Specifications

USING PATTERN DEVICES
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Let’s say you have a 16 step pattern with resolution set to 1/16. The length of
each pattern step is then one sixteenth note, and the whole pattern plays back
over a whole 4/4 bar (16 sixteenth notes = one whole bar).
Now, if you change the resolution to 1/32, each step will be a 1/32 note - half its
original length. There are still sixteen steps. This means that the whole pattern
plays back over half a bar (16 * 1/32 = 1/2). In other words, the pattern plays
back at double speed.
Pattern Shuffle
Shuffle is a rhythmic feature, that gives the music a more or less pronounced
swing feel. It works by delaying all sixteenth notes that fall in between the eighth
notes.
In Reason, you can activate or deactivate shuffle individually for each pattern in a
pattern device. However, the amount of shuffle is set globally with the Pattern
Shuffle control on the transport panel.
The Shuffle on/off switch in the Redrum (left) and the Pattern Shuffle control on the transport
panel (right).
Clearing a Pattern
To clear (empty) a pattern, select it and use the Clear Pattern command on the
Edit menu or device context menu.
! Note that clearing a pattern doesn’t affect the pattern length, reso-
lution or shuffle settings!
Using Cut, Copy and Paste
By using the Cut, Copy and Paste Pattern commands on the Edit menu or de-
vice context menu, you can move or duplicate patterns between devices of the
same type. The following rules apply:
D Copy Pattern makes a copy of the currently selected pattern and
places the copy on the clipboard.
D Cut Pattern moves the currently selected pattern to the clipboard.
This is the same as first performing Copy Pattern and then Clear Pattern.
D Paste Pattern copies the pattern on the clipboard to the selected
pattern location in the selected device.
This overwrites the selected pattern with the one on the clipboard.
Transferring patterns between Reason songs
If you want to copy patterns between different Reason songs, you use copy and
paste:
1. Open both songs.
2. Select the pattern you want to copy.
3. Select Copy Pattern from the Edit menu or the device context menu.
You can also hold [Command] (Mac) or [Ctrl] (Windows) and press [C] to
copy.
4. Make the other song active.
This is done by clicking in the song window or by selecting the song from
the Windows menu.
5. Select the bank and pattern location to which you want to copy the
pattern.
Note that any pattern already stored in that location will be overwritten!
6. Select Paste Pattern from the Edit menu or the device context
menu.
You can also hold [Command] (Mac) or [Ctrl] (Windows) and press [V] to
copy.
✪ If you want to use the same patterns in several songs, you could ei-
ther create a “Pattern Supply” Reason song and copy patterns from
this, or program the patterns into your Default Song (see page 105).
Straight sixteenth note pattern
Sixteenth note pattern with shuffle.