Specifications

THE BROWSER
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Opening files
When you have navigated to the desired folder (on your hard disk or within a Re-
Fill) and located the desired file, you open it by double clicking it in the file dis-
play or by selecting it and clicking the OK button.
As described earlier, patches and samples are loaded directly upon selection,
so clicking OK doesn’t actually “open” the file, it simply confirms the selection,
and closes the Browser dialog.
About browse lists
When you click OK to open a file from the Browser, the file and folder list shown
at that time is memorized for that device. This is called a “browse list”.
For patches (and to a certain extent samples) this list provides a specific func-
tionality:
D The browse list is what applies when changing patches using the
Next/Previous Patch buttons on the front panel of a device (or from
patch selectors on a control surface).
It is also the active browse list that is shown on the patch list opened by
clicking in the patch name field for a device.
D For samples, the browse list applies when changing samples using
the Next/Previous Sample buttons on the front panel of a sampler
device.
What can a browse list contain?
D When you confirm a patch or sample selection by clicking OK in the
Browser, the resulting browse list will include the files contained in
all currently open folders in the Browser.
If you open the Browser again for the same device, the same file and folder
structure is shown.
D If you save the current song and reopen it, the items in the browse
will be shown as a “flat” list, and the “Where” pop-up field will
show “Document Browse List”.
In such cases, the Browser will show the “Parent” column, listing the names
of the containing folders. The Where pop-up will also contain the item “Go
to parent folder” for a selected file.
D A browse list could also be a Search result, or a Favorite list.
Favorite Lists provide a way of controlling/filtering which patches or samples
will be available on a browse list for a device - see below!
! Note that if you opened a patch after having used cross-browsing
(see page 90) or used the Search function (see page 92), the active
browse list could contain patches in different formats, and stepping
through patches from the device panel could change the device
type.
Using Favorites
Favorites provide a way to group and order files that may be physically located
anywhere on your local drives. Any file that can be loaded in Reason (songs,
patches, samples etc.) can be added to a Favorites folder. Only shortcuts to files
are added - the original files aren’t moved.
This is particularly useful for handling patches. By adding the patches you need
for a given situation to a Favorite list, you can determine exactly which patches
will be selectable for a device, and in what order. You can then sequentially step
through these using patch select buttons on your MIDI keyboard or control sur-
face device. See page 94 for a practical example of this.
D To add a New Favorite List, click the “New Favorite List” button.
An empty folder is created, named “New Favorite List”. The Browser list re-
mains unchanged. If you double-click the folder you can type in a new name
for the list.
D To add a file to the Favorite List, select it in the Browser and drag it
to the Favorite List folder.
You can also select multiple files using standard selection techniques -
[Shift] and/or [Ctrl] (Win)/[Command] (Mac) - and drag these into the folder
in the same way.