Since the vst support implementation I do all masterings in Reason because of all those great final processing and monitoring vst plugins we can no use in Props DAW. What i'd like to see now is a better way to arrange open VSTs than separate windows for all vst instances. I though about a new area besides 'Rack', 'Sequencer' and 'Mixer' called for example 'Plugins'. I this one you could arrange and position all opened instances of vst plugins and lock their position. Maybe with a tab bar to navigate between groups. The reason (huehue) why I'd like to have this feature is to be able to navigate faster to all mastering plugins I use without opening separate windows of them. I have two screens i which are already filled with the areas we already have and having single vst windows over the Rack or whatever area feels a bit annoying to me.
What do you guys think?
Or maybe you have different Ideas to arrange VSTs
'Plugins' Window for VSTs beside Rack, Mixer and Sequencer
- Nocturn789
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Pioneer DJM-900NXS2, 2x Pioneer CDJ-2000NXS2, Korg Kaoss Pad 3
Coming from Live and Bitwig, just the fact alone that I have to constantly switch between 3 areas gets on my nerves... Those other DAWs are optimised for single-screen use (eg. a laptop), with very efficient use of space and - in case of Bitwig in particular - huge flexibility in terms of arranging the space. Reason is completely opposite, with sizeable areas of empty space, thick transport / header bars, thick section dividers, no full-screen option, fixed low-res assets, etc. Adding yet another area to that - provided it wouldn't be optional - would only make it worse, IMO.
But that's just me, as I always prefer things to be very tidy, evenly lined up and efficiently designed and my blood boils whenever I see setups like this - unused space to the right and at the bottom, 2 transport bars, mixer not aligned with the rest of windows, etc (LOL, even the file name says 'unusable'):
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/attachm ... g_7238.jpg
BTW, this is the kind of setup Props should support natively by giving us the ability to put the areas side-by-side instead of only on top of one another, especially since both the Rack and Mixer scroll vertically. Whoever thought it's a good idea with 16:9 and wider monitors?!
Also, since you're on 2 screens (and I'm assuming they're medium/big) then you can already dedicate a space on one of them and just 'pin' your plugins there so that they don't move or disappear.
But that's just me, as I always prefer things to be very tidy, evenly lined up and efficiently designed and my blood boils whenever I see setups like this - unused space to the right and at the bottom, 2 transport bars, mixer not aligned with the rest of windows, etc (LOL, even the file name says 'unusable'):
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/attachm ... g_7238.jpg
BTW, this is the kind of setup Props should support natively by giving us the ability to put the areas side-by-side instead of only on top of one another, especially since both the Rack and Mixer scroll vertically. Whoever thought it's a good idea with 16:9 and wider monitors?!
Also, since you're on 2 screens (and I'm assuming they're medium/big) then you can already dedicate a space on one of them and just 'pin' your plugins there so that they don't move or disappear.
- Nocturn789
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Now that some ugly setup. Trust me I would melt too working with a setup like this.
I'm not in my studio now, I can take some pictures later. But just imagine my setup like this: Right screen: sequencer view fullscreen. left screen: Mixer and Rack both fullscreen, i switch between those with F5 and F6. I feel very comfortable like this and i'd like to not have to suffer a loss of my reason windows to have the VSTs open all the time.
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Windows 10 Pro x64, Intel i7-7700K, 32GB RAM, Scarlett 4i4 3rd Gen
Behringer X-Touch, Nektar Impakt LX61, Livid DS1, Novation LaunchPad Mini
Pioneer DJM-900NXS2, 2x Pioneer CDJ-2000NXS2, Korg Kaoss Pad 3
Windows 10 Pro x64, Intel i7-7700K, 32GB RAM, Scarlett 4i4 3rd Gen
Behringer X-Touch, Nektar Impakt LX61, Livid DS1, Novation LaunchPad Mini
Pioneer DJM-900NXS2, 2x Pioneer CDJ-2000NXS2, Korg Kaoss Pad 3
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