We should all start posting all the Ableton forums requesting support for Rack Extensions It seems as if many see VST as the superior format, thus don't grow tired of requesting support for it. :) Framing this as "VST versus RE" has always been the wrong place to start. VST/AU will always be better...

People like this UI?

Maybe if you have one of those glowing waterfall paintings on your wall. It's over-shaded, over-textured and just ends up looking tacky next to the much more restrained look of the core Reason devices.

Tell you what, if Reason 7 stopped working I'd happily go back to Reason 1, 2, 3, 4… on an older computer and I'd not be unhappy at all. I loved it in 2001, so why wouldn't I love it today? Just last weekend, I had the idea to try making something with only Reason 3-era devices. So I pulled up the ...

I don't want to see full VST integration but I'm sure Props could easily develop a VST wrapper that remained outside Reason but connected directly to the EMI. That wouldn't compromise Reason's stability and I think should suffice for most users. With modern, multi-threaded application architectures...

I've been working on a Medium piece that I want to shop around (maybe to get picked up by a bigger digital music blog) that deals with some of this. The draft is here and I'd appreciate any thoughtful comments you might have. https://medium.com/@presteign/fd6040397e4c I think you did a good job out...

I'd love to see a Thor SDK. The one thing I see preventing it, though, is that I understand the instrument to be a pretty tightly-coded device that could lose a lot of its famous efficiency if it had to integrate with third-party code. I've no doubt each of its oscs and filters is extensively optimi...

I've been working on a Medium piece that I want to shop around (maybe to get picked up by a bigger digital music blog) that deals with some of this. The draft is here and I'd appreciate any thoughtful comments you might have.

I don't care too much about VST integration though I think being able to use Reason as a Rewire host would make everyone happy. Not sure if I understand host/slave, but if you are talking about reason being able to use another host/fx inside reason, then yes....but probably the reason why they have...

2010: Audio tracks will only get in the way and should never be added to Reason. 2012: Rack plugins will only get in the way and should never be added to Reason. 2013: MIDI out will only get in the way and should never be added to Reason. 2016: VST/AU will only get in the way and should never be ad...

Since we're on the topic of guessing... My prediction is that the Focusrite Group and Propellerheads will continue their integration perhaps making Reason a part of the Focusrite family. This would put three brands under the Focusrite Group: Focusrite, Novation, and Propellerheads. This would add a...

2010: Audio tracks will only get in the way and should never be added to Reason. 2012: Rack plugins will only get in the way and should never be added to Reason. 2013: MIDI out will only get in the way and should never be added to Reason. 2016: VST/AU will only get in the way and should never be add...

I'd really prefer to be able to render out audio in one pass Still not getting you here. Surely if you have your VST running in real time so that it's audio is routed to a new mixer channel in Reason then any rendering should be one pass as normal, no need to save and import from other apps. Maybe ...

It's back up, with a new home page banner announcing that Reason is being renamed "Alihoopa Create."

Just kidding, it's still the Reason 8 sale.

I'm taking it as read that there'll never be a VST allowed, but a Rewire master function or something that would allow me to control standalone Arturia synths easier. I know you can do a loopback, but I just end up committing the part to audio to save the faffing around. This is related to the thin...

I'm taking it as read that there'll never be a VST allowed, but a Rewire master function or something that would allow me to control standalone Arturia synths easier. I know you can do a loopback, but I just end up committing the part to audio to save the faffing around. This is related to the thin...

I have a hunch that maybe there is something big planned for Reason 9. Sure, since the introduction of Rack Extensions, some theorize that the era of bundled instruments in Reason is over... But there's a difference. Propellerhead's REs have all been much more specialized devices than Reason's tradi...

I realized the other day I can't really think of much that would get me to upgrade from 7. But I do have two things:

1) A crazy new synth that combines some of the techniques of Propellerhead's recent Rack Extensions

2) Something that has three letters and causes flamewars among Reason forum posters

Here's the thing, it's impossible for REASON to stay the way it is! And depending on when you bought Reason it hasn't stayed the same. I'm not sure if people who bought Reason at version 1, would rather it stayed that way. ... Criticism of Reason conforming to othere DAWs is interesting to me. What...