Synchronizing Reason to Another Computer

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Another way Reason can be controlled externally is to have another computer tell Reason when to start and when to stop, otherwise known as external synchronizing . Why might you want to do this? Many people dedicate one computer for Reason and use a different computer to run their other music and recording softwaresuch as Cubase SX or SONARfor reasons of CPU efficiency, so that each application has all the computer resources it needs to run well. In these cases, it is possible to have the Cubase or SONAR computer control Reason on the second computer. Some users also work with video, and it's possible to have video equipment control the playback of Reason. In the next example, you'll learn how to set up Reason to slave to another computer.

Again, first walk through the steps to set up things properly.

NOTE

After setting Reason to follow synchronization from an external device, the transport panel will no longer be functional. You will need to start and stop the song from the external machine.

NOTE

If you decide to slave Reason to another computer, please consult the documentation of the application that will be used as the master for external synchronization.

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