Reason stuff you've wondered why then suddenly realised the answer.

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MrFigg
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20 Jan 2021

Well...here's mine. I actually thought this was worth writing about as I've been wondering for ages. I could never work out why some of the notes in the sequencer in edit mode were lighter than others...some red some light brown (or whatever). Seriously...wondered for ages. Just raised the velocity on one of the lighter notes and what do you know. Cool :). One less thing I gotta worry about :).
Any Reason stuff you've wondered why then suddenly realised the answer? :)
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20 Jan 2021

I think i needed several years of wondering, why some tracks can be edited in drum mode and some in note mode. Than suddenly i found those little icons and *facepalm*
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20 Jan 2021

It took me ages to finally work out;

what the Stereo Imager is ACTUALLY doing i.e simply raising or lowering the volume of the side signal
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20 Jan 2021

I took me a little bit too long to work out the drag and drop devices process with its plus sign symbol which would either replace a device or be added underneath it depending on precisely where you dragged it to, I actually complained on this forum that there might be a bug because devices kept disappearing when I was dragging new ones in, embarrassing lol

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20 Jan 2021

I think for me understanding the difference between putting FX after instruments in the rack vs. into the inserts slot was a big "a-ha!" moment, especially in light of mixer routing features - this thread started it :)

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rgdaniel
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20 Jan 2021

That mixer channels are, in essence, combinators, was a bit of an eye opener when that clicked...

groggy1
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20 Jan 2021

I didn't understand why "Bounce to REX" on an audio-clip was sometimes grayed-out, and other times available.

Eventually, understood that it's always available if you FIRST double-click on a clip to edit the transient-markers

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I'd like to know why quantize is sometimes greyed out. Either after quantizing or if the note lane is divided up. Guess that'll be my next duh! moment.
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It took me far too long to realise I could select the midi track for my controller in rack view by clicking on the little blue flag at the top-left of a device

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Aquila wrote: ↑
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It took me far too long to realise I could select the midi track for my controller in rack view by clicking on the little blue flag at the top-left of a device
Yep :)
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22 Jan 2021

The Pattern Select automation for Dr OctoRex was a "holy Fork !' moment for me.

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22 Jan 2021

Aquila wrote: ↑
22 Jan 2021
It took me far too long to realise I could select the midi track for my controller in rack view by clicking on the little blue flag at the top-left of a device
I just found this out last night!

Aaaaah moment indeed

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22 Jan 2021

Great stuff in here! Would make for a perfect well to pour new Quick Tip ideas from. :)

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stuk71 wrote: ↑
22 Jan 2021
Aquila wrote: ↑
22 Jan 2021
It took me far too long to realise I could select the midi track for my controller in rack view by clicking on the little blue flag at the top-left of a device
I just found this out last night!

Aaaaah moment indeed
The little blue what? :shock:
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stuk71 wrote: ↑
22 Jan 2021
Aquila wrote: ↑
22 Jan 2021
It took me far too long to realise I could select the midi track for my controller in rack view by clicking on the little blue flag at the top-left of a device
I just found this out last night!

Aaaaah moment indeed
It's not just Select Track it also Create Track, by clicking it on any device including Instruments, Effects, Utilities and Players you will get a lane created for that device if it does not exist and then gives your Midi controller focus to that device.

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22 Jan 2021

Being able to automatically re-wire devices by dragging & dropping them while holding down shift is still the biggest workflow saver I've come across in recent years.

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22 Jan 2021

I have to think hard because I've been using Reason for almost 20 years. I think most revelations happened more than 10 years ago, but I also remember being puzzled by varying degrees of red colour inside the midi notes.
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The little blue what? :shock:
Click on any instrument in the rack and a blue frame will appear around it. In the top left of this frame there's a grey arrow attached to the frame, and clicking the arrow will select the device for your midi keyboard (right click for more options).

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Nielsen wrote: ↑
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I have to think hard because I've been using Reason for almost 20 years. I think most revelations happened more than 10 years ago, but I also remember being puzzled by varying degrees of red colour inside the midi notes.
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The little blue what? :shock:
Click on any instrument in the rack and a blue frame will appear around it. In the top left of this frame there's a grey arrow attached to the frame, and clicking the arrow will select the device for your midi keyboard (right click for more options).
You guys mean this one here?
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Yea, i overlooked it at start too and it made me so mad, that i always went into the sequencer. I first didnt understood this thing too. And than, if you have a Combinator with synths in it...that was a mystery at beginning.
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Here’s the day I discovered the blue arrow.
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MrFigg wrote: ↑
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Can you select the instrument you want to play by clicking on it in the Rack or do you always have to select it in the Sequencer?
You have to click to the left, over the wooden frame. There's a chevron pointing right. If you click on that, it'll highlight, and that means the instrument now has MIDI focus.
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supersplaron wrote: ↑
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Great stuff in here! Would make for a perfect well to pour new Quick Tip ideas from. :)
How about the Reason Team focus on a new Combinator instead, eh ?

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Proboscis wrote: ↑
22 Jan 2021
supersplaron wrote: ↑
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Great stuff in here! Would make for a perfect well to pour new Quick Tip ideas from. :)
How about the Reason Team focus on a new Combinator instead, eh ?
If Ryan can prevent new users from frustration experiences within their first minutes, they win new customers. New Customers means more money and that means more features in shorter time.
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Loque wrote: ↑
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If Ryan can prevent new users from frustration experiences within their first minutes, they win new customers. New Customers means more money and that means more features in shorter time.
I'm not really into 'remote brand identities' for the Reason Kool-Aid crowd.

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22 Jan 2021

After moving away from an MS Windows system years ago to a Mac one I had completely forgotten about holding shift while using the mouse scroll wheel to scroll left right across the rack, sequencer & mixer but I soon rediscovered it when faced with a Β£99 price to replace a Mighty Mouse.

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Loque wrote: ↑
22 Jan 2021
Nielsen wrote: ↑
22 Jan 2021
I have to think hard because I've been using Reason for almost 20 years. I think most revelations happened more than 10 years ago, but I also remember being puzzled by varying degrees of red colour inside the midi notes.



Click on any instrument in the rack and a blue frame will appear around it. In the top left of this frame there's a grey arrow attached to the frame, and clicking the arrow will select the device for your midi keyboard (right click for more options).
You guys mean this one here?
littlebluewhat.jpg


Yea, i overlooked it at start too and it made me so mad, that i always went into the sequencer. I first didnt understood this thing too. And than, if you have a Combinator with synths in it...that was a mystery at beginning.
Yeah Reason doesn't use very intuitive graphics. Lots of "arrows".

Something along the lines of this would be better:

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I think it used to be a MIDI symbol in the Sequencer years ago...

There is also a very similar problem in the Sequencer with multi-lane edit.

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It is not intuitive at all. Which is why I suggested this: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7518587

These are easy fixes and just about anything different would be better.

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joeyluck wrote: ↑
22 Jan 2021
Loque wrote: ↑
22 Jan 2021


You guys mean this one here?
littlebluewhat.jpg


Yea, i overlooked it at start too and it made me so mad, that i always went into the sequencer. I first didnt understood this thing too. And than, if you have a Combinator with synths in it...that was a mystery at beginning.
Yeah Reason doesn't use very intuitive graphics. Lots of "arrows".

Something along the lines of this would be better:


keyboard-icon.gif


I think it used to be a MIDI symbol in the Sequencer years ago...

There is also a very similar problem in the Sequencer with multi-lane edit.


arrowcity.png


It is not intuitive at all. Which is why I suggested this: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7518587

These are easy fixes and just about anything different would be better.
Hum...maybe, yea. That had helped a bit. I dunno that this arrow wanted to tell me. It was something like "look here..." and i looked and nothing understood :-D
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