Operation Manual

WORKING WITH THE RACK
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Selecting devices
Some operations, e.g. cutting, copying, moving and deleting devices (see “Cut, Copy and Paste devices” and “Deleting
devices”), require that you select one or several devices in the rack. This is done according to the following:
D To select a single device, click on it in the rack.
The selected device is displayed with a colored border (based on the color scheme selected for your operating
system).
D To select several devices, hold down [Shift] and click on the desired devices.
In other words, [Shift]-clicking a device selects it without de-selecting any other selected devices.
D To de-select all devices, click in the empty area at the bottom of, or next to, the rack.
D To de-select a device in a multiple selection, hold down [Shift] and click on it.
All other selected devices remain selected.
D You can also use the arrow keys on the computer keyboard to select the device directly above, below or next
to the currently selected one.
When you use this method, Reason will automatically scroll the rack so that the selected device is fully visible. This
is a quick way of “stepping through” the rack. Narrow devices (e.g. half-width devices such as some effects) are or-
dered left-to-right, i.e. pressing the down arrow key will step through the devices from left to right before moving
on the next device row.
D If you hold down [Shift] when using the up or down arrow keys, the currently selected device will remain se-
lected.
This allows you to select a range of devices.
D Adjusting a parameter in a device will automatically select the device.
In other words, you don’t have to select a device as a separate operation before editing its parameters.
About selecting all devices in a Device Group
To select all devices in a Device Group, do like this:
1. Select any device in the desired Device Group.
2. Select “Select All in Device Group” from the Edit menu or context menu.
All devices in the Device Group will be selected as indicated by the colored borders around the devices.
Deleting devices
To delete one or several devices, select them and use one of the following methods:
D Press [Backspace] or [Delete].
An alert appears asking you to confirm the deletion. Any cable connections to the device will also be deleted (or
re-routed).
! If you have selected a Source device and the “Auto-Group Devices and Tracks” on the Options menu is se-
lected, an alert appears asking if you want to delete the device or the whole Device Group, including sequencer
tracks. (See “About Device Groups”).
D To delete devices or Device Groups without alerts, hold down [Ctrl](Win) or [Cmd](Mac) and press [Backspace]
or [Delete].