Im assuming you’ve authorized your Ignition Key. Have you authorized your pc? When you buy an RE you have to do an initial online authorization of it but then you shouldn’t have to be online to use it. Sometimes Reason can get a bit cranky with newly purchased REs so you have to do a Sync All. Pres...

If I go to the Reason Studios store and outright buy one of their extensions, why is it I can only use it if I have to first login when I boot up Reason? If its on my system, and I have the ignition key, which I do, why is it necessary? I have too often run into the problem of not being able to logi...

I downloaded this last night. I read the manual and tried a few things. I didn't find it all that easy to use, frankly. One BIG problem is the UI is just too small. Even with my glasses on, I can't read or see clearly all that's on the screen. It would be nice to make larger or provide a way to do s...

Can anyone answer my question about the audio routing in the RRP? Thanks To answer your question, you don't/can't make the channels visible they are used to route directly to the host application. Think of it as two separate options the first 16 are output via the summing mixer and output via a sin...

Can anyone answer my question about the audio routing in the RRP? Thanks

The way the Reason Rack Plugin (=RRP) is meant to be used is basically: Just one sound/instrument (+the corresponding FX chain) per plugin instance. If you want to have multiple independent instruments that play their own midi notes you should use multiple instances of the RRP. So the workflow diff...

I primarily use Reason in rack mode on an instrument track in Pro Tools, my main DAW. Prior to Reason creating the rack mode I could instantiate Reason on an instrument track, it was easy to have 1 install of Reason with multiple instruments, point a MIDI track to a specific VI in the rack and, of c...

I have just begun to use Reason Rack with Pro Tools. Is it possible to use the drum loops and other content found in refills in Pro Tools? Since I can't use them in Reason Rack (no sequencer) , and cant import audio into Pro Tools from a refill, I'm having trouble figuring out how to access Reason ...

Like you my pc is old and I up until recently had exactly the same issues myself with reason sometimes hanging on that screen forever. Are you using online authorisation as I have not had an issue since I authorised my pc. I use the ignition key authorization. I don't see how that could be it, thou...

I haven't made the leap to 12 yet for various reasons. So, I'm still using R-11. Mainly I use Reason in rack mode inside my Pro Tools sessions. I've run into a quirky issue and wondered if anyone else had a similar one. I have some sessions when I have multiple instantiations of the Reason rack on i...

Thanks for sharing the plan for upcoming features. You asked for some feedback/suggestions, so I have 2. First, and most importantly, you stated that you know many of your users use Reason in another DAW. I'm in that group. What we most want is to be able to host VSTs in Reason in the Rack in our DA...

I'm glad 12 is out. However, I am STILL disappointed that you can't host VST's in Rack mode, only Reason standalone. Why Reason won't implement that is a mystery to me. I've seen posts from several Reason users who want that same feature. I can't think of a single reason they wouldn't do that. If th...

Wow, this one is going in the kit bag today! I've been waiting a long time for a MIDI variation generator like this one. Not since the 90's have I seen one like this. My template has always been the original Dr. T's KCS (Keyboard Controlled Sequencer), which, besides being a multi-track midi sequenc...

Well, one thing I know for sure is that Reason + won't bring VST hosting with the Rack used in another DAW....something many of us have been wanting since VST hosting in Reason first came out. For myself, until VST hosting can be used in any DAW, I don't see much benefit in switching to Reason +. I'...

I've mentioned these before, several times, including feature request directly to Reason Studios, but I'll repeat them. 1. Allow VST hosting in Rack mode. This alone would turn Reason into the most VI on the planet, since you could host any VI in the rack, like in the Combinator, with all the sound ...

Interesting comments on this so far. Clearly we all have our various ways of working. In the interest of full disclosure, I can't say I use one or the other any more than another. It all depends on the situation and what I'm trying to do. I have found Beatmap interesting to use to generate quick ide...

Just curious, but of the three drum RE's in Reason, which do you most like to use and why? Or, are there specific kinds of projects where you will choose one over the other? Why? I suppose I could include Dr. Octo Rex in this as well. So, I'm not asking which is "better", which is a non-starter in m...

Perhaps a recent Windows 10 update enhanced its power savings profile and now manages the FireWire driver to power it down when idle? Desktop OSes have been getting more focused on energy savings. Maybe try disabling power savings and see if that helps? If it is because there is no MIDI activity ov...

I've had an ongoing issue with MIDI on my system and I can't figure out what's going on. My studio PC is a Dell XPS 435T/9000 Win-10 Pro 24gig RAM IntelCore i7 CPU 920@2.67GHz. Its an older system I know, but it has served me well for a good while. My main MIDI controller is a Yamaha Motif XS8 conne...

Not sure why that would be the case. I can tell you that many Pro Tools users, especially the pros, love McDSP plugs.

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I am not using any other DAW so I can't test this, but can you open multiple reason racks with their own midi channel? You have to open a new rack on a new instrument track. Then you designate the MIDI output to that specific track. So, you could have, say, 8 tracks of Reason, each on Ch 1, but ONL...

The effects work fine as an insert in Pro Tools or on a bus. And midi in scales and chords actually works if you have notes recorded on the reason track and send the output to another instrument track. Cool. Sorry, I meant that Reason Rack Plugin AAX only shows up in the Instrument category. My bad...

As far as I know, the other major "racks" out there are all multi-timbral in that you can assign MIDI channel inputs to specific instruments. That's true for Kontakt, UVI, East-West, and others like that. Personally, I'd much prefer it that way.

I've run 10 or 11 instances or RRP as Windows VST in the same song and it was fine. One instance per track makes a lot of sense. Just think of each rack as a "super instrument". Is it different in the world of Pro Tools? I've done the same thing, and yes, it works. But having 1 rack with multiple i...