User manual PROPELLERHEAD REASON 3.0

[. . . ] , English 3. 0 , Operation Manual stand-alone music production instrument , 14 Channel Expandable Mixer , Analog Polysynth , Graintable Polysynth , Digital Samplers , Mastering Tools , REX-loop Player , Drum Machine , ReBirth Input Device , Multiple Effects Processors , Combinator Device , Shelving and Parametric EQs , Master Song Sequencer , Pattern Sequencer , 64 Channel Audio Output , 64 Channel ReWire Output , 512 Band Vocoder , CV Processing Tools , Full Automation , Total Recall Operation Manual by Synkron: Anders Nordmark The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Propellerhead Software AB. The software described herein is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to any other media expect as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Propellerhead Software AB. Note: Trademarks referred to within the Reason product are the property of their respective trademark holders. [. . . ] This will shift the pan position from left to right in 8 steps (1/2 octave) for each consecutive higher note you play, and then repeat the cycle. This will alternate the pan position from left to right for each note played. Connections On the back panel of the NN-19 you will find the connectors, which are mostly CV/ Gate related. Low Bandwidth This will remove some high frequency content from the sound, but often this is not noticeable (this is especially true if you have "filtered down" samples). Activating this mode will save you some extra computer power, if needed. Audio Outputs These are the main left and right audio outputs. When you create a new NN-19 device, these are auto-routed to the first available channel on the audio mixer. Controller Section NN-19 can receive common MIDI controller messages, and route these to various parameters. The following MIDI messages can be received: · Aftertouch (Channel Pressure) · Expression Pedal · Breath Control If your MIDI keyboard is capable of sending Aftertouch messages, or if you have access to an Expression Pedal or a Breath controller, you can use these to modulate NN-19 parameters. The "Source" selector switch determines which of these message-types should be received. These messages can then be assigned to control the following parameters: F. Freq This sets external modulation control of the filter frequency parameter. A positive value will increase the frequency with higher external modulation values. A positive value will increase the LFO amount with higher external modulation values. This let's you control the overall volume of the sound with external modulation. If a positive value is set, the volume will increase with higher external modulation values. A negative value inverts this relationship. Mono Sequencer Control These are the main CV/Gate inputs. Gate inputs trigger note on/off values plus a level, which can be likened to a velocity value. If you want to control the NN-19 from a Matrix Pattern Sequencer for example, you would normally use these inputs. Remember that CV connections will not be stored in the sample patch, even if the connections are to/from the same NN-19 device!These control voltage (CV) inputs (with associated voltage trim pots), can modulate various NN-19 parameters from other devices, or from the modulation outputs of the same NN-19 device. These inputs can control the following parameters: · Osc (sample) Pitch · Filter Cutoff · Filter Resonance · Amp Level · Mod Wheel LFO 1 Amp Modulation Outputs The Modulation outputs can be used to voltage control other devices, or other parameters in the same NN-19 device. The Modulation Outputs are: · Filter Envelope · LFO 152 NN-19 SAMPLER Gate Inputs These inputs can receive a CV signal to trigger the envelopes. Note that connecting to these inputs will override the "normal" triggering of the envelopes. For example, if you connected a LFO output to the Gate Amp input, you would not trigger the amp envelope by playing notes, as this is now controlled by the LFO. In addition you would only hear the LFO triggering the envelope for the notes that you hold down. [. . . ] However, there are other factors that should be taken into account, and one important such factor is "floating point arithmetic performance". All audio operations in Reason are done with floating point calculations (counting with decimal numbers rather than with non-decimal numbers, integers) to ensure the highest possible audio quality. You can get high audio quality on an integer system too, but floating point is effective and accurate when it is available. Some other lower priced processor have taken shortcuts which reduce their performance in this particular aspect. [. . . ]