Reason 7

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[VirtualMark]

WTF is up with software developers lately?

Reason 7 adds midi in/out, a feature that's been available in other DAWs for years. And a new mixer, plus some analog emulation crap.

Cubase 7 added a new mixer and chord tracks. Chord tracks could come in handy.

Ableton 9 added a compressor, some m4l plugins that'd been available for ages, audio to midi and session view automation. They didn't fix PDC.

Komplete 9 added an updated Battery and a Moog emulation that runs on Reaktor.


Is it just me, or has this year been shit for software? No major developments, just companies bolting more stuff onto their products. No mention of workflow improvements, stability improvements, performance improvements etc. But they just add a few extra Gb of loops/samples and a couple of plugins and everyones happy.

[wub]

...and still FL studio reigns supreme

[claudedefaren]

Yeah, still no external vst support, lol

[nitz]

FML i'm still on reason 5... Its nothing special but finally an EQ that has an frequency spectrum... i would very much want that!

[RmoniK]

You guys realize this pretty much adds vst support right? I'm not sure how it would work for windows, but in mac, route the MIDI from reason to another DAW using the IAC Bus. Route the audio from the other DAW to reason using soundflower. Done. You don't have to mix down in the other daw or bounce down stems for reason anymore. I'm sure as hell gonna buy it.

[ehbes]

Or you could use the rack extensions that came with 6.5

[wub]

You guys realize this pretty much adds vst support right? I'm not sure how it would work for windows, but in mac, route the MIDI from reason to another DAW using the IAC Bus. Route the audio from the other DAW to reason using soundflower.

Would that not require a second DAW though, as opposed to standalone VST support?

[RmoniK]

You guys realize this pretty much adds vst support right? I'm not sure how it would work for windows, but in mac, route the MIDI from reason to another DAW using the IAC Bus. Route the audio from the other DAW to reason using soundflower.

Would that not require a second DAW though, as opposed to standalone VST support?

Yeah, but you actually be using any of that daws functionality. Might as well go with reaper or ardour if you want to keep it cheap The thing about reason is i just absolutely love the sequencer to death.

[wub]

Fair enough, never used Reason myself for the exact reason that it doesn't support VSTs by itself, but can understand the appeal

[claudedefaren]

You guys realize this pretty much adds vst support right? I'm not sure how it would work for windows, but in mac, route the MIDI from reason to another DAW using the IAC Bus. Route the audio from the other DAW to reason using soundflower. Done. You don't have to mix down in the other daw or bounce down stems for reason anymore. I'm sure as hell gonna buy it.

Didn't realize that! That's cool, but requires that a person has another DAW in the first place, which is still stupid.

Despite that, after watching the video, Reason 7 does look pretty awesome. Still not gonna buy it. Also, did nobody ever crack Reason 6? If so, props to Propellerheads for figuring out how to crack-proof their products!

[AxeD]

Think I'll wait for 7 to upgrade from 5 now.

This is going to be heaven for anyone who is not all about stacking questionable plugins on their
master bus to make the womps more wompier. Sequencer, stability and routing possibilities make this daw top notch
(now that it finally will be an actual daw )

[futures_untold]

I'm pretty excited. Will wait for the demo before deciding to buy it.

[Ledger]

I began on FL Studio around last spring, moved to Reason 5, which I absolutely fell in love with, which led me to buying 6.5. I still prefer Reason 5 for it's simplicity, but complex abilities. I now use Cubase, and there is now a dedicated spectrum analyzer for Reason, as a rack extention, but it's analog.

[JTreeZY]

"reason has a rack for that" haha

[Ongelegen]

Pretty exited, finally midi out, better late than never. Mixer improvements look good too. Singed up for the beta

[press]

6 had me interested, 7 now looks pretty worth going back, havent used reason regularly since 4.

[Genevieve]

Or you could use the rack extensions that came with 6.5

Word.

I'm no Reason fan and I'll never switch to using it, but I think they've done a good job with the Rack Extensions and now the recent upgrades. Even if VST has become 'the standard', Propellerheads make some fair points about the potential bugginess and I'm glad there's another company out there that does the whole plugin thing their way. If everyone stuck to VST no questions asked, we'd never get imrpovements. Maybe a few years down the line, the whole rack extension thing will beat out VST in stability and ease of use and other companies will take note and implement similar ideas into their DAWs.

And for a company that stuck so religiously to its basic idea for years to eventually give in and give their fanbase what they'd always wanted, their way anyway, earns some respect too.

[RmoniK]

That's all good and well, but the main problem is how much they charge for pretty much everything. The serious rack extensions average above a 100 bucks, whereas major companies like Native Instruments bundle their plugins in a 500 buck pack, with plugins that have proven to be quality. Reason is charging people for this upgrade, claiming it's groundbreaking stuff, whereas really, it's just making up for the arrears it has had since the beginning. Also, Reason is the only DAW available that cannot be torrented because of their strict dongle encoding system, so i think they can afford to lower the price on it a little. It's a bit ridiculous.

[ehbes]

are you seriously complaining about it not being able to be cracked