Operation Manual

SOUNDS AND PATCHES
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What can a browse list contain?
• When you confirm a patch or sample selection by clicking “OK” in the Browser, the resulting browse list will in-
clude the files contained in all currently open folders in the Browser.
If you open the Browser again for the same device, the same file and folder structure is shown.
• If you save the current song and reopen it, the items in the browse list will be shown as a “flat” list, and the
“Root Folder” field will show “Document Browse List”.
In these situations, the Browser will show the “Parent” column, listing the names of the source folders. The “Root
Folder” drop-down list will also contain the item “Go to parent folder” for a selected file.
• A browse list could also be a Search result, or a Favorites List.
Favorites Lists provide a way of controlling/filtering which patches or samples will be available on a browse list for
a device - see “Using Favorites - a practical example”!
! Note that if you opened a patch after having used cross-browsing (see “Cross-browsing patch files”) or used
the Search function (see “Using the “Search” function”), the active browse list could contain patches of differ-
ent formats, and stepping through patches from the device panel could change the device type.
Handling Missing Sounds
Sampler patches, drum machine patches, Dr. Octo Rex patches and SoundFonts contain references to samples -
files on your hard disk. The same is true for songs that contain samples (in sampler or drum machine devices) or REX
files. If any of these files have been moved, renamed or removed when you try to open the patch or song, Reason will
alert you that files are missing by showing the “Missing Sounds” alert. The “Missing Sounds” alert will also appear if
patches in the song are part of a ReFill which has been moved, removed or is not installed on your computer:
The “Missing Sounds” alert
The main display in the dialog lists all missing files. The four columns show the following properties:
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Column
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Description
Device Shows the name of the device in which the missing sound is used, along with a device type icon.
Sound Shows the name of the missing file, along with a file type icon.
Part of ReFill/SoundFont If the missing file is part of a ReFill, or a SoundFont within a ReFill, this column shows the name of
the ReFill/SoundFont If there is an URL (Internet address) associated with a ReFill, you can down-
load the necessary ReFill(s) from this dialog, as described below.
Status When the dialog appears, all files will have the status “Missing”. Files that are found by the auto-
search function or manually replaced will be indicated with “OK”.