Propellerhead Reason Lite - 10.3 Installation Manual
Installation Manual
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Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Welcome! 8
About the Reason Lite documentation 8
About operating system versions 8
The Reason Lite download version 8
Installation 9
Requirements 10
Mac OS X 10
Windows 10
About the Audio Hardware 11
Audio hardware and Mac OS X 11
Audio hardware and Windows 11
About MIDI Interfaces 12
MIDI In Connections 12
MIDI Out Connections 12
If you are using the built-in audio hardware in your Macintosh 11
If you are using other audio hardware with your Macintosh 11
Installing the Software 13
Installing Reason Lite 13
The Authorization system 13
Registering Reason Lite 13
Running Reason Lite with Internet Verification 14
Running Reason Lite in Demo Mode 15
Setting Up 17
About this Chapter 18
First run - Reason Lite Setup Wizard 18
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About the Preferences 20
Setting up the Audio Hardware 21
Mac OS X 22
Windows 22
About Latency and other Audio Settings 22
Setting up MIDI Control Surfaces 23
Automatic set-up using the Easy MIDI Inputs function 23
Adding a specific Control surface 25
If your control surface model isn't listed 27
About the Master Keyboard 27
Master Keyboard Input 28
Other functions 28
Setting up the Default Song 29
Opening the last Song at program launch 29
Reassigning the Function Keys in Mac OS X 30
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Welcome!
Thank you for trying out Reason Lite!
Reason Lite is a “light” version of the music production tool Reason. Reason Lite is easy to get started with,
yet as deep as you want it to be.
The included set of instruments, effects and sounds is everything you need to get started making music.
Then polish your work to perfection with Reason Lite's state-of-the-art recording and mixing tools. Reason
Lite actually features the same fully featured and well-renowned mixer as Reason!
Reason Lite also comes with the massive Europa Shapeshifting Synthesizer from Reason, designed for
epic sounds and creative experimentation.
Also, don't forget to visit the Propellerhead web site at www.propellerheads.com and read up on all the
new Rack Extension instruments and effects created by ourselves and others that you can add to your
rack.
Yours truly,
The Propellerhead Team
www.propellerheads.com
About the Reason Lite documentation
This is the Installation Manual where installation of Reason Lite and basic setting up procedures are
described. Detailed features and operations in Reason Lite are described in the Operation Manual pdf and
in the on-line Help system. The Operation Manual and Help also contain reference descriptions of all
Reason Lite devices and commands.
About operating system versions
Reason Lite runs under Mac OS X and Windows (for operating system details, see “Requirements”) and
only supports 64-bit operating system versions. All Reason Lite packages contain program versions for
both platforms. Everything said in the manuals applies to both platforms, unless explicitly stated.
The Reason Lite download version
The download version of Reason Lite contains the complete product contents. 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 Reason Lite” and “Running Reason Lite with
Internet Verification” for details.
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Chapter 2
Installation
Requirements
Below you will find the minimum requirements for running Reason Lite:
! Note that these are the minimum requirements! You will benefit from a fast computer
with lots of RAM, since this will allow you to use more devices at the same time.
Mac OS X
• Fast and stable Internet connection for installation and registration required!
• Intel Mac with multi-core processor
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended for large ReFills or Rack Extensions)
• 4 GB free system disk space required. Additionally, the program may use up to 20 GB
scratch disk space
• Mac OS X 10.7 or later (64-bit)
• Monitor with at least 1280x768 resolution
• CoreAudio compliant audio interface or built-in audio hardware
• MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended
Windows
• Fast, stable Internet connection for installation and registration required!
• Intel or AMD multi-core processor
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended for large ReFills or Rack Extensions)
• 4 GB free system disk space required. Additionally, the program may use up to 20 GB
scratch disk space
• Windows 7 or later (64-bit)
• Monitor with at least 1280x768 resolution
• Audio Interface with ASIO driver
• MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended
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