Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Common Operations and Concepts
- Audio basics
- Sounds, Devices and Patches
- Routing Audio and CV
- The Sequencer
- The ReGroove Mixer
- Remote - Playing and controlling Reason devices
- Advanced MIDI - the External Control Bus inputs
- Using Reason as a ReWire Slave
- Synchronization
- Song File Handling
- Optimizing Performance
- Transport Panel
- Reason Hardware Interface
- The Combinator
- The Mixer
- The Line Mixer 6:2
- Redrum
- Subtractor Synthesizer
- Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
- Malström Synthesizer
- NN-19 Sampler
- NN-XT Sampler
- Introduction
- Panel Overview
- Loading Complete Patches and REX Files
- Using the Main Panel
- Overview of the Remote Editor panel
- About Samples and Zones
- Selections and Edit Focus
- Adjusting Parameters
- Managing Zones and Samples
- Working with Grouping
- Working with Key Ranges
- Setting Root Notes and Tuning
- Using Automap
- Layered, Crossfaded and Velocity Switched Sounds
- Using Alternate
- Sample Parameters
- Group Parameters
- Synth parameters
- Connections
- Dr. Rex Loop Player
- Matrix Pattern Sequencer
- RPG-8 Arpeggiator
- ReBirth Input Machine
- BV512 Vocoder
- The Effect Devices
- Common Device Features
- The MClass effects
- The MClass Equalizer
- The MClass Stereo Imager
- The MClass Compressor
- The MClass Maximizer
- Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
- RV7000 Advanced Reverb
- RV-7 Digital Reverb
- DDL-1 Digital Delay Line
- D-11 Foldback Distortion
- ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter
- CF-101 Chorus/Flanger
- PH-90 Phaser
- UN-16 Unison
- COMP-01 Auto Make-up Gain Compressor
- PEQ-2 Two Band Parametric EQ
- Spider Audio Merger & Splitter
- Spider CV Merger & Splitter
- Menu and Dialog Reference
- Index
SOUNDS, DEVICES AND PATCHES
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Opening the browser
You can use any of the following commands to open the Browser dialog (what file
types you can browse for depends on which method you used to open the Browser
dialog):
D By selecting “Open” from the File menu.
This opens the Song Browser where you can select to open a saved Song.
D By selecting “Browse Patches” on the Edit menu with a patch device se-
lected (or by clicking the “Browse Patches” button on a device panel).
This opens the Patch Browser allowing you to browse patches for the selected
device. You can also use “cross-browsing” (see page 38) to select patches for
other device types.
D By selecting “Browse Samples” on the Edit menu with a sample device
selected (or by clicking the “Browse Samples” button on a device panel).
This opens the Sample Browser, where you can browse for samples in the sup-
ported audio formats.
D By selecting “Browse ReCycle/REX Files” on the Edit menu with a Dr.
Rex Loop Player selected (or by clicking the “Browse Loops” button on a
device panel).
This opens the REX File Browser, allowing you to browse for REX loops.
D By selecting “Import MIDI File” from the File menu.
This opens the MIDI File Browser, allowing you to browse for MIDI files.
D By selecting “Create Instrument...” or “Create Effect...” from the Create
menu.
This allows you to browse patches for any device. When you select a patch in the
browser (without clicking “OK” in the browser dialog), the corresponding device is
automatically created in the background, together with a corresponding se-
quencer track if an instrument patch is selected. See page 39.
Browser elements
The Patch Browser dialog.
Regardless of what browser mode is chosen (song/patch/sample etc.), the Browser
dialog basically contains the same main elements, although items may be grayed out
if not applicable. The dialog contains the following elements:
File and folder list
This is the main browser list, showing the contents in a selected root folder - see page
36.