Window menu (Windows version)

Stay on top

When this is activated, the Reason window will always stay on top of other program’s windows.

View Main Mixer

Selecting this, or pressing [F5], will maximize the Main Mixer area and bring it into view.

View Racks

Selecting this, or pressing [F6], will maximize the Rack area and bring it into view.

View Sequencer

Selecting this, or pressing [F7], will maximize the Sequencer area and bring it into view.

Detach/Attach Main Mixer

Selecting this, or pressing [Ctrl]+[F5], will detach the Main Mixer from the Song document window, and open it in a separate window. When the Main Mixer is detached, the menu item text changes from Detach to Attach. Selecting this will then reattach the Main Mixer to the Song document window again.

Detach/Attach Rack Window

Selecting this, or pressing [Ctrl]+[F6], will detach the Rack from the Song document window, and open it in a separate window. When the Rack is detached, the menu item text changes from Detach to Attach. Selecting this will then reattach the Rack to the Song document window.

View All

Selecting this, or pressing [Ctrl]+[F7], will reattach any separate windows to the Song document window and show all areas equally sized.

Rack Extensions

Selecting this starts up the Authorizer application, which displays the currently installed Rack Extension devices on your computer. Here you can also delete Rack Extension devices from your computer.

Show/Hide Browser

Selecting this, or pressing [F3], will show or hide the Browser area.

Show/Hide Transport

Selecting this will show or hide the Transport Panel.

Show/Hide ReGroove Mixer

Selecting this will show or hide the ReGroove Mixer.

Show/Hide Tool Window

Selecting this, or pressing [F8], will show or hide the floating Tool window. This window contains the Sequencer Tools tab (for editing sequencer data) and the Groove Settings tab (for fine-tuning and saving ReGroove patches).

Show/Hide On-screen Piano Keys

Selecting this, or pressing [F4], will show or hide the floating On-screen Piano Keys window. See “On-screen Piano Keys” for information on how to use the On-screen Piano Keys window.

Show Spectrum EQ Window

Selecting this, or pressing [F2], will show or hide the Spectrum EQ Window. See “The Spectrum EQ Window” for more information.

Show/Hide Recording Meter

Selecting this, or pressing [Ctrl]+[F3], will show or hide the floating Recording Meter Window. See “The Recording Meter Window” for more information.

Show Missing Sounds window

Selecting this brings up the Missing Sounds window. See “Handling Missing Sounds” for more information.

Open Song Windows list

This lists all open song document windows. Selecting one makes it the active window. If songs have detached areas in separate windows, these will be included as separate items in the Open Documents list. The currently active window is indicated with a tick to the left of the window name:

In the picture above, the “AllAnalog.reason (Mixer)” window is the currently active window, and consequently the
“AllAnalog.reason” song is the currently active song. The Mixer and Rack areas of this song are currently detached in separate windows. The asterisks (*) to the right of some of the windows show that the song currently contains unsaved edits.