
THE SEQUENCER
6
Recording
Recording and Playback Basics
The basic procedures for recording and playback are described in the Get-
ting Started book. Here is a brief repetition:
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To activate recording, click the Record button on the Transport
panel or press [*] on the numeric keypad.
If your computer keyboard lacks a numeric keypad, you can activate re-
cording by holding down [Command] (Mac) or [Ctrl] (Windows) and
pressing [Return].
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Recording starts at the current song position.
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You can get a metronome click during recording by activating Click
on the transport panel.
The volume of the metronome click can be adjusted with the Level knob.
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If the Loop is activated, the area between the Left and Right locators
will be repeated, allowing you to add or replace material on each
loop pass (depending on the Overdub/Replace switch - see below).
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To start playback from the current song position, click the Play but-
ton or press [Enter] on the numeric keypad.
To stop, click the Stop button, press [0] on the numeric keypad or press
[Return]. You can also toggle between Play and Stop by pressing the
Space bar.
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To move the song position, click in the ruler, use the Rewind/Fast
Forward buttons or edit the position numerically on the transport
panel.
You can also move the song position to the Left or Right Locator by
pressing [1] or [2] on the numeric keypad.
Recording Notes
The Overdub/Replace switch
If you record over an area where there are notes recorded already, the result
depends on the Overdub/Replace switch on the transport panel:
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In Overdub mode, the new recording is added to whatever was on
the Track before.
For example, this is useful for adding elements during loop recording or
for adding controller data to recorded notes.
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In Replace mode, the new recording replaces any previously re-
corded notes.
Only the notes in the actual recording area are replaced.
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It’s probably best to use Overdub mode as your default mode, to
avoid removing material by mistake.
Quantizing during Recording
If the Quantize Notes During Recording switch is activated on the sequencer
toolbar, notes will automatically be quantized when you record them. This is
described in detail on page 29.
Recording Controllers
In Reason, you can automate virtually all device parameters, creating com-
pletely automated mixes if you like. This is done by recording (or drawing)
controllers in the sequencer.
Before you record automation
Before you start recording automation of a parameter, you may want to set it
to a suitable “static value”. By this, we mean the value the parameter should
have whenever it isn’t automated in the song. Here is why:
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When you first record a section of automation for a parameter, its
original value will be inserted throughout the rest of the song.
This is explained in detail on page 8.
Let’s say you want to create a fade-out by recording your lowering a fader in
the Mixer. Then it’s a good idea to first set the fader to the correct static value
(i.e. the value the fader should be set to before you start the fade-out).
The same thing is true if you want to create a filter sweep for a synthesizer,
somewhere within the song: First set the filter frequency to the value it should
have elsewhere in the song, then record the filter sweep.
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