Fast Guide to Propellerhead Reason

by Poyser, Debbie

• ISBN13: 9781870775939
• ISBN10: 1870775937
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-30
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

The Fast Guide to Propellerhead Reasonis the book Reason users have been waiting for to help them get the very best from Propellerhead's amazing electronic music studio software. This in-depth guide, now in its second edition, takes you through every separate Reason device, including the analog-style Subtractor synth, the amazing Malstr m Graintable synth, the two easy-to-use sample players, the funky Dr. Rex Loop Player, the vintage-style Redrum drum computer, and the quick-and-simple sequencer. In addition, all the devices and changes introduced with the v2.5 update are covered, including the studio-quality RV7000 stereo reverb, the sophisticated and versatile BV512 vocoder, and the down-and-dirty Scream 4 distortion unit. Every control and function is explained in the kind of language you can understand, with invaluable insights as to practical and off-the-wall uses of device facilities along the way. Frequent walk-throughs of both standard and more exotic techniques are introduced at the points where you will find them most useful, and step-by-step programming tutorials help you increase your hands-on skills with Reason, as well as creating unusual and indispensable effects that will speed the creation of your music and enhance its appeal. The book is also packed with handy hints and tips. This is not a retread of the manual!

Table of Contents

Introducing Reason	1	(11)
Welcome to the Fast Guide to Reason. What is Reason
Who can use Reason
Brief overview
Installation and setting up	12	(9)
What do I need to make music with Reason
Reason V2.5 minimum system requirements
Installing Reason
Soundcard drivers
Launching Reason for the first time
Setting up MIDI
Reason MIDI settings
Reason and Mac OSX drivers
Reason and laptops
Quickstart tutorials	21	(17)
Create a rack
Create a mixer
Create some instruments
Create some effects
View the back of the rack
Save the rack
Create a Song
Experimenting with the tutorial song
Basic Reason operations	38	(23)
The menus
About Songs
Sequencer tracks
Device operations
Navigating the rack
Keyboard shortcuts
Toggle rack
Context menus
Making device parameter settings
Tool Tips
About Patches and Samples
Database Folders
About ReFills
The Hardware Interface
High Quality interpolation
Low Bandwidth
The CV and Gate control system
Other Preferences settings
Some basic FAQs
The Remix mixer	61	(21)
Mixer basics
Guided tour
The rear panel
ReMix automatic connections
Manual connections
More on the Auxiliary Send/Return System
Mixer levels
Using ReMixes as `submixers'
The Final Mix
Mix Automation and remote control
ReMix and the CV/Gate system
The SubTractor Synth	82	(38)
A brief guided tour
SubTractor basics
Get going with SubTractor
Tutorial
The start of SubTractor sounds: the oscillators
Tutorial
Introducing modulation
Filters for sound sculpting
Envelope Generators for shape
LFOs for movement
Performance control parameters
Tutorial
Patch layering with SubTractor
Tutorial
The real panel
Modulation tutorial
Some fast Patch creation and editing guidelines
The ReDrum drum computer	120	(27)
ReDrum basics
Get going with ReDrum
Guided tour
Using ReDrum
Pattern manipulation facilities in the Edit menu
Tutorial
Using ReDrum as a sound module
The rear panel
Advanced uses of Gate ins and outs
Using ReDrum as a simple sample mapper
The ReDrum `synth'
The NN19 Sampler	147	(21)
NN19 basics
Background to sampling
Get going with NN19
Guided tour
The Performance controls
Using NN19
Using a sampler device for `real' songs
Sourcing samples
Using sample CDs
The rear panel
The Dr: rex sample loop player	168	(23)
An introduction to ReCycle and REX loops
Dr:rex basics
Get going with Dr:rex
Guided tour
The Synthesis Controls
The rear panel
Using Dr:rex
The Malstrom Graintable synth	191	(21)
What is Graintable synthesis
Malstrom basics
Guided tour
The filters
The Modulators
The Play Parameters
The rear panel
Using Malstrom
The NNXT Sampler	212	(28)
NNXT basics
Get going with NNXT
Guided tour
The main panel
The Remote Editor panel
The Sample Parameter knobs
The Synthesis Parameters
The rear panel
Using NNXT
The Matrix Step Sequencer	240	(23)
What's step sequencing
Matrix basics
Get going with the Matrix
Guided tour
Using the Matrix
Pattern manipulation facilities in the Edit menu
Some ways of using the Curve CV
Arpeggios with the Matrix
The Rebirth Input Machine	263	(8)
RIM basics
Guided tour
Linking ReBirth to Reason
Sending individual ReBirth voices to the mixer
Increasing ReBirth potential with Reason
ReBirth effects under ReWire
Giving ReBirth voices in-line effects
ReBirth and Mac OS X
Effects	271	(56)
Effects basics
Get going with the effects
Chaining effects
Automatic effects patching logic
Effects vs Processors
Guided tour
The RV7000 Advanced Reverb
The RV7 Reverb
DDL1 Digital Delay
CF101 Chorus/flanger
PH90 phaser
D11 Foldback Distortion
ECF42 Envelope-controlled filter
COMP01 Compressor/limiter
PEQ2 2-band Parametric EQ
The UN16 Union
The Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
Effect order in chains
Effect `presets'
More advanced effect techniques
The BV5 12 Vocoder	327	(10)
BV512 basics
Guided tour
The rear panel
Spiders	337	(4)
Spider CV
Spider Audio
The Sequencer	341	(42)
Sequencer basics
Some basic operations
Guided tour
The Arrange View
The Track List
The Track Data Display
The Tool Bar in the Arrange View
Make a MIDI recording
More on quantizing
The Edit View
The Edit View Lanes
The Tool Bar in the Edit View
The Change Events Window
Other functions in the Edit menu
Some typical editing examples in the Edit View
Editing and creating Controller data
Importing and exporting MIDI files
Advanced project: faking tempo changes
Automation and remote control	383	(18)
What can and can't be automated
Recording automation
Remote Control
Reason and MIDI Control
Potential problems with MIDI Remote Mapping
Reason with other software and instruments	401	(14)
What is ReWire
General ReWire procedure
Using Reason with ReWire application
Using Reason with non-Rewire applications
Reason as a sound module with external sequencers
Synchronising Reason to an external device
20 fast tips	415	(3)
A fast guide to CV/Gate routings	418	(6)
Appendix 1 Reason web sites, sounds, software and resources	424	(6)
Appendix 2 MIDI controller chart	430	(7)
Appendix 3 Further reading	437	(2)
Index	439