Users' Guide to Propellerhead Reason 2

by Poyser, Debbie

• ISBN13: 9781929685776
• ISBN10: 1929685777
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-27
• Publisher: Cengage Learning Ptr

Summary

Get up and running with Propellerhead Reason 2 in no time! The expert authors begin by explaining how to install and set up the program on a Mac or PC and then walk you through every separate Reason device with hands-on tutorials. Whether you are a new user or a more experienced Reason musician, you will find out how to get the most from the musical phenomenon that is Reason. With this book, you will: learn how to create a rack, a mixer, instruments and effects * explore the flexibility and sonic open-endedness of the ReDrum drum computer * have fun playing back and manipulating REX format sampled loops with Dr:rex * use the ReBirth Input Machine to give ReBirth voices inline effects * set up Reason as a sound module with external sequencers.

Author Biography

Derek Johnson and Debbie Poyser are active musicians and music journalists who have contributed to some of the UK's top music tech magazines. 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

Table of Contents

Introducing Reason	p. 1
Welcome to Users' Guide to Propellerhead Reason 2
What is Reason?
Who can use Reason?
Brief overview
Installation and setting up	p. 10
What do I need to make music with Reason?
Reason V2 minimum system requirements
Installing Reason
Launching Reason for the first time
Setting up MIDI
Reason MIDI settings
Reason and Mac OSX drivers
Reason and laptops
Quickstart tutorials	p. 18
Create a rack
Create a song
Experimenting with the tutorial song
Basic Reason operations	p. 34
The menus
About Songs
Sequencer tracks
Context menus
Making device parameter settings
Tool Tips
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	p. 58
Mixer basics
Guided tour
ReMix automatic 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	p. 78
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 rear panel
Modulation tutorial
Some fast Patch creation and editing guidelines
The ReDrum drum computer	p. 116
ReDrum basics
Get going with ReDrum
Guided tour
Using ReDrum
Pattern manipulation facilities in the Edit menu
Tutorial
Using ReDrum as a sound module
Advanced uses of Gate ins and outs
Using ReDrum as a simple sample mapper
The ReDrum 'synth'
The NN19 Sampler	p. 144
NN 19 basics
Background to sampling
Get going with NN19
Guided tour
The Performance controls
Using NN 19
Using a sampler device for 'real' songs
Sourcing samples
Using sample CDs
The rear panel
The Dr:rex sample loop player	p. 165
An introduction to ReCycle and REX loops
Dr:rex basics
Get going with Dr:rex
Guided tour
The Synthesis Controls
Using Dr:rex
The Malstrom Graintable synth	p. 188
What is Graintable synthesis
Malstrom basics
Guided tour
The filters
The Modulators
The Play Parameters
The rear panel
Using Malstrom
The NNXT Sampler	p. 209
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	p. 236
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	p. 259
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 inline effects
Effects	p. 266
Effects basics
Get going with the effects
Chaining effects
Automatic effects patching logic
Effects vs Processors
Guided tour
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
Effect order in chains
Effect 'presets'
More advanced effect techniques
The Sequencer	p. 309
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	p. 353
Recording automation
Remote Control
Reason and MIDI Control
Potential problems with MIDI Remote Mapping
Reason with other software and instruments	p. 372
General ReWire procedure
Using Reason with ReWire applications
Using Reason with non-ReWire applications
Reason as a sound module with external sequencers
Synchronizing Reason to an external device
20 fast tips	p. 385
A fast guide to CV/Gate routings	p. 388
Reason web sites, sounds, software and resources	p. 392
MIDI controller chart	p. 398
Further reading	p. 404
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