Welcome to Reason 2.0!
This document describes late changes and additional info that didn’t make it’s way into the documentation.

Table of Contents
1. Compatibility and Other Outstanding Issues
2. Manual Errata
3. Orkester Sound Bank Information

1. Compatibility and Other Outstanding Issues
In this section we will add information about possible compatibility issues in Reason 2.0.

Steinberg Cubase VST 5.1 Song Files get Corrupted
As we were shipping we were receiving reports that users of Cubase VST 5.1 might get corrupted song files if multiple ReWire applications are installed (for example Reason and Ableton Live). However, since an update of Cubase (Cubase SX) has been released, it is not expected that Steinberg will address this problem. We therefore recommend that you update to Cubase SX.

Please refer to www.steinberg.net  for the latest information.

Steinberg Cubase SX 1.0.1 Chases MIDI Notes via ReWire
As we were shipping, there seemed to be a problem in Cubase SX 1.0.1, related to sending MIDI Notes via ReWire. The problem manifests itself in a cluster of MIDI notes being transmitted to Reason when playback is activated from anywhere in the middle of the song (as opposed to the beginning of the song).

This seems to be due to a problem with Cubase SX’s Chase function, which makes MIDI notes on earlier positions in the tracks play back, all at the same time, when playback is activated. There are two workarounds:

•	Always activate playback from the beginning of the song.
•	Do not use MIDI Output from Cubase SX to Reason. Instead, only use Reason’s built in sequencer, in parallel with Cubase SX's Tracks.

The problem has been acknowledged by Steinberg and we expect it to be corrected in futures versions of Cubase SX.

Please refer to www.steinberg.net  for the latest information.

2. Documentation Errata
Unfortunately, the following errors made their way into the documentation:

Getting Started book
Page 10: Contrary to what the manual states, the Windows installer launchers automatically when you insert the CD for the first time. However, if you need to reinstall, you will have to “manually” launch the installation, as described in the documentation.

Operation Manual pdf
The NN-XT Chapter in the Operation Manual. This chapter does not mention the Copy Zones and Paste Zones functions, which allow you to copy zones - together with all settings - from one NN-XT to another. However, these function are described in the Menu and Dialog Reference chapter, in the same book.

3. Orkester Information

Memory Usage
The Orkester patches are based on samples of live musicians. All samples are in 24 bit, for the highest possible sound quality. Some samples are in stereo and many are quite long. This means that the Orkester patches may use up quite a lot of memory (RAM). 

An example of a very large patch is the one that plays stereo violins. This requires up to 15MBytes of RAM, by itself. As you add more NN-XTs to your rack and load patches in these, even more RAM will be required.

To take full advantage of the Orkester sound library, we recommend that you have at least 256 Mbytes of RAM in your computer.

Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used in the Orkester Sound Bank Patch names:

Wind and Brass:
CBN  Contrabassoon
BSN  Bassoon
BCL  Bass Clarinet
CL   Clarinet
EH   English Horn
OB   Oboe
PFL  Piccola
FL   Flute
FH   French Horn
FHS  French Horn Section
TBN  Trombone
TBNS Trombone Section
TRP  Trumpet
TRPS Trumpet Section
TB   Tuba
BTN  Bass Trombone

Strings:
BSS  Basses
VCS  Cellos
VCSs Cellos Stereo
VLS  Violas
VNS  Violins
VNSs Violions Stereo
 
Percussion:
GS   Glockenspiel
BD   Bass Drum
SN   Snare Drum
TMP  Timpani
PTI  Piatti
CYM  Cymbal
TRI  Triangle
TMB  Tambourine
BTB  BassTambourine
WCH  Wind Chimes
SHK  Shaker
WBL  Wood Block
CST  Castanets
FCY  Fingercymbal
CWB  Cowbell
BLT  Belltree
GNG  Gong
TOM  Toms

Attributes:
Long      Long Notes, No Vibrato
Vib       Vibrato
Marc      Marcato
Stacc     Staccato
Pizz      Pizzicato
Trem      Tremolo
Harm      Harmonics
NatHarm   Natural Harmonics
ArtHarm   Artificial Harmonics
SulPont   Sul Ponticello
StrtMte   Straight Mute
SfzC      Sforzando Crescendo
Trills WS Trills whole step
Trills HS Trills half step
Gliss     Glissando
lite      Patch with fewer samples, takes up less memory
+         Layered sounds unison (for example ”OB+CL”)
-         Layered sounds in octaves (for example ”VLS-VNS”)

Dynamics:
PP  Very Soft
P   Soft
MP  Medium Soft
MF  Medium Hard
F   Hard
FF  Very hard, expressive

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The Propellerhead Software Team