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Settings

#The Reason Rack Plugin Settings dialog

Click Settings at the top right of the Reason Rack Plugin window to open the Settings dialog:

#Browsing

#Open with Browser shown

Check this item to always show the Browser unfolded when creating a Reason Rack Plugin instance in your DAW.

#New devices get browse focus

When this is active, Browse focus is automatically set to new devices as soon as they have been created. This means that you can immediately start to browse for, and load, compatible patches for the devices you just created. Browse focus is indicated by orange sidebars and an orange patch section on the devices. The top section of the Browser also gets an orange label with the device’s current patch name printed on it.

#Load default sound in new devices

When this is activated and you create a new device (of a device type that supports patches), a default patch will be loaded. This way you can be sure that a new device generates sound right away. The default sound will also determine the default location in the Factory Sound Bank when you browse for patches for the new device.

If you turn this off, new devices will be initialized - parameters are reset to their default values and no samples are loaded in sample-based devices.

Note that “Sound” also implies patches for effect devices such as the RV7000 and Scream 4.

#Do not index these folders

Here you can exclude folders that you have in the Locations and Favorites section of the Reason Browser from scanning and indexing. This is especially useful if you have cloud (e.g Dropbox) folders on your computer.

Click the Add button to add folders to be excluded from the indexing.

Select a folder you want to remove in the list and then click the Remove button.

#User Interface

#Show parameter value tool tip

Normally, if you hold the mouse pointer over a parameter on a device panel for a moment, a Tool Tip appears displaying the name and the current value of the parameter. If you uncheck this option, Tool Tips will not be displayed.

#Hide cables function

The selected alternative determines how cables on the back of the rack should be displayed when “Hide Cables” is selected on the top menu in the Reason Rack Plugin window:

Select “Hides auto-routed cables” to only display manually routed cables.

All devices with auto-routed cables will have “transparent” cables to make it easier to distinguish the manually routed cables.

Select “Shows cables for selected devices only” to only display the cables for selected devices.

All other (non-selected) devices will have “transparent” cables to make it easier to distinguish the cables of selected devices.

Select “Hide all cables” to hide all auto-routed and manually routed cables.

All cable connections on devices will be indicated with colored dots in the jacks, and no cables will be displayed.

See “Hiding cables” for more details.

#Mouse Knob Range

This lets you adjust the response sensitivity of the various knobs in Reason when manipulating them with the mouse. A higher sensitivity gives a higher degree of precision. You can choose between Normal, Precise and Very Precise.

#Theme

Here you can choose from a couple of different visual themes, i.e. how the user interface should be visually presented. The selected theme/color affects the Browser areas. See “About different Themes”.

Note that you have to restart Reason Rack Plugin for the new Theme to take effect.

#Reason Rack Plugin info

#Online Help

Clicking this button opens up the on-line Help system in your default web browser. The Reason Rack Plugin Help contains detailed information about all functions in Reason Rack Plugin. You can choose to browse for information, either from the Table of Contents (TOC), Index or Search tabs in the Help system.

#Download Manuals

Clicking this takes you to the support section on Reason Studios, where you can download manuals in pdf format.

#About

Clicking this opens up a dialog that informs you about the Reason Rack Plugin version and the people behind it.

#Rack Extensions and Content

In this section you can manage your Rack Extensions and your User Account.

#User Account

Clicking this button launches your default web browser and brings you to your products page on the Reason Studios web site. Here you can view your list of owned products, including Rack Extensions and download ReFills.

#Open Companion

Clicking this button opens the Reason+ Companion application, where you can install Rack Extensions, download Sound Packs etc.

#Open Companion on Startup

Check this box to automatically open the Reason Companion application when you launch Reason Rack Plugin.

#Go to Shop

Clicking this button starts up your default web browser and takes you to the Reason Studios Shop, where you can get more Rack Extension devices for your Reason Rack Plugin rack and also purchase additional ReFills.

#(Additional Content)

Here is information regarding the status of the additional (optional) content that you could download and install in Reason and Reason Rack Plugin. If any additional content is missing, this will be displayed here and you can open the stand-alone version of Reason and download it form the Manage Content item on the Window menu.

#Audio

#Render audio using host buffer size setting

The “Render audio using host buffer size setting” function should be selected (checked) for best plugin performance. When selected, the audio batches are rendered internally in Reason Rack Plugin according to the set buffer size of the host.

For example, if you are using a buffer size of 512 samples, each audio batch will be 512 samples also in Reason Rack Plug. Raising the buffer size will let Reason Rack Plugin process larger audio batches in one go, which is often more efficient.

If unchecked (off), all audio batches are rendered internally in Reason Rack Plugin at a fixed buffer size of 64 samples - regardless of the audio buffer size setting in your host DAW. This might be desirable if you are using feedback signal routings and CV connections in your songs, and want the internal latency of those connections to be fixed at a short value all the time. This might result in performance problems, though.

#Account and Authorization

Here you can see the current status of your Reason Rack Plugin authorization. For example, here is displayed if you are running Reason Rack Plugin with long-term authorization, and which Reason Studios account you are using.

Please refer to “About the Authorization system” in the Introduction chapter for more details regarding authorization.