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• The Rack device that was connected to outputs 1 and 2 on the Reason Hardware Device in the older song will
now be connected to a new Mix Channel device, below the Master Section device in the Rack.
• If there were any more connections to the Reason Hardware Device in the song, these will now be connected
to new mono Mix Channels.
• Below the Mix Channel devices in the Rack, the devices from the Reason song will appear in a single rack col-
umn, just like they did in the earlier version of Reason.
! If you open a Reason Published Song (.rps), you cannot save etc., and the “Export Audio” and “Bounce Mixer
Channels” functions will only work if you haven't manually changed anything in the document.
Opening a Reason Demo Song
Reason Demo Songs are factory made songs that demonstrate how Reason can be used for recording various mu-
sical projects. If you run Reason in “Demo Mode” (unauthorized), you will still be able to open Demo Songs, even
though the regular “Open” function is disabled. If you run Reason in authorized mode, you can open Reason Demo
Songs just like regular Reason Songs.
D In Demo Mode, select “Open Demo Song” from the File menu and select a Demo Song from the sub-menu.
You could also select “Download more Demo Songs” from the sub-menu. This will open your default Internet
browser and direct you to the Reason Demo Songs page on the Propellerhead web site. On this page you can
download additional Reason Demo Songs to your computer. You will then have to use the “Open Demo Song”
command from the File menu to open the downloaded Demo Songs.
q You can also download more Reason Demo Songs by selecting “Download more Demo Songs” from the Help
menu.
q You can have several Demo Songs open at the same time if you like. This allows you to copy and paste pat-
terns, clips and patches between songs. However, all open songs consume some memory and processing
power, so you might want to close songs you don’t need for the moment.
Opening the last Song at program launch
It’s possible to instruct Reason to automatically open the last Song you worked on each time you launch Reason. You
select this on the “General” tab in the “Preferences” dialog.
1. Select “Preferences” from the Edit menu (Win) or “Reason” menu (Mac) and then click the “General” tab.
2. Place a tick in the “Load Last Song On Startup”.
When you launch Reason the next time, the last saved Song will automatically open in a document window.
Closing Songs
Closing a Song
D To close a Song, hold down [Ctrl](Win) or [Cmd](Mac) and press [W], or select “Close” from the File menu. Al-
ternatively, click the close button in the upper corner of the Song document window.
If you have unsaved changes, you will be asked if you want to save the song before closing.
! Note that when you’re closing the last open Song document in the Windows version of Reason, the application
will quit.