
THE SEQUENCER
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About subticks
When editing you have a resolution of 240 ticks per 1/16 note, which allows for very
accurate positioning. But when you record notes, the internal resolution is even higher
which means that values can be fractions of a tick (subticks). This is indicated by an
asterisk after the tick value.
To round off the value to the nearest tick, [Command]-click (Mac)/[Ctrl]-click (Win-
dows) on the asterisk.
Editing automation
Automation in Reason is vector-based. This means automation is stored as automa-
tion events (points), connected by lines.
A level fade for a mixer channel (upper) and a more complex filter sweep (lower).
D Track parameter automation is contained in automation clips on auto-
mation lanes.
Each automated parameter has its own automation lane.
D Performance controller automation is stored on edit lanes in note clips.
See “Performance controller vs. track parameter automation” for a description of
these two automation methods. From here on, track parameter automation is de-
scribed unless otherwise indicated.
Adding/removing automation lanes
This track has three automation lanes. The “LFO2 Amount” lane is turned off (ON button is dark) - this
is useful for muting automation temporarily.
Most of the time you will probably simply start recording and tweak parameters to au-
tomatically add automation lanes - see “Recording track parameter automation”.
But in some cases you may want to add empty automation lanes to draw events in
clips on the lane rather than record the automation. Automation lanes can be added in
several ways:
D Hold down [Option] (Mac) or [Alt] (Windows) and click on a parameter on
a device panel in the rack.
This directly adds an automation lane for the selected parameter.
D You can do the same thing by selecting “Edit Automation” on the context
menu for the parameter.
You bring up the parameter context menu by [Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) or right-clicking
(Windows) on the parameter on the device panel.
D Once there is an automation lane (and its ON button is lit), the parameter
is automated and will be shown with a green automation frame on the
device panel.
Outside the automation clip, the parameter will be set to a static value (the blue
line on either side of the clip in the picture above). This can be edited, as de-
scribed below.
D By using the Track parameter automation pop-up menu on the se-
quencer toolbar you can add or delete individual automation parameter
lanes from the sequencer.
Existing automation lanes are indicated by a tick mark on the pop-up menu. Con-
trollers for which there is data (automation) in the track are indicated with an icon.
If the device has many parameters you can select the “More Parameters...” at the
bottom of the menu. A dialog then opens where all parameters for the device are
listed.
D If you tick an automation parameter (on the pop-up menu or in the Pa-
rameter Automation dialog), an empty automation lane is created for the
track.
D To remove an automation lane, you can either untick it in the list/dialog
or select the “Delete empty automation” item on the pop-up.
Automation lanes that are in use (contain clips) are indicated with a blue automa-
tion symbol. Note that removing a used automation lane will delete all its automa-
tion data!
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