Operation Manual

MENU AND DIALOG REFERENCE
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Sequencer events and groups
D When you Paste sequencer events and groups, they appear at the song
position, on their original track(s).
If you have deleted the original tracks, or if you Paste into another Reason song
document, new tracks will be created as needed.
Devices
D When you Paste devices, these are inserted into the rack below the cur-
rently selected device.
If no device is selected, the pasted devices will appear at the bottom of the rack.
D If you Copy and Paste several devices, the connections between these
are preserved.
D If you hold down [Shift] when you Paste a device, Reason will attempt to
automatically route its audio patching.
Patterns
D Paste Pattern copies the pattern on the clipboard to the selected pattern
location in the selected device.
This overwrites the selected pattern with the one on the clipboard.
Transferring patterns between Reason songs
If you want to copy patterns between different Reason songs, you use copy and
paste:
1. Open both songs.
2. Select the pattern you want to copy.
3. Select Copy Pattern from the Edit menu or the device context menu.
4. Make the other song active.
This is done by clicking in the song window or by selecting the song from the Win-
dows menu.
5. Select the bank and pattern location to which you want to copy the pattern.
Note that any pattern already stored in that location will be overwritten!
6. Select Paste Pattern from the Edit menu or the device context menu.
Clear/Delete Device/Clear Pattern
This menu item is used for deleting selected items. It is also used for clearing (empty-
ing) the select pattern on a pattern device.
Initialize Patch
Sometimes it is useful to start with a “clean slate” when creating a synth sound, a
drum kit or a sampler patch. This is done by selecting Initialize Patch from the device
context menu or Edit menu. This sets all parameters to “standard” values. Initializing
NN-19, NN-XT, Dr. Rex or Redrum devices will also remove all sample file references,
allowing you to start from scratch.
Select All
This selects all items of the same type as the one currently selected, that is, all se-
quencer notes, all devices in the rack, etc.
You can use this to quickly apply a command to all items you are working on, for ex-
ample deleting all devices in the rack (select Select All and then press [Delete]) or for
Quantizing all notes in the Edit View (select Select All and then click the Quantize but-
ton).
D Whether the Select All function applies to the track list, the Arrange/Edit
View or the rack depends on which area has focus in the program.
Focus is indicated by a thin frame around an area in the document window. To set
focus to the desired area, click somewhere in it.
Browse Device Patches...
This menu item allows you to select a new Patch for a device. The menu item reflects
which device is selected - in other words, you must select the device for the corre-
sponding Browse Patches item to appear on the Edit menu.
When you select the menu item, the Browser dialog appears, allowing you to locate
and select the patch, on the hard disk or within a ReFill.
When you select a patch, the device’s parameters will be set according to the values
stored in the patch, and the name of the patch will be shown in the patch name dis-
play. As with any change you make, this operation can be undone.
! Any parameter adjustments you make on the device panel after selecting
a patch will not affect the actual patch file (for this you need to save the
patch).
If referenced samples are missing
Patches for the Redrum, Combinator (if any sampler devices are part of the Combi),
NN-19 and NN-XT devices contain references to samples. Just like patches, samples
can be independent files on the hard disk or elements within a ReFill or a SoundFont.
However, if sample files have been moved or renamed after a patch was saved, the
sample file references in the patch will not be accurate.
If this is the case when you select a patch, the program will tell you so. You can then
choose to either manually locate the missing files, to have the program search for
them in all stored locations and ReFills or to proceed with missing sounds.