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title | : | Users' Guide to Propellerhead Reason 2 |
author | : | Garvey, Mark. |
publisher | : | Course PTR |
isbn10 | asin | : | 1929685777 |
print isbn13 | : | 9781929685776 |
ebook isbn13 | : | 9780585456478 |
language | : | English |
subject | Reason (Computer file) , Music--Data processing, Computer music. |
publication date | : | 2002 |
lcc | : | ML74.4.P76G37 2002eb |
ddc | : | 780/.2855369 |
subject | : | Reason (Computer file) , Music--Data processing, Computer music. |
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Users' Guide to PROPELLERHEAD REASON 2
Mark Garvey
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Users' Guide to PROPELLERHEAD REASON 2
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Users' Guide to Propellerhead Reason 2
Copyright 2002 Muska & Lipman Publishing, a division of Course Technology
Authorized US edition from the original edition published by PC Publishing. Copyright 2002. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without written permission from the Publisher.
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Credits: Senior Editor, Mark Garvey; Editor, Don Prues; Cover Design, Chad Planner, Pop Design Works.
Publisher: Andy Shafran
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Library of Congress Catalog Number: 2002116187
ISBN 1-929685-77-7
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Contents
1 Introducing Reason | 1 |
Welcome to Users' Guide to Propellerhead Reason 2. What is Reason? Who can use Reason? Brief overview. |
2 Installation and setting up | 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. |
3 Quickstart tutorials | 18 |
Create a rack. Create a song. Experimenting with the tutorial song. |
4 Basic Reason operations | 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. |
5 The Remix mixer | 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. |
6 The SubTractor Synth | 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. |
7 The ReDrum drum computer | 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 |
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outs. Using ReDrum as a simple sample mapper. The ReDrum 'synth'. |
8 The NN19 Sampler | 144 |
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. |
9 The Dr:rex sample loop player | 165 |
An introduction to ReCycle and REX loops. Dr:rex basics. Get going with Dr:rex. Guided tour. The Synthesis Controls. Using Dr:rex. |
10 The Malstrm Graintable synth | 188 |
What is Graintable synthesis. Malstrm basics. Guided tour. The filters. The Modulators. The Play Parameters. The rear panel. Using Malstrm. |
11 The NNXT Sampler | 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. |
12 The Matrix Step Sequencer | 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. |
13 The Rebirth Input Machine | 259 |
RIM basics. Guided tour. Linking ReBirth to Reason. |
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