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In this tutorial you will learn how to load and play existing instruments.

▪You will be guided through using the REAKTOR Browser to open REAKTOR Ensem­ bles.

▪We will take a look at Snapshots.

▪Finally, we will have a look at saving your work.

This tutorial assumes that you installed REAKTOR and the freely available REAKTOR Fac­ tory Selection, a collection of KOMPLETE Instruments. Also, it assumes that you use RE­ AKTOR as a plug-in within your favorite sequencing host.

If you own the full license of REAKTOR, you don’t need to install the REAKTOR Factory Se­ lection package: Carbon 2, the instrument used as an example, is available within REAKTOR’s factory content within the New Additions > Synthesizers section.

3.1A Few Important Buttons

Before you start, it is important to familiarize yourself with four very important buttons found in the Main Bar and the Sidepane.

▪The Sidepane button in the Main Bar is used to open and close the Sidepane. The Sidepane is where the Browser, Snapshot, Panelsets, and Properties tabs are located.

Fig. 3.1 The Sidepane button

▪ Click the Browser tab to open the Browser, used for finding files in REAKTOR.

Fig. 3.2 The Browser tab

▪Click the Snapshot button to open the Snapshot tab, used for loading, saving, and morphing presets.

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A Few Important Buttons

Fig. 3.3 The Snapshot button

▪From here on we will always use the Menu button to access global menu entries. How­ ever, all these menu entries can also be accessed from the application menu.

Fig. 3.4 The Menu button

Fig. 3.5 The application File menu (Windows® version shown)

It is possible to access all views in REAKTOR from the global menu entries under the View menu. For the sake of brevity, this will only be mentioned in this part of the Getting Started manual.

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