Introducing Reason™ 4

Table of contents

1. Copyright
3. Acknowledgements
4. About The Author
5. Introduction
6. 1. Getting Started
   1. 1.1. About Reason
   2. 1.2. What You Need to Create Music with Reason
   3. 1.3. Reason Terminology
   4. 1.4. Installing Reason
   5. 1.5. Setting Reason's Preferences
   6. 1.6. Reason Support Resources
   7. 1.7. Content for Reason
   8. 1.8. A First Look at Reason
   9. 1.9. Summary
7. 2. Working in Reason
   1. 2.1. Setting Preferences for This Chapter
   2. 2.2. The Reason Interface
   3. 2.3. Reason's Devices
   4. 2.4. The Tool Window
   5. 2.5. The Reason Browser
   6. 2.6. Reason and MIDI
   7. 2.7. The Transport Panel
   8. 2.8. The Sequencer: Basics
   9. 2.9. Creating and Recording Performances
   10. 2.10. The Matrix Pattern Sequencer: Basics
   11. 2.11. Routing Options in Reason
   12. 2.12. Saving Reason Songs
   13. 2.13. Setting Preferences for the Rest of This Book
   14. 2.14. Summary
8. 3. The Dr. Rex Loop Player
   1. 3.1. Dr. Rex Basics
   2. 3.2. Basic Editing Features
   3. 3.3. The Envelopes, Filter, and LFO
   4. 3.4. Dr. Rex and the Reason Sequencer
   5. 3.5. Dr. Rex and MIDI Devices
   6. 3.6. Automating the Dr. Rex
   7. 3.7. Effects and the Dr. Rex
   8. 3.8. Creating a Filter Sweep with Automation
   9. 3.9. Using the LFO to Create Filter Effects
   10. 3.10. Using the LFO to Create Panning Effects
   11. 3.11. Using the Mod Wheel as a Wah-Wah
   12. 3.12. Using Multiple Dr. Rex Loop Players
   13. 3.13. Summary
9. 4. The Redrum Drum Computer
   1. 4.1. Redrum Basics
   2. 4.2. Working with Patterns
   3. 4.3. Creating Arrangements
   4. 4.4. Advanced Pattern Programming
   5. 4.5. Creating and Saving Kits
   6. 4.6. Automating the Redrum
   7. 4.7. Using Effects with the Redrum
   8. 4.8. Redrum and the ReGroove Mixer
   9. 4.9. Creating and Exporting Loops
   10. 4.10. Creative Routing with the Redrum
   11. 4.11. Working with Samples and Loops
   12. 4.12. Summary
10. 5. Reason's Synthesizers
    1. 5.1. Synthesizer Basics
    2. 5.2. Synthesizer Components
    3. 5.3. The SubTractor Analog Synthesizer
    4. 5.4. The Malström Graintable Synthesizer
    5. 5.5. The Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
    6. 5.6. Summary
11. 6. Reason's Samplers
    1. 6.1. Sampler Basics
    2. 6.2. Using the NN-19 Digital Sampler
    3. 6.3. Using the NN-XT Advanced Sampler
    4. 6.4. Creating Your Own Samples
    5. 6.5. Summary
12. 7. Reason's Effects
    1. 7.1. Using Reason's Effects
    2. 7.2. The Half-Rack Effects
    3. 7.3. The Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
    4. 7.4. The RV7000 Advanced Reverb
    5. 7.5. The MClass Effects
    6. 7.6. Effects Chains
    7. 7.7. External MIDI Control
    8. 7.8. Summary
13. 8. Other Devices and Features
    1. 8.1. The Matrix Pattern Sequencer: Advanced
    2. 8.2. The Spider Audio Merger and Splitter
    3. 8.3. The Spider CV Merger and Splitter
    4. 8.4. The RPG-8 Monophonic Arpeggiator
    5. 8.5. The BV512 Digital Vocoder
    6. 8.6. The ReGroove Mixer
    7. 8.7. Summary
14. 9. The Combinator
    1. 9.1. Combinator Basics
    2. 9.2. The Combinator Interface
    3. 9.3. The Programmer
    4. 9.4. The Device Area
    5. 9.5. Combinator Routing
    6. 9.6. Inside Combinator Patches
    7. 9.7. Creating Combinator Patches
    8. 9.8. Summary
15. 10. Arranging, Mixing, and Exporting
    1. 10.1. The Sequencer: Advanced
    2. 10.2. Advanced Automation
    3. 10.3. Arranging in the Sequencer
    4. 10.4. Mixing in Reason
    5. 10.5. Using ReWire
    6. 10.6. Saving and Exporting
    7. 10.7. Summary
16. A. About the Companion CD
    1. A.1. What You'll Find on the CD
    2. A.2. System Requirements
    3. A.3. Using the CD
    4. A.4. Troubleshooting