Specifications

THE BROWSER
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About hierarchic and flat lists
In certain circumstances the Browser will display a flat list without any folder hi-
erarchy. In such cases there will be an extra “Parent” column displaying the par-
ent folder location for all files. The “Where” pop-up will then contain a shortcut
to a selected file’s parent folder. Flat lists are shown in the following cases:
• When the Browser is showing a search result - see page 92.
• When the Browser is showing a Favorites folder list - see page 93.
• When the Browser is showing a browse list stored for a device in a saved
song - see page 93.
Using Locations
To help you to find your files quickly, you can add shortcuts to the folders used
to store your samples, patch files etc. to the list in the Locations section. By de-
fault, the Locations list contains five fixed locations; the computer Desktop, the
Documents folder, the Reason Program folder and the Factory/Orkester Sound
Banks.
D Selecting a Location in the list opens it as the root folder in the
Browser.
D To add a location, select a folder or ReFill in the main browser list
and drag it into the Locations list with the mouse button pressed.
Any new locations will be added below the list of fixed locations. Manually
added locations can be reordered by drag and drop.
D To remove a location, select it in the Locations list and press [Back-
space].
The default locations cannot be removed.
D Manually added locations are stored in the Preferences.
! If a stored location has been removed or is unavailable, a warning
triangle with an exclamation mark is shown before the location
name in the list.
Selecting and auditioning patches
In the Patch Browser, selecting a patch automatically loads it in the background
(i.e. with the Browser dialog still open). This allows you to preview patches be-
fore confirming a selection by clicking OK in the Browser.
• For instrument patches, make sure MIDI input is directed to the sequencer
track connected to the device you are browsing from. Play a few notes when
selecting a new patch to audition it.
• For effect patches you can activate loop playback before opening the Patch
Browser from the effect. Once the Browser dialog is open, you can browse
to a folder containing compatible patches and step through them to hear
how the patches affect the sound.
✪ You can also audition patches for any instrument or effect device -
not just the device you opened the browser from! See “Cross-
browsing patch files” on page 90.
Selecting and auditioning samples
For samples and REX loops you can use the Audition controls to preview the au-
dio.
This is done in the following way:
D Select the file in the file list and click the Preview - Play button to
the right.
The file is played back. During playback, the Play button in the Audition sec-
tion is relabeled to “Stop” - click this to stop playback.
D You can also activate the Autoplay checkbox and simply select the
file you want to audition.
The selected file is automatically played back. Again, click the Stop button to
stop playback.
About browsing large patches
As stated previously, when you are browsing patches (or samples), these are au-
tomatically loaded in the background when selected. Most of the time, this hap-
pens instantaneously. Bear in mind, however, that some files (especially big
Combinator patches, which can contain any number of devices and samples)
can take several seconds to load.
If you select a particularly large patch by mistake, you can abort the loading by
simply selecting another patch.