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MENU AND DIALOG REFERENCE

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The CPU Usage Limit setting allows you to set a limit on how much of the CPU (computer processor) that should be

used for creating audio. The remaining capacity is reserved for the user interface and the graphics.

Set this so that you feel comfortable using the program, even when a very demanding song document is played back.

Theme

Here you can choose from a couple of different visual themes, i.e. how the user interface should be visually pre-

sented. The selected theme/color affects the Sequencer, Browser and Transport Panel areas. See “About different

Themes”.

! Note that you have to restart Reason for the new Theme to take effect.

New devices get browse focus

When this is active, Browse focus is automatically set to new devices as soon as they have been created. This means

that you can immediately start to browse for, and load, compatible patches for the devices you just created. Browse

focus is indicated by orange sidebars and an orange patch section on the devices. The top section of the Browser

also gets an orange label with the device’s current patch name printed on it.

Load default sound in new devices

When this is activated and you create a new device (of a device type that supports patches), a default patch will be

loaded. This way you can be sure that a new device generates sound right away. The default sound will also deter-

mine the default location in the Factory Sound Bank when you browse for patches for the new device.

If you turn this off, new devices will be initialized - parameters are reset to their default values and no samples are

loaded in sample-based devices.

! Note that “Sound” also implies patches for effect devices such as the RV7000 and Scream 4.

Use multi-core audio rendering

Reason fully supports MultiCore Audio Rendering. This means that if your computer has multiple CPU cores (dual-

core or quad-core, for example), or multiple CPUs, Reason takes advantage of this to significantly enhance the per-

formance. If your computer has a multi-core CPU, or multiple CPUs, MultiCore Audio Rendering is active by default.

See “Audio Basics” for more information on how Reason handles audio.

Self-contain samples when loading from disk

When this is activated, any samples you load into a sampler device from disk will automatically become self-contained

and saved together with the rest of the song data when you save your Song.