As a former owner, my advice is to steer clear of Balance. Based on how poorly supported it was, I would never buy another Propellerhead hardware product again.

It was very sexy, though.

From the example video, it looks like this rack extension is emulating the Ableton Push drum step sequencer. Check out any Ableton Push drum sequencer tutorial on YouTube to get a better idea of how this layout and logic works. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQofWz9uiLo Keep in mind th...

I'm very happy with 9.2. Every time that I load up R7 in order to work on old Line 6 projects, I realize how much better things are in R9.

If you're after a good portable MIDI keyboard, I highly recommend CME's Xkey line. Full size, velocity sensitive keys with per-key aftertouch and touch-responsive modwheel and pitch bend. Built like a tank, incredibly portable, and feels sooo close to a normal keyboard (full size keys) that for me, ...

I love my Push 2 and highly recommend it. Completely agree with retango. It's just important that you understand that some of the really cool features, like on-device sampling and sample editing are only available when you use it with Live. The best feature of Push for me is using the pads to "play"...

I use the Push 2 in Reason with ReTouch Control's PusheR2 software. It works reasonably well for me but compared to Push + Live, the integration is clunky and absolutely requires you to interact using keyboard and mouse. (Using Push with Live lets you build entire tracks without interacting with you...

As much as I love it, I'm done with blue screens on my rigs. I thought I'd offer it here first before posting it to eBay. One Balance, excellent condition, works as perfectly as the drivers allow it to. No box or documentation. For those of you who don't know what this is: Propellerhead briefly sold...

I can't speak for Atari, but the Amiga had dedicated chips for handling video and audio. The audio chip ("Paula") had four 8-bit PCM audio generators (2 left, 2 right) that had partially asynchronous access to dedicated RAM. So the Motorola 68000 wasn't doing all of the heavy lifting for either audi...

I think you'll only hear good things about the quality of Bitley's refills.

Great idea! It's not like there's any way of objectively selecting winners anyway. Love that you're reaching out to the community to help you focus your selection process.

Sounds like you're clicking the right things. If Authorizer hasn't ever worked on your computer, make sure that your browser doesn't have external links disabled. Clicking "Authorize" launches a phrem: link (as opposed to http: or https:) - this is handed off to the external Authorizer application b...

The mixer, rack, and sequencer are all separately resizable within the Reason application window. Or, you can split some or all into different windows to create side-by-side layouts.

Now I can't get patch browsing to work, and it's not creating new tracks or devices from Push. Going to dig in and see if I can get it all working. YMMV.

They had an update ready to go for Reason 9 on release day. Happy customer here. :) Can you tell me what did that update bring? I got Push 2 as a present the other day and I'd like to pair it with Reason. Can you browse devices, RE's and samples from Push? Yes to all of the above. :) Except maybe s...

No reply yet but the issue appears to be fixed for me.

This is a nice, simple, and functional device. The low-fi display is growing on me... brings back good memories of hacking chiptunes on a C64.

My primary rig has two 4K displays, 40" and 28". I use the big one for sequencing and the rack and the small one for sequencing. Everything works well and is usable, but the smaller display is right on the edge of making the graphics too small. My laptop has a 15" 4K display which is 100% unusable f...

I trialed R8 when it came out and was very grumpy about how the new workflow completely broke my multi-monitor setup (the browser was far away from where I needed it). I stayed with R7, experimented with Bitwig and Live, and sat on the sidelines while Props fixed everything that was "wrong" with R8 ...

This is sorely needed in the era of high DPI displays. When I use Reason on my laptop, I have to scale it using the horrible Windows display scaling, which makes the text fuzzy and the rest of the interface ugly.

At 4K on a 15" display, those knobs are about the size of a starving gnat.

I'd love to know how that works out for you. My ideal solution would be Push 2 controlling Maschine loaded as a rack extension in Reason.

I just checked the shop and I have the same issue, which is odd because I own two of the rigs!

I sent an email to Propellerhead support. It's probably an issue with the shop...

Hmm... "United States" is not an option on the support page. Funny, I feel like we still exist...

Don't buy those bullsh*t April fools RE's. Crapre taught me that lesson. How they could even charge for such a piece of shit is beyond me. It would actually be nice to be able to automate the destruction....... .. . How hard would that be? I'll even pay another $9 for that. Peff--you're a cool dude...

I love the chord and arp players. Spent hours playing around with them yesterday and came up with some results that sound great.

I'm still trying to understand how I'll use the note echo, though. Anyone care to share ideas or examples?

Glad it's working! I just wanted to call attention to the folks at ReTouch Control - they make software that integrates Maschine with Reason. I have a Push 2 and have been very impressed with how well it integrates with Reason using their PusheR2 software. You might want to check them out! http://re...

As soon as I have some spare copper tape I'll dig a little deeper and find out why .. 1) Balance needs to be power cycled before it appears in the device list. I HAVE FOUND A SOLUTION TO THIS, after a few years. It's a Windows problem. You have to turn off "Turn on fast startup (recommended)" optio...