Reason Additional Documentation and Help Files

Reason 7 documentation

Reason 7 Installation Manual (pdf)
Reason 7 Key Commands (pdf)
Reason 7 MIDI Implementation Chart (pdf)
Reason 7 Operation Manual (pdf)

Reason 7 localized help

When you install Reason 7, English documentation and help is included.
Translated installation manuals are available below.

French

German

Japanese

Operation manuals and help packages in French, German and Japanese will be available soon.

Reason 6.5 documentation

Reason 6.5 Key Commands (pdf)
Reason 6.5 MIDI Implementation Chart (pdf)
Reason 6.5 Operation Manual (pdf)

Reason 6.5 localized help

When you install Reason 6.5, English documentation and help is included.
Translated Operation Manual pdf files and help packages can be downloaded below.

Help installation instructions (Windows):

  • Download the zip file for the desired language and unzip it.
  • Double click the Setup file and follow the instructions.
  • To use the translated help, select the corresponding language in Reason's preferences (Language tab).

Help installation instructions (Mac):

  • Download the dmg file for the desired language and open it.
  • Drag the translated folder into the Help Files folder.
  • To use the translated help, you need to select the corresponding language in the Language System Preferences and restart Reason.

French

German

Japanese

Reason 6 documentation

Reason 6 Key Commands.pdf
Reason 6 MIDI Implementation Chart.pdf
Reason 6 Operation Manual.pdf

Reason 6 localized help

When you install Reason 6, English documentation and help is included.
Translated Operation Manual pdf files and help packages can be downloaded below.

Help installation instructions (Windows):

  • Download the zip file for the desired language and unzip it.
  • Double click the Setup file and follow the instructions.
  • To use the translated help, select the corresponding language in Reason's preferences (Language tab).

Help installation instructions (Mac):

  • Download the dmg file for the desired language and open it.
  • Drag the translated folder into the Help Files folder.
  • To use the translated help, you need to select the corresponding language in the Language System Preferences and restart Reason.

French

German

Japanese

Reason 5 localized help

The Documentation installation files contain localized Help, as well as the Operation Manual pdf for the selected language. Installing the Documentation package will place the localized Help and Operation Manual in the correct folder in the application folder.

After installation you will be able to access the localized Help from the Help menu in the application.

Note: If you run the Record + Reason combination, you only need to download the Record documentation file. It contains information about all Reason devices as well.

Windows:
1. Download the zip file for the desired language and unzip it.
2. Double click the "Install Documentation.exe" file and follow the instructions.

Mac OS X:
IMPORTANT: For the files to install correctly, it's important that the applications are located in their default folders, i.e.

/Applications/Reason
or
/Applications/Record

1. Download the zip file for the desired language and unzip it.
2. Double click the "Install Documentation.pkg" file and follow the instructions.

Reason 5

Getting started

Operation manual

Reason version 4

Complete documentation

English (18 mb)
French (20 mb)
German (19 mb)
Italian (16 mb)
Japanese (24 mb)
Spanish (16 mb)

What's new?

English (938 kb)
French (2.1 mb)
German (1.6 mb)
Italian (1.3 mb)
Japanese (1.4 mb)
Spanish (1.3 mb)

Quickstart

English (5.1 mb)
French (5.3 mb)
German (5.3 mb)
Italian (5.1 mb)
Japanese (6.5 mb)
Spanish (5.2 mb)
Reason version 4 patchlists (390 kb) - English only
New patches in Reason version 4 (120 kb) - English only
MIDI Implementation Charts (115 kb) - English only
User license agreement - English only
Reason version 4 key commands - pdf file
Reason version 4 Control Surface Details - pdf file

Reason 3.0

Docs

English (11 mb)
French (13 mb)
German (14 mb)
Italian (12 mb)

What's new?

English (608 kb)
French (615 kb)
German (625 kb)
Italian (626 kb)
Spanish (687 kb)

Quickstart

English (6.1 mb)
French (6 mb)
German (4.8 mb)
Italian (4.7 mb)
Spanish (6 mb)
MIDI Implementation Charts (115 kb) - English only
User license agreement - English only

Reason 2.5

Docs

English (10 mb)
French (8.9 mb)
German (8.5 mb)
Italian (8.7 mb)
Japanese (9.3 mb)
Spanish (10.5 mb)

What's new?

English (430 kb)
French (290 kb)
German (280 kb)
Italian (270 kb)
Spanish (270 kb)

Quickstart

English (3.5 mb)
French (3.5 mb)
German (3.5 mb)
Italian (3.5 mb)
Japanese (4 mb)
Spanish (3.5 mb)

Reason 2

Docs

English (16.7 mb)
French (8.5 mb)
German (15.9 mb)
Japanese (6.7 mb)

What's new?

English (120 kb)
French (580 kb)
German (130 kb)

Quickstart

English (940 kb)
French (4.2 mb)
German (7.6 mb)

Reason 1.0.1

English (10.4 mb)
French (11 mb)
German (10.9 mb)