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1) Paperback Book Users' Guide to Propellerhead Reason 2 by Course Technology PTR. Look no further. This is the Reason book to own. I´m looking forward to a Reason 3.0 version!¤ 2) Paperback Book Users' Guide to Propellerhead Reason 2 by Course Technology PTR. This book is the most well written, documented, and friendly instruction manual I have ever read.
Firstly, its entirely clear that the author is a professional user of Reason, knows heaps about the program and how to maximize its potential, as well as suggests ways for taking it out of the norm.
Secondly, the tone of the author is friendly and fun. You get the feeling this book was written by your big brother or best friend giving you the details. The text is clear, simple, and accurate. The author conveys information without loosing your interest or overwhelming you with dry tech speak.
I have used Reason for 2 years and am a Reason 3.0 user, but still refer to this book often. It covers so much about the core of the program that you will quickly be able to learn the new devices in 3.0 as you will have a fantastic foundation and understanding of the application. The book explains all the devices in 2.0 (including the functions of knobs, sliders, buttons, synthesis models, loops, envelopes, etc), CV/Gating, Sequencing, ReWire, use with other major audio applications, useful tips/tricks, and plenty of links to helpful user websites. It also has numerous quick and easy "how to" tutorials, that are clearly documented step by step and with pictures.
Very well done. I am grateful for how quickly I was able to ramp up on Reason due 90% to this book. Honestly, this should be the standard for instructional texts.
¤ 3) Paperback Book Users' Guide to Propellerhead Reason 2 by Course Technology PTR. No, you can´t RECORD with Reason. But there are countless ways to use files that you have recorded with other, very simple or even free applications (how about your Sony Minidisk recorder hooked up to a decent mike? talk about light years ahead of what we had available way back when); files that you have downloaded, files that you have gotten off of records or CD´s or even TV, in Reason (shame!). It can be as simple as having the drum machine play a sound file from anywhere on your computer, with a surprising amount of control of, for example, sample start-and then you move on to the more powerful samplers... And then this will provide you with many different ways to control and distort, filter, and manipulate those files that are so easy to trigger or otherwise get inside Reason. Because that is what Reason does, it gives you a studio full of tools-synths, samplers, mixers, and the many sound sculpting modifiers to create, twist, and control your sounds.
And this book does a fantastic job of showing you these tools, in a very carefully thought out order and depth. Like another reviewer said, you would have to be a serious power user indeed not to get many good ideas from this book; and like yet another reviewer said, people that write textbooks should look at this one and see just how well it can be done. It will take you from a novice to synthesizers to an expert on Reason and computer synthesis music creation, giving history and background to help you learn about the many music synthesis tools. It is filled with tutorials, how-to´s, and tips and tricks that even go beyond Reason sometimes. You could take a tutorial and change it as you follow along and create it and have a complete Reason song of your own easily. I also thought it gave a summarily good introduction into the powerful usage of the Control Voltage interface from ages past (one of Reason´s most powerful tools in it´s bag of tricks-one that ties everything together like you have never been able to do with so many different devices), with tips and tricks there, too. There are a lot of toys available in Reason, but once you get past a certain not-too-difficult level, it is actually a very intuitive and very fun to use interface; and this book is definitely filled with this same infectious enthusiasm for that rack o´ modules and wires. It is an extraordinarily good book for beginner to expert.
You should see my copy of this book, it is nearly destroyed from so much usage, carrying it about wherever I go and constantly going back to it for reference.
As a side note, I think the Acrobat Reader Operation Manual supplied with Reason is also excellent. It´s just what it should be-precise and to the point-it´s an Operation Manual, after all. If you take the time to practise and apply what you read, it will give you the background to know what you are doing (as much as is possible-sometimes when you have so much going on in a patch it would be hard for anyone to say how you got there-and that can be fun, too) and what every control does. This book will do the same and take you farther with much more help.¤ 4) Paperback Book Users' Guide to Propellerhead Reason 2 by Course Technology PTR. Before I read this book I had Reason installed on my computer and I didn´t use it very often because the interface wasn´t straightforward for a beginning user like myself to understand how to operate it beyond basic operations. This book is an excellent source to learn how to use Reason 2 or 2.5. It contains practical, hands-on tutorials, explanations of the knobs and interfaces, and helpful tips. This is a must have if you want to become proficient in Reason!¤ 5) Paperback Book Users' Guide to Propellerhead Reason 2 by Course Technology PTR. This book contained a great amount of information. To use as reference or to learn from over all a great buy. It helped me along in using C.V. Gates ect. and offers lots of other great information. A must for any user of reason P.S. Any one that made comments to recording audio in to Reason ha ha ha Get Cubase or some other Program that will run rewire.
Think before the mouth opens. . . . know what I mean Mate Thank you to Derek Johnson & Debbie Poyser¤ 6) Paperback Book Users' Guide to Propellerhead Reason 2 by Course Technology PTR. Get up and running with Propellerhead Reason 2 in no time! The expert authors begin by explaining how to install and set up the program on a Mac or PC and then walk you through every separate Reason device with hands-on tutorials. Whether you are a new user or a more experienced Reason musician, you will find out how to get the most from the musical phenomenon that is Reason.¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 9-Jan-2009, 1929685777073999573329, 590-870-490-180-861-7X1-771-8 
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