Letter to Reason Studios (triggered by a long-ago survey)

[friday]

Foreword: These words were created over the last year. After I got a survey from Reason Studios I started to think about what to answer, and so the letter emerged. Because the survey isn’t online anymore (I still have the mail ) I will share my thoughts here in the community, even if some things have already been said.

I am convinced that the following sentence, is an important key to the future of reason as DAW!

“Believe in the strength of your software and what you have built in the early stages of Reason, stop to add to much new stuff, enhance all the cool stuff that is still there!”

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What I think should be updated to unlock the full potential of still existing software parts:

Update the Wave Editor with more integration in the whole workflow and more features

• Option to open sequencer audio clips direct in the Wave Editor

• Tempo synced Grid to set Start, Loop and End marker in time

• Recycle Features

• More fader curves

• …. I believe you will have much more ideas when you think of that deeper integration

Update Combinator

• Select target in mod matrix with the arrows, drag and drop style (as on your new devices)

• Double the knobs and buttons

Update Remote Control

• 10 years ago, you were leader in how software should be controlled by controllers. Just think of the deep integration of "Korg Kontrol 49" that was years ahead of your competitors. These days, the bigger controller manufacturers don’t care about a good reason integration, so now it is your part to care about.

• Hire a student an let her/him create some good mappings for the actual most important controllers. (as a example, control the ReDrum step sequencer with all the new novation launchpads, without working several hours on Remote Map files. It is your credo, to let us make music and not waste time with technology!

Update Thor

• Add Stereo OSC with new state of the art zero delay filters (new modules to keep the backwards compatibility, internal routing adapts to the selected modules)

Update Groove Matrix

• Ability to slide more precisely (in 0.1ms steps)

• Interconnectivity between the channels (like a real band when the drummer plays a part of the beat laid back, the other members will follow)

• Ability to add random jitter (similar to random but at a minimum of 0.1ms steps)

Update Tool Windows

• Slice Sequencer Audio Clips in a certain number of snips

• Auto move snips to Kong Pads

The expired survey:

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[Jackjackdaw]

A sensible list of requests. Just improve the core product. No more RS players for a bit. No more RS synths for a bit. JUST IMPROVE THE CORE PRODUCT!

[bxbrkrz]

I want everything listed AND more RE Payers AND more RS synths.

[Aquila]

IMPROVE THE CORE PRODUCT!

Technically we've been asking for this since the dawn of Reason. We're slowly getting there. Slowly.

[DaveyG]

Some of us would rather have more players.

[zoidkirb]

Good list. They really need to fix and enhance the features instead of even thinking about some of the things I see requested like video editors, score editors, abletons clip launcher, game changing wild new combinators (just gimme more slots and knobs, mouse scroll in matrix, double click matrix values and enter values with keyboard)
I think one or two new players, synths and fx per year is fine though. These seem to get outsourced by props sometimes even. You need a few big flashy incentives to get in those new customers.