Specifications

COMMON OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS
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Tool Tips
If you position the pointer over a parameter on a device panel and wait a mo-
ment, a tool tip will appear. This displays the name of the parameter and its cur-
rent value. This helps you fine-tune settings, set several parameters to the same
value, etc.
✪ You can turn off these tool tips by deactivating the option Show Pa-
rameter Value Tool Tip on the Preferences-General page.
Context menus
Context menus are “tailored” to contain the relevant menu items only, allowing
you to work quicker and more efficiently with Reason.
D To bring up a context menu, click with the right mouse button (Win-
dows) or press [Ctrl] and click (Mac).
If you are using a Macintosh with a two button mouse, you may want to set
this up so that clicking the right mouse button generates a [Ctrl]-click. This
way, you can right-click to bring up context menus.
The Dr. REX context menu.
The contents of the context menu depends on where you click. Basically, the fol-
lowing different context menu types are available:
Device Context Menus
If you click somewhere on a device in the rack (but not on a control), the context
menu will contain the following items:
• Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete Device items, allowing you to rearrange and
manage the devices in the rack.
•A Go To submenu, listing all devices connected to the current device. Se-
lecting a device from the Go To submenu scrolls the rack to bring that de-
vice into view.
•A duplicate of the Create menu, allowing you to create new devices.
• If the device is pattern-based, there will be various pattern functions (Cut/
Copy/Paste, Clear, Shift, Randomize, etc). These affect the currently se-
lected pattern in the device.
• If the device uses Patches, there will be functions for managing Patches.
• Depending on the device there may also be various device-specific func-
tions available. For example, the drum machine device has functions for ma-
nipulating the pattern for the selected drum sound only, etc.
Parameter Context Menus
If you click on an automatable control (a synth parameter knob, a fader, etc), the
context menu will contain the following items:
• Functions for clearing and editing the recorded automation data for the con-
trol.
• Functions for associating computer keyboard commands and/or MIDI mes-
sages to the parameter (allowing you to remote control parameters from a
MIDI device or the computer keyboard).
“Empty Rack” Context Menus
If you click in an empty section of the rack, the context menu will contain the fol-
lowing items:
•A Paste Device item, allowing you to paste any copied or cut devices into
the rack.
•A duplicate of the Create menu, allowing you to create new devices.
Sequencer Context Menus
If you click in the sequencer, the context menu will contain items related to edit-
ing Tracks, Groups and Events. The available items will differ depending on in
which area or lane you click (Track list, Key Edit lane, etc.), and depending on
whether you click on an event or not. For example, the sequencer context menus
contain functions for inserting or removing bars, adding tracks, and grouping,
changing or deleting events. See the Operation Manual pdf for details.