This document provides instructions for creating a software instrument in Propellerhead's Reason 5, recording MIDI notes, and quantizing the recorded notes. The summary is: 1. Create a new project and add an MClass mastering suite and mixer. 2. Select a patch from the ALL Instruments Patches browser to load into a Combinator. 3. Record MIDI notes in the sequencer view by enabling the metronome and pressing record, then quantize notes by right-clicking and selecting quantize or using the quantization settings.

1. How to Create a software instrument,
record MIDI and quantize notes using
Propellerhead’s reason 5
By Mark Hani

2. 1. Create a new project
2. Create an Mclass mastering
suite followed by a 14:2 mixer
on the rack view

3. 3.
4.
Right click in
Click “browse
patch” black
the
space under
the mixer or
select create
from the
toolbar then
select
“combinator

4. 5.
Select the
required patch
from ALL
instrument
Patches

5. • Switch to sequencer view
. Click • EnableisMetronomefrom clicking the
volume Pre-count by by left clicking
• Enable adjustable left the
click level volume knobat the bottom left or by
•“Pre” buttonRecording is enabled for
the click buttonby simply pressing
or
Make sure
the trackpressing “C” on be used light
ctrl+P on your keyboard, a blue
simply that is going to your
indicates preblue light indicates click is
keyboard ,a click is on
on

6. . You can adjust the
number of Precount bars by
selecting options from the
toolbar then select number
of precount bars : 1,2,3,4
(the tick indicates the
selected number “1”)

7. . .Click the record button ,
Click the stop button or
and play the rehearsed
press space, then double
line ( a clip highlighted in
click the midi clip to get
red ispiano roll
into being created as
you record)

8. . To quantize
notes select
all notes , or
each note
individually
then right
click it and
select
quantize
notes

9. . Furthermore you can adjust
quantization more accuratly by
opening the tool window box by
selecting “window” from the
toolbar then select “show tool
window”

10. . From the value drag list you can select a value to
snap quantization to .
. Also you can select to quantize during
. The amount by which you want the notes
recording
. You can also randomize
to move ( 50 % would move notes halfway
positions by tick value for every
to the selected value)
16th having 240 ticks

11. . You can alternatively do that by
clicking the “R E C” button on the
bottom right corner , this automatically
quantizes notes as you record.

12. I hope this was helpful,
Thank you