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ljekio
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18 Dec 2017

Im received more 10 identical emails about upgrade Reason from PH for one night.
Only me?

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dstreets
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18 Dec 2017

I’ve been getting these all day as well. : (

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flightONE
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19 Dec 2017

me too, their email system must be messed up... it's highly annoying... so I hope they right this wrong by giving away at least one RE per each spam message.... :puf_bigsmile: ;)

tagewidsell
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19 Dec 2017

Oh wow...

Hi, it's me: Propellerhead's chief spammer.

I'm very sorry about this and I wish I had someone else to blame, but it was actually my hand on the button when those emails were sent out last night. I screwed up and must have forgotten to make sure to click the little box that ensures one email per person only.

Again, I'm sorry for the spam and I'll make sure we're extra carful in the future when sending out emails this way.

And I don't have any free REs as compensation as suggested in the post above, but I do have this cool old Reason prototype image that I've been meaning to post somewhere and this might just be the place. It's from before Reason was even called Reason and we were trying out the rack concept. Subtractor was called BLEEP-SURFER and boy, that "ixer" on top really needed some design work done :-). Actually, we had an unspoken rule that prototypes must be ugly with really stupid names and such so that nobody would fall in love with an interface that hadn't been properly designed yet. As seen in this image.
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Well again, I'm sorry for the spam flood and we'll need to look at our routines for how we send stuff out before the next round of emails. In the meantime, take care, buy loads of stuff from the sale (HEY! Up to 70% off on 200+ products until Jan 31st). And man, I must be such a smart marketer to detract attention from my own machine-gun-style spam mailing with an old Reason prototype.

All the best,
Tage Widsell
Propellerhead old-timer and spam czar.

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tiker01
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19 Dec 2017

I have received 0 emails yesterday! :D
    
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antic604

19 Dec 2017

I got nothing. I guess Props don't want me to be their friend anymore... :(

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Djstarski
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19 Dec 2017

tagewidsell wrote:
19 Dec 2017
Oh wow...

Hi, it's me: Propellerhead's chief spammer.

I'm very sorry about this and I wish I had someone else to blame, but it was actually my hand on the button when those emails were sent out last night. I screwed up and must have forgotten to make sure to click the little box that ensures one email per person only.

Again, I'm sorry for the spam and I'll make sure we're extra carful in the future when sending out emails this way.

And I don't have any free REs as compensation as suggested in the post above, but I do have this cool old Reason prototype image that I've been meaning to post somewhere and this might just be the place. It's from before Reason was even called Reason and we were trying out the rack concept. Subtractor was called BLEEP-SURFER and boy, that "ixer" on top really needed some design work done :-). Actually, we had an unspoken rule that prototypes must be ugly with really stupid names and such so that nobody would fall in love with an interface that hadn't been properly designed yet. As seen in this image.

EarlyRealizer.png

Well again, I'm sorry for the spam flood and we'll need to look at our routines for how we send stuff out before the next round of emails. In the meantime, take care, buy loads of stuff from the sale (HEY! Up to 70% off on 200+ products until Jan 31st). And man, I must be such a smart marketer to detract attention from my own machine-gun-style spam mailing with an old Reason prototype.

All the best,
Tage Widsell
Propellerhead old-timer and spam czar.

No problem Tage , mistakes happen from time to time .
Can you do me a big favour and tell me where you guys got the name Reason from ? I`ve always wanted to know this .

Thank you

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19 Dec 2017

Djstarski wrote:
19 Dec 2017
Can you do me a big favour and tell me where you guys got the name Reason from ? I`ve always wanted to know this .
I believe it's taken from Snow Crash - in it, there's a railgun called Reason, and a quote from one of the characters saying something along the lines of "I wish they'd listen to Reason".

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19 Dec 2017

All the screws are in the same position it seems, ha!

tagewidsell
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19 Dec 2017

Djstarski wrote:
19 Dec 2017

No problem Tage , mistakes happen from time to time .
Can you do me a big favour and tell me where you guys got the name Reason from ? I`ve always wanted to know this .

Thank you
As Adam pointed out above, it's taken from Snow Crash. In the dystopian future US, the italian mob is actually one of the lesser evils and for some time in the story also the protagonist's protector. One of the mob guys is hauling around a dangerous weapon that needs to be fed water all the time to cool it off. After an altercation with a pirate gang, the power of Reason is revealed to be a portable nuclear powered rail gun. And the winning line is "I told you they would listen to Reason."

We meant to call it Reaktor, but Native scooped that one up. Then we wanted to call it Realizer (as seen in the image) but someone else picked that before we announced. So Reason it was.

After release, someone sent us this quote from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World:
"Suddenly, from out of the Synthetic Music Box a Voice began to speak. The Voice of Reason, the Voice of Good Feeling. […] even the policemen's eyes were momentarily dimmed with tears […] "what is the meaning of this? Why aren't you all being happy and good together? Happy and good," the Voice repeated. "At peace, at peace." "

/Tage

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19 Dec 2017

flightONE wrote:me too, their email system must be messed up... it's highly annoying... so I hope they right this wrong by giving away at least one RE per each spam message.... :puf_bigsmile: ;)
Worth a try!


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flightONE
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19 Dec 2017

Wickline wrote:
flightONE wrote:me too, their email system must be messed up... it's highly annoying... so I hope they right this wrong by giving away at least one RE per each spam message.... :puf_bigsmile: ;)
Worth a try!


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Worst part is that i’m still getting a bunch of e-mails as of 8:49AM CST [emoji849]... Props should realize that no e-mail is required since I already spend every spare dollar and minute on Reason related stuff...

tagewidsell
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19 Dec 2017

flightONE wrote:
19 Dec 2017


Worst part is that i’m still getting a bunch of e-mails as of 8:49AM CST [emoji849]... Props should realize that no e-mail is required since I already spend every spare dollar and minute on Reason related stuff...

Ahhrrg!!! I thought I had the marketing machine under control, but apparently it started spamming again. Sorry once more. I have now turned our Spamatron 3000 off.

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EdGrip
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19 Dec 2017

You know the deal.
One spam mishap = one early Reason fact or picture. Pay up.

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19 Dec 2017

tagewidsell wrote:
19 Dec 2017
[...] so that nobody would fall in love with an interface that hadn't been properly designed yet.
That's where you're wrong. Bring back the Bleep-Surfer! :lol:
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ejanuska
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19 Dec 2017

That is a great history story. The bleep-surfer photo is funny.
Did NI have a spy in PH that stole the name Reaktor? Could be a movie plot.
Concerning spam, I'm getting NI emails daily along with Toontracks, and every other company I was suckered into giving my email address to for a free refill or plug-in. Another reason to stick to REs.
Xmas the time of joy, giving and fucking spam.

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FlowerSoldier
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19 Dec 2017

We need moar Realizer pictures!
This might be one of my favourite posts to date!

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flightONE
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19 Dec 2017

esselfortium wrote:
19 Dec 2017
tagewidsell wrote:
19 Dec 2017
[...] so that nobody would fall in love with an interface that hadn't been properly designed yet.
That's where you're wrong. Bring back the Bleep-Surfer! :lol:
I think subtractor should definitely be renamed back to bleep-surfer when the UI gets re-done for HiRes displays... :shock:

househoppin09
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19 Dec 2017

FlowerSoldier wrote:
19 Dec 2017
We need moar Realizer pictures!
This might be one of my favourite posts to date!
Agreed, would love to see more! What did the back of the rack look like in that version?

stekme
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20 Dec 2017

Its can be very intresting - write a full story about Reason prototypes, this time period, who work under various things,
Does Realizer folder have Reason plugins (re) fom start? :puf_smile:

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20 Dec 2017

I wonder if the graphics processing has been updated since Bleep Surfer. I doubt it.

tagewidsell
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20 Dec 2017

stekme wrote:
20 Dec 2017
Its can be very intresting - write a full story about Reason prototypes, this time period, who work under various things,
Does Realizer folder have Reason plugins (re) fom start? :puf_smile:
Yeah - maybe that's a good idea. I'll see what memorabilia I can dig up.

/Tage

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FlowerSoldier
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20 Dec 2017

tagewidsell wrote:
20 Dec 2017
stekme wrote:
20 Dec 2017
Its can be very intresting - write a full story about Reason prototypes, this time period, who work under various things,
Does Realizer folder have Reason plugins (re) fom start? :puf_smile:
Yeah - maybe that's a good idea. I'll see what memorabilia I can dig up.

/Tage
Yes Please!!! Also, what year is that Bleep-Surfer from?
Around 2000 I'd imagine.

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MikeMcKew
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20 Dec 2017

Well, I didn't get any spam and I get to see these cool old pictures. Win-win!

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20 Dec 2017

tagewidsell wrote:
20 Dec 2017
Yeah - maybe that's a good idea. I'll see what memorabilia I can dig up.

/Tage
I'm really glad you didn't go with Realizer. And while Reaktor is a cool name, I just can't imagine it being called anything other than Reason. I also find it funny that you guys at least stuck with the same amount of consonants as "Bleep Surfer" when you changed it to "Subtractor". ;) :D
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