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Welcome!
Thank you for purchasing Reason 2.0!
This is the first major update of Reason. This means that this program – by soft-
ware standards – is still just a kid. Nevertheless, it seems that Reason has al-
ready to some extent changed the way people think about making music with
computers. A fact that naturally makes us extremely proud! And believe us when
we say that even though this may be the first update, it certainly isn’t the last!
A strong driving force for us at “PropellerHeadQuarters” is the communication
with all the people around the world that use our applications for expressing
themselves. One meeting point for all of us is the song archives and message
boards on our web pages. This is a unique forum where professionals and be-
ginners meet on equal terms to exchange music and ideas. Even more impor-
tantly, it’s a forum open to you! Share your experiences by communicating with
us and others and by uploading your songs for others to hear. We think you will
appreciate the feedback from other Reason users all over the world, just as
much as we appreciate the feedback we get from you. So, see you on the Pro-
pellerhead web!
Yours truly,
The Propellerhead Software Team
www.propellerheads.se
About the manuals
This is the Getting Started manual, covering the basic features and procedures
in Reason. It also contains a tutorial section and a guided tour, to help you get
going with the program.
The more advanced features in Reason are described in the electronic docu-
mentation, a file in Adobe Acrobat (“.pdf”) format which is installed with the pro-
gram. In that document you will also find reference descriptions of the Reason
devices and commands.
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To read the electronic documentation you will need the Adobe Ac-
robat Reader application (version 4.0 or later). Since this has be-
come something of a household utility application, chances are you
already have it installed on your computer. If not, run the Acrobat
Reader installer included on the Reason program disc. For Mac OS
users, please note that the CD contains two different Adobe Acro-
bat Reader installers - one for MacOS 9.x and one for MacOS X, so
make sure to select the correct one for your operating system.
About Mac and Windows
Reason runs under MacOS and Windows (for operating system details, see be-
low). All Reason packages contain program versions for both platforms. Every-
thing said in the manuals applies to both platforms, unless explicitly stated.
If you are running Mac OS X, please note that there’s an additional menu called
the Reason menu, which is not present under other operating systems. This con-
tains the Preferences menu item (otherwise found on the Edit menu).
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Virtually all screenshots in the manuals are from the Windows ver-
sion of Reason. However, the contents of all windows and dialogs
are the same on both platforms.
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