02594.book Page xiii Monday, February 26, 2007 5:12 PM Contents Introduction . xxv Chapter 1 • Optimizing Your System . 1 The Right Memory . 1 How Much RAM? . 1 Adding More RAM . 2 Setting System Preferences . 2 Dashboard & Exposé . 3 Desktop & Screen Saver . 4 The Dock . 5 Security . 5 Spotlight . 6 Energy Saver . 6 Keyboard & Mouse . 6 Sound . 8 Software Update . 8 Tips, Tricks, and Software . 9 Leave Room . 9 Disabling Dashboard . 10 Activity Monitor . 10 Universal Binary . 11 Your Hard Drives . 12 Researching the Best Hard Drive . 12 Formatting Hard Drives . 13 Partitioning . 13 Running OS X on an External Drive . 16 OS X Maintenance . 16 Maintenance Scripts . 17 Repairing Permissions . 18 Surf Smart . 19 Hardware Maintenance . 19 Smoke and Dust . 19 UpdatingCOPYRIGHTED Hardware Drivers . .MATERIAL . 20 The Bottom Line . 20 Chapter 2 • Reason . 21 Overview of the Reason Program . 21 Introducing Reason’s Instruments . 21 Introducing Reason’s Effects . 22 What Reason Doesn’t Do . 22 Tech Support and Resources . 22 The Mastering Session Files . 23 02594.book Page xiv Monday, February 26, 2007 5:12 PM xiv CONTENTS Installation and Audio Setup . 23 Basic MIDI Setup . 23 Audio Output . 26 A First Look at Reason . 26 Transport and Sequencer . 26 Instruments and Effects . 27 Reason Interface Basics . 28 The Reason Instruments . 30 Creating a New Session . 30 The Reason Mixer 14:2 . 30 Dr. Rex Loop Player . 31 NN-XT and NN19 Samplers . 34 The SubTractor Analog Synthesizer . 38 The Malström Graintable Synthesizer . 39 Redrum . 42 Effects . 44 Return to Sender . 45 RV7000 Advanced Reverb . 45 Scream 4 Distortion . 46 DDL-1 Digital Delay Line . 47 ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter . 47 PH-90 Phaser . 48 The Combinator . ..