21 Sep 2024
ok, thank you joeyluck, restarted (after a crash yikes) and "New in Reason 13" appears in Favorite Lists and appears to be working...cool.
Still having trouble getting older Refills folders to show up in the new Reason Studios / Refills folder. Reason Soul School Refill for example or Jason McGerr Sessions Refill. So I just moved them back to the old Propellerhead Content folder where I had them. That way, At least everything remains the same for using 12.
Also shortcuts is finicky about what gets put there...something like Drum Supply or Soundbank , no problem but something else that's inside a folder, it will show as being empty even when taking it directly from Locations/Computer... o well.
End of the day, I don't really have a problem with separating sample, loop and patch browsing away from Instruments, effects etc with a separate window, not the disaster its been made out to be but in 2024 browsing needs to be a no brainer...gotta work no problems. The Logic type hashtag search emphasis is fine as an alternative to traditional Folders, titles, nesting but I don't think I'm alone in saying that I hardly ever search descriptively. Properly named and organized folders and files still does 90 percent of the heavy lifting. Searching for something dark, dirty, analog and dangerous at 90 bpm will always be option B for a change of pace.
And if a Refill has NNXT patches but I don't have the device loaded then at least show me the empty folder so I'm reminded that they are there. Empty folders that aren't really empty are super annoying.