Operation Manual

COMMON OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS
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Views, Panes and Dividers
On screen, Reason is divided into different areas or “panes”. The most obvious exam-
ple is the rack and the sequencer area, but you will also find that the right part of the
sequencer area can be divided into several horizontal lanes (for editing different as-
pects of your recordings).
Detaching the sequencer
You can detach the sequencer pane and turn it into a separate window. This allows
you to make the sequencer wider than the rack and use the width of the computer
screen more effectively.
Scrolling and Zooming
Reason offers a few different options for scrolling and zooming in the rack and the se-
quencer.
Scrolling with the scrollbars
Whenever there is information “outside the screen”, horizontal and/or vertical scroll-
bars will appear. For example, if there are more devices in the rack than can be shown
at one time, you will be able to scroll the rack up or down by using the vertical scroll-
bar to the right of the rack.
Scrolling with the Hand tool
In the sequencer, you can also use the Hand tool for scrolling the view. Just select the
Hand tool and click in a lane, keep the mouse button pressed and drag in the desired
direction.
Scrolling the Key edit lane with the Hand tool.
✪ By holding down [Shift] while you drag however, you can limit the scroll-
ing direction to horizontal or vertical only.
Zooming with the magnification sliders
Some areas also allow you to zoom in or out using magnification controls. Either click
the “+” or “–” magnification icon to zoom in or out respectively, or click and drag the
magnification slider.
D Where applicable, different panes can be scrolled and zoomed individu-
ally.
In the sequencer, there are separate view controls for the Key edit lane and the Controller lane.
Zooming with the Magnifying Glass tool
Another way of zooming in the sequencer is to use the Magnifying Glass tool. This
tool lets you zoom in and out both horizontally and vertically just like the magnification
sliders do. However, the Magnifying Glass tool offers a few more possibilities.
The following applies:
D By clicking once in a lane with the Magnifying Glass, you zoom in by the
same amount as when clicking the “+” icon on the magnification slider
twice.
D To zoom out with the Magnifying Glass, click while keeping [Option]
(Mac)/[Ctrl] (Windows) pressed.
You’ll notice that the “+” sign in the Magnifying Glass tool changes to a “-” sign.
D If the lane has a vertical magnification slider as well, clicking with the
Magnifying Glass will also zoom in/out vertically by the same amount as
when clicking the“+” and ”-” icons on the magnification slider once.
By holding down [Shift] when clicking, you disable vertical zooming.