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by Nielsen
23 Dec 2022
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason 12.5.0 Released (VST3)
Replies: 207
Views: 61203

Re: Reason 12.5.0 Released (VST3)

StephenHutchinson wrote:
22 Dec 2022
Sweetness indeed! I take it you used the default patch on the Juno-106?
I used the House Stab preset on the Juno but perhaps turn up the decay and sustain on the envelopes to make it less plucky. Set range to taste (8 or 16).
by Nielsen
22 Dec 2022
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason 12.5.0 Released (VST3)
Replies: 207
Views: 61203

Re: Reason 12.5.0 Released (VST3)

The patch name says it all. :shock: https://user-uploads-thumbs.shutterstock.com/aws-cloudfront-user-asset-uploads-prod-us-east-1/uploads/cb0a6078-84b2-41de-b8b1-c6d4a6ec6732/p/378e40639775c73e636323fa9a71d9d8ee19c74a/1671736430642/Obesity/png/1671736437/1500x1500/fit/4ea853dd168f00e8fcadf09c1cfc959...
by Nielsen
19 Dec 2022
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason 12.5.0 Released (VST3)
Replies: 207
Views: 61203

Re: Reason 12.5.0 Released (VST3)

Finally! No more using RRP in Logic when I also want to use a certain third-party instrument. I briefly fired up Roland’s JD-800 VST3 in Reason and it appears to works like a charm. Cannot wait to make some music without the technical limitations.
by Nielsen
19 May 2022
Forum: Reason General
Topic: This is a great update to the Reasonstudios site!
Replies: 3
Views: 892

Re: This is a great update to the Reasonstudios site!

As it used to be. I called it at the beginning of last year.

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by Nielsen
18 May 2022
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Your 3 favorite Reason Studios synths?
Replies: 25
Views: 3102

Re: Your 3 favorite Reason Studios synths?

I definitely wasn't going to vote for the discontinued PX7, but shouldn't it be a poll option?

Anyway, Thor, Europa and Parsec for me.
by Nielsen
18 May 2022
Forum: Reason General
Topic: May Madness sales 2022
Replies: 210
Views: 29020

Re: May Madness sales 2022

Jumping on the Reason 12 upgrade offer would be a lot easier if there was a time frame on VST3 support etc. R12 hasn't evolved much since it was first released aside from some obligatory bug fixing. Besides, the upgrade cost on sale is pretty much the same as the old default price before it was incr...
by Nielsen
13 May 2022
Forum: Reason General
Topic: What do you suck at in Reason?
Replies: 62
Views: 4831

Re: What do you suck at in Reason?

Surgical EQing with a narrow Q. All my attempts doing it always end up sounding dull, but I keep hearing so many good things about it. Also, I really don't know how to identity and fix any possible phase issues.
by Nielsen
01 Sep 2021
Forum: Reason General
Topic: When will you upgrade to Reason 12?
Replies: 55
Views: 6395

Re: When will you upgrade to Reason 12?

In theory once VST3 is available. For a while it’s the one thing I’ve wanted the most from Reason. Though, in practice the decision to upgrade depends on a few conditions, such as Propellerheads having sorted out the worst of launch issues in version 12. The final version of Reason 11 is delightfull...
by Nielsen
01 Sep 2021
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason 12 has arrived
Replies: 654
Views: 440566

Re: Reason 12 has arrived

There’s really nothing for me in Reason 12. High resolution is great but I wouldn’t pay for it alone. I understand that the upgraded Combinator is a big deal, but I have never really learned to fully appreciate it. All my creative energy is focused on the music, so all these customized control surfa...
by Nielsen
28 Jan 2021
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason updates (11.3.7 / 11.3.8) and Reason+
Replies: 2422
Views: 814115

Re: Reason updates (11.3.7 / 11.3.8) and Reason+

Because there's a tug of war going on and it's between whether the company wants to satisfy new customers or satisfy old customers. It's hard to do both. The traditional existing customers are probably seen as baggage that's actually preventing the company from being as dynamic as its financial inv...
by Nielsen
28 Jan 2021
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason updates (11.3.7 / 11.3.8) and Reason+
Replies: 2422
Views: 814115

Re: Reason updates (11.3.7 / 11.3.8) and Reason+

So much doom in the YouTube comments regarding yesterday's livestream. Everyone appears to have concluded that Reason will become subscription only, even though they've specifically stated that the next full upgrade will be offered as a standalone purchase. It's also the only thing that makes sense ...
by Nielsen
27 Jan 2021
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason updates (11.3.7 / 11.3.8) and Reason+
Replies: 2422
Views: 814115

Re: Reason updates (11.3.7 / 11.3.8) and Reason+

Not sure why everyone keeps saying that the shop is buried. Yes it's not at the top of the page but it's not hard to scroll to the bottom and click on shop. Looks and works just like it always has, still shows what 3rd party RE's I have subscribed to. I wouldn't be surprised if the shop link return...
by Nielsen
27 Jan 2021
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason updates (11.3.7 / 11.3.8) and Reason+
Replies: 2422
Views: 814115

Re: It's up now on the website: and, yep, a subscription plan

Reason will still offer paid standalone upgrades for future major releases. Isn't that all that should matter to veteran users?

Which point am I missing in all the disappointed comments?
by Nielsen
24 Jan 2021
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason stuff you've wondered why then suddenly realised the answer.
Replies: 59
Views: 7114

Re: Reason stuff you've wondered why then suddenly realised the answer.

aeox wrote:
24 Jan 2021
I used to wonder what the Reason Sound was but then I figured it out
The stock device era before audio recording, rack extensions and VST? Good old sound of affordability. :lol:
by Nielsen
22 Jan 2021
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason stuff you've wondered why then suddenly realised the answer.
Replies: 59
Views: 7114

Re: Reason stuff you've wondered why then suddenly realised the answer.

I have to think hard because I've been using Reason for almost 20 years. I think most revelations happened more than 10 years ago, but I also remember being puzzled by varying degrees of red colour inside the midi notes. The little blue what? :shock: Click on any instrument in the rack and a blue fr...
by Nielsen
08 Jan 2021
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Learning Reason: is ignorance bliss?
Replies: 25
Views: 3511

Re: Learning Reason: is ignorance bliss?

Applying knowledge with a specific purpose in mind usually works better than just doing it because you can, and being capable of doing it whenever beneficial is better than ignorance, in my opinion. Some of my older tracks were decent, but suffered from my ignorance at the time.
by Nielsen
30 Aug 2020
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Good way to copy effects to send FX?
Replies: 5
Views: 565

Re: Good way to copy effects to send FX?

Save the individual patches you've dialled in on the various FX devices. Then delete the insert FX devices and create send FX on mixer console by right clicking anywhere in mixer window and select "Create Send FX" for each effect you need. Load the presets you just saved into the new send FX devices...
by Nielsen
22 Jun 2020
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: Adding gain on master channel
Replies: 26
Views: 7207

Re: Adding gain on master channel

Yes, as I mentioned you can all any amount of devices in the insert point AFTER the Stereo Imager (or with a Spider Splitter if using a different filter/EQ), as long as you don't use the Master Compressor or Master Fader (since you won't want anything to follow the final master limiter). Are you re...
by Nielsen
19 Jun 2020
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: Adding gain on master channel
Replies: 26
Views: 7207

Re: Adding gain on master channel

My approach is using the Master Compressor towards the end of a mix, which is how I learned way back in the 1980s on a real SSL - works the same in Reason IMO. Then when I'm ready to export, I simply turn on Ozone Elements which comes after the Master Outputs (so it's post compressor), exactly how ...
by Nielsen
18 Jun 2020
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: Adding gain on master channel
Replies: 26
Views: 7207

Re: Adding gain on master channel

I was asking more about how you wanted to use inserts - I understand your desire to filter the key input, again something I've been a fan of for many years now and I never use the SSL Master Compressor any other way. I want to use mastering FX inserts post bus compression in a typical mastering cha...
by Nielsen
18 Jun 2020
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: Adding gain on master channel
Replies: 26
Views: 7207

Re: Adding gain on master channel

There's a BETTER routing, one I use for my default startup song. The routing in that video uses the output of the compressor to feed the input, which not only induces a batch delay (64 samples) but also a feedback loop of sorts. Ok. Yes and no - what are you trying to accomplish? Basically I want t...
by Nielsen
17 Jun 2020
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Am I the only Reason 4 user on here?
Replies: 46
Views: 4934

Re: Am I the only Reason 4 user on here?

I used version 4 until version 10.
by Nielsen
17 Jun 2020
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: Adding gain on master channel
Replies: 26
Views: 7207

Re: Adding gain on master channel

Correct, and that's how Reason works. Try this simple test. Insert a device, any FX device, into the master insert (make sure nothing else is patched there), and turn on the Master Compressor so it's clearly working. Get a drum pattern or similar playing so that you see the gain reduction meter mov...
by Nielsen
17 Jun 2020
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: Adding gain on master channel
Replies: 26
Views: 7207

Re: Adding gain on master channel

Yes adding gain to the master channel is pertly fine as long as you don’t clip. I wouldn’t be too concerned about it being as loud as -3dBfs though unless you’re mixing analog. There’s isn’t much of a noise floor to fight against in digital. Great :thumbs_up: If you're not doing ANYTHING in the mas...
by Nielsen
16 Jun 2020
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: Adding gain on master channel
Replies: 26
Views: 7207

Re: Adding gain on master channel

It seems to me that you are not asking about Mastering so much as "is it ok to be running my Mix at -8db?" Yes, correct. Yes indeed. I assume you are working in Reason therefore everything is in the box. In Analog World, no you don't entirely wanna do that because you have signal to noise to worry ...