11.3

SOUNDS, PATCHES AND THE BROWSER77
• 4. Locations and favorites
The column to the left contains shortcuts for going directly to various locations. At the top are the four palettes (In-
struments, Effects, Utilities and Players), showing all included devices. In the middle are fixed locations such as the
sound banks, and below these you can add your own locations and favorites (see “User Locations and Favorite
Lists”).
• 5. Browse list
Shows the contents of the current folder, with hierarchical subfolders. If you have made a search or selected a fa-
vorite list, this will be a flat file list instead. This is where you select the file to load. Scroll to the right to see more
columns, for sorting the list.
•6. Controls
The area directly below the browser list holds buttons for Load, Previous/Next and Revert. If you are browsing
samples, there are also audition controls here (see “Browsing samples and loops”).
• 7. Info area
Shows information about the selected item. This area can be folded with the arrow button in the left corner.
q When you are browsing patches for an instrument device, you are free to load any kind of instrument patch.
For example, if you're browsing patches for a Europa synthesizer, you can load a Radical Piano patch. This will
replace the Europa with a Radical Piano device.
The Device Palettes
Click the shortcuts at the top of the area to the left in the browser to show one of the device palettes. These show
icons of all devices in Reason Rack Plugin. At the top you'll find the built-in devices (under "Built-in Devices"); below
you'll find all installed Rack Extensions sorted by manufacturer.
• You can fold or unfold a section in the palette by clicking the arrow button next to the manufacturer name.
• Searching when a device palette is shown will find both device names and manufacturer names.
Since most devices have longer names that describe their functionality, you can also search for something like
"compressor" or "drum" to quickly get a list of devices of that kind!
D To add a device from the palette, use drag and drop, double click it or select it and click the Create button at
the bottom of the Browse list.
! Note that Players can only be added directly above instrument devices in the rack.