Operation Manual

SOUNDS AND PATCHES
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Copying and pasting patches between devices
A quick way to copy device parameter settings between devices of the same type is to use the “Copy Patch” and
“Paste Patch” functions. The result is exactly the same as if you had saved a patch from one device and opened it on
another device of the same type - this is just a quicker method.
! Copying and Pasting settings is possible with all device types that can use patches.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select a patch, and/or make the desired settings on the source device.
Make sure the device remains selected.
2. Select “Copy Patch” from the Edit menu or from the device context menu.
3. Select the destination device of the same type (in the same song or another song).
4. Select “Paste Patch” from the Edit menu or from the device context menu.
The settings of the source device (including Redrum and NN19/NN-XT sample references and Dr. Octo Rex REX
loop references) are applied to the destination device.
! Note that this operation simply copies the settings from one device to another. Adjusting the settings on one
of the devices will not affect the other; neither will the settings affect any patch file on disk.
Initializing patches
Sometimes it is useful to start with a “clean slate” when creating a synth sound, a drum kit or a sampler patch. This is
achieved by selecting “Initialize Patch” from the Edit menu or from the device context menu. This sets all parameters
to “default” values. Initializing NN19, NN-XT, Dr. Octo Rex or Redrum devices will also remove all sample/REX file
references, allowing you to start from scratch.
About ReFills
A ReFill is a kind of component package for Reason which can contain sounds and effects patches, samples, REX
files, SoundFonts and demo songs. If you like, you can compare ReFills to ROM cards for a hardware synthesizer. On
your computer, ReFills appear as large files with the extension “.rfl”.
All sounds included with Reason are embedded in a ReFill named “Reason Sound Bank” which was copied to the
Reason Program folder during installation.
Additional Propellerhead ReFills are available for purchase. You can also download ReFills from other Reason users
on the Internet, purchase them from other sample manufacturers, etc.
• Samples (Wave and AIFF files) are compressed to about half their original file size when stored in ReFills,
without loss of quality.
In Reason, you can use the browser to list and access the embedded sounds and other components within the Re-
Fills, just as if the ReFills were folders on your hard disk.
Furthermore, if a song makes use of components from ReFills, Reason will tell you which ReFills are required.