User Manual

SONG FILE HANDLING
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About opening Reason Version 5 (or earlier) Songs in Reason Version 9
If you run Reason in Authorized mode, it’s also possible to open older Reason (.rns, .rps and .rsb) songs. A Reason
Song created in Reason Version 5 or earlier will end up in a separate Song document, just like an ordinary Reason
Version 9 Song. All Rack device and sequencer track configuration will be preserved as well as all cable connections.
The only things that will be changed are these:
• The Main Mixer Master Section will be connected to Outputs 1 and 2 of the Reason Hardware Interface.
• The Rack device that was connected to outputs 1 and 2 on the Reason Hardware Interface in the old song will
now be connected to a new Mix Channel device, below the Master Section device in the Rack.
• If there were any more connections to the Reason Hardware Interface in the song, these will now be connected
to new mono Mix Channels.
• Below the Mix Channel devices in the Rack, the devices from the Reason song will appear in a single rack col-
umn, just like they did in the earlier version of Reason.
! If you open a Reason Published Song (.rps), you cannot save etc., and the “Export Audio” and “Bounce Mixer
Channels” functions will only work if you haven't manually changed anything in the Song document.
q If you want to re-route the instrument devices from the 14:2 Mixer in the old Reason Song to separate Mix
Channels in the Reason Version 8 Song, there is kind of a semi-workaround for this, see “About re-routing de-
vices in songs created in Reason Version 5 or earlier”.
Opening a Reason Demo Song
Reason Demo Songs are factory made songs that demonstrate how Reason can be used in various musical projects.
If you run Reason in “Demo Mode” (unauthorized), you will only be able to open Demo Songs - but not regular Songs.
If you run Reason in authorized mode, the Open Demo Song item is available in addition to the regular Open item.
D Select “Open Demo Song” from the File menu and select a Demo Song from the sub-menu.
You could also select “Download more Demo Songs” from the sub-menu. This will open your default web browser
and direct you to the Reason Demo Songs page on the Propellerhead web site. On this page you can download
additional Reason Demo Songs to your computer. You will then have to use the “Open Demo Song” command
from the File menu to open the downloaded Demo Songs.
q You can also download more Reason Demo Songs by selecting “Download more Demo Songs” from the Help
menu.
q You can have several Demo Songs open at the same time if you like. This allows you to drag and drop (and
copy and paste) patterns, clips and patches between songs. However, all open songs consume some memory
and processing power, so you might want to close songs you don’t need for the moment.
Opening the last Song at program launch
It’s possible to instruct Reason to automatically open the last Song you worked on each time you launch Reason. You
select this on the “General” tab in the “Preferences” dialog.
1. Select “Preferences” from the Edit menu (Win) or “Reason” menu (Mac) and then click the “General” tab.
2. Tick in the “Load last song on startup” checkbox.
When you launch Reason the next time, the last saved Song will automatically open in a document window.