Macs and Reason

[zongeek]

For those of you who use a Mac laptop with Reason for samples: How do you plug in to your PA so you can hear what you've sampled? Also, how do you sync up the samples with your song?

Do you need ProTools or some other program or is it just fine tuning things?

Thanks!!!

[FretFree]

We used Reason at my previous church gig.

It all depends on what you want/need. If mono is fine for the samples/loops I would pan them either hard left or right. I would then add another ReDrum module and choose an instrument for a click and click rhythm. I would pan the click hard the opposite direction.

We had in-ear monitors, so we would send the samples/loops to the PA and BOTH to in-ears. The drummer got the sample/loop and a LOT of click (but we were using Avioms: each in-ear mix had it's own 16 ch mixer).

If you need a stereo mix of samples/loops in the PA, you will need an audio device that supports more than 2 channels of output (stuff from M-Audio, PreSonus, etc). You can then use the patchbay at the top of the Reason screen to patch the sample/loop to a stereo pair and the click to it's own mono out.

Hope this helps!

(edit: fixed a typo)

[FretFree]

Almost forgot!

If 2 channels are fine (samples/loop on one, click on the other) you CAN go out of the 3.5mm headphones jack. You will probably need some serious pre amp/EQ work.

We used an MBox to help with the gain a little bit.

[zongeek]

Yea, sounds good.

I think, as with most pro-dudio (IMO), that it makes more sense when you're looking at it.

Thanks!