scotward57 wrote: ↑18 May 2021
I'm proud of Reason Studios for sticking to their guns and doubling down on their strengths. They are the best at hardware substitution and the new features in v12 will make the Reason Rack the absolute greatest tool for sound design.
It's sad there are so many Reason users who have no creativity or original thought about what they believe is missing in Reason's sequencer. Like sheep, they just rattle off one stupid idea after another about something they saw on YouTube about another DAW. I'd like to gather these cretins and drop them off on an island with an old Tascam 4 track cassette recorder and tell them to go figure it out.
And Reason Studios Inc., being the sweeties that they are, offered these folks the best of both worlds in v11. They announced to the whiners that they could not only hit the road and follow their DAW fantasies to their heart's content, but they could even take the Reason Rack with them. What an unbelievably generous gift!
Like many other users, instead of waiting for functionality I need to be implemented, I use the RRP and a DAW of choice. Is this “the best of both worlds?” No!
Why?
I, again like many others, use a control surface to limit use of a mouse. In my case, that is nectar Panorama. The tight integration with REASON is really useful. Having a knob where the device has one; and a slider where there is a slider on the screen is adding so much value.
Now, because I need the superior features of Studio one (e.g. I need notation and better MIDI support and have some VST3 instruments I want to use) I was happy that nectar Panorama has a similar excellent (give and take) implementation to support Studio one. But there is no integration with the RRP as we know it from REASON the DAW. To quote nectar support:” The Reason Rack plug-in doesn't have the Remote system for integrating with control surfaces, like the standalone version of Reason.” No pre-mapped devices anymore. And creating these all by myself is cumbersome (to say the least). Reason without the benefit of the control surface is only half the fun. In the long-run I see me using the PlugIn less and less. Maybe the new sampler will be worth an update, as you could use it stand-alone with Reason and use the results within the other DAW, but that depends on real value in terms of functionality (ReCycle?) and price point. But then again, if this is the only feature I will get that suits my needs (all the other things mentioned so far are of no value for me. Different tools for different tasks. I am not in beat making and sound design.) the update price might be prohibitive.
The RRP would become a “go to tool” and a favourite (it has its merits even for me) if there would be a remote system for integrating with nectar as part of the update. Without, it might fade from memory sooner than later.
Granted, the Rack is the real strenght (the mixer is okay and the sequencer weaknesses are hurting some more than the others). But the Rack as a PlugIn does not give you the best of both worlds, as it lacks the Remote protocol. So it is cripled seriously.
I'm amazed that this basic shit doesn't work in a product 20 years old.
One bar in 4/4 @ 120BPM is two seconds so 650 would translate to 21 minutes and 40 seconds. I can totally dig that people can create and work on songs that are longer than that but yeah, it might pay to be specific about what you are actually talking about (especially if you are talking about feature requests).
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