Since a large part of Reason Essentials is laid out like “real” hardware devices, such as the Main Mixer, instrument and effect devices etc., almost all controls are designed like their real world counterparts - mixer faders, effect unit knobs, transport buttons, etc. How to adjust these controls is described in the following paragraphs.
You can also adjust the knob precision with the “Mouse Knob Range” setting on the General page in Preferences. This dialog is opened from the Edit menu (or from the Reason Essentials menu if you are running Mac OS X).
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To reset a fader/slider to its default value (usually zero, 100, center pan or similar), press [Ctrl](Win) or [Cmd](Mac) and click on the fader/slider handle.
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Many functions and modes are controlled by clicking buttons. Many of the buttons in Reason Essentials have a “built-in” LED, or the button itself lights up, indicating whether the button is on or not.
Fold/Unfold buttons are distinguished by a small triangle at the top to the left on a device. Clicking on a Fold/Unfold button will unfold the device panel so that more controls are visible and can be accessed for editing on the screen.
On some devices, such as the RV7000 Advanced Reverb, there are more than one Fold/Unfold button. Clicking on the second Fold/Unfold button on the unfolded front panel will open up the Remote Programmer panel from which more parameters can be accessed:
Some parameters allow you to select one of several modes. There are two different graphical representations of this in Reason Essentials.
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Click the button to step through the modes or click directly on one of the modes printed on the panel, or click on the corresponding LED, to select mode.
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In Reason Essentials devices, numerical values are often displayed in numerical displays with “spin controls” (up/down arrow buttons) on the side. Some parameter values, such as oscillator and LFO waveforms, are displayed graphically in the displays. There are two ways of changing values in these types of controls:
To adjust a value in single steps, click on its up or down arrow button. To scroll a value continuously, click on an arrow button and keep the mouse button depressed.
In Reason Essentials, alpha-numeric values and/or device presets are displayed in alpha-numeric readouts with “spin controls” (up/down arrow buttons) on the side. There are two ways to change alpha-numeric/preset values:
To adjust a value or select a preset in single steps, click on the up or down arrow button. To scroll a value continuously, click on an arrow button and keep the mouse button depressed.
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In the numerical segment displays on the sequencer Transport Panel and in the sequencer Inspector, values can be edited in a number of different ways. The editing principle is exactly the same for the Transport Panel and Inspector displays, which is shown in the two examples below.
The segment displays of the Transport Panel can be edited as shown in the following Tempo display examples. The Tempo display segments show (from left to right) BPM and 1/1000 BPM:
The other segment displays on the Transport Panel can be edited in the same way as described above. Some displays also features up/down arrow buttons.
The segment displays in the Inspector can be edited as shown in the following Position display examples. The Position display segments show (from left to right) Bars, Beats, 1/16th Note and Ticks:
