Create Electronic Music With Reason 9

Explore areas, windows, and basic navigation in Reason 9, including the browser rack with instruments, effects, and sounds, and learn how the sequencer captures melodies.

Record into the sequencer by selecting an instrument and pressing the record button, then edit and arrange using the sequencer, while managing channel count to protect performance.

Use the metronome during recording to keep your song on beat, adjust tempo—from 1:38 to fit club styles—and input melodies with onstream piano keys or a MIDI keyboard.

Explore Reason 9's dual arpeggio within the browser players, customize arp sets across piano and organ sounds, and quickly craft a short, melody-ready track with premade motifs.

Explore the no echo setting in reason 9 to shape grand piano tones with one-note playback, adjustable frequency and note length, and customizable presets.

Explore chords in reason 9 that automate harmony and unlock scales like Lydian, Mixolydian, Spanish, Dorian, Phrygian. Chord features fix mistakes as you press keys, delivering nearly perfect sounds.

Apply a volume envelope to a track in Reason by using the pencil in the sequencer to add marks, double-click to edit, and adjust levels to shape the metronome.

Explore the main mixer setup in this lesson, using three instruments, focusing on precise, overall loudness adjustments without mastering, guided by Lexar.

Edit the theme in Reason to customize the look and feel of your workflow, choosing colors, adjusting preferences, and restarting Reason on Mac or Windows.

Export your project as an audio file using file > export song as audio file, choosing the highest quality sample rate to preserve your melody and final mix.