Propellerhead Reason - 7.1 Installation Manual

INSTALLATION MANUAL

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Introduction 7

Welcome! 8

About the Reason documentation 8

About the Reason operating system versions 8

What is in the Reason box? 9

The Reason installation DVD 9 Product authorization 9

The Reason download version 9

If you are upgrading from an earlier Reason version 9 Using the Reason download version while waiting for the box 9

Installation 11

Requirements 12

Mac OS X 12 Windows 12

About the Audio Hardware 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 with your Macintosh 13

Audio hardware and Windows 13

If you are using the Propellerhead Balance audio interface 13 If you are using other audio hardware with your Windows PC 14

About MIDI Interfaces 14

MIDI In Connections 14 MIDI Out Connections 15

Installing the Software 15

Upgrading from an earlier Reason version 15 Running the Installer 15

The Authorization system 16 Registering and authorizing Reason 17

TABLE OF CONTENTS

About the Sound Banks on Mac OS X (DVD version only) 16

About deauthorizing the computer 18 Running Reason on an authorized computer - or with an Ignition Key hardware 18 Running Reason with Internet Verification 19 Running Reason in Demo Mode 20 Using Reason with ReWire on a 64-bit operating system 21

Mac 21 Windows 21

Setting Up 23

About this Chapter 24

First run - Reason Setup Wizard 24

About the Preferences 26

Setting up the Audio Hardware 27

Setting up MIDI Control Surfaces 29

Adding a Control surface 30

Mac OS X 28 Windows 28 About Latency and other Audio Settings 28

If your control surface model isn't listed 32 About the Master Keyboard 32 Master Keyboard Input 33 Other functions 33

Setting up the Default Song 34

Opening the last Song at program launch 34

Reassigning the Function Keys in Mac OS X 35

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1

Introduction

Welcome!

Thank you for choosing Reason! Whether you're a songwriter, beat maker, recording your band, or just love to make sounds, this is the

beginning of a beautiful friendship. The biggest news in this version is the compatibility with the new Rack Extension V2.0 format. This allows you to run any Rack Extension created in the V2.0 format and earlier. Also, don't forget to visit the Propellerhead web site at www.propellerheads.se and read up on all the new Rack Extension instruments and effects created by ourselves and others that you can add to your rack.

A driving force for us at Propellerhead is communication with all the people around the world that use our programs to realize their musical ideas. And a big part of this communication takes place on our own user forums. This is a unique meeting place where professionals and beginners meet on equal 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 truly, The Propellerhead Team

www.propellerheads.se

About the Reason documentation

This is the Installation Manual where installation of Reason and basic setting up procedures are described. Detailed features and operations in Reason are described in the Operation Manual pdf. This and other pdf documents are installed with the program - you find them in the Documentation folder inside your Reason application folder. The Operation Manual also contains reference descriptions of all Reason devices and commands.

About the Reason operating system versions

Reason runs under Mac OS X and Windows (for operating system details, see “Requirements”). All Reason packages contain program versions for both platforms. Everything said in the manuals applies to both platforms, unless explicitly stated.

INTRODUCTION

What is in the Reason box?

If you have purchased the boxed version of Reason, the package contains the following items:

The Reason installation DVD

This DVD contains the main Reason program installer which include the Reason application, Help System, Demo Songs and documentation.

Product authorization

The license number and registration code required for the installation are printed on the DVD sleeve. The registration code is a one-time code used to register your Reason license to your Propellerhead user account. Once you have registered Reason to your account and, you don't need the registration code any more.

! Note that if you bought Reason from the Propellerhead web shop, it is already registered

to your account.

The Reason download version

The download version of Reason contains the complete product contents. In other words, there is no need to purchase a boxed version. When you have downloaded the program package and installed the program, all you have to do is register and authorize the program and you are good to go. Refer to “Registering and

authorizing Reason” and “Running Reason with Internet Verification” for registration and authorization

details.

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 before installing the new version, see “Upgrading from an earlier Reason version”.

If you are upgrading from Reason 6 or later (or from Propellerhead Record), you have an Ignition Key which you might want to authorize for this version. After you have downloaded the Reason upgrade, unpacked the file and installed Reason, refer to “Registering and authorizing Reason” for details on how to authorize Reason.

Using the Reason download version while waiting for the box

If you have purchased the boxed version of Reason and are waiting for the shipment, you could still use the download version of the program and run it with full functionality. Refer to “Registering and authorizing

Reason” and “Running Reason with Internet Verification” for details on how to proceed.

If this is your first acquaintance with audio recording and music production software, you might also want to check out the “About the Audio Hardware” and “About MIDI Interfaces” sections before continuing.

! When you receive the Reason box you should NOT reinstall the Reason program - every-

thing you need has already been installed from the download version.