User Manual

WORKING WITH THE RACK
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Re-routing devices
D If you hold [Shift] and drag a device to a new position in the rack, it will be re-routed (as if you deleted it and
created it in its new position).
This allows you to e.g. change the order of effect devices in a signal chain by Shift-dragging them.
See “Automatic routing” for more info on auto-routing.
Creating new rack columns
It’s possible to move devices, or Device Groups, to new rack columns. This is very useful if your rack starts to get
crowded, or if you want to arrange your devices in separate rack columns to get a better overview.
By default, when you create a new empty Song document, the rack consists of a single rack column featuring the
Reason Hardware Device and the Master Section device. When you create new devices from the “Create” menu,
these will automatically be placed in that rack column.
By dragging and dropping devices to either side (left or right) of the original rack, you can move the devices and at
the same time create a new rack column. You can create as many rack columns as you like - the only condition is that
at least one device must be present in a neighboring rack column. In other words, you can’t create empty rack col-
umns.
In the example below, we drag and drop an RV7000 reverb device to the right of the original rack:
A large white arrow symbol appears on the right wooden rack side of the original rack column to indicate that the de-
vice is about to be moved to a new rack column.
About the “Sort Selected Device Groups” function
When you are working with Device Groups (see “About Device Groups”), there is a very nice feature which allows you
to visually organize and re-order the Device Groups, Main Mixer channel strips and sequencer tracks. With the “Sort
Selected Device Groups” function on the Edit menu, it’s possible to sort Device Groups and Main Mixer channel strips
according to the current sequencer track order - or vice versa, depending on what’s currently selected. To sort the
Device Groups in the rack, and the channel strips in the Main Mixer, according to the current sequencer track order,
proceed as follows:
Click on the RV7000
device panel and drag
to the right...
... Release the mouse
button and the RV7000
device is automatically
placed in a new rack
column to the right.