rcbuse wrote:In Edit mode, razor tool is disabled in the clip lane when a clip is selected and being edited. If no clip is selected, the razor tool becomes available when in the clip lane.
So if you enter edit mode by double clicking on a clip, that clip is open for editing, select the razor too and click another clip or the empty clip area and then the razor appears.
Still, you do have to specify NOTE CLIP or AUDIO CLIP and the actual mouse move required to activate the RAZOR. This really is all about the lack of concise description in the Reason Operation Manual.
The manual says:
"Press [Alt](Win) or [Cmd](Mac to momentarily switch from the Razor Tool to the Pencil Tool - or to the Selection Tool when editing an open audio clip on the Edit Pane"
That is really not not very in depth!
It just looks like no one has yet explained this bloody RAZOR tool properly:-) Or I haven't read that part of the 1000+ page manual.
rbcuse, I tried to follow your explanation, but was finding myself back where I was before, thinking I understand how to use the RAZOR tool, but coming to the realization, that I still did not understand
. Essentially, my experience with Reason 8.2 is that:
-it is only possible to use the RAZOR tool on an open NOTE CLIP in EDIT MODE in the RULER*.
-RAZOR used on an open NOTE CLIP will close the open clip and split/cut when users Left Click with RAZOR active.
rbcuse, from your friendly explanation, I tried something I hadn't before, which makes a lot of sense. The mouse action we all use and take for granted in Reason for editing most things in in the SEQUENCER is Hold Down Left-Click+Drag; and that is how to activate the RAZOR tool in EDIT MODE:-)
To split specific NOTE CLIPS in NOTE LANES:
1) From SONG VIEW, dbl-clk an existing NOTE LANE CLIP to enter EDIT MODE or CNTRL/CMD+E;
2) Select RAZOR tool;
3) If the NOTE LANE EDIT PANE has a zoom level that has no area where there is no NOTE CLIP; then, navigate/zoom to where there is empty space in the NOTE LANE
4) Start a mouse move in the empty space and Left Click+Drag and then RAZOR tool is activated*
To split all NOTE CLIPS across the entire SEQUENCER:
Select RAZOR tool and Left Click in the RULER in any view
*If the user tries to use the RAZOR on an open NOTE CLIP, the RAZOR tool will close the open clip. This is clearly by design so users do not get the notion that there is a possibility to use the RAZOR to split/cut notes. As the Operation Manual states:
"The Razor Tool is used for splitting CLIPS..."
Anyway, thanks to all of you for engaging with me on this. I understand much, much better how to use the RAZOR tool for it and I hope it helps someone else at some point:-)