Specifications

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Background
About ReFills
A ReFill is a kind of component package for Reason which can contain patches,
samples, REX files, Soundfonts and demo songs. If you like, you could compare
ReFills to ROM cards for a synthesizer. On your computer, ReFills appear as
large files with the extension “.rfl”.
All sounds included with Reason are embedded in two ReFills; “Reason Factory
Sound Bank” and “Orkester”, which were both copied to the Reason Program
folder during installation. Additional Propellerhead ReFills are available for pur-
chase. You can also download ReFills from other Reason users on the Internet,
purchase them from other sample manufacturers, etc.
✪ Samples (Wave and AIFF files) are compressed to about half their
original file size when stored in ReFills.
In Reason, you can use the Browser to list and access the embedded sounds
and other components within the ReFills. just as if the ReFills were folders on
your hard disk.
Furthermore, if a song makes use of components from ReFills, Reason will tell
you which ReFills are required.
Reason File Formats
The following table lists the file formats that you can browse and open using
Reason’s Browser:
Clicking on the ReFill in the Browser Locations list...
...opens it for navigation, just like a folder.
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File type
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Extension
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Description
Song .rsn This is the main document format in Reason. It
contains your music and the setup of the rack,
along with references to any used samples and
loops (or it can contain the actual samples and
loops, if you have made the song “self-con-
tained”).
Published
Song
.rps A published song is a self-contained song in-
tended for playback only. It cannot be changed,
its components cannot be extracted and it is not
possible to export it as an audio file.
Combinator
Patch
.cmb The Combinator (see page 72 for an introduction
to this special device) can store/recall combina-
tions of Reason devices. Combinator patches
(Combis) will save all panel settings (as well as
sample references if used) for all devices that are
part of the Combi. In addition, all routing (audio/
CV) between devices in the Combi are included
in the patch.
Subtractor
Patch
.zyp This is a patch for the Subtractor synth device,
containing all panel settings. You store your synth
sounds by saving Subtractor patches.
Malström
Patch
.xwv This is a patch for the Malström synth device, con-
taining all panel settings. You store your synth
sounds by saving Malström patches.
NN19 Sam-
pler Patch
.smp This is a patch for the NN19 Sampler device, con-
taining references to and settings for all used
samples, along with panel settings.
NN-XT Sam-
pler Patch
.sxt This is a patch for the NN-XT Sampler device,
containing references to and settings for all used
samples, along with panel settings.
Redrum
Patch
.drp This is a patch for the Redrum drum machine de-
vice. It contains information about which drum
samples are used, along with all drum sound set-
tings. In effect, a Redrum patch is a stored drum
kit.
RV7000
Patch
.rv7 This is a patch for the RV7000 reverb effect, con-
taining all panel settings.