User Manual

WORKING WITH RACK EXTENSIONS
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About missing Rack Extensions
When you open a Reason song from another user, it may have been created with Rack Extensions that you don't
have. It might be a song from a friend, or a song that you have made using a Rack Extension with a trial license (that
has since expired).
When you open such a song, the following alert appears:
Now, you can choose to open the song without the Rack Extension(s), or go to the Propellerhead web shop and Try
or Buy the missing Rack Extension(s). If you click OK, the song opens without the missing Rack Extension(s).
All such missing devices in a song are replaced by generic placeholder devices:
A “Missing Device” placeholder plate for a Rack Extension device, which is currently unavailable on your computer.
The placeholder device itself will be silent. If it's an effect, it will bypass the sound (or be silent, if connected as a send
effect).
If you're collaborating with a friend you can safely save the song and send it back. When your friend opens the song,
the Rack Extension device will be restored with all settings intact.
Acquiring missing Rack Extensions
If you change your mind and want to hear the song with the Rack Extension(s) included, you could either download
a paid version or a trial version from the Propellerhead web shop:
1. Click inside the “View in web shop” area on the placeholder panel to get to the Propellerhead web shop and
Try or Buy the Rack Extension:
2. After you have downloaded the (paid or trial) Rack Extension device(s), restart Reason and open the song
again.
Now, the Missing Device placeholders have been replaced by the downloaded Rack Extension(s) and the song will
sound as originally intended.