User Manual

MENU AND DIALOG REFERENCE
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Save
This saves the active song document to disk.
• If the song document hasn’t yet been saved, the “Save As” dialog appears, requesting you to enter a file name
and specify a location for the file on disk (see “Save As...”).
• If the document has already been saved at least once, the document will simply be saved without any ques-
tions.
Save As...
This saves the active song document to disc. A standard Save As dialog appears requesting you to enter a file name
and specify a location for the file on disk. The “Save As” command will also automatically optimize the song file size
when applicable (see “Save and Optimize”).
q You can set things up so that any samples used in the song are included in the song file itself by specifying
self-contained settings (see “About Self-Contained Songs”).
Save and Optimize
When you record audio in the sequencer, the recordings are stored in your song document. If you remove recordings
in your song, there might be “empty” areas left in the document, similar to a fragmented hard disk. To “defragment”
the song document, and thus reduce the file size, you can use the “Save and Optimize” command.
See “Saving and optimizing a Song” for more details.
Song Information...
This brings up a dialog that allows you to add contact information and comments etc. about your song.
See “Including Song Information” for information.
Song Self-contain Settings...
If you want to open your song on another computer, or send it to another Reason user, you would also have to bring
all samples and REX files used by the Reason devices in the Song. To make this easier, Reason allows you to create
“self-contained” songs. A self-contained song contains not only the references to the used samples and REX files,
but also the files themselves. By selecting the “Song Self-Contain Settings”, you can choose what files to include in
your song.
See “About Self-Contained Songs” for more information.
Import Audio File...
Selecting “Import Audio File...” opens the Browser (if hidden), which displays compatible audio files. Select audio files
to import to audio tracks in Reason.
See “Importing audio to the sequencer” for more information.
Import MIDI File...
Reason can import standard MIDI files (SMF). This allows you to import MIDI data to Reason from other applications.
Selecting “Import MIDI Files...” opens the Browser (if hidden), which displays compatible MIDI files. Select MIDI files to
import to ID8 tracks in Reason.
See “Importing Standard MIDI Files” for more information.