What about Block Tracks for Reason 9

[Alkua]

I watched the last propellerhead's tutorial about Electro Pop. I saw he used Block. I haven't use it in any of my projects because I don't feel I need it, even thought it is a very good feature (maybe I start to use it). My point is that you only can use one block at the time to make easy re-arrengement. But What about if you can have multiple block tracks.

You can use them like we use bus tracks.

1. Synth block (all melody synths tracks)
2. drums block (all drum tracks)
3. Percussion Block (all percussion tracks)

That means, you will have 3 blocks tracks. if you want to mute the drum in the sequencer just mute the drum block track.
Also, from song mode you can select some track right click and select make block (the same you do in the mixer with bus).

[Benedict]

Nice idea but that could make the overwriting in the Main Seq feature close to impossible - perhaps

[raymondh]

I'd like to be able to stack blocks too, if it were possible.

One other great use for blocks though, even if you don't use them, is to mark out an arrangement. You don't need to put your clips inside the blocks, it's simply a way to visualise how the arrangement hangs together.

[Benedict]

Blocks aren't really for me (and I forget them) so I don't use that much but they are really well implemented for what they do do. That overwrite in the Seq feature is superb. I use them as markers that sometimes, esp when working with someone else's song.

[pushedbutton]

I like blocks, better blocks would be better.

[dana]

That ableton live copy.. bitwig, has that (or something like it) in the new version.

[alex]

Nice idea but that could make the overwriting in the Main Seq feature close to impossible - perhaps

I like the idea too and unless I'm missing something I guess it could be done (on a future release, obviously) by introducing the possibility of hooking or grouping two or more sequencer tracks together, in this way each group could have its own blocks set (from 1 to 32).

So when you're drawing a block you're basically drawing it on a group (subset) of tracks...

Not sure if what I said makes any sense ...

EDIT: and the default behaviour could provides a single group which "comprises" all track by default, unless additional groups are created... sort of...

Ciao!

[clone]

Any word on a release date for Reason 9