I started using Reason around version 7, after loving a few classes in uni where they were using Completely Legal copies of 5. :P It's been my longest running "main" DAW, and I've done a fair amount of work in it, both personal and professional. Lately, I've started teaching myself alternatives. Ren...

Quite pleased to see the end of Codemeter. It's pretty clunky, and getting Authorizer to show up via the browser reliably has been getting harder. This system seems more flexible and brings things on par with other software on the market, so I'm all for it. Hopefully makes things easier on the RS si...

Hi all! I recently invested in a Roland GAIA as my first hardware synth, and was chuffed to find it can also act as a MIDI controller when hooked up to my PC via USB. Out of interest, I decided to look into making a Remote mapping for it. It's based off of the mapping for the Cakewalk (Roland) A-PRO...

Yeah, when you're in your flow state, the last thing you want to be doing is manually configuring controls for basic parameters. The Combinator is probably the best solution at the moment, but even that's not ideal. @lowtom @Timmy - appreciate the workaround suggestions, thank you! I'd only really t...

Nope! It's nowhere to be seen. Just noticed someone elsewhere say it was missing from their account product list, too. I just checked myself, and lo-and-behold: 2021-01-15 19_55_28-Products _ Reason Studios - Brave.png If it's gone for good, that's a real shame. It was one of the first REs I ever bo...

I've recently been introduced to some great plugins from a dev by the name of airwindows. Now, while the sound out of them is phenomenal, the developer doesn't do any graphic work for them. They are very "to the point" plugs with no bells and whistles (which I'm quite into, tbh!). I've noticed that ...

Throwing another congrats out here, as well as more encouragement to give it a shot! Always nice to see another FM synth on the market, especially one with a thought-out UI and approachable workflow.

Incredible update! Snatching this right up - will be great to have an alternative/accompaniment to GQ-7. Wonderful to see you still active, too ;>

First thing I would do after getting a new game or anything was flip through the manual from front to back. I've kept that up for years, and I'm not about to stop now.

Mario Paint.

Music 2000. :V :V :V

Serious answer: probably Cubase or Renoise.

They've come quite a way since Dent/Indent, geez...

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Made not long after I bought Reason 7. Still probably one of the best and worst things I've ever done.

Interesting to read about the Nektar build quality concerns. I had been looking to upgrade to one for a while for the Reason integration, but that's enough to give me second thoughts. Keyboards definitely seem like one of those things you need to try before you buy. :P I was using a Roland A-500PRO ...

First person who comes to mind is chibi-tech , who works at Japanese game studio M2 as a day job. While not strictly 100% chiptune, you might like "she," especially this one album. Also check out Yerzmyey for some micro-computer goodness. Aside from them, you'll probably have a lot of luck just chec...

Really great to see this one still kickin' and getting an update. Thanks for the hard work. :>

I appreciate the offer but it's probably a blessing in disguise. Last thing I need is more synths. ;3

Looks like I just missed it - coupon invalid. Sleeping in ain't all it's cracked up to be. Thankfully there are refill alternatives to most of these!

Just remembered I shot a quick vid with the demo song playing, just for giggles:

Well, distributed by Tandy down here certainly, going by the label on the back. Can't find much info on it at all.




Not amazing, but it has some nice FM-ish and wavetable-y sounds.

Certainly an interesting topic. I recently sampled an old Tandy keyboard (PK-200) as I quite liked some of the sounds on it. For personal use I'd wager I'm good, but it seems like it'd get hairy if I wanted to, say, make a refill and distribute them for free or otherwise. Even though the company mar...

I see a lot of keyboard snobs dismiss the keypad as unnecessary, but yeah, I'd definitely miss it if I lost it. Using the numpad as an almost one-stop shop for transport controls is a stroke of genius, tbh.

Flat is the new skeumorphism

BAN THIS SICK FILTH

Jokes aside, Reason's aesthetic is fine. Updating it for higher resolutions, along with QoL improvements and sequencer polish would be my priorities.

I spend a lot of time in every screen, but regardless of whether I'm sequencing or mixing I'll always have to come back to the rack for some reason or another. So rack it is.

I'm fairly certain that valsound (Takeshi Abo), a veteran game and TV composer in Japan, is still a big Reason user. He's probably best known for the "Steins;gate" series right now. I'm not sure he's open to collabs, but it's always cool to know Reason gets that kind of workout.