Reason Studios recruit Beta Testers!

[tiker01]

If you have the time and will to help Reason Studios to make Reason "bug free" this might be interesting for you!

You can sign up here: https://www.reasonstudios.com/beta-test/signup

Have a great weekend!

[MrFigg]

Hahahahaha. Yeah right!

[Nirude]

Sorry dont have time for beta-testing. I have bought Dune3 and that synth crashes sometimes and closes Reason.
I am currently waiting for my new workstation and I hope that will keep both Dune3 & Reason steady.

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[robotgard]

[loui]

Yes, please do sign up. It's a new Beta program which will commence at some point in a not too distant future.

If you are familiar with our previous public testings that we've had just prior to major releases, this is something similar but with some major differences.

1. It will not end, this is a continuous ongoing program were the aim is to update Reason on a regular basis.
2. These Beta versions are not as slow as many of you might be used to, but don't use them for your professional work unless you have backups.
3. Logs are automatically sent to us in case of asserts.

https://www.reasonstudios.com/beta-test/signup

Welcome!

Loui

[MrFigg]

Personally I’d rather spend my evenings and weekends with my kids than working free of charge beta testing Reason for RS.
I, along with many, have sent bug reports on Props products over and over without any results so...well, there you have it.
That’s how I feel about it but of course others may feel differently. They’re not doing us any favors though. That I’m sure of.

[Kilsane]

If my English would not be so bad, I would be tempted to participate

[Loque]

Sorry dont have time for beta-testing. I have bought Dune3 and that synth crashes sometimes and closes Reason.
I am currently waiting for my new workstation and I hope that will keep both Dune3 & Reason steady.
dr.JPG

What are you doing?
I reported a bug where Dune3 crashes when have automation for the filter, open the GUI and change the filter while it is playing. This bug is confirmed and will be fixed in the next update...whenever it will be out... maybe not so far in the future since Obsession is now released...

[DaveyG]

I've been a Beta Tester for them in the past. I stopped because they pretty much ignored the bugs I reported and shipped the software anyway.
Kinda pointless.

[Loque]

I've been a Beta Tester for them in the past. I stopped because they pretty much ignored the bugs I reported and shipped the software anyway.
Kinda pointless.

So, you created a ticket?

[moneykube]

I've been a Beta Tester for them in the past. I stopped because they pretty much ignored the bugs I reported and shipped the software anyway.
Kinda pointless.

So, you created a ticket?

[joeyluck]

Many of you are really great candidates for this. You use the software, you know the software, and you are pretty involved here. For me personally, I beta test for almost all the software I use, because I want it to be the best it can be and I want the bugs that I personally encounter to be fixed.

My guess is that the tickets some of you saw closed (and perhaps moved) was in prep for this program, which as mentioned is new and ongoing. This program shows a real focus on squashing bugs.

[Enlightenspeed]

Believe it or not there is a really useful trick you can do here which will help your songwriting and production.

Beta testing versions can obviously not be used as a full production tool - however where many people get lost is in trying to be overly conservative with "this synth sound" or "that piano line", and it grinds a creative process to a halt. When you use a testing version, however, you are forced to bounce MIDI and/or audio in order to preserve anything cool that you like, and you then pick it up later in Reason (stable version) and it's not as difficult to break the cycle than it would have been if it had been in a full song file.

This requires a "save early/save often" approach, of course, but it can help to segment things down properly, and also has the advantage that it does not necessarily generate a huge bank of version numbered .reason files which can start to weigh everything down.

It's not a utopia, but if used well it can be helpful to both yourself and the RS team.

[avasopht]

I used to do the beta tests, but I barely have enough time to do my own music.

Believe it or not there is a really useful trick you can do here which will help your songwriting and production.

Beta testing versions can obviously not be used as a full production tool - however where many people get lost is in trying to be overly conservative with "this synth sound" or "that piano line", and it grinds a creative process to a halt. When you use a testing version, however, you are forced to bounce MIDI and/or audio in order to preserve anything cool that you like, and you then pick it up later in Reason (stable version) and it's not as difficult to break the cycle than it would have been if it had been in a full song file.

This requires a "save early/save often" approach, of course, but it can help to segment things down properly, and also has the advantage that it does not necessarily generate a huge bank of version numbered .reason files which can start to weigh everything down.

It's not a utopia, but if used well it can be helpful to both yourself and the RS team.

100%.

[DaveyG]

I've been a Beta Tester for them in the past. I stopped because they pretty much ignored the bugs I reported and shipped the software anyway.
Kinda pointless.

So, you created a ticket?

No, I just gave up on them.

[Biolumin3sc3nt]

I'll give it a whirl

[NDKay]

[Billy+]

Yes, please do sign up. It's a new Beta program which will commence at some point in a not too distant future.

If you are familiar with our previous public testings that we've had just prior to major releases, this is something similar but with some major differences.

1. It will not end, this is a continuous ongoing program were the aim is to update Reason on a regular basis.
2. These Beta versions are not as slow as many of you might be used to, but don't use them for your professional work unless you have backups.
3. Logs are automatically sent to us in case of asserts.

https://www.reasonstudios.com/beta-test/signup

Welcome!

Loui

Finally a proper beta testing team, count me in. I do have a few questions though.

1). Can I run it on my production machine side by side with my current install.
2). Is there going to be a point of contact that we can communicate with, and who will respond.
3). Will we get a dedicated forum to discuss issues and see if collectively they are re creatable.
4). Are you limiting the number of testers.
5). What access do we get to rack extensions.

Also I'm having massive problems using the default browser in El Capitan, have you stop supporting this OS?

Either way I'm on board!

[Bes]

seems like signing up is harmless tho

[EnochLight]

Finally a proper beta testing team, count me in. I do have a few questions though.

1). Can I run it on my production machine side by side with my current install.
2). Is there going to be a point of contact that we can communicate with, and who will respond.
3). Will we get a dedicated forum to discuss issues and see if collectively they are re creatable.
4). Are you limiting the number of testers.
5). What access do we get to rack extensions.

Also I'm having massive problems using the default browser in El Capitan, have you stop supporting this OS?

Either way I'm on board!

I'm sure loui will correct me if I'm wrong, but here goes:

1. Yes.
2. Yes. As for who, does it matter?
3. Yes.
4. Yes.
5. All of your purchased RE's will work in the beta.

No clue about Mac OS, hopefully he'll chime in.

[zoidkirb]

1. It will not end, this is a continuous ongoing program were the aim is to update Reason on a regular basis.

This is exciting news and sounds like Reason be in for many improvements, something we should all be happy for.

[Billy+]

Finally a proper beta testing team, count me in. I do have a few questions though.

1). Can I run it on my production machine side by side with my current install.
2). Is there going to be a point of contact that we can communicate with, and who will respond.
3). Will we get a dedicated forum to discuss issues and see if collectively they are re creatable.
4). Are you limiting the number of testers.
5). What access do we get to rack extensions.

Also I'm having massive problems using the default browser in El Capitan, have you stop supporting this OS?

Either way I'm on board!

I'm sure loui will correct me if I'm wrong, but here goes:

1. Yes.
2. Yes. As for who, does it matter?
3. Yes.
4. Yes.
5. All of your purchased RE's will work in the beta.

No clue about Mac OS, hopefully he'll chime in.

Seriously?

The only response that I would question is answer (5) if testing is the primary goal then the test environment needs to have access to all/any "bug" prerequisites, as such it would make sense that the beta version has full access to unrestricted rack extensions or at least mandatory resets on trails every 30 days.

Are you part of the reasonstudio team/group enochlight?

[joeyluck]

I'm sure loui will correct me if I'm wrong, but here goes:

1. Yes.
2. Yes. As for who, does it matter?
3. Yes.
4. Yes.
5. All of your purchased RE's will work in the beta.

No clue about Mac OS, hopefully he'll chime in.

Seriously?

The only response that I would question is answer (5) if testing is the primary goal then the test environment needs to have access to all/any "bug" prerequisites, as such it would make sense that the beta version has full access to unrestricted rack extensions or at least mandatory resets on trails every 30 days.

Are you part of the reasonstudio team/group enochlight?

This is how beta testing has gone for the past 8 years that REs have been available in Reason. It's covered by having a good number of testers. Just like many testers are on macOS or Windows or both, macOS High Sierra or Catalina, a new computer vs. an older computer, using this hardware or that hardware, etc. So I'd wager the answer to number 5 is correct.

[Murf]

If you have the time and will to help Reason Studios to make Reason "bug free" this might be interesting for you!

You can sign up here: https://www.reasonstudios.com/beta-test/signup

Have a great weekend!

Done!

[dannyF]

"folder tracks in sequencer" since 2007.