
SOUNDS, DEVICES AND PATCHES
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Hiding and Showing Cables
You can choose whether you want the patch cables to be visible or not, by activating
or deactivating the Show Cables item on the Options menu. When the cables are hid-
den, connectors in use are indicated by a colored dot:
Checking Connections
You can check to which device a jack is connected. This is especially useful if the
patch cables are hidden, but it is also practical if you have a lot of cables or if the two
devices are far from each other in the rack:
D Position the pointer over a connector and wait a moment.
A tool tip appears, showing the device and connector in the other end.
About patches
A Reason patch contains settings for a specific device. Patches can either be sepa-
rate files on your hard disk or files embedded in a ReFill - see page 32 for info about
ReFills.
Nine device types use patches:
D Subtractor, Thor and Malström synth patches contain all settings on the
device panel.
Selecting a patch brings up a new sound, just like when selecting programs or
patches on a hardware synthesizer.
D NN19 & NNXT sampler patches contain information about which samples
are used and their settings (key mapping, tuning, etc.), plus the parame-
ter settings on the device panel.
It is important to note that the sampler patch doesn’t contain the actual samples -
only information about which sample files are used.
D Redrum drum computer patches contain a complete “drum kit”, that is,
information about which drum samples are used, together with the pa-
rameter settings for each drum sound.
Again, the actual samples are not included in the patch, only file references. Also
note that Redrum patches are separated from Redrum patterns - selecting a new
patch will not affect the patterns in the device.
D Scream 4 and RV7000 effect patches contain all settings on the respec-
tive device panel.
Selecting a patch brings up a new sound, just like when selecting programs or
patches on a hardware effect device.
D The Combinator (Combi) patch format saves all settings and file refer-
ences for each device in the Combi, along with the Combinator’s own
settings; key/velocity zones, modulation routing etc.
Any audio or CV routing from/to devices that are part of the Combi is also saved.
! Note that patches for devices included in a Combi are not saved individ-
ually - e.g. if a Combi includes a Subtractor, and you have tweaked its
settings, these settings will be saved with the Combi, but will not be
saved as a separate Subtractor patch unless you do so from within the
Combi - see page 30.
! Apart from Combis, patches do not include information about any rout-
ing done on the back of the device.
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