Operation Manual

SONG FILE HANDLING
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About this chapter
This chapter describes how to open, create and save songs in various ways. It also describes how to import and ex-
port songs as Standard MIDI files.
Opening Songs
Opening a Song
To open a Reason Song:
1. Hold down [Ctrl](Win) or [Cmd](Mac) and press [O], or select “Open” from the File menu.
The Reason Song Browser window appears.
2. Use the browser to navigate to the desired folder on disk or within a ReFill.
See “Using the Browser” in the “Sounds and Patches” chapter.
3. When you have located the Reason Song file (.rns, .rps or .rsb), select it and click “Open” (or double click on
the file).
The song opens in a new document window.
q You can have several Songs open at the same time if you like. This allows you to copy and paste patterns, clips
and patches between songs. However, all open songs consume some memory and processing power, so you
might want to close songs you don’t need for the moment.
q It’s possible to have Reason open the last song you worked on as soon as you launch the program. See “Open-
ing the last Song at program launch” for more information.
If the “Missing Sounds” dialog appears
If the song includes samples or REX files, and these have been moved or renamed since the song was saved, the
program will inform you that it cannot find all files. You can then choose to either manually locate the missing files, to
have the program search for them or to proceed without the missing sounds. For details, see “Handling Missing
Sounds” in the “Sounds and Patches” chapter.
Opening the last Song at program launch
It’s possible to instruct Reason to automatically open the last Song you worked on each time you launch Reason. You
select this on the “General” page in the “Preferences” dialog.
1. Select “Preferences” from the Edit menu (Win) or “Reason” menu (Mac) and then select “General” in the
“Page:” drop-down list.
2. Place a tick in the “Load Last Song On Startup”.
When you launch Reason the next time, the last saved Song will automatically open in a document window.