Maybe 12.1 will be the start of Reason rejuvenation as you want it...I suspect if they had not done something radical to attract new users with 12 they would have gone the way of Cakewalk. Once they have the user base they can build...they have investors to keep happy.antic604 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 11:52 am
If I like something and the direction I see it develops in aligns with my interests & needs then I'm willing to give the dev the benefit of the doubt and extrapolate into the future...
Perhaps had I started with Reason 6 or 8 maybe I'd see it coming, but I came in at 10.x which - in hindsight - looks like a brief period of Reason rejuvenation.
'Extrapolate into the future'...risky! I remember waiting for Alchemy 2 with my dozens of purchased sound banks on my PC....
Personally, I invest predominantly in hardware which is rarely updated and you buy it 'for what it is', you can buy so much cool hardware with the money you save if you if you get of the virtual train with it's constant 'feed me' update marketing plans (all of them!!)
(I just bought a Novation Summit and have been having the most fun sequencing it with my little Eurorack Hermod with a 1 inch screen! All DAWS and Virtual instruments feel like cheating to me, but at least Reason looks like hardware )