Specifications

MENU AND DIALOG REFERENCE
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Preferences – General
Mouse Knob Range
This lets you adjust the response sensitivity of the various knobs in Reason when
manipulating them with the mouse. A higher sensitivity gives a higher degree of
precision. You can choose between Normal, Precise and Very Precise.
Show Song/ReFill Splashes
This option allows you to decide whether the Browser should display the Splash
Pictures or not when Browsing for a song or a ReFill. Furthermore, if this option
is deactivated, song splashes will not be shown when you open songs.
Cable Animation
Cables in Reason are animated in a lifelike fashion when flipping the Rack and
making connections. Should you so wish, you can choose to disable the cable
movement animation by deactivating this checkbox.
Show Parameter Value Tool Tip
Normally, if you hold the mouse pointer over a parameter on a device panel for a
moment, a Tool Tip appears displaying the name and the current value of the pa-
rameter. If you uncheck this option, Tool Tips will not be displayed.
Show Automation Indication
If a parameter is automated in the sequencer, this is, by default, indicated by a
colored square around the parameter on the device panel. If you uncheck this
option, automation will not be indicated.
Default Song
Every time you start Reason, and every time you select “New” from the File
menu, a default song opens. The “standard” default song contains a few select
devices.
This section lets you decide exactly what you want the default song to look like,
by using the radio buttons to the left:
• Empty Rack - This is an empty rack. Well, almost empty, since it contains the
Reason hardware interface.
• Built In - This is a built-in Reason Song, containing a few devices. Note that
it is not possible to open this song by regular means - via the browser - since
it is not an “independent”.rns-file, and thus does not reside anywhere in the
Reason folder.
• Custom - This allows you to select a custom default song. Any Reason song
can be used, so if you often create songs using the same or similar device
setups, you can use a previously created song as the default song. This way,
all new songs you create will have the same device setup.
To customize the contents of new songs, proceed as follows:
1. Select New from the File menu to create a new song document win-
dow.
2. Add/remove devices and make settings as desired.
Typically, you may want the default song to contain your choice of devices
and possibly some patterns. You could also make some special routing be-
tween devices, or even add some sequencer data.
3. Save the song anywhere you like (preferably in the Reason program
folder though) and under any name.
4. Pull down the Edit menu and open the Preferences dialog.
5. Go to the General page, and under “Default Song” click the radio
button marked “Custom”.
6. Click the browser button to the right in the dialog, navigate to the
song you saved earlier and click “Open”.
The name of the song appears in the textbox in the dialog.