAGING THE RACK49Note that the mixer channel tape strips show the name of the device directly connected to the mixer! This means that if you have an

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7THE SEQUENCER - BASICS

THE SEQUENCER - BASICS52About the SequencerThe sequencer is your main composition tool in Reason. This is where you record notes, controllers, device

THE SEQUENCER - BASICS53Sequencer window handlingThe sequencer area below the rack.The basic window techniques in Reason have been described on page 3

THE SEQUENCER - BASICS54Managing TracksCreating TracksAs described on page 42, tracks are automatically created when you create instrument devices in

THE SEQUENCER - BASICS55Connecting a Track to a DeviceTo the right of the track name you will find the Out column. During playback (and when you play

THE SEQUENCER - BASICS56About the two ViewsWhile the left part of the sequencer area always contains the track list, there are two different view mode

THE SEQUENCER - BASICS57Transport Controls - OverviewThe transport panel is located at the bottom of each song document window. This is where you acti

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THE SEQUENCER - BASICS58RecordingTo record MIDI from an external MIDI instrument, proceed as follows:1. Make sure MIDI is routed to the desired track.

THE SEQUENCER - BASICS59Replacing a section of a previous recordingIf you have made a largely successful recording, in which only a section needs to b

THE SEQUENCER - BASICS60About Snap to GridThe Snap to Grid function (from now on called “Snap”) restricts movement to specific positions. This is espe

THE SEQUENCER - BASICS61Mute and SoloTo mute a track means to silence it, so that no data is sent from the track dur-ing playback. This can be very us

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8USING PATTERN DEVICES

USING PATTERN DEVICES64About this chapterAs of this writing, Reason includes two pattern-based devices: the Redrum drum computer and the Matrix Patter

USING PATTERN DEVICES65Selecting PatternsEach pattern device has 32 pattern memories, divided into four banks (A, B, C, D).The Bank and Pattern button

USING PATTERN DEVICES66Programming a PatternThe actual programming procedure differs for the different devices (see the electronic documentation for d

USING PATTERN DEVICES67Clearing a PatternTo clear (empty) a pattern, select it and use the Clear Pattern command on the Edit menu or device context me

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9THE BROWSER

THE BROWSER70BackgroundAbout the DatabaseReason songs and patches can contain references to other files on your hard disk, namely samples (wave or aif

THE BROWSER71Reason File FormatsThe following table lists the file formats that you can browse and open using Reason’s browser:|File type|Extension|De

THE BROWSER72The BrowserThe browser is a special file dialog that appears when you open songs or load patches, samples or REX files, from within a ReF

THE BROWSER73Find All ReFills buttonClicking this button will make the program look for all available ReFills and list them in the main file display.T

THE BROWSER74Handling Missing SoundsSampler patches and drum machine patches contain references to samples - files on your hard disk. The same is true

THE BROWSER75Auto SearchIf you click the Auto Search button, Reason will search for the selected files in all database folders. If the program finds a

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10WORKING WITH PATCHES

INSTALLATION 6 Welcome! Thank you for purchasing Reason!This program is our biggest effort to date. We hope you will enjoy using it just as much as w

WORKING WITH PATCHES78What are Patches?A Reason patch contains settings for a specific device. As explained in the chapter “The Browser”, patches can

WORKING WITH PATCHES79➜ If you click on the patch name display on the device panel, a pop-up menu will appear, listing all patches in the current fold

WORKING WITH PATCHES80➜ If you have selected a patch, modified it and want to save it with the modifications, you could either save a separate, modifi

11SONG FILE HANDLING

SONG FILE HANDLING82About Self-contained SongsThe song is the main file format in Reason. A song contains the device setup and all settings in the rac

SONG FILE HANDLING83Song InformationSelecting the Song Information item on the File menu opens a dialog in which you can supply various information ab

SONG FILE HANDLING84Saving a SongTo save a song, proceed as follows:1. Set up the self-contained settings as desired (see the previous page).2. Pull d

SONG FILE HANDLING85Creating a New SongTo create a new song, select New from the File menu. This makes a new song document window appear.➜ By default,

SONG FILE HANDLING86Exporting as an Audio FileWhen you have created a complete song, you may want to mix it down to make it playable for other people

INDEX

INSTALLATION 7 What is in the Reason package? When you purchase Reason, the package contains the following items: ➜ The Program Disc CD. This contain

INDEX88AAlter 67ASIO Driver 8, 13ASIO Drivers folder 10Audio Card Driver 13Audio File Formats 39Audio Hardware 8, 38Audio Levels 40Audio Out 38Audio O

INDEX89KKey CommandsSyntax in Manual 32Transport 57Zooming 53Knobs 32LL Marker 60Latency 14Left Locator 60Levels 40Loop Mode 60MM Column 61Magnificati

INDEX90RR Marker 60RackNavigating 42Turning around 46Randomize 67Reason Factory Sound Bank see Factory Sound BankReason Song Archive 84Recording 58Red

INDEX91TTemplate Songs 85Tempo 57Time Signature 57Toggle Rack Front/Rear 46TracksAbout 52Connecting to Devices 55Creating 54Deleting 55Duplicating 55M