Reason "VST" poll: For those who "left", how many of you will consider using Reason now?
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- KVRAF
- 4460 posts since 3 Oct, 2013 from Budapest
the first non logging version version (RC1) is out, and holy mother Jesus, there are no words for this (just to illustrate the CPU consumption went from 75% to 9.5% ... ) it will be huge
"Where we're workarounding, we don't NEED features." - powermat
- KVRAF
- 5175 posts since 29 Apr, 2006
A few people mentioned drag n drop midi from something like ez drummer to selected track is being worked on in the beta. Has this been updated yet?
- KVRAF
- 5175 posts since 29 Apr, 2006
xbitz wrote:Non-disclosure agreement ...
just wanted to share that it will be huuuge
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- KVRian
- 511 posts since 15 Dec, 2012 from Waunakee, Wiscompton
I'm ready to dump Cubase after 15 years, and possibly just go "DAW-free" (read: only using the DAW for multitrack recording purposes, no longer hosting VSTi's and no longer sequencing with a DAW). I'm looking at dropping some serious $$$ on Eurorack sequencers (Erica Drum Trigger/Sequencer and Winter Modular Eloquencer) in the next 12 months, as I wrote more music in the 90's using a pair of Roland MSQ-700's than I ever have with a DAW.
I've always loved Reason and the immediacy at which one can bang out some ideas. While I left at 6.5.3 for a while, I am eagerly anticipating the 9.5 upgrade for use with a few things for writing. I may still continue to use Cubase for mixdown & mastering.
I've always loved Reason and the immediacy at which one can bang out some ideas. While I left at 6.5.3 for a while, I am eagerly anticipating the 9.5 upgrade for use with a few things for writing. I may still continue to use Cubase for mixdown & mastering.
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- KVRer
- 1 posts since 21 Mar, 2017 from Bells, TN
Like some others here, I'm just so used to my current DAW (FL). I used Reason with FL back when I first started producing years ago, but haven't ever thought about doing that again or switching to Reason completely. Learning a new DAW for non-essential reasons is not worth it in my opinion.
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- KVRAF
- 4460 posts since 3 Oct, 2013 from Budapest
yepp, Reason can boost the general "Experience Index" of the effective but dull looking DAWs
Bitwig has incredible fast workflow/modulation capabilities but also has booring/uninspirative look compare with Reason, so worth to get the best from both of them (fun with the visually rich Reason/effective workflow with Bitwig), it needs only Bidule(as ReWire master VST with x32 mixer out)
I've tried both of them alone, but meh, working with Bitwig (FL Studio, Ableton Live, Cubase, S1 etc.) alone is boring but fast/effective and vice versa working with Reason is fun/inspirative but superslow so the truth is somewhere between them
worth to check Max Braiman streams, this is the preferable workflow what I'm talking about (putting the MIDI sources/fxs to the main DAW where can be worked fast, and the sound sources to Reason - luckily from Reveal Sound ReSpire a patch can be moved out from Reason to a VST Spire easily if it needs too much CPU - )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afFPq7U3J90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfOj11Ofcx4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-FfHVeu10c
Bitwig has incredible fast workflow/modulation capabilities but also has booring/uninspirative look compare with Reason, so worth to get the best from both of them (fun with the visually rich Reason/effective workflow with Bitwig), it needs only Bidule(as ReWire master VST with x32 mixer out)
I've tried both of them alone, but meh, working with Bitwig (FL Studio, Ableton Live, Cubase, S1 etc.) alone is boring but fast/effective and vice versa working with Reason is fun/inspirative but superslow so the truth is somewhere between them
worth to check Max Braiman streams, this is the preferable workflow what I'm talking about (putting the MIDI sources/fxs to the main DAW where can be worked fast, and the sound sources to Reason - luckily from Reveal Sound ReSpire a patch can be moved out from Reason to a VST Spire easily if it needs too much CPU - )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afFPq7U3J90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfOj11Ofcx4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-FfHVeu10c
"Where we're workarounding, we don't NEED features." - powermat
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- KVRist
- 90 posts since 5 Jan, 2008 from Atlanta
VSTs help a lot in Reason. The delay compensation fix is an even bigger improvement IMO. They have made a lot of small improvements over the years.
Audio in Reason is pretty good with Sampling, slicing, pitch edit, and a nice Comp editor.
Their Rack Extensions are pretty unique as well.
My biggest gripe is they are behind in many areas namely GUI related issues.
Their piano roll needs to be greatly improved. If they modernize their Sampler/Redrum GUIs, they will be a huge contender.
Ableton and Studio One are tough DAWS to compete with though. I'll probably stick with Ableton for creating and Studio One for mixing.
For getting ideas down fast, Reason has always been good for me. Its Drum programming can be a bit slow though compared with Ableton which has a very efficient piano Roll for programming fast rolls
Audio in Reason is pretty good with Sampling, slicing, pitch edit, and a nice Comp editor.
Their Rack Extensions are pretty unique as well.
My biggest gripe is they are behind in many areas namely GUI related issues.
Their piano roll needs to be greatly improved. If they modernize their Sampler/Redrum GUIs, they will be a huge contender.
Ableton and Studio One are tough DAWS to compete with though. I'll probably stick with Ableton for creating and Studio One for mixing.
For getting ideas down fast, Reason has always been good for me. Its Drum programming can be a bit slow though compared with Ableton which has a very efficient piano Roll for programming fast rolls
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- KVRAF
- 1811 posts since 25 Feb, 2005
Mac Studio
10.14.7.3
Cubase 13, Ableton Live 12
10.14.7.3
Cubase 13, Ableton Live 12
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- KVRist
- 226 posts since 22 Jul, 2011 from Stockholm, Sweden
Just a heads up, we're (among other things) working on improving performance in Reason and hope to have a free update available very soon.
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- KVRian
- 511 posts since 15 Dec, 2012 from Waunakee, Wiscompton
It took all of 10 minutes using the trial to convince me to upgrade to 9.5 and dump Cubase for writing/remixing purposes.
I may export stems to Cubase and do a final mixdown there, but I'm done trying to write in Cubase while using Rewire to gain access to what I need in Reason.
I may export stems to Cubase and do a final mixdown there, but I'm done trying to write in Cubase while using Rewire to gain access to what I need in Reason.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2288 posts since 21 Mar, 2012 from Nom..nom.. YOUR MOM
You're piling instances of Slate VBC Rack onto one instrument + track. Try creating 4 or more instruments + tracks, and start adding Slate VBC Rack in equal parts onto each instrument. I guarantee you'll get more instances (though not as many as you'll get in other DAW).
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