Reason 3 Power!

Table of Contents......Page 6
What Is Reason 3.0?......Page 20
MIDI and Reason......Page 22
Digital Audio and Reason......Page 27
Analog Sound—Frequency and Amplitude......Page 30
Space—The Final Dimension......Page 33
Digital Audio and Sampling......Page 34
The Ideal Reason Studio......Page 36
What’s Under the Hood?......Page 37
Would You Like a PC or Mac with That?......Page 43
Choosing the Right MIDI Keyboard for Reason......Page 44
Making a Sound Decision......Page 46
Selecting a Mixer......Page 48
Installing and Configuring Reason......Page 49
Installing the Program......Page 51
Configuring Reason......Page 53
Reason by Default......Page 58
Basic Studio Signal Flow......Page 60
The Reason Mixer......Page 62
Real-Time Effects......Page 63
The Subtractor Polyphonic Synthesizer......Page 64
Redrum Percussion Module......Page 65
Dr:rex Loop Machine Extraordinaire......Page 67
The NN-XT Advanced Sampler......Page 68
The Malström Graintable Synthesizer......Page 69
The Arrange View......Page 70
The Edit View......Page 72
The Editing and Quantization Tools......Page 73
The Transport Panel......Page 74
Virtual Routing in Reason—Virtual Eye Candy......Page 75
Wiping the Slate Clean......Page 80
Creating a reMix Mixer......Page 83
Routing the Effects......Page 87
Is There a Dr:rex in the House?......Page 89
Adding a Bass Line......Page 95
Adding a Pad......Page 100
Topping It Off with a Little Lead......Page 102
Putting the Pieces Together......Page 106
It’s All in the Mix!......Page 109
CHAPTER 5 The Reason Sequencer—Close Up......Page 112
The Arrange/Edit View......Page 114
The Zoom Tools......Page 115
Sizing Up the Sequencer......Page 116
Arrange/Edit View Button......Page 118
The Lane Buttons......Page 119
Snap Controls......Page 122
Quantize Tools......Page 125
The Transport Panel......Page 127
Locators—the Key to Looping......Page 129
The Pattern Shuffle Control......Page 130
The CPU and Audio Clipping LEDs......Page 131
Creating and Deleting Sequencer Tracks in Reason......Page 132
The Track Columns......Page 133
Moving and Duplicating Tracks......Page 134
Sequencing a Live Performance......Page 136
Editing Your Performance......Page 139
Drawing and Erasing Events......Page 145
Change Events......Page 150
Drawing Controller Data......Page 152
What Is a Mixer?......Page 156
Meet the reMix Mixer......Page 159
Setting Levels......Page 160
Mutes and Solos......Page 163
Panning......Page 164
Equalization......Page 168
Auxiliary Sends and Returns......Page 171
A Guided Tour of the Redrum Interface......Page 174
Browsing and Loading Patches......Page 175
The Drum Sound Channels......Page 179
What Is a Pattern-Based Programmer?......Page 194
Climbing the Steps of Pattern Programming Success......Page 195
Building the Redrum Groove with the Pattern Programmer......Page 201
Shifting Between Patterns with Automation......Page 206
Copying Patterns to the Reason Sequencer......Page 208
CHAPTER 8 Dr:rex—Close Up......Page 210
A New Reason to ReCycle!......Page 211
Getting Sound into Dr:rex......Page 212
The Synth Parameters......Page 214
Cut It Out!......Page 224
Write Your Own Grooves......Page 225
Drawing in Automation......Page 228
CHAPTER 9 The Subtractor—Close Up......Page 232
Subtractive Synthesis Explained......Page 233
The Oscillator Section......Page 234
The Filter Section......Page 241
The Envelope Section......Page 244
The LFO Section......Page 246
The Play Parameters......Page 248
Setting Up a Start Point......Page 252
Programming Your Subtractor Patch......Page 253
Sci-Fi Sine Wave LFO Invasion......Page 257
Connecting the Matrix......Page 259
Creating a Curve Pattern with the Matrix......Page 260
CHAPTER 10 The Malström—Close Up......Page 262
The Oscillator Section......Page 263
The Filter Section......Page 268
The Modulator Section......Page 271
The Play Parameters......Page 273
CV Connections......Page 274
Your First Malström Patch......Page 277
Setting Up a Start Point......Page 278
Programming Your Malström Patch......Page 279
CHAPTER 11 NN-19—Close Up......Page 282
Using Single Samples......Page 283
Multisampling......Page 286
Loading Patches......Page 288
The NN-19 Virtual Keyboard Display......Page 289
The NN-19 Synth Parameters......Page 291
The NN-19 Play Parameters......Page 299
Creating Your First NN-19 Sample Patch......Page 303
Setting the Key Zones......Page 304
Editing Your Sample Patch......Page 306
CHAPTER 12 NN-XT—Close Up......Page 310
The NN-XT Main Display Panel......Page 311
The NN-XT Remote Editor......Page 313
Importing Single Note Samples......Page 332
Importing Chord Samples......Page 335
Importing FX Samples......Page 336
Expanding Your Sample Library with Reload......Page 338
Converting Akai to NN-XT......Page 339
Converting Akai to ReFill......Page 341
What Is the Matrix?......Page 344
Edit Mode......Page 345
Octaves and Ties......Page 346
Steps, Resolution, and Shuffle......Page 347
Matrix Outputs......Page 348
Using the Matrix with the Subtractor......Page 349
Creative Connections with the Matrix......Page 357
Effects Common Features......Page 364
RV-7 Digital Reverb......Page 365
DDL-1 Digital Delay Line......Page 366
ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter......Page 368
CF-101 Chorus/Flanger......Page 370
PH-90 Phaser......Page 371
UN-16 Unison......Page 372
PEQ-2 Two Band Parametric EQ......Page 373
COMP-01 Auto Make Up Gain Compressor......Page 374
What Is a Vocoder?......Page 375
The BV512 as an Equalizer......Page 377
Basic Vocoding Tutorial......Page 378
CV Connections......Page 380
The Damage Section......Page 381
The Cut Section......Page 383
The Body Section......Page 384
RV7000 Advanced Reverb......Page 385
The Remote Programmer......Page 386
The Spider Audio Merger & Splitter......Page 390
Using the Spider to Merge Audio......Page 391
Using the Spider to Split Audio......Page 392
The Spider CV Merger & Splitter......Page 394
Keep ’Em Combinated......Page 398
The Controller Panel......Page 399
Audio Connections......Page 400
microMix......Page 401
Creating Your First Combi......Page 403
Setting the Key Ranges......Page 405
Run Pattern Devices......Page 407
Modulation Routing......Page 408
Uncombine/Combine......Page 409
Select Backdrop—More Than One Way to Skin a Combi......Page 411
CHAPTER 16 The MClass Mastering Suite—Close Up......Page 412
MClass Equalizer......Page 413
MClass Stereo Imager......Page 414
The MClass Compressor......Page 415
Understanding the Sidechain......Page 416
Gain Reduction CV Out......Page 419
MClass Maximizer......Page 420
CHAPTER 17 Automation......Page 422
Using the Mouse to Automate......Page 423
Using an External Controller to Automate......Page 425
Automation Override......Page 429
Drawing Automation in the Controller Lane......Page 430
Automating the Pattern Lane......Page 432
Automating Live Pattern Changes......Page 433
What Is Synchronization?......Page 436
MIDI Clock......Page 437
Syncing Reason to External Devices......Page 438
Syncing Reason with Internal Applications......Page 441
Syncing Two Computers Running Reason......Page 444
How Does ReWire Work?......Page 446
Using ReWire with Cubase SX/SL 3.0......Page 448
Using ReWire with Logic 7.0 (Mac Only)......Page 452
Using ReWire with Pro Tools LE 6.7......Page 456
Using ReWire with SONAR 4 (Windows Only)......Page 458
Using ReWire with Ableton Live 4.1......Page 462
Export Audio......Page 466
Export MIDI......Page 472
Publishing a Reason Song......Page 475
Getting Your Music to CD......Page 482
Burning CDs with Windows XP......Page 483
Burning CDs with Mac OSX......Page 487
APPENDIX A: The ReBirth of Cool......Page 492
Step Programming the Bass Synths......Page 494
But Wait . . . There’s More!......Page 495
Hold the Phone! Isn’t This Book about Reason?......Page 497
APPENDIX B: ReCycle! 2.1......Page 500
Slice and Dice......Page 501
Roll Yer Own REX2 Files......Page 502
APPENDIX C: ReFills......Page 510
REX Files......Page 511
Redrum Patches......Page 512
NN-19 and NN-XT Patches......Page 513
Malström and Subtractor Patches......Page 514
Downloading and Installing a ReFill......Page 515
Locations......Page 517
Creating Your Own ReFill......Page 520
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M......Page 537
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O......Page 542
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R......Page 544
S......Page 546
V......Page 550
Z......Page 551