In the Monitor section, switch from Auto to In, to tell Live to pass through audio from the input source.Īdd some trigger steps to the Redrum's Step Sequencer, and hit Play in either Reason or Live. The pop‑up menu below then lets you choose from the 64 Rewire audio buses, so choose '1/2 Mix L, Mix R'. Click the top pop‑up menu in the audio From section of the Audio track, and choose Reason. Make sure the input/output routing options are visible using the I/O button to the right of the Master channel. Switch to Live and create a new audio track (or use the default one that appears in a fresh Set). In Reason, press Tab to view the rear of the rack, and cable the Redrum's outputs to outputs to 1 and 2 on the Hardware Device. We're going to forget about Reason's mixer (one of the keys to integration is to bring up all your Reason instruments on discrete channels in Live's mixer). Create a Redrum device in an empty Reason rack. The first sort are very simple to set up. There are two types of instruments that we'll connect to in Reason: those running internal sequences, such as Redrum, and those that you want to play with MIDI notes. The External Instrument device adds MIDI and audio links between Live tracks and Reason. Monitoring Self‑sequenced Reason Instruments Simply right‑click and choose a colour from the palette.
Finally, as you can see in the screen on the previous page, you can colour‑code the tracks (and regions) to match the devices in Reason. You can also narrow the track widths in Live's Session View by dragging the track boundaries. To maximise screen space in Live, hide the Browser and Help columns when you don't need them. The Reason rack is narrow enough that you can usually view it alongside the Live window, eliminating the need to keep switching your view from one application to the other. Most modern computers and laptops sport a high-resolution wide‑screen display. Now, you'll easily be able to locate the correct Reason Song that partners your Live Set. Switch to Reason and save your Reason Song to the same folder, giving it the same name. Live always creates a project folder for a newly saved Set, providing a default place to store audio recordings and anything else. Before doing anything else, save the Live Set. To keep track of Project Files you'll need to save your song in both Live and Reason, so you will always have two project files. Reason's audio outputs are now hard‑wired to Live via 64 internal buses. Reason will detect that Live is running, and will switch itself into Rewire Slave mode. Get Started & Get OrganisedĮach Reason instrument is routed to Live via discrete Rewire buses. However, Live and Reason can be integrated much more tightly, so that Reason acts more like a powerful plug‑in rack within Live. This idea can be used for glorified synchronisation, with two independent sequences running and a stereo mix routed from Reason into Live's mixer. Either program's transport controls can be used, so you don't need to flick back and forth. The Rewire link also synchronises playback position and tempo between the two applications. Audio signals from the 'slave' program (Reason) are routed to the 'master' (Live), where they appear in the mixer alongside other local audio sources. Rewire allows audio signals and MIDI events to be passed between two open programs. Reason and Live can be used together thanks to Rewire, a clever bit of Propellerhead technology that is supported by most major audio applications. This month, we're going to look at some tips for combining Reason with Live. This way of working will continue to be advantageous to those who use third‑party plug‑ins and/or hardware MIDI instruments, or who prefer another DAW's approach to recording, mixing or arrangement.Ībleton Live is a particularly popular host among Reason users, and has a number of features that offer tight parallel operation with Reason. Of course, we'll be getting our teeth into Record in these pages as soon as the final release is available, but in the meantime, many Reason users have already had great results running audio alongside Reason using other DAWs. Live's tracks are colour‑coded to match the Reason instruments.Īll the Propellerhead buzz right now is around the upcoming product Record, which will integrate audio recording and mixing with all the stuff we love in Reason.
Reason and Ableton Live work well together - we offer some tips on running the two programs in parallel.
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