Reason 3 Visual QuickStart Guide

Description

Combining pristine sound quality with a comfortably retro-styled virtual rack (including a polyphonic synthesizer, mixing console, sampler, and drum machine), Reason has won legions of fans since its introduction. Now, everyone is singing its praises -- from bands like Nine Inch Nails and Prodigy to video producers. Here to show you why is the first Visual QuickStart Guide on the topic. Using simple step-by-step instructions and loads of visual aids, this friendly volume promises to have you up and running quickly -- using all of Reason's instruments, loops, effects, mixing capabilities, and drum kits. You'll also find complete coverage of Reason's essential features: from its extensive racks and sound banks to its lifelike, rear-rack cabling, as well as its effects, automation, integration with other audio programs, and more.

CONTENTS:

1. Introduction.

 2. Installation.

 3. Reason Overview.

 4. Laying Down a Beat.

 5. Building a Song.

 6. Patterning.

 7. Reason Effects.

 8. Arranging.

 9. Experimenting In Reason Using the Back Panel.

10. Mixing.

11. Mastering your Music.

12. Expanding Your Reason Sound Library.

Appendix A. ReWire.

Appendix B. Advanced Cabling Examples (diagrams).

Appendix C. ReCycle!.

Appendix D. ReBirth.

Appendix E. Resources.

Index.