Specifications

SONG FILE HANDLING
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Saving a Song
To save a song, proceed as follows:
1. Set up the self-contained settings as desired (see the previous
page).
2. Pull down the File menu and select Save (or press [Command] /
[Ctrl]-[S]).
If this is the first time you save the song, a regular file dialog will appear.
3. Specify a name and location for the song and click Save.
Once you have saved a song, selecting Save will simply save it under the same
name and in the same location, without showing a dialog. If you want to save a
song under another name or in another location, select Save As... from the File
menu to open the save dialog.
Publishing a Song
If you want to make your songs available to the public, e.g. for downloading on
the Internet, there is a special file format for this. A Reason published song (Win-
dows file extension “.rps”) is much like a self-contained song, but has the follow-
ing restrictions:
• The user cannot save any changes to the song.
• Copy, Cut and Paste is disabled.
• It is not possible to use the function Export Song/Loop as Audio File if the
the song has been changed in any way.
In a word, published songs are “locked”. They are meant for playback only - no
elements can be added, removed or extracted. Furthermore, a published song
contains information about which ReFills are required (if any).
To create a published song, pull down the File menu and select Publish Song.
Specify a name and location for the published song in the file dialog that ap-
pears, and click Save.
D Note that you don’t have to make self-contained settings - all files
(except ReFill components) are automatically included.
About the Reason Song Archive
On the Propellerhead web site (www.propellerheads.se) you will find the Rea-
son Song Archive. This allows you to share your music with other Reason users
by uploading your songs.
Opening a Song
1. Pull down the File menu and select Open.
The Reason song browser window appears.
2. Use the browser to navigate to the desired folder on disk or within a
ReFill.
See page 88.
3. When you have located the song file, select it and click Open (or
double click on the file).
The song appears in its own document window.
✪ You can have several songs open at the same time if you like. This
allows you to copy and paste patterns and patches between songs.
However, all open songs consume some memory and performance,
so you may want to close songs you don’t need.
If the “Missing Sounds” dialog appears
If the song includes samples or REX files, and these have been moved or re-
named 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 with missing sounds. For details, see
page 95.
Closing a Song
To close the current song, select Close from the File menu or click the close box
of the song document window. If you have unsaved changes, you are asked
whether you want to save the song.