Reason 3 Ignite!

Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 10
CHAPTER 1 Setting Up Your Computer to Run Reason 3.0......Page 12
For Windows XP......Page 13
Starting Reason......Page 14
Setting Your Preferences......Page 15
Configuring Your Audio Card......Page 16
Configuring Advanced MIDI......Page 21
Control Surfaces and Keyboards......Page 22
General Program Preferences......Page 25
CHAPTER 2 Fast Start......Page 28
Playing the Demo Song......Page 29
Navigating with the Song Browser......Page 30
Starting with an Empty Rack......Page 33
The Rack, Front and Back......Page 35
Hardware Interface......Page 36
The Transport Panel......Page 38
Adding and Removing Devices......Page 41
Organizing Devices and the Rack......Page 42
Basic Audio Routing......Page 45
Introducing Reason’s Devices......Page 50
CHAPTER 3 Analog Emulated Synthesizers......Page 52
Loading the SubTractor to the Rack......Page 53
Loading a Patch......Page 54
Initializing a Device......Page 55
The SubTractor Analog Synthesizer......Page 57
Loading the Sample Patch......Page 58
The Oscillators......Page 59
Playing Parameters......Page 62
Noise......Page 65
Modulation–LFO......Page 66
Filtering......Page 69
Working with Envelopes......Page 70
Loading the Device to the Rack......Page 74
Loading the Test Patch......Page 75
Changing the Sound’s Characteristics–Oscillators......Page 76
Modulation......Page 82
Adding Some Color–Shaper......Page 88
Increasing the Stereo Width......Page 89
CHAPTER 4 Digital Samplers and the Rex File Loop Player......Page 90
Loading a Sample Patch......Page 91
Filters......Page 93
Sample Playback Controls......Page 95
Stereo Width......Page 97
Key Zone Editor–Building Your Own Patch......Page 98
Loading the NN-XT......Page 109
Loading Patches......Page 110
The Key Zone Editor......Page 111
Global Controls......Page 121
Dr:rex Rex Loop Player......Page 124
Loading a Rex File......Page 125
Previewing a Loop......Page 126
Tuning the Loop......Page 127
Slice Controls......Page 129
Auto Panning–LFO......Page 130
Moving the Loop to a Sequencer Track......Page 131
CHAPTER 5 Effect Processors and Dynamics......Page 132
Types of Effects......Page 133
Loading a Sound Source......Page 135
Loading Effect Devices and Automatic Routing......Page 137
RV-7 Digital Reverb......Page 138
RV7000 Advanced Reverb......Page 140
D-11 Foldback Distortion......Page 149
Scream 4 Distortion......Page 150
CF-101 Chorus/Flanger......Page 153
PH-90 Phaser......Page 155
UN-16 Unison......Page 157
DDL-1 Digital Delay......Page 158
COMP-01......Page 160
PEQ-2......Page 163
BV512 Digital Vocoder......Page 165
Automatic Routing of the Carrier......Page 167
Routing a Modulator......Page 168
The Filter Bands......Page 169
Level Controls......Page 171
CHAPTER 6 Pattern Sequencing Devices......Page 172
Redrum Drum Computer......Page 173
Loading Patches......Page 174
Programming Patterns......Page 175
Drum Channels......Page 182
Getting Familiar with Patterns and Pattern Banks......Page 184
The Matrix Pattern Sequencer......Page 186
Loading the Necessary Devices......Page 187
Programming Patterns......Page 188
CHAPTER 7 The Sequencer......Page 192
Track Information......Page 193
Recording......Page 196
Locators and Loop Recording......Page 197
Overdub or Replace......Page 198
Device Automation......Page 199
Working with Groups......Page 200
Quantizing Your Performances......Page 204
Editing Tools......Page 207
Working with Lanes......Page 210
Setting the Lane’s Grid......Page 215
Editing the Tracks......Page 216
Changing the Sequencer Height......Page 219
Detaching the Sequencer Window......Page 220
CHAPTER 8 Advanced Audio Routing with Effects......Page 222
Loading the Devices......Page 223
Inserting the Effects......Page 226
Setting Up a Send......Page 227
Sending Audio to the Effect......Page 230
Setting Up a Return......Page 231
Using Mixer Channels as Returns......Page 233
Chaining Effects with Inserts......Page 235
Chain Effects as a Send......Page 239
Chaining Mixer Sends......Page 242
Automatic Linking......Page 243
Manual Chaining......Page 244
Splitting and Merging Effect Sends with the Spider......Page 246
CHAPTER 9 External Control of Reason......Page 258
Mapping the Controls–Teaching Reason......Page 259
Controlling the Transport......Page 262
Synchronizing Reason to Another Computer......Page 266
CHAPTER 10 CV and Gate Control......Page 270
Loading the Necessary Devices......Page 271
Using CV to Create a Tremolo......Page 273
Tremolo Reverb......Page 275
Controlling Effect Parameters......Page 279
Routing Device Parameters to Several Devices......Page 284
Merging CV to One Parameter......Page 289
Triggering Redrum Samples from Dr. Rex......Page 293
Expanding the Trigger......Page 297
APPENDIX A: ReWire......Page 302
APPENDIX B: Saving Your Work and Getting Your Song on CD......Page 308
APPENDIX C: The Combinator......Page 316
APPENDIX D: The MClass Effects......Page 328
C......Page 342
D......Page 343
F......Page 344
J-K......Page 345
M......Page 346
N......Page 347
P......Page 348
Q-R......Page 349
S......Page 350
T......Page 352
W-Z......Page 353