I think this was already discussed numerous times, but in my particular case I'd love them to *just* double / triple the resolution of everything and add internal scaling / zoom option, like Live or Bitwig have.Loque wrote: ↑25 Apr 2018Sometimes all those discussions about GUI makes me wonder what ppl really do with Reason? Looking at it? It is a god damn tool to work with. And i am pretty sure, as soon as PH made it more customizable, more themese, vector graphics, look like every other DAW, fancy little buttons and big menus all over the place which nobody understands or even knows, the same ppl would start crying about: It looks so bad, it is so difficult, the workflow is worse, the colors, the big scaled UI is always in my way, blablabla... Just good we have the internet and we can talk about it again and again and again...
As is, I need to use 200% Windows scaling for the GUI to look sharp, because it is then upscaled evenly to 2x2 pixels. But then everything becomes big, as it's effectively a resolution of 1362x912. On the 12'' screen of Surface Pro I could easily go higher to 175% (1563x1042) or 150% (1824x1216) which I can comfortably use with above mentioned DAWs and still control everything with confidence, but it starts to get very blurry and tiring for the eyes after several minutes in, because scaling becomes uneven as a patterns of interweaving 2x2, 1x2 and 2x1 pixels. If it was scaled down from say a 4K image, it would be much less aparent, but it's actually scaled up from microscopic - by today's standards - bitmaps.
Sure, there are other issues, in particular with very ineffective use of space by the GUI with the thick bars between work areas, big transport bar, wasteful toolbar in sequencer or sequencer track spacing itself, but those would be much less of a nuisance if I could comfortably use Reason at higher resolution. Because right now it's as if I'm looking at it through at keyhole in a door.
And I know it's a tool to be used to write music, but one of the reasons I picked up Reason was its skeuomorphic graphical & workflow paradigm, so - at least for me - how it looks is important. And actually, when I squint my eyes and look at the sequencer, rack and mixer it IS the most visually appealing DAW out there, just wished I didn't had to squint my eyes