Mixers

When you open Reason you will see something which looks like this-

You will need to create a mixer so that you can have many different instruments all playing together so you will simply right click in the empty rack space or click "Create" and then select "Mixer 14:2". This means that you are creating a mixer with 14 channels. With this mixer you can manipulate auxiliary sends, equalization settings, pan, and volume for each instrument, while also working with the main volume of all the instruments.

The mixer will look like this:

Each channel is going to be routed to a different instrument, so that you can control the equalization (the blue knobs, which can control the level of treble and bass on an instrument), pan (the grey knobs, which pan the instrument to move around between left and right channels), mute (the m button which mutes the instrument), solo (the s button which mutes all other channels), the volume faders (which designate the volume of the instrument) and the master volume knobs (on the far right, which control the volume of everything. (You can also route auxiliary sends if you are more advanced, which are the red knobs).

Next, we are going to review all the instruments now and simply remember that it is easy to create an instrument in blank space by either right clicking in the black space and clicking on the instrument name you want or going up to the command bar and clicking on Create, then the instrument you wish to have.