I sent yesterday this thread link to Mattias via Twitter for asking comments, surprisingly no answer
I've been playing with Reason tonight again and I really want to like this, but some things, they are so annoying and this is one of them. After doing Feel The Love, my first Reason song, I decided not to use Reason, until they have fixed at least this midichase and that automatically returning playing cursor. So, I sold Reason away. Soon I missed it and bought it back. Did my second song in Reason, which is currently waiting for a release and I decided again that no, I don't use this anymore, until they fix these things.. This time I got also annoyed by super tiny GUI. All the knobs etc are so tiny and blurred out. It's workable, but everything is so tiny.
Even all the problems, yesterday I got inspired again and I even took that 19€/month subscription deal. It's have been fun time testing all the new stuff out, but damn, these problems, they make things so uninspiring. I don't even want to start building a new song on Reason. This why I am writing this long rant post.. You got inspired, then you lose it. Feels like wife turns you really on and then suddenly says: sorry but not today
After requesting this "automatically returning playing cursor", over year ago, I keep reading over and over again that it and many other things have been requested many years ago, I keep wondering Prop's priority lists. Do they use their own progam at all. Build long songs on it and notice what is wrong or what could be done other way. Easier way, faster way. Like, to do this returning playing cursors, it would take only few lines of code and it would make so many people happy. It would help new Reason users, like me, to adapt the program, as it is standard feature from on any other DAW. Just like this midichase is too. Basic features. Instead of doing this/these, they keep spamming me millions of emails.
I am also part of the Presonus Studio One beta testing team. I've being it now 7 or 8 years. There, if you ask or suggest something, developers will comment and probably add it. I also own the FL Studio. They also have very open forum, with active developers. They talk to you too, they add features. Especially now more than ever. Thanks to Gol, who decided to left FL Studio. There is a reason why FL and S1 are so popular.
I've been using Reason now one year and this whole Prop's thing feels so closed and distanced from all the users.
Antic604 made a thread where he wants to see the roadmap. This is what I would exactly want to know too. Should I wait, if so, how much. If I need to wait 5 years single midichase or automatically returning playing cursor, that is goodbye for sure.
Clearly, right now, Reason is not for me, I know that, no need to say it to me, but I would like it be for me as I really like Reason. It just needs couple fixes. Don't forget that I am just a new guy, who try to adapt to Reason. After all, Prop's are looking for the new customers. Their lately made aggressive and desparete campaigns are clearly sign of that. So, hey Prop's, here I am
A new customer, who wants to use your program. Can you add some basic features to your program which would help new users, like me to adap on it, or should we move to another program. It's totally up to you, but don't keep us waiting too long. I've already waited a year with single super simple feature, which was originally requested years ago...
End of rant