1. Available Plug-Ins. Yes, synths like Antidote are superb, and there are some fantastic processors available as REs. But I really yearned to use GForce, Waves, Arturia, and U-He products. Yes, these can be approximated in Reason (somewhat), but I wanted a more immediate workflow. Dave Spiers at GForce told me personally that items like the Virtual String Machine and the M-Tron Pro would have been made available as REs, but Reason's SDK has never been updated to the company's satisfaction. This is a great shame. According to Dave it's just a small adjustment to do with preset handling that needs to be made. Why won't Props implement these changes? On the other hand, if it's a choice of 200 compressors and endless CV widgets you're after, the Propellerhead shop is for you. And there's a bunch of absolute rubbish in the shop too. Plus, charging premium prices for refills with no demos attached is a bad thing.
2. Loss of Browsing Focus when Auditioning Presets. I just never got used to this. Got fed up creating new instances of the device in question by mistake. It made it impossible for me to relax whilst auditioning presets.
3. Limited Sequencer. Tons more work needs to be done here. Simple as.
4. Overall "Feel" of the Company. Just not into it. Hipsters and phones is not my glass of tea. Who on earth is interested in adding to someone else's Figure track? Figure allows no room for personal identity at all. It's a gimmicky waste of space. Update the RE SDK instead of developing this line of novelty products.
5. Closing Down of the PUF. That was a nasty thing to do. Over a decade of archived wisdom, and they pulled it.
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There are other reasons, but I'll leave it there. I'll almost certainly still do some of my work in Reason, but I'm a little disenchanted by how the company's developing.
Cheers,
Klaus