Welcome to Reason version 5
Table of Contents
1. Trademark Disclaimer
2. About the sound banks
3. More tutorials and documentation
4. Minimum system requirements
Appendix - Orkester Sound Bank Abbreviations
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Moving the Factory Sound Bank and Orkester Sound Bank
These ReFills are required by the program, and are by default installed in the Reason application folder. We recommend that you keep them there, but should you need to move them to another folder or drive, you should do the following:
1. Quit Reason.
2. Move the sound bank ReFill(s) to the desired folders.
3. Create shortcuts (aliases) for the ReFills and move the shortcuts (aliases) to the Reason application folder.
4. Change the name of the shortcuts to "Factory Sound Bank.rfl" and "Orkester.rfl", respectively.
This way, the program will find the sound banks when you start it again.
[run] Combinator and Thor patches in the Factory Sound Bank
If the name of a patch ends with "[run]", this means that it contains pattern devices - you need to activate the Run Pattern Devices button on the Combinator or Thor (or start playback in Reason) for the patch to sound as it's supposed to.
3. More Tutorials and Documentation
Please visit www.propellerheads.se for more video tutorials as well as documentation in English, German, French and Japanese.
Mac OS X
• Intel Mac (multiple cores highly recommended)
• 1 GB RAM or more
• DVD drive
• Mac OS X 10.4 or later
• 3 GB free hard disk space
• Monitor with 1024x768 resolution or larger
• CoreAudio compliant audio interface or built-in audio hardware
• A MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended
Windows
• Intel Pentium 4/AMD Athlon or better (multiple cores highly recommended)
• 1GB RAM
• Windows XP SP3, Vista or Windows 7
• A 16 bit Windows compatible audio card, preferably with an ASIO driver.
Thanks for choosing Reason!
The Propellerhead Software Team
The following abbreviations are used in the Orkester Sound Bank Patch names:
Wind and Brass:
CBN Contrabassoon
BSN Bassoon
BCL Bass Clarinet
CL Clarinet
EH English Horn
OB Oboe
PFL Piccola
FL Flute
FH French Horn
FHS French Horn Section
TBN Trombone
TBNS Trombone Section
TRP Trumpet
TRPS Trumpet Section
TB Tuba
BTN Bass Trombone
Strings:
BSS Basses
VCS Cellos
VCSs Cellos Stereo
VLS Violas
VNS Violins
VNSs Violins Stereo
Percussion:
GS Glockenspiel
BD Bass Drum
SN Snare Drum
TMP Timpani
PTI Piatti
CYM Cymbal
TRI Triangle
TMB Tambourine
BTB BassTambourine
WCH Wind Chimes
SHK Shaker
WBL Wood Block
CST Castanets
FCY Fingercymbal
CWB Cowbell
BLT Belltree
GNG Gong
TOM Toms
Attributes:
Long Long Notes, No Vibrato
Vib Vibrato
Marc Marcato
Stacc Staccato
Pizz Pizzicato
Trem Tremolo
Harm Harmonics
NatHarm Natural Harmonics
ArtHarm Artificial Harmonics
SulPont Sul Ponticello
StrtMte Straight Mute
SfzC Sforzando Crescendo
Trills WS Trills whole step
Trills HS Trills half step
Gliss Glissando
lite Patch with fewer samples, takes up less memory
+ Layered sounds unison (for example ”OB+CL”)
- Layered sounds in octaves (for example ”VLS-VNS”)
Dynamics:
PP Very Soft
P Soft
MP Medium Soft
MF Medium Hard
F Hard
FF Very hard, expressive
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