Specifications

THE BROWSER
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D By selecting the folder, the currently selectable contents of the Fa-
vorite list is shown in the Browser list.
What is selectable/shown depends as usual on the current Browser mode.
If you select a Favorite List folder that contains samples, these will only be
shown if the Sample Browser is selected.
D When a Favorites list folder is selected in the Browser, an addi-
tional “Parent column” is shown (just like Search results), listing
the name of the containing folder for each file in the list.
Files in a Favorites list have an order, and can not be sorted by clicking the
column headers. However, they can be reordered by using drag and drop.
D To remove a file from a Favorite list, open the list, select the file and
press [Backspace].
This removes the shortcut only - the original file isn’t affected.
D To remove a Favorite List, select it in the Favorites section and
press [Backspace].
Using Favorites - a practical example
Here follows a practical example of how you can use Favorites for patch files:
You are preparing for a live gig as a keyboard player. You know the songs, and
you have chosen suitable patches (in various device formats) for each song.
You want to use Reason, but you want to able to switch to the right patch for
each song using your MIDI keyboard, and not have to worry about fiddling with
the computer during your performance.
Here is how this can be done by using Favorites:
1. Set up a Reason song with a mixer device (and send effects if de-
sired).
2. Create an instrument device, for example a Combinator.
It doesn’t matter which instrument device you choose at this point. Just make
sure that MIDI input is set to this track in the sequencer.
3. Open the Patch Browser from the instrument device.
4. Click the “New Favorites List” button.
A new folder appears in the list. Double-click it and type in an appropriate
name.
5. Select to show “All Instruments” on the Show pop-up.
Now you can start locating the patches you need by navigating in the
Browser.
6. When you have located a patch that you need for the gig, drag it
from the Browser into the Favorites folder.
If this was a patch in a different format than the instrument you created, a de-
vice of this type will replace the original device.
7. Continue to add the patches in the same way until you have all the
patches you need.
8. When done, select the Favorites List folder.
The folder is opened in the Browser, listing all the patches you added.
9. Use drag and drop to order the patches according to the set list.
10. Select the first patch in the Favorites list and click OK.
The browser closes with the patch loaded.
D If you have a MIDI keyboard or control surface with programmable
buttons, you can assign a button to “Select next patch” on the de-
vice.
This is described in the Operation Manual pdf.
11. Save the Song.
12. At the gig, open the song, and the first patch will be loaded.
13. When the first song is finished, use the “next patch” button on the
device or on your MIDI keyboard and the next patch in the Favorites
list will be loaded!