Creativemind wrote: ↑26 Oct 2017
JiggeryPokery wrote: ↑26 Oct 2017
I hate to be "that guy" (ok, I quite like being "that guy"
), but that function has been in Reason for years. Many, many years.
F8 > Extract Notes to Lanes.
Then mute the new lane that just has the bass notes. Ta-Da!
So the notes aren't in the same clip so you can't see them all?
Cheeky! You added that bit of the request in a subsequent post I didn't see until now.
Ok, with that addition to the workflow you're describing, you're absolutely right. Sorry!
I totally, 100% agree. In fact that has always been one of the top, top frustrations about the Reason sequencer (and I mostly love the Reason sequencer): the lack of any ability to view two tracks to get any kind of context, or, in your scenario, where you want a function just like "Extract Notes to Lane" but Muting the selected note range. That would be very useful. It's also something akin to the long-asked-for "ghost notes".
These are the kinds of things major Reason updates should be doing, but the internal focus seem to be solely on grabbing new users with bold headlines about content.
Reason 10.x is looking more and more like make-or-break release in terms of whether it offers any enhanced functions. But given the lack of attention to finer details in large swathes of Reason 10s content (Kong pads with Congas labelled as Toms, no legato on a choir etc etc),, my big fear is that any active enhancement in a point release will also be equally half-arsed. I'm aware of issues reported by Test Pilots months ago and being roundly ignored and making it to release.
So right now, if there was an option to mute notes above or below C3 were added, there's a good chance there would be no option to unmute it (cf Manage Content).
Most Reason releases get a lot of complaints, many are unjustified, some are. But remember Reason 9 did add "Drag note from start"!, which let's face it, has made life a lot easier (although I find I am accidentally double-clicking and deleting notes just a little too often, but it's not so bad it's actively frustrating). There isn't even that level of detail in R10.0. So 10.x needs something.
I think there are three useful additions needed here.
1.
I totally get your "Mute Note Range in Lane". It's obvious once you'd explained it, and it would be very handy.
2.
I still think there's mileage in Ghost Notes, an ability to view another Track's clip, at the same timeline position, in the
current open clip. (It would probably look a little like non-active notes from a previous/subsequent clip currently do when they overlap an active clip, but it would need a way to distinguish from overlapped clip's note on the same track).
3.
And lastly, and it kind of pains me to say it given my long-standing hatred for masses of floaty windows, but given we're in a VST era now ...
The ability to right-click any clip (at least MIDI, but audio would be useful too) and select "Open Track in New Window". That would open a new window per track with its own mini-sequencer that could be resized, and include all the use tools. It would remember the last Track Window position. It would track the main sequencer clip/playhead. Potentially you would be able to open as many track windows as you like, but I'd guess that mostly even just one window, as a compositional reference for things like bass line or current chord, would have saved a lot of people a lot of hassle.
It's still not too late to add this stuff, if there is any desire left to make the program more flexible.