Operation Manual

SOUNDS AND PATCHES
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D Select the “Favorite List” folder to view the currently added files in the Browser list.
What is selectable/shown in the Browser list depends as usual on the current Browser mode. If you select a Fa-
vorite List folder that contains samples, these will only be shown if the Sample Browser is selected.
• When a “Favorites List” folder is selected in the Browser, an additional “Parent column” is shown (just like
Search results), listing the name of the containing folder for each file in the list.
• Files in a “Favorites List” folder cannot be sorted by clicking the column headers. However, they can be reor-
dered by using drag and drop.
D To remove files from a “Favorite List” folder, select the folder and then select the files in the Browser list and
press [Delete], or select “Remove” from the context menu.
This removes the shortcut only - the original file isn’t affected.
D To remove a “Favorite List” folder, select it and press [Backspace] or [Delete] - or select “Remove” from the
context menu.
Using Favorites - a practical example
Here follows a practical example of how you can use Favorites for patch files:
You are preparing for a live gig as a keyboard player. You know the songs, and you have chosen suitable patches (in
various device formats) for each song.
You want to use Reason, but you want to be able to switch to the correct patch for each song using your MIDI key-
board, and not have to worry about fiddling with the computer during your performance.
Here is how this can be done by using Favorites:
1. Create a new Reason song.
2. Create an instrument device, for example a Combinator.
It doesn’t matter which instrument device you choose at this point.
3. Open the Patch Browser from the Combinator device.
4. Click the “Create New Favorites Lists” button.
A new folder appears in the list. Double-click it and type in an appropriate name.
5. Select to show “All Instruments” on the Show drop-down list.
Now you can start locating the patches you need by navigating in the Browser.
6. When you have located a patch that you need for the gig, drag it from the Browser into the Favorites List folder.
If this was a patch in a different format than the instrument you created, a device of this type will replace the orig-
inal device (see “Cross-browsing patch files”).
7. Continue to add new patches in the same way until you have all the patches you need.