User Manual

MENU AND DIALOG REFERENCE
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• If the song document hasn’t yet been saved, the “Save As” dialog appears, requesting you to enter a file name
and specify a location for the file on disk (see “Save As...”).
• If the document has already been saved at least once, the document will simply be saved without any ques-
tions.
Save As...
This saves the active song document to disc. A standard Save As dialog appears requesting you to enter a file name
and specify a location for the file on disk. The “Save As” command will also automatically optimize the song file size
when applicable (see “Save and Optimize”).
q If you’re using Reason Version 5 with Record, you can set things up so that any samples used in the song are
included in the song file itself by specifying self-contained settings (see “About Self-Contained Songs (Re-
cord+Reason)”).
Save and Optimize
When you record audio in the sequencer, the recordings are stored in your song document. If you remove recordings
in your song, there might be “empty” areas left in the document, similar to a fragmented hard disk. To “defragment”
the song document, and thus reduce the file size, you can use the “Save and Optimize” command.
See “Saving and optimizing a Song” for more details.
Song Information...
This brings up a dialog that allows you to add contact information and comments etc. about your song.
See “Including Song Information” for information.
Song Self-contain Settings... (Record+Reason)
If you use Reason Version 5 together with Record and want to open your song on another computer, or send it to an-
other Record+Reason user, you would also have to bring all samples and REX files used by the Reason devices in
the Song. To make this easier, Record allows you to create “self-contained” songs. A self-contained song contains
not only the references to the used samples and REX files, but also the files themselves. By selecting the “Song Self-
Contain Settings”, you can choose what files to include in your song.
See “About Self-Contained Songs (Record+Reason)” for more information.
Import Audio File...
Selecting “Import Audio File...” brings up the Import Audio File dialog. In this dialog you can select WAV, AIFF or REX
files to import to audio tracks in Record.
See “Importing audio to the sequencer” for more information.
Import MIDI File...
Record can import standard MIDI files (SMF). This allows you to import MIDI data to Record from other applications.
Selecting “Import MIDI Files...” brings up the MIDI File Browser dialog from which you can select MIDI files to import
to instrument tracks in Record.
See “Importing Standard MIDI Files” for more information.