Specifications

MANAGING THE RACK
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About this Chapter
As you have seen by now, the central part of Reason is the rack. This is where
you create and configure your devices, and make parameter settings. This chap-
ter describes all the procedures for managing the rack, that is, procedures and
techniques common to all devices. Device parameter specifics are described in
the Operation Manual pdf.
Navigating in the Rack
If the rack contains more than a few devices, the whole rack will probably not
“fit” on screen. To scroll the rack up or down, use one of the following methods:
D Use the scrollbar to the right of the rack to scroll continuously up or
down.
D If you’re using a mouse equipped with a scroll wheel, you can use it
to scroll up or down.
D Use the Page Up/Page Down buttons on the computer keyboard to
move the view one “full screen” up or down.
D Use the Home or End buttons on the computer keyboard to scroll
the top or bottom of the rack.
D Pull down a device context menu and select another device from
the Go To submenu.
The rack scrolls to the device you select.
✪ When you select a device or its sequencer track (see page 61), Rea-
son will automatically scroll the rack to make the device visible.
Note that you can enlarge the rack area by clicking its lower edge (the divider
between the rack and the sequencer area) and dragging downwards. This will
shrink the sequencer area and make more of the rack visible (alternatively, you
can detach the sequencer from the rack altogether. This is described on page
60). You can also make the rack fill the window by clicking the maximize button
above the scrollbar to the right.
The rack maximize button.
Creating Devices
To create a new device, select the desired item on the Create menu. This menu
is available both on the main menu bar and on the context menus (see page 38
for an introduction to context menus).
D The new device is added directly below the currently selected de-
vice in the rack.
If no device is selected, the new device is added at the bottom of the rack.
D When you add a new device, Reason attempts to route it in a logical
way.
For an introduction to the auto-routing features, see page 51.
D A new track will automatically be created in the sequencer, and
routed to the new device.
The track will have the same name as the device. MIDI input will also auto-
matically be set to the new track, allowing you to immediately play the cre-
ated device via MIDI (see page 54).
D By default, this only applies to instrument devices, not to mixers or
effect devices.
If you hold down [Option] (Mac) or [Alt] (Windows) when you create the de-
vice, the opposite is true, i.e. mixers and effect devices get new tracks but in-
strument devices don’t.
✪ You can also create devices by browsing patches - see page 72.
The Create menu on the main
menu bar and on a context
menu.