Propellerhead RECORD 1.5 User Manual
Operation Manual
Version
1.5
Operation Manual by:
Fredrik Hylvander
Anders Nordmark, Scribe
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Table of Contents
Introduction 23
Welcome! 24
About this chapter 24
About this manual 24
About the Record operating system
versions 24
Conventions in the manual 24
Authorization and the Ignition Key 26
Registering and authorizing Record 26
Running Record with the Ignition Key 28
Running Record with Internet Verification 28
Running Record in demo mode 29
Running Record in combination with
Reason 30
Reassigning the Function Keys in Mac
OS X 32
General window techniques 44
Resizing 44
Scrolling 45
Zooming in the Sequencer 46
Scrolling and zooming using a wheel mouse 47
Editing parameters 48
Knobs 48
Faders and sliders 48
Buttons 49
Fold/Unfold buttons 49
Multi Mode selectors 50
Numerical controls 50
Alpha-numeric controls 51
Numerical segment displays 52
Tool Tips 53
Context menus 54
Parameter context menus 54
Device context menus 55
Main Mixer channel strip context menu 56
Rack “background” context menu 57
Main Mixer “background” context menu 57
Sequencer context menus 57
Undo and Redo 58
Common Operations and
Concepts 35
About this chapter 36
Areas, windows and basic navigation 36
Song window overview 36
The Main Mixer 37
The Rack 38
The Sequencer 39
The Transport Panel 40
The ReGroove Mixer 40
Navigating between the areas 41
Showing/hiding the Navigators 41
Using several Record Song windows 41
The Tool Window 42
The On-screen Piano Keys window 43
On-screen Piano Keys 61
About this chapter 62
Using the On-screen Piano Keys 62
Opening the Piano Keys window 62
Mouse mode 63
Computer Keys mode 64
Audio Basics 67
About this chapter 68
How Record communicates with your
audio hardware 68
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Manual audio routing 69
Audio quality 69
Audio settings 70
About audio levels 72
System signal paths 75
Audio Track signal paths 75
Instrument Track signal paths 76
General information about audio and
computers 77
About latency 77
About processors 78
About RAM 78
Mac specific information 79
About using the built-in audio inputs and outputs 79
Sequencer Functions 81
Track List elements 96
Creating tracks 97
Selecting tracks 100
Moving tracks 101
Deleting tracks 101
Duplicating/copying tracks and devices 102
Coloring tracks 103
Naming tracks 103
Folding tracks 103
Muting tracks 104
Soloing tracks 104
Lane details 105
Audio lane 105
Note lane 106
Parameter automation lane 107
Pattern lane (Record+Reason) 108
Creating/adding lanes 109
Deleting lanes 111
Moving note lanes 113
Copying (duplicating) note lanes 113
Muting lanes 114
About this chapter 82
Introduction 82
Sequencer area overview 82
Song View and Edit Mode 83
Toolbar overview 84
Track List overview 84
Tracks overview 85
Lanes overview 85
Clips overview 86
Inspector overview 86
Ruler overview 86
Edit/Arrangement Pane overview 86
Track Navigator overview 87
Song Navigator overview 87
Transport Panel overview 87
Track details 88
Track definition 88
The relationship between the track, the rack and the
Main Mixer 89
Master Keyboard Input 93
The relationship between tracks, lanes, clips and
events 94
Track types 94
Clip basics 114
Clip types 114
Toolbar details 115
Toolbar tools 115
Alternate tools 117
Snap 118
Sequencer Toolbar keyboard shortcuts 119
Ruler details 119
Transport Panel details 120
Transport keyboard commands 123
About the Inspector 124
About subticks in the Position and Length displays 124
About the “Match Values” function 124
Recording in the
Sequencer 125
About this chapter 126
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General recording functions 126
Record enabling 126
Click and Pre-count 130
Loop mode 132
General recording procedure 133
Undoing a recording 134
Recording tips 134
Audio recording details 134
Setting up the audio track 134
Recording audio 137
Recording audio in Loop mode 137
Overdubbing audio using the “Dub” function 138
Duplicating audio tracks using the “Alt” function 138
Recording over or into an existing audio clip 139
Recording audio from Mix Channel outputs 140
Recording a mixdown of several audio tracks 142
Note recording details 145
Setting up the instrument track 145
Recording notes 145
Recording notes in Loop mode 145
Recording over or into an existing note clip 146
Recording notes using the “Dub” and “Alt” functions 147
Arranging in the
Sequencer 159
About this chapter 160
Clip handling 160
Selecting clips 160
Setting audio clip Level and Fades 162
Deleting clips 163
Resizing (masking) clips 164
About masked recordings and events 165
Tempo scaling clips 167
Moving clips 169
About overlapping clips 171
Duplicating clips 171
Cutting, Copying and Pasting clips 171
Naming clips 172
Coloring clips 172
Splitting clips 173
Joining clips 174
Muting clips 176
Merging clips on note lanes 176
Matching clips using the “Match Values” function 177
Parameter automation recording
details 149
Performance controllers vs. track parameter
automation 149
Recording performance controller automation 150
Recording parameter automation into Note Clips 151
Recording performance controller automation over or
into an existing clip 151
About performance controller automation on multiple
lanes 152
Recording parameter automation 152
Recording parameter automation in Loop mode 153
Recording parameter automation over or into an existing
clip 154
Adjusting automated parameters during playback - “Live
mode” 155
Recording parameter automation on multiple tracks 155
Pattern automation recording details
(Record+Reason) 156
Recording pattern automation (Record+Reason) 156
Tempo automation recording 157
Recording tempo automation 157
Inserting bars 179
Removing bars 179
About removing bars that contain audio recordings 180
Audio Editing in the
Sequencer 181
About this chapter 182
The Edit Mode 182
Opening audio clips for editing 183
Edit Mode elements for audio clips 185
The relationship between Clips, Comp Rows and
Recordings 188
Edit Mode window handling 190
Audio editing tools 191
Razor (Cut) Tool 191
Speaker Tool 191
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Editing audio clips 192
Selecting a Comp Row for playback in Single Mode 192
Selecting Comp Rows 193
Deleting Comp Rows 193
Moving Comp Rows 194
Duplicating Comp Rows 194
Cutting, copying and pasting Comp Rows 195
Adjusting the Comp Row Level 195
Adjusting the Recording Offset 196
Delete Unused Recordings 196
Bounce Clip(s) to New Sample(s)
(Record+Reason) 197
Normalizing Clips 198
Reversing Clips 199
Tempo scaling Clips 199
Editing audio in Comp Mode 201
Adding Cuts 201
Adding Segments 202
Adding Crossfades to Cuts 202
Deleting Cuts 203
Moving Cuts 203
Changing Comp Row assignments 204
Bounce Clip(s) to New Recording(s) 205
Creating a comped audio clip 206
Audio and tempo matching 210
Matching an imported audio clip to the song tempo 210
Moving a snare hit 211
Editing audio using the Inspector 214
Editing recordings and cuts in the Inspector 214
Matching audio values using the "Match Values"
function 214
Note and Automation
Editing 217
Edit Mode window handling 223
Note Edit Modes 223
Creating empty clips 226
Tool Window editing tools 227
Note editing 228
Selecting notes 228
Deleting notes 228
Drawing notes 229
Resizing notes 231
Moving notes 234
Duplicating notes 237
Using Cut, Copy and Paste 238
Quantizing notes 239
Transposing notes 242
Extract Notes to Lanes 243
Scale Tempo 246
Editing note velocity 247
Automation editing 249
Overview 249
Editing parameter automation 249
Drawing parameter automation events 252
Deleting automation events 253
Editing performance controller automation 253
About Automation Cleanup 255
Editing pattern automation (Record+Reason) 256
Drawing pattern automation (Record+Reason) 257
Moving, resizing and duplicating pattern automation clips
(Record+Reason) 258
Deleting pattern automation clips (Record+Reason) 258
The “Convert Pattern Automation to Notes” function
(Record+Reason) 259
Editing tempo automation 259
About tempo changes and tempo automation of audio
tracks 260
Automating time signature 260
Moving, resizing and duplicating time signature
automation clips 261
Deleting time signature automation clips 262
About this chapter 218
The Edit Mode 218
Selecting what to edit 219
Opening note and automation clips for editing 219
Edit Mode elements 221
Note and automation editing in the
Inspector 263
Editing notes and events in the Inspector 263
Matching notes or events using the “Match Values”
function 263
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Working with Blocks in the
Sequencer 267
About this chapter 268
Cut, Copy and Paste devices 293
Naming devices 294
Folding and unfolding devices 295
Introduction 268
The idea behind Blocks 268
Arrangement Views 269
Song View (with Blocks disabled) 269
Song View (with Blocks enabled) 270
Block View 271
Editing Blocks in the Block View 271
Selecting a Block for editing 271
Renaming Blocks 272
Defining the Block length 272
Changing Block color 272
Recording in the Block View 273
Editing clips in the Block View 273
Arranging clips in the Block View 273
Arranging Blocks in the Song View 273
Creating Block Automation Clips 273
Resizing Block Automation Clips 275
Reassigning Blocks in Block Automation Clips 275
Muting lanes in Block Automation Clips 276
Converting Block Automation Clips to Song Clips 278
Combining Block Automation Clips with Song Clips 280
Working with the Rack 283
About this chapter 284
Rack device procedures 284
Navigating in the rack 284
Resizing and detaching the rack 285
About Device Groups 285
Creating devices 287
Selecting devices 289
Deleting devices 290
Re-ordering devices 290
Creating new rack columns 292
About the “Sort Selected Device Groups” function 292
Duplicating devices 293
Sounds and Patches 297
About this chapter 298
About patches 298
Devices that use patches 298
Loading patches 299
Saving patches 300
Copying and pasting patches between devices 301
Initializing patches 302
About ReFills 302
Using the Browser 303
Opening the browser 304
Browser elements 305
Navigating in the Browser 308
Using Locations and Favorites 310
Favorites Lists 310
Selecting and auditioning patches 313
Selecting and auditioning samples 313
Selecting multiple files 313
Cross-browsing patch files 314
Create Instrument/Create Effect 315
About patch formats and sampler devices
(Record+Reason) 315
Using the “Search” function 316
Opening files 317
About browse lists 317
Handling Missing Sounds (Record+Reason) 318
The Missing Sounds dialog 319
Record file formats 321
Routing Audio and CV 323
About this chapter 324
Signal types 324
Audio signals 324
CV/Gate signals 324
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About P-LAN signals 325
About MIDI routing 325
About cables 325
Cable appearance 325
Checking and following cable connections 326
Cable color 327
Automatic routing 327
Auto-routing of audio input signals 328
Auto-routing of Instrument devices 328
Auto-routing of Effect devices 328
Auto-routing of CV/Gate signals 329
Auto-routing devices after they have been created 329
About re-routing devices in a Reason song to the Main
Mixer 330
Manual routing 331
Connecting cables 332
Connecting cables using pop-up menus 333
Disconnecting cables 333
Disconnecting devices 333
Using CV and Gate 334
Routing CV and Gate signals 334
About CV Trim knobs 334
Managing mixer channels 343
Creating and deleting channels 343
Selecting channels 343
Moving channels 344
Copying and duplicating channels 344
Copy channel settings 345
Resetting channel settings 346
Naming mixer channels 346
Coloring mixer channels 346
The channel strip 347
Input section 347
Dynamics section 348
EQ section 351
Insert FX section 352
FX Sends section 353
Fader section 354
Channel Header section 355
The Master Section strip 356
Master Compressor section 357
FX Send section 358
Master Inserts section 359
FX Return section 360
Master Fader section 361
Master Section Header 362
The Main Mixer 335
About this chapter 336
Overview 336
The Audio Track, its device and mixer channel strip 337
The Mix Channel device and channel strip 338
The Master Section device mixer strip 339
Navigating in the Main Mixer 340
Viewing the Main Mixer area 340
Scrolling and navigating in the Main Mixer 340
Showing and hiding channel strip sections 341
Switching between channels, rack devices and
tracks 342
Automating mixer parameters 362
Working with effects 362
Insert FX 362
Send FX 366
Remote controlling the Main Mixer 369
Remote controlling a single mixer channel 369
Remote controlling multiple mixer channels 369
Advanced routing tips and tricks 372
Chaining Send effects from Redrum or Mixer
devices 372
Splitting signals using the Insert FX Out 374
Using compression sidechaining 375
Using the Mix Channel and Audio Track devices’ Direct
Outs 377
Creating an input channel for recording with effects 377
Creating a sub-mixer 379
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Song File Handling 383
Importing audio to Reason devices
(Record+Reason) 398
About this chapter 384
Opening Songs 384
Opening a Record or Reason Song 384
Opening a Record Demo Song 385
Opening the last Song at program launch 385
Closing Songs 386
Closing a Song 386
Creating Songs 386
Creating a new empty Song 386
Setting up the Default Song 386
Creating a new Song from a template 387
Saving Songs 387
Saving a Song 387
Saving and optimizing a Song 388
Including Song Information 388
About Self-Contained Songs (Record+Reason) 389
Making a Song appear as a Template Song 391
A note about saving Songs as audio files 391
Audio data and Scratch Disk settings 392
About audio data in Song files 392
Changing Scratch Disk folder location 392
About “Orphan Audio Streams” 393
Importing and exporting Standard MIDI
Files 393
Importing Standard MIDI Files 393
Exporting Standard MIDI Files 394
Importing and Exporting
Exporting audio 399
Exporting Songs or parts of Songs 399
Bouncing Mixer Channels 401
Bouncing Audio Clips 403
Sampling
(Record+Reason) 405
About this chapter 406
Overview 406
One-click sampling 406
The Edit Sample window 407
About sample format, rate and resolution 407
General sampling functions 407
Setting up for sampling 407
Sampling 409
The Sample buttons 409
Sampling procedure 409
The Song Samples tab 412
Editing samples 414
The Edit Sample window 414
Setting Sample Start and End 416
Cropping samples 418
Normalizing samples 418
Reversing samples 418
Fading in/out samples 419
Looping samples 420
Saving edited samples 422
Renaming samples 422
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Audio 395
About this chapter 396
Importing audio 396
Audio formats, sample rates and tempo matching 396
About tempo matching imported audio 396
Importing audio to the sequencer 397
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Sample management 423
About Assigned and Unassigned samples 423
Saving samples in a song 424
Deleting samples from a song 424
Loading samples into a device 425
Duplicating samples 426
Exporting samples 427
About self-contained samples 429
The ReGroove Mixer 431
Introduction 432
ReGroove basics 432
The ReGroove Mixer 433
Global parameters 433
Channel parameters 434
Copy, Paste and Initialize ReGroove channels 438
Remote Override 459
Activating Remote Override Edit mode 459
Remote Override mapping 460
Additional Remote Overrides... 463
Assigning Additional Overrides 464
Keyboard Control 465
Enabling Keyboard Control 465
Editing Keyboard Control 465
Groove Settings 439
Working with grooves 442
Applying grooves to your music 442
Commit to Groove - making the grooves
“permanent” 445
Creating your own ReGroove patches 446
Groovy tips & tricks 447
ReGroove patches in the Record Sound
Bank 448
Remote - Playing and
Controlling Devices 449
About the various MIDI inputs 450
About Remote 450
Setting up 451
Adding a control surface or keyboard 451
Other functions 453
Example Setups 453
Remote basics 454
About Standard vs Remote Override mapping 455
About mapping variations 455
Saving Remote Setups 466
ReWire 467
About this chapter 468
Why use Record with ReWire? 468
Introducing ReWire! 468
In ReWire version 1 468
In ReWire 2 468
How does it work? 468
Terminology 469
About system requirements 469
About synchronization 469
Launching and quitting applications 469
Using the Transport and Tempo
controls 470
Routing audio 470
Preparations in Record 470
Routing in the ReWire host application 471
Routing MIDI via ReWire 2 471
Locking a surface to a device 456
Locking a surface 456
Unlocking a surface 458
Converting ReWire channels to audio
tracks 472
Details about various ReWire hosts 472
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Synchronization and
Advanced MIDI 473
Sampling Input section
(Record+Reason) 489
About this chapter 474
Synchronization to MIDI Clock 474
ReWire users – read this! 474
What is synchronization and MIDI Clock? 474
Slaving Record to an external MIDI application or
instrument 474
Slaving Record to another program on the same
computer 475
Synchronization considerations 475
Advanced MIDI - The External Control
Bus inputs 477
About the External Control Bus inputs 477
Routing MIDI to devices 478
Sending Controller data via MIDI 478
About recording Pattern Changes
(Record+Reason) 478
Optimizing Performance 479
Introduction 480
Checking Processing Power 480
Optimization and Latency reduction 480
About Latency Compensation 481
Optimizing your computer system 482
Optimizing Songs 484
RAM requirements 486
Advanced MIDI Device 490
More Audio 490
The Big Meter 491
The Combinator 493
Introduction 494
Creating Combinator devices 495
Combinator elements 496
About internal and external
connections 497
About External Routing 497
Adding devices to a Combi 499
About the Insertion line 499
Creating new devices in a Combi 499
Adding devices using drag and drop 500
Adding devices using copy/paste 501
Adding a Combi to a Combi 501
Combining two Combis 501
Combining devices in a Combi with devices in the
rack 501
Combi handling 501
Moving the entire Combi 501
Moving devices within a Combi 502
Moving devices out of a Combi 502
Deleting devices in a Combi 502
Uncombining devices 502
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Record Hardware
Interface 487
Introduction 488
About using ReWire 489
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Sequencer tracks and playing
Combis 502
The Controller panel 503
Select backdrop... 504
Using the Programmer 505
Key Mapping instrument devices 506
Setting Velocity Ranges for instrument devices 507
Using Modulation Routing 508
CV Connections 511
Mixer 14:2 513
Introduction 514
The Channel Strip 514
Channel Strip Controls 515
ID8 Instrument Device 525
Introduction 526
The Sounds 526
The ID8 and Standard MIDI Files 526
Using the ID8 527
Selecting Sounds 527
Controlling Sounds 527
About saving edited Sounds 528
Subtractor Synthesizer
The Mixer signal flow 516
About the EQ modes 516
The Auxiliary Return Section 517
The Master Fader 517
Connections 517
Chaining several Mixer 14:2 devices 519
The Line Mixer 6:2 521
Introduction 522
Channel parameters 522
The Auxiliary Return section 522
(Record+Reason) 529
Introduction 530
Loading and Saving Patches 530
The Oscillator Section 531
Oscillator 1 Waveform 531
Setting Oscillator 1 Frequency - Octave/Semitone/
Cent 533
Oscillator Keyboard Tracking 533
Using Oscillator 2 533
Oscillator 2 Waveform 534
Noise Generator 534
Phase Offset Modulation 535
Frequency Modulation (FM) 537
Ring Modulation 538
The Filter Section 539
Filter 1 Type 539
Filter 1 Frequency 542
Resonance 542
Filter Keyboard Track (Kbd) 542
Filter 2 543
Master level 522
Connections 523
Envelopes - General 544
Amplitude Envelope 545
Filter Envelope 545
Mod Envelope 546
LFO Section 547
LFO 1 Parameters 547
LFO 2 Parameters 548
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Play Parameters 549
Velocity Control 549
Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels 550
Legato 551
Retrig 551
Portamento (Time) 551
Setting Number of Voices - Polyphony 552
About the Low Bandwidth button 552
Connections 593
Malström Synthesizer
(Record+Reason) 595
External Modulation 552
Connections 553
Audio Output 553
Sequencer Control 553
Modulation Inputs 554
Modulation Outputs 554
Gate Inputs 554
Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
(Record+Reason) 555
Introduction 556
Loading and Saving Patches 556
Thor elements 557
The Controller panel 558
Introduction 596
Features 596
Theory of operation 597
Loading and Saving Patches 597
The Oscillator section 598
Setting oscillator frequency 599
Controlling playback of the graintable 599
The amplitude envelopes 600
The Modulator section 601
Modulator parameters 601
Destinations 602
The Filter section 603
The Filters 604
The Filter Envelope 606
The Shaper 607
Routing 609
Routing examples 610
The output controls 613
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Using the Programmer 560
Basic connections - a tutorial 561
The Oscillator section 564
Mix section 571
Filter slots 571
Shaper 575
Amp section 575
LFO 1 576
Envelope sections 577
Global section 578
Modulation bus routing section 580
Step Sequencer 589
Basic operation 589
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The play controls 613
Polyphony - setting the number of voices 614
Porta (portamento) 614
Legato 614
The Pitch Bend and Modulation wheels 615
The Velocity controls 615
The Modulation wheel controls 616
Connections 617
Audio Output 617
Audio Input 617
Sequencer Control 617
Gate Input 618
Modulation Input 618
Modulation Output 618
Routing external audio to the filters 619
NN-19 Sampler
(Record+Reason) 621
Introduction 622
General sampling principles 622
Background 622
Multisampling vs. single samples 622
About audio file formats 623
Loading a Sample Patch 623
Loading REX Files as Patches 624
Sampling in NN-19 624
About Key Zones and samples 625
Loading a Sample into an empty NN-19 625
Loading SoundFont samples 626
Loading REX slices as samples 626
Creating Key Zones 626
Selecting Key Zones 627
Setting the Key Zone Range 627
Deleting a Key Zone 627
About Key zones, assigned and unassigned
samples 628
Adding sample(s) to a Key Map 628
Setting the Root Key 628
Removing sample(s) from a Key Map 629
Removing all unassigned samples 629
Rearranging samples in a Key Map 629
Setting Sample Level 629
Tuning samples 629
Looping Samples 629
About the Solo Sample function 630
Automap Samples 630
Mapping samples without Root Key or Tuning
information 630
How Mapping Information is saved 631
NN-19 synth parameters 631
The Oscillator Section 631
The Filter Section 632
Envelope Section 634
LFO Section 635
Play Parameters 636
Velocity Control 637
Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels 637
Legato 638
Retrig 638
Portamento (Time) 638
Setting Number of Voices - Polyphony 638
Voice Spread 639
Low Bandwidth 639
Controller Section 639
Connections 639
Audio Outputs 640
Mono Sequencer Control 640
Modulation Inputs 640
Modulation Outputs 640
Gate Inputs 640
NN-XT Sampler
(Record+Reason) 641
Introduction 642
Sampling in NN-XT 642
Panel overview 643
The main panel 643
The Remote Editor panel 643
Loading complete Patches and REX
files 644
Loading NN-XT Patches 644
Loading NN-19 Patches 644
Loading SoundFonts 644
Loading complete REX files as Patches 645
Using the main panel 646
The Pitch and Modulation wheels 646
The External Control wheel 646
High Quality Interpolation 647
Global Controls 647
Overview of the Remote Editor panel 649
The Key Map display 649
Sample parameters 650
Group parameters 650
Synth Parameters 651
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About Samples and Zones 651
Using Automap 670
Selections and Edit Focus 652
Selecting Zones 653
Moving Edit Focus 655
Adjusting parameters 655
Adjusting Synth parameters 655
Adjusting Group parameters 655
Sample parameters 656
Managing Zones and Samples 657
Creating a Key Map 657
About file formats and REX slices 658
Adding more samples to the Key Map 658
Replacing a sample 658
Quick browsing through samples 659
Removing samples 659
Auditioning samples 659
Adding empty Zones 659
Duplicating Zones 659
Removing Zones 660
Rearranging Zones in the List 660
Working with Grouping 660
About Groups 660
Creating a Group 660
Moving a Group to another position in the List 661
Moving a Zone from one Group to another 661
Selecting a Group and/or Zones in a Group 662
The Group Parameters 662
Working with Key Ranges 662
About Key Ranges 662
Setting up Key Ranges 662
About the Lock Root Keys function 666
About the Solo Sample function 667
Sorting Zones by Note 668
Layered, crossfaded and velocity
switched sounds 671
Creating layered sounds 671
About velocity ranges 671
Setting velocity range for a Zone 673
About Crossfading Between Zones 673
Setting crossfading for a Zone 675
Using Alternate 675
About the Alternate function 675
Sample parameters 676
Root Note and Tune 676
Sample Start and End 676
Loop Start and End 676
Play Mode 677
Lo Key and Hi Key 677
Lo Vel and Hi Vel 677
Fade In and Fade Out 677
Alt 677
Out 677
Group parameters 678
Key Poly 678
Legato and Retrig 679
LFO 1 Rate 679
Portamento 679
Synth parameters 680
The Modulation controls 680
The Velocity controls 682
The Pitch section 683
The Filter section 684
The Modulation Envelope 685
The Amplitude Envelope 687
The LFOs 688
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Setting Root Notes and Tuning 669
About the Root Key 669
Setting the Root Note manually 669
Tuning samples manually 669
Setting the Root Note and Tuning using pitch
detection 670
About changing the pitch of samples 670
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Connections 690
Sequencer Control 690
Modulation Input 690
Gate Input 691
Audio Output 691
Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player
(Record+Reason) 693
Introduction 694
ReCycled Loops 694
Velocity section 710
The Filter Section 711
Envelope section 712
LFO section 713
Pitch Bend Range 714
Setting number of voices - polyphony 715
Audio Quality settings 715
About REX file formats 695
Loading and saving Dr. Octo Rex
patches 695
About the Dr. Octo Rex patch format 695
About opening songs that previously used Dr. Rex
devices 695
Playing Loops 696
Switching playback between Loop Slots 696
Adding Loops 697
Loading Loops “On the Fly” 698
Removing Loops 698
Cut/Copy and Paste Loops between Loop Slots 698
Playing individual Loop Slices 698
Creating sequencer notes 699
Slice handling 702
Selecting Slices 702
Editing individual Slices 702
Editing in the Waveform Display 703
The Slice Edit Mode 704
Connections 715
Modulation Inputs 716
Modulation Outputs 716
Gate Inputs 716
Gate Output 716
Slice Outputs 716
Main Outputs 716
Redrum Drum Computer
(Record+Reason) 717
Introduction 718
Sampling in Redrum 718
About file formats 719
Using patches 720
Loading a patch 720
Checking the sounds in a patch 720
Creating a new patch 720
Creating an empty patch 721
Dr. Octo Rex panel parameters 705
Pitch and Mod wheels 705
Trig Next Loop 705
Note To Slot 705
Loop Slot buttons 706
Enable Loop Playback and Run 707
Volume 707
Global Transpose 707
Dr. Octo Rex synth parameters 708
Select Loop & Load Slot 708
Loop Transpose 708
Loop Level 709
Oscillator section 709
Mod. Wheel 710
Programming patterns 721
Pattern basics 721
Pattern tutorial 723
Setting pattern length 724
Setting pattern resolution 725
Step dynamics 725
Pattern Shuffle 726
Flam 726
The Pattern Enable switch 727
The Enable Pattern Section switch 727
Pattern functions 728
Chaining patterns 728
Converting Pattern data to notes in the main
sequencer 729
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Redrum parameters 730
Drum sound settings 730
Global settings 733
Using Redrum as a sound module 734
Connections 735
Kong Drum Designer
(Record+Reason) 737
Introduction 738
Overview 738
The Pad Section 738
The Drum Control Panel 739
The Drum and FX Section 739
About using custom backdrops 739
About file formats 739
Using patches 740
Loading a Kit Patch 740
Checking the sounds in a Kit Patch 741
Creating a new Kit Patch 741
Creating an empty Kit Patch 742
Saving Kit Patches 742
Nurse Rex Loop Player 758
Physical Bass Drum, Snare Drum and Tom Tom 763
Synth Bass Drum, Snare Drum and Tom Tom 765
Synth Hi-hat 766
The Support Generator modules 767
Noise Generator 767
Tone Generator 768
The FX modules 769
Using CV modulation of Bus FX and Master FX
parameters 769
Drum Room Reverb 770
Transient Shaper 770
Compressor 771
Filter 772
Parametric EQ 772
Ring Modulator 773
Rattler 774
Tape Echo 774
Overdrive/Resonator 775
Connections 776
Sequencer Control 776
Modulation Input 776
Aux Send Out 776
Gate In and Out 777
Audio Out 3-16 777
Main Audio Out 777
Using Kong as an effect device 777
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Pad Settings 743
Assigning Drums to Pads 743
Renaming Pads 744
Copying & Pasting Drums between Pads 744
Assigning Hit Type to Pads 744
Muting and Soloing Pads 745
Working with Pad Groups 746
The Drum and FX section 747
Signal flow 748
The Drum Control Panel 750
Sampling in Kong 752
The Drum Module slot 752
The FX slots 753
The Drum modules 754
NN-Nano Sampler 754
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Using external effects with Kong 778
The MClass Effects 779
The MClass effects 780
The MClass Mastering Suite Combi 780
The MClass Equalizer 781
The MClass Stereo Imager 782
The MClass Compressor 783
The MClass Maximizer 786
Line 6 Amps 787
Vocoding an existing audio track 819
Introduction 788
About the Amp Tones patch format 788
Basic usage 788
Front panel 789
Using the Line 6 Amps 790
Selecting Patches (Amp Tones) 790
Selecting Amp and Cabinet model 791
About the Amp/Cabinet models 792
Amp Parameters 792
Additional parameters 792
Additional Line 6 Amp Models 793
Connections 794
RV7000 Advanced Reverb 795
The RV7000 Advanced Reverb 796
Reverb algorithms and parameters 798
The EQ section 804
The Gate section 805
CV Inputs 806
Using the BV512 as an equalizer 821
BV512 parameters 822
Connections 823
Automation 824
Tips and tricks 825
Choosing a carrier sound 825
Choosing a modulator sound 826
Using the modulator as carrier 827
Controlling the Hold function 828
Using the individual band level connections 828
“Playing” the vocoder from a MIDI keyboard 830
Using the BV512 as a reverb 830
Neptune Pitch Adjuster and
Voice Synth 833
Introduction 834
Typical use cases 834
Scream 4 Sound Destruction
Unit 807
Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit 808
Parameters 808
CV inputs and outputs 812
Screamy tips and tricks 813
BV512 Vocoder
(Record+Reason) 815
Introduction 816
How does a vocoder work? 816
Setting up for basic vocoding 817
Vocoding vocals in real-time 817
Overview and basic concepts 835
Sections overview 835
The display 836
Setting up for pitch processing 836
Setting up for pitch processing of recorded audio
tracks 836
Setting up for pitch processing of “live” audio 837
Using pitch correction 837
Basic settings for pitch correction 838
Using automatic pitch correction 839
Using manual pitch correction 843
Using pitch shifting (Transpose) 844
Using Formant control 845
What are formants? 845
Using the Formant function 846
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Using the Voice Synth 846
(Record+Reason) 869
Panel parameters 847
Level Meter and Bypass/On/Off switch 847
Bend and Vibrato wheels 847
Input signal type 848
MIDI Input 848
Pitch Adjust section 849
Transpose section 850
Formant section 850
The Output Mixer section 850
Connections 851
Sequencer Control 851
CV In 851
CV Out 852
Audio In 852
Voice Synth Out 852
Audio Out 852
Pitch adjustment tips and tricks 853
Using automation for temporary pitch correction 853
Hard pitch correction of a vocal track 854
Pitch correction with changed voice character 854
Octave dub 854
Pitch-shifting drums (non-pitched input) 854
Speech effects 855
About “freezing” pitch adjustments on audio tracks 855
D-11 Foldback Distortion
(Record+Reason) 871
ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter
(Record+Reason) 872
PH-90 Phaser (Record+Reason) 876
UN-16 Unison (Record+Reason) 878
COMP-01 Auto Make-up Gain
Compressor (Record+Reason) 879
PEQ-2 Two Band Parametric EQ
(Record+Reason) 880
Matrix Pattern Sequencer
(Record+Reason) 881
Introduction 882
About the three Output types 882
Half-Rack Effects 857
Common effect device features 858
DDL-1 Digital Delay Line 860
CF-101 Chorus/Flanger 861
Spider Audio Merger & Splitter 863
Spider CV Merger & Splitter 865
RV-7 Digital Reverb
Programming patterns 883
Pattern basics 883
Tutorial 886
Using Curve Patterns 888
Setting Pattern Length 889
Using Tied Notes 889
Setting Pattern Resolution 890
Pattern Shuffle 890
Pattern Mute 890
Pattern Functions 891
Chaining Patterns 891
Converting Pattern data to notes in the main
sequencer 892
Example usage 893
Using the Matrix for modulation 893
Programming “Acid Style” lead lines 894
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RPG-8 Arpeggiator
(Record+Reason) 895
Introduction 896
Routing 913
What signals are on the Outputs? 913
About recording the ReBirth on audio tracks 913
Using the RPG-8 897
Setting up 897
Recording MIDI note data for the RPG-8 - simple
tutorial 899
Rendering arpeggio notes to track 901
RPG-8 Parameters 902
MIDI-CV Converter parameters 902
Arpeggiator parameters 903
Pattern editor 905
CV connections 908
Tips and tricks 910
ReBirth Input Machine
(Windows Only) 911
Introduction 912
Preparations 912
Launching 912
Quitting 912
Menu and Dialog
Reference 915
Record menu (Mac OS X) 916
File menu 917
Edit menu 921
Preferences – General 939
Preferences – Audio 942
Preferences – Keyboards and Control Surfaces 946
Preferences – Advanced Control 949
Preferences - File Locations 950
Preferences - Language and Computer Keyboard 951
Create menu 952
Options menu 953
Window menu (Windows version) 957
Window menu (Mac OS X version) 959
Help menu 961
Index 963
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Introduction
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Welcome!
This is the Operation Manual for Propellerhead’s Record music production software. The information in this manual is
also available as html files in the on-line Record Help system.
If you haven’t already, don’t forget to check out the Video Tutorials, available in the Record Help system.
Also, be sure to regularly check out the Propellerhead web site at www.propellerheads.se for the latest news!
About this chapter
The Introduction chapter describes some of the general conventions used throughout the Record reference manual.
It also contains instructions on how to utilize the Record protection system.
About this manual
In this Operation Manual, all aspects of the Record program are described in detail. The first chapters deal with general methods and techniques, e.g. how to connect audio sources, mix and record. Then follow descriptions of all rack
devices in Record. Last in the manual are descriptions of the optional Reason rack devices.
! The PDF version of the manual requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or later to display correctly on Windows
computers.
On Mac OS X systems, you don't need Acrobat Reader - you can use Preview. For Windows, Acrobat Reader is included on the Record DVD. However, if you downloaded Record from the Propellerhead web site and don’t have
Acrobat Reader on your computer, you can download it free of charge from the Adobe web site at
www.adobe.com.
About the Record operating system versions
Propellerhead Record comes in two versions: one for Windows (XP, Vista or Windows 7) and one for Mac OS X 10.4
or later. The screenshots in this manual were taken from both versions of Record. Since the program layout is more
or less identical in the two versions, there shouldn’t be any problem following the instructions, regardless of which
platform you use.
Conventions in the manual
This manual describes both the Windows and Mac OS X versions of Record; wherever the versions differ this is
clearly stated in the text.
Text conventions
The text conventions are pretty straightforward. The examples below describe when certain text styles are used:
D This style instructs the user to perform the task(s) described in the sentence.
! This text style means IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Read carefully to avoid problems!
q This text style is used for tips and additional info.
Key command conventions
In the manual, computer keyboard commands are indicated with brackets. For example:
D Hold down [Shift] and press [C].
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However, some modifier keys are different on Windows and Mac computers. Whenever this is the case, the manual
Rack
Sequencer
separates the commands with “(Win)” and “(Mac)” indications as in the following example:
D Hold down [Ctrl](Win) or [Cmd](Mac) and press [S] to save your song.
References to context menus
Whenever the manual instructs you to select an item from the “context menu”, it means that you should right-click (or
[Ctrl]-click if you’re using a Mac with single-button mouse) on the specific area, section or device, and then select the
item from the pop-up menu that appears - the context menu. The item list in context menus varies depending on
where in the application you click. See “Context menus” for an overview of the context menus in Record.
Reason specific information and instructions
If you own a registered version of Reason version 5, you will be able to run Record with all Reason devices as a single
powerful application. Therefore, this manual also contains information and instructions that are specific to the Record+Reason combination. Wherever the information in this manual pertains to Reason devices and/or functions,
this is indicated with the phrase “(Record+Reason)”. (See “Running Record in combination with Reason”).
! If you run Record stand-alone, without Reason Version 5 installed, the information marked with “(Re-
cord+Reason)” does NOT apply.
Frames and circles (call-outs)
In pictures throughout this manual there might be circles and/or rectangles highlighting certain areas or objects.
These are indicated by filled lines according to the examples in the picture above. Sometimes these highlighting
frames/circles might also be accompanied by descriptive texts. The different colors of the frames and texts are only
to enhance the contrast to the background picture.
Dashed arrows
A dashed arrow in a picture indicates the directions in which the pointer (or other tool) should be dragged to perform
the desired operation. The example in the picture above shows in which directions (up and down) to drag the pointer
to change the knob’s setting.
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Authorization and the Ignition Key
Record uses an authorization system designed to be as flexible as possible, while at the same time providing the best
possible copy protection for the product. Here's how it works:
• The core of the authorization system is your license number, which is registered to your user account on the
Propellerhead web site.
• You then use this license to authorize your Propellerhead Ignition Key.
Once this is done, you can use this USB key to run Record in Authorized Mode, anywhere and on any computer.
• If you don't have the Ignition Key at hand, you can still run Record in authorized mode, provided that you have
a working internet connection.
The program will then contact the Propellerhead web site and verify that Record is registered to your user account.
• Finally, should you be without both Ignition Key and internet connection, you can run Record in demo mode.
This is also the mode you use if you are trying out the program, but haven't yet purchased it. In this mode, you can
work as usual and even save your work. You cannot, however, open songs in demo mode (for details, see “Running
Record in demo mode”).
Registering and authorizing Record
To be able to run Record in authorized mode (see “Running Record with the Ignition Key” and “Running Record with
Internet Verification”), the program must be registered to your account on the Propellerhead web site.
! If you purchased Record directly from the Propellerhead web site, the Record license has already been regis-
tered to your user account.
This means you can run Record using Internet Verification, right away (see “Running Record with Internet Verifica-
tion”). However, when you receive your Propellerhead Ignition Key you need to authorize it, so please read on!
Here's how you register and authorize your copy of Record.
! Note that a working internet connection is required to be able to perform the following steps.
1. Launch Record.
When you start Record for the first time, this window is displayed:
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2. Click on the Register and Authorize button.
The following dialog appears:
3. Insert the Ignition Key in a free USB port on your computer.
If you don't have the Ignition Key at hand, but just want to register Record, click "Proceed without Key".
Record will start the Authorizer, an application which manages authorizations and the Ignition Key. This will guide
you throughout the rest of the registration and authorization process:
4. Click the "Launch Browser" button.
The default Internet browser on your computer is launched and will direct you to the Record registration and authorization page at the Propellerhead web site.
5. Enter your user name and password and log in on your Propellerhead account.
If you don't have an account already, click on the "Create account" link and follow the instructions to register a
new account.
The following step depends on the situation:
6. If you haven't already registered Record, you will be asked to do that: Enter the license number and registration code found in the Record box, then click the button below.
• If your Ignition Key is inserted, the button will be called "Register and Authorize".
Your license will be registered and the Ignition Key will be authorized with your license.
If your Record license is already registered, it will be shown on the web page. Select it and click the button called
"Authorize". This authorizes your Ignition Key with your license.
• If you don't have the Ignition Key inserted, the button will be called "Register".
Your license will be registered, allowing you to run Record in authorized mode with Internet Verification. You can
later return to authorize your Ignition Key.
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• If your Record license is already registered, it will be shown on the web page.
Select it and click the button called "Authorize". This authorizes your Ignition Key with your license.
7. When you're done, go back to Authorizer and click Quit.
Record will restart automatically, and you will now be able to run the program in Authorized Mode.
Running Record with the Ignition Key
If you launch Record with an authorized Ignition Key inserted, the program will simply start without further ado.
q From now on, always insert the Ignition Key before starting your computer and launching Record. This way Re-
cord will start up immediately, without the Application Authorization procedure.
When you have an authorized Ignition Key inserted in your computer, it’s no longer necessary to have an Internet connection when running Record.
Running Record with Internet Verification
If you launch Record without an Ignition Key inserted, the following window appears:
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1. Click on the "Run with Internet Verification" button.
! Note that this requires a working internet connection (and that your Record license has been registered to your
user account as described in “Registering and authorizing Record”).
2. Enter the username and password for your Propellerhead account in the dialog that appears.
Record launches in Authorized Mode.
• Should you at any point insert your authorized Ignition Key, internet connection will no longer be required.
• It is not possible to run two instances of Record (on different computers) authorized to the same user account.
Record will then enter demo mode (see “Running Record in demo mode”).
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Running Record in demo mode
If you don't have a Record license, or if you're without both your Ignition Key and a working internet connection, you
can run Record in demo mode:
1. Launch Record.
The following window appears:
2. Click on the "Run in Demo mode" button.
Record launches in Demo Mode.
The Demo Mode alert lights up to the left on the Transport Panel:
Running Record in Demo Mode allows you to perform all operations as in Authorized Mode, with two exceptions:
• You cannot export audio or bounce mixer channels to disk.
• You cannot open songs.
The only songs that can be opened in Demo Mode are the dedicated demo songs (file extension ".recdemo"). See
“Opening a Record Demo Song”.
If you remove your Ignition Key or lose the Internet connection while running Record with Internet Verification, the
program will automatically enter Demo Mode. You can continue working, and save your songs as usual. When you put
back the Ignition Key or reconnect to the Internet, Record will automatically revert to authorized mode and the Demo
Mode alert will go out on the Transport Panel.
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Running Record in combination with Reason
If you have Reason version 5 registered and installed on your computer, Record will automatically detect this when
you launch the program. All Reason devices will be available in Record, and Reason songs can be opened (see
“About opening Reason Songs in Record (Record+Reason)”).
Registering Reason
If you haven't already registered Reason, please go to www.propellerheads.se, click "Your Account" and follow the instructions for registering Reason. You will need the license number and registration code on the Authorization Card
that was included in the Reason box.
After registering Reason to your user account, you can run Record+Reason with Internet Verification as described in
“Running Record with Internet Verification”.
Authorizing the Ignition Key for Reason
To be able to run Record+Reason in authorized mode with the Ignition Key, you need to authorize the key with your
Reason license:
1. Insert the Ignition Key in a free USB port.
2. Launch Record.
An alert will appear, telling you that Reason has been found but isn't authorized.
3. Click the “Authorize” button.
This launches the Authorizer application, which will guide you throughout the rest of the authorization process:
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4. Click the "Launch Browser" button.
The default Internet browser on your computer is launched and will direct you to the Propellerhead web site.
5. Enter your User name and Password and log in to your Propellerhead Account.
6. Click on the “Your Products” link.
This takes you to the "Your Products" page, listing all products that are registered to your user account.
7. Locate the Reason Version 5 license in the list and click the "Manage license" link next to the license.
8. On the Manage License page, you are asked if you want to authorize the inserted Ignition Key with your Reason license. Click the Authorize button.
The Authorizer will now write the Reason license to the Ignition Key. This make take a short while.
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