User Manual

SOUNDS, PATCHES AND THE BROWSER
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Besides standard file folder browsing, the Browser offers several useful functions:
• Search for files by name and/or type - see “Using the “Search” function”.
• Use “cross-browsing” to search for patches belonging to any type of device.
For example, set browse focus from a Subtractor device by clicking its Browse Patch button. Instead of limiting the
Browser to show only Subtractor patches, you can choose to browse for any type of instrument patch. If you select
a patch with a different format than the device you are browsing from, the original device will be replaced by the
new device. See “Cross-browsing patch files”.
• Create Favorite Lists containing shortcuts to your favorite files for instant access.
See “Favorites Lists”.
• Audition audio samples and loops on the fly.
• Save shortcuts to various locations on your local drive(s).
See “Using Locations and Favorites”.
Opening the browser
Besides pressing [F3] you can use any of the following commands to open the Browser (what file types you can
browse for depends on which method you used to open the Browser):
• By selecting “Open” from the File menu.
This opens the Browser where you can select to open a Song (.reason, .rsndemo, .ree, .reedemo, .rltd, .record, .rec-
demo, .rns, .rps and .rsb).
! If no Song document is open on the Mac OS X version of Reason, Reason temporarily opens an empty Song
document to be able to show the Browser. When a Song has been loaded, the empty document closes.
• By selecting “Browse Patches” on the Edit menu with a patch based device selected (or by clicking the
“Browse Patches” button on the device panel).
This opens the Browser allowing you to browse for and load patches for the selected device, or use “cross-brows-
ing” (see “Cross-browsing patch files”) to select patches for other device types.
• By selecting “Browse Insert FX Patches” on the Edit menu with a Main Mixer Channel or Mix Channel/Audio
Track device selected.
This opens the Browser, where you can browse for and load Combinator Effect patches.
• By selecting “Browse Samples” on the Edit menu with a sample based device selected (or by clicking the
“Browse Samples” button on the device panel).
This opens the Browser, where you can browse for, preview and load samples in the supported audio formats.
• By selecting “Browse ReCycle/REX Files” on the Edit menu with a Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player selected (or by
clicking the “Browse Loops” button on the device panel).
This opens the Browser, allowing you to browse for, preview and load REX loops into the Dr. Octo Rex device.
• By selecting “Browse Drum Patches” on the Edit menu with a Kong Drum Designer device selected (or by click-
ing the “Browse Drum Patch” button on the Drum Control Panel on the device).
This opens the Browser, allowing you to browse for Kong Drum Patches and supported audio files to load into a
slot in the Kong Drum Designer device.
• By selecting “Import Audio File” from the File menu.
This opens the Browser, allowing you to browse for, preview and load files in the supported audio formats to an au-
dio track in the sequencer. See “Importing audio to the sequencer”.
• By selecting “Import MIDI File” from the File menu.
This opens the Browser, allowing you to browse for MIDI files to import to instrument tracks in the sequencer. See
“Importing Standard MIDI Files”.
• By selecting “Create Instrument...” or “Create Effect...” from the Create menu.
This allows you to browse for and load patches for any device. See “Create Instrument/Create Effect”.