User Manual

SONG FILE HANDLING
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About this chapter
This chapter describes how to open, create and save songs in various ways. It also describes how to save a song as
a Template, open Reason songs (if you have Reason installed and authorized on your computer) and how to import
and export songs as Standard MIDI files.
Opening Songs
Opening a Record or Reason Song
! To be able to open a Record Song (or a Reason Song if you have Reason installed and authorized on your
computer), you need to run Record in Authorized mode. If you’re using Record in Demo Mode (unauthorized),
the “Open” item on the File menu is removed and replaced by “Open Demo Song”. This allows you to open
only the factory made Record Demo Songs (see “Opening a Record Demo Song”). See “Running Record with
the Ignition Key” and “Running Record with Internet Verification” for details on how to authorize Record.
! If you run Record without Reason installed, it’s not possible to open Reason Songs (.rns, .rps or .rsb)
To open a Record (or Reason) Song:
1. Hold down [Ctrl](Win) or [Cmd](Mac) and press [O], or select “Open” from the File menu.
The Record Song Browser window appears.
2. Use the browser to navigate to the desired folder on disk or within a ReFill.
See “Using the Browser” in the “Sounds and Patches” chapter.
3. When you have located the Record (.record), or Reason Song file (.rns, .rps or .rsb) if Reason is installed on
your computer, select it and click “Open” (or double click on the file).
The song opens in a new document window.
q You can have several Songs open at the same time if you like. This allows you to copy and paste patterns, clips
and patches between songs. However, all open songs consume some memory and processing power, so you
might want to close songs you don’t need for the moment.
q It’s possible to have Record open the last song you worked on as soon as you launch the program. See “Open-
ing the last Song at program launch” for more information.
If the “Missing Sounds” dialog appears (Record+Reason)
If the song includes samples or REX files, and these have been moved or renamed since the song was saved, the
program will inform you that it cannot find all files. You can then choose to either manually locate the missing files, to
have the program search for them or to proceed without the missing sounds. For details, see “Handling Missing
Sounds (Record+Reason)” in the “Sounds and Patches” chapter.
About opening Record Songs that contain Reason devices
If you have Reason installed and authorized on your computer, opening a Record Song which contains reason de-
vices will work just as expected - the Song will open up with all Record and Reason devices and all sequencer tracks.
However, if the Record Song was saved in a Record+Reason configuration - with Reason devices - and then opened
in Record without Reason installed, all Reason devices and tracks will be removed from the song.
If the original Song contained Combinator devices that had Reason devices in them, the Reason devices will be re-
moved from the Combinators.