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WORKING WITH THE RACK
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1. Select a track in the sequencer Track List rack and choose “Select All” from the Edit menu or track context
menu.
Tracks are marked with darker colors to indicate they’ve been selected.
2. Select “Sort Selected Device Groups” from the Edit menu or track context menu.
Now all Device Groups and channel strips in the Main Mixer will be automatically re-ordered according to the cur-
rent track configuration in the sequencer. The topmost sequencer track will have its associated Device Group
moved to the top in the rack. The remaining Device Groups will be re-ordered according to the remaining track or-
der in the Track List. The Main Mixer channel strips will also be re-ordered according to the sequencer track order.
• If you have devices in several rack columns, the sorting will begin in the leftmost rack column and continue to
the right through the rest of the rack columns. The number of devices in each rack column will not be changed.
• If you select several Device Groups in the rack and choose “Sort Selected Device Groups” from the Edit menu
or device context menu, the tracks in the sequencer and the Main Mixer channel strips will be re-ordered ac-
cording to the current Device Group order in the rack.
• If you select several channel strips in the Main Mixer and choose “Sort Selected Device Groups” from the Edit
menu or channel strip context menu, the Device Groups in the rack and the tracks in the sequencer will be re-
ordered according to the current channel strip order in the Main Mixer.
Duplicating devices
Duplicating devices will have different results depending on the “Auto-group Devices and Tracks” setting on the Op-
tions menu (see “About Device Groups”):
D To duplicate a device or a Device Group in the rack, hold down [Ctrl](Win) or [Option](Mac) and drag the device
to a new position.
• If “Auto-group Devices and Tracks” is not selected, a copy of the selected device will be created without any
connections.
• If “Auto-group Devices and Tracks” is selected, a copy of the entire Device Group will be created with all con-
nections preserved. A new track will also be created in the sequencer.
D Select the device(s) and select “Duplicate Devices and Tracks” from the Edit menu or context menu.
A duplicate (copy) of the device(s) or Device Group(s) will be created. New tracks for the device(s) or Device
Groups will also be created in the sequencer.
D If you hold down [Shift] when you duplicate devices, Reason will attempt to automatically route them, just as
when you move devices.
See “Automatic routing”.
Cut, Copy and Paste devices
Selected devices or Device Groups can be moved or duplicated using the Cut, Copy and Paste Device functions on
the Edit menu or device context menu. This allows you to copy one or several devices (such as an instrument device
and all its “insert” effects) from one Reason Song document to another. Cutting/Copying and Pasting will have differ-
ent results depending on the “Auto-group Devices and Tracks” setting on the Options menu (see “About Device
Groups”):
• Cut and Copy affects all selected devices or Device Groups, and works according to the standard procedures.
That is, Cut moves the devices/Device Groups to the clipboard (removing them from the rack) while Copy creates
copies of the devices/Device Groups and puts these in the clipboard memory, without affecting the rack.
D To Cut, Copy and Paste a Device Group, make sure the “Auto-group Devices and Tracks” is selected on the Op-
tions menu. Then, select a device in the Device Group and proceed with the Cut/Copy and Paste procedure.
All devices in the Device Group will be cut/copied and pasted with preserved connections (in the same Song or in
another Song document).