The main display in this dialog lists all missing files. The four columns show the following properties:
The Replace and Auto Search functions (see below) are performed on the files that are selected in the list. This allows you to replace some files manually (necessary if the files have been renamed or are outside the database), have the program find other files automatically and skip the rest of the files.
To select a file, click on it in the list.
You can use [Shift] and [Ctrl] to select several files.
To select all files in the list, click the Select All button.
When the dialog first appears, all files in the list are selected.
If you click the Auto Search button, Reason will search for the selected files in all database folders. If the program finds a file with the matching name and file type, the new path is stored in the song/patch and the file is shown as "Replaced" in the Status column.
Since the file search looks at the file names, files that have been renamed will not be found!
This also means that if your database contains several files with the same name, the wrong sounds may be found.
Clicking the Replace button opens the browser dialog, allowing you to manually locate each missing file. This allows you to use files outside the database or files that have been renamed. The browser dialog will appear once for each selected file in the list.
If a missing sound is part of a ReFill (as indicated in the Part of ReFill Package column), and there is a valid URL (Internet address) for this ReFill, you can download the ReFill directly from this dialog (provided you have a working Internet connection):
1. Select the sound(s) that use the ReFill.
You should only select several sounds if they use the same ReFill.
2. Click the Download ReFill button.
This launches your Internet browser and takes you to the URL associated with the ReFill.
3. A dialog appears, asking you to download the ReFill and place it in one of the database folders. Do so.
Reason automatically scans the downloaded ReFill and locates the files.
At any point, you can click the OK button to close the dialog and open the song or patch. Note:
For the files you have found (status "Replaced"), the new paths will be stored in the song or patch.
However, you need to save the song or patch for the changes to become permanent!
If any file is still missing when you click OK, there will be sounds missing in the song/patch.
Sometimes, you may want to proceed with sounds missing, and then remove or replace the sounds from the device panels in the rack instead.
On the device panels, missing samples are indicated with an asterisk (*) before the file names.