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* Covers Reason ver 2 * For PC and Mac * Quickstart section * Write, record, mix and master your music * Hands on tutorials * Shortcuts, FAQs and troubleshooting Reason - the all-in-one-box synth/ sequencer/sample player/drum machine/ mixer/effects unit/recording studio. It's taking the music world by storm and it has pretty well all you need to start creating your own musical masterpiece. The Fast Guide to Propellerhead Reason describes the basic hardware you need to run Reason and gives guidance on the installation and setting up of the program on your PC or Mac (including laptops). The quickstart making-it-go tutorial will get you up and running with Reason in no time. You'll learn how to create your own virtual equipment rack and find out how to use Reason's dazzling array of modules - the hardware Interface and ReBirth Input Module, the reMix Mixer, the Subtractor Synth, the Matrix Step Sequencer, the Linear Sequencer, the ReDrum Drum Machine, the NN19 Sample-playback Module, the doctor REX Loop Player, and Reason's effects. Then put it all together with Reason's Automation and mixing. With appendices on basic analogue synthesis theory, keyboard shortcuts, FAQs and troubleshooting, The Fast Guide to Propellerhead Reason is your all-in-one guide to the only music program you will ever need - Reason.

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction What Is Reason? Who can use it? A brief guided tour of the devices in the Reason rack. Reason & MIDI 2 Installation & Setting Up What do I need to make music with Reason? A basic working setup described. MIDI keyboard and interface recommendations. Mac & PC computer hardware requirements. Using Reason on a laptop. Installation guidelines. Dealing with soundcard drivers. Defining your audio hardware in Reason. Setting up MIDI on Mac and PC; configuring OMS for Mac users. 3 Some simple tutorials to get you started Step-by-step creating a rack full of Reason devices. Try out some operational controls and methods. Create a simple demo Song. Guided experiments with the demo Song. 4 Basic operations and features The Hardware Interface. The Transport Bar. Selecting Patches. Saving Patches. Databases Folders: an easy way to access your own patches. Saving Songs. Songs & Device Patches: what is the difference?. Exporting Songs as Audio Files. The Missing Sounds alert. Cut, Copy & Paste Operations. The High Quality Interpolation & Low Bandwidth Switches. Context Menus & Tool Tips. Folding Devices. Rack Navigation. The CV & Gate control system. 5 The ReMix Mixer Introduction to Mixing Concepts. The features of the ReMix mixer: EQ, aux sends, pan, level, mute, solo. Basic operation of ReMix: quick mixing tutorial. Around at the back: the audio and control connections. Manual device patching. Using more than one mixer. Some advanced uses for the ReMix mixer. 6 The SubTractor Synth Introduction to Analogue Synthesis. SubTractor Guided Tour: oscillators and their waveforms; noise generator;. filters; envelope generators; LFOs; velocity and external modulation. assignment; portamento; polyphony; mod wheel assignment; pitch-bend range. Tutorial: create a patch with SubTractor. Patch-creation guidelines: achieving specific types of sound. Around at the back: the CV and Gate interfacing. Advanced modulation techniques. 7 The ReDrum Drum Machine Useful keyboard shortcuts for this chapter. ReDrum Guided Tour. The Patch Select area. The Drum Sound Channel area. The Pattern Programming area. Tutorial: programming a Pattern with ReDrum. Around at the back: audio and control connections. Using ReDrum to control other devices. Using ReDrum as a sound module. 8 The NN19 Sampler Introduction to Sampling. NN19 Guided Tour. The Key Zone window. Synthesis facilities for sound shaping. Basic tutorial using the factory samples. Bringing in your own samples. Shareware and freeware sampling tools. Sources of samples. How to use sample CDs. Working with instrumental samples. Working with loops. Using NN19 for long-form audio tracks. Around at the back: audio and control connections. 9 Dr:Rex Loop Player Introduction to ReCycle & REX loops. Dr:Rex Guided Tour. The Waveform Display. Synthesis Facilities. Slice Handling. Basic tutorial using the factory loops. The 'To Track' facility. Sources of ReCycled loops. Around at the back: audio and control connections. 10 The Matrix Step Sequencer Useful keyboard shortcuts for this chapter. Introduction to Step Sequencing. Matrix Guided Tour. Resolution & Pattern Length. The Note Entry grid. Entering Gate values. Pattern Shift, Transpose, Randomise and Alter. The Curve CV and its applications. The 'Copy Pattern to Track' facility. Tutorial: making random input into something musically useful. Advanced techniques: controlling devices other than SubTractor and NN19. 11 Effects Introduction to Effects and Signal Processing. Guided Tour of Reason's effects units. The RV7 Reverb. The DDL1 Digital Delay. The D11 Foldback Distortion. The ECF42 Envelope-Controlled Filter. The CF101 Chorus/Flanger. The PH90 Phaser. The Comp 01 Compressor/Limiter. The PEQ2 2-band parametric EQ. Using effects in a send-return loop with the mixer. Using effects 'in-line' with devices. Creating multi-effects configurations. Tutorial: make a complex reverb from simple components. Effects and EQ hints and tips. 12 The ReBirth Input Module Introduction to ReBirth RB338. ReBirth Input Module Guided Tour. Configuration, launching and routing. Separating individual voices from the ReBirth stereo mix. ReWire issues. 13 The Main Sequencer Useful keyboard shortcuts for this chapter. Brief overview of MIDI Sequencing. Sequencer Guided Tour. The Arrange View. The tools and Zoom controls. The Track List and device routing. The Edit View and its Lanes. Quantising & Groove Quantising. The Change Events window. Importing & Exporting MIDI files. 14 Automation & Remote Control Introduction to Automation concepts. Using the main sequencer to automate Reason devices. Automating a mix using the mixer. Editing automation data. Assigning computer and keyboard keys as Reason remote controls. Using dedicated hardware MIDI control boxes. Recording remote control activity. 15 Running Reason alongside other software or hardware System requirements. Configuring ReWire. Using Reason with Cubase. Using Reason with other MIDI + Audio sequencers. Recording ReWire channels into a MIDI + Audio sequencer. Song housekeeping. Syncing to an external sequencer or drum machine. Playing devices from an external sequencer. Appendix: FAQs & Troubleshooting Appendix: Reason Refills. Creating your own Reason Refills. Where to get free and commercial third-party Refills Appendix: Collected keyboard shortcuts and general time-saving measures Appendix: Interview with Propellerhead Appendix: Recommended reading Appendix: Glossary Appendix: Index

About the Author :
Derek Johnson and Debbie Poyser are active musicians and hi-tech music journalists who have contributed to some of the UK's top music tech magazines, including the seminal Music Technology and Home & Studio Recording. Currently they are regular contributors to Europe's No. 1 title, Sound On Sound. They have tested and written about countless music and studio products and have more than 15 years of experience in synthesis and sound recording practice. They've been dedicated users of Reason since the program's launch.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781870775816
  • Publisher: PC Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: PC Publishing
  • Height: 244 mm
  • Width: 172 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1870775813
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Weight: 799 gr


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