Nektar Aura Safety guide

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Setup
The Aura Reason integration is compatible with Reason 6 or higher.
Here are the steps you need to go through to get Reason up and running with Aura:
• Make sure Reason is already installed on your computer. If not, please install and run it at least once and quit Reason again.
• Run the Aura_Reason_Support installer, included in the package along with this PDF guide.
• Connect Aura to your computer via USB and make sure it‘s switched on.
• Launch Reason and go to Edit/Preferences/Control Surfaces,.
• Click “Auto-detect surfaces”. The Aura Control Surface appears in the Control Surfaces list once it’s detected by Reason.
That’s it, setup is now complete and Aura should be communicating with Reason.
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Nektar Aura: Reason Setup and User Guide

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With Reason connected to Aura, the [DAW] button is illuminated blue and the display has been updated. The [DAW] button toggles Reason
control on/off when Nektarine is present on a track
Transport Buttons
Aura‘s transport buttons control Reason‘s transport functions exclusively, regardless of whether Nektarine mode, Aura‘s Sequencer,
Internal mode or Repeat is selected.
The buttons activate primary and secondary functions. The secondary functions are accessed when [Shift] is pressed:
Aura and Reason Working Together
Buttons: Shift Click Rewind Forward
Description: Switch Click On/O.
When the color is blue,
Click is on.
Moves the Song Position
backwards by 1 bar. Hold
to move continuously.
Moves the Song Position
forward by 1 bar. Hold to
move continuously.
Secondary functions:
Press [Shift]+ [Button] to
activate
n/a Pre-Count: Switch
Reason‘s Pre Count
function on/o.
Set L: Sets Left Locator to
current Song Position.
Set R: Sets the right
Locator to current play
position.
Buttons: Loop Stop Play Record
Description: Switch Loop On/O. The
buttons LED is green
when on.
Stops playback or record.
Press again to return to
start.
Activates play. Activates Record
Secondary functions:
Press [Shift]+ [Button] to
activate
Goto L: Moves the Song
Position to the left l
ocator point.
Undo: Activates Reason‘s
Undo function.
Read: Switch Automation
Read on/o in Reason.
Write: Switch Automation
Write on/o in Reason.
Using the transport buttons to set locator/cycle range can be done quickly once it has been practiced a little:
• Use Forward/Rewind to move the Song Position to where you want the Left Locator.
• Press [Shift]+[<<] to set Left Locator.
• Press the Forward/Rewind buttons again to move the Song Position to where you want Right Locator.
• Press [Shift]+[>>] to set Right Locator.
[R1-8] and Display Button Functions
The [R1-8] pots control Reason arrangement functions
[R1 - Loop]: Move the Loop by its length. Press [Shift] and move [R1] to move in 1 bar increments.
[R2 - Loop Length]: Change the length of the Loop in 1 bar increments. Press [Shift] and move [R2] to adjust in beats.
[R3 - Tempo]: Controls Reason’s Tempo.
[R4 - Footswitch]: Programs the footswitch behavior with a selection of 6 options.
INTERNAL: Retains the assignment from Aura‘s Internal Mode.
PLAY/STOP: Toggle Reason‘s Play/Stop buttons.
RECORD: Activates Reason‘s Record button.
TAP TEMPO: Tap the footswitch to set the tempo in Reason
LOOP: Switch Loop On/Off
ADVANCE LOOP: Moves the Cycle Range the length of the range.
NEW OVERDUB: Activates the Reason feature ‘New Overdub’
NEW ALT: Activates the Reason feature ‘New Alternative Take’
[R5 - <Track>]: Scroll through Reason tracks by moving the pot.
[R6 - <Patch>]: Scroll through patches in the current Reason device.
[R7 - Song Pos]: Moves the Song Position
[R8 ]: Not in use.

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Aura and Reason Working Together
[Display button 1 - Tap Tempo]: Tap in time to set tempo in Reason.
[Display button 2 - Marker In]: Press to set a Reason marker at current Playhead position.
The display buttons have additional alternate functions that can be accessed when the [Menu] button is held:
[Display button 1 - Quantize]: Switch Q Record on/off.
[Display button 2 - 1-shot]: When on, Reason only records until the end of the current cycle region. Playback continues
with record deactivated. Use to capture Aura sequences without recording doubled events.
Activating Nektarine for Aura Control
Once a Software Instrument Track hosting Nektarine is selected, press [DAW] to toggle between DAW mode and controlling Nektarine.
Aura automatically detects the Nektarine instance hosted on the current track. Because of this, running even several hundred instances of
Nektarine in any one project is a seamless control experience.
You can change track either from Aura or directly in Reason, though Aura behaves a little different depending on the method:
• Selecting track from Aura always leaves Aura in DAW mode.
• Selecting a track hosting Nektarine directly in Reason using the mouse, activates that instance.
• Selecting any track that does not host Nektarine directly in Reason, while Nektarine is active, will automatically switch back to
DAW mode.
• Selecting another Nektarine track following will automatically activate that instance.
Kong, ReDrum and Rytmik
Aura’s pads are remapped for Reason’s three drum devices Kong, ReDrum and Rutymik. This means that every time a track hosting one of
these 3 devices is selected, the pads will trigger device sounds as you would expect.
Here are the main additional features:
[Arrow buttons Up/Down]: Shift the Kong pads up/down and assign the pads accordingly. This feature is only available for Kong.
Solo: Press and hold [Solo] while pressing one or more pads. Only pads that are solo’ed are illuminated upon release.
Mute: Press and hold [Mute] while pressing one or more pads. Pads that are Mute’ed are not illuminated upon
release..
Support
If you are not getting the results described, please check your installation one more time as well as the Nektar support tab on our website
www.nektartech.com. You can also contact our support staff here