Reason 4

tech44 · Post by **tech44** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:47 am

If I were to guess I think this is only one of a handful of things that will ultimately surface for the props. I think what they did was kinda clever though. People have been bitching for a new synth for reason, but which would it be? FM, Wavetable, another subtractive? So they give you all of the above as a semi-modular to shut everyone up

(you can see they have FM in the video)

drez · Post by **drez** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:00 am

I see what you guys are saying about the "virtual analog" modules being overused or whatnot, but the cool thing is that since they now have the modular framework in place, they should be able to just build new modules to add to the collection.

I see this is a jumping point for Thor.

forge · Post by **forge** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:12 am

yes because what the world really needs right now is another synth

bet it still doesnt have audio in or full duplex rewire

mechcon · Post by **mechcon** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:41 am

or more importantly a real-time vocoder

rikhyray · Post by **rikhyray** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:37 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMfiK6SinXU

john gordon · Post by **john gordon** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:13 am

crapload of shite.die reason!!!! you will always be a big pile of dog doo doo.

itook4lefts · Post by **itook4lefts** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:58 am

rbmonosylabik wrote:I refuse to try decyphering how that screenshot instrument would work.

exactly. i just can't be arsed. i don't see why they insist on making their software look like hardware, especially when it's hardware that never existed, and then they want to needlessly convolute it by having all those arrows and shit all over it? why?

the ableton GUI was what got me into Live in the first place. have you looked at subtractor recently? then compare it to the automat GUI, or one of the new NI synths or operator. that's a proper GUI. still, Malstrom was cool. shame it's reason-only, it would have been cooler if Magnus (is that his name?) kept the idea and released it as a soniccharge product alongside microtonic. nevermind.

forge · Post by **forge** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:55 pm

itook4lefts wrote:
rbmonosylabik wrote:I refuse to try decyphering how that screenshot instrument would work.
exactly. i just can't be arsed. i don't see why they insist on making their software look like hardware, especially when it's hardware that never existed, and then they want to needlessly convolute it by having all those arrows and shit all over it? why?

well yeah - how bizarre is the concept of a sampler made to look like a sampler, yet it doesn't actually sample!?

itook4lefts wrote: the ableton GUI was what got me into Live in the first place. have you looked at subtractor recently? then compare it to the automat GUI, or one of the new NI synths or operator. that's a proper GUI. still, Malstrom was cool. shame it's reason-only, it would have been cooler if Magnus (is that his name?) kept the idea and released it as a soniccharge product alongside microtonic. nevermind.

totally agree - I love microtonic and maelstrom was always the best thing about reason - I used to like scream, but it used to infuriate me that I couldnt use it on audio outside reason (same as the maelstrom filters) and saturator eats it alive

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:13 pm

forge wrote:well yeah - how bizarre is the concept of a sampler made to look like a sampler, yet it doesn't actually sample!?

just a bit more bizar as a Sampler that doesn't look like a sampler and doesn't sample either..

but point taken..

Meef Chaloin · Post by **Meef Chaloin** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:16 pm

how about a sampler thats actually really a synth? haha
least nnxt has multiple outs

jb61264 · Post by **jb61264** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:20 pm

Someone made a comment about everyone raving on this new "thing" from Propellerhead so I went and checked out the forum chatter.

It totally makes me laugh how SO much discussion and comment can come from basically a screenshot and a few demo songs!...nobody has used a demo of the software or anything else and yet all these conclusions are being drawn based upon a simple screenshot of something that may or may not exist (or ever be released), that nobody has tried out.

It's like someone at Ableton creating a Photoshop screenshot of Live with some sort of slicer tool and everybody saying "This Is Awesome!"

itook4lefts · Post by **itook4lefts** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:19 pm

jb61264 wrote:It's like someone at Ableton creating a Photoshop screenshot of Live with some sort of slicer tool and everybody saying "This Is Awesome!"

yeah, but we would though, wouldn't we?

peeddrroo · Post by **peeddrroo** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:26 pm

can you remember the bashing when Live6 was announced?
just wait and see (or rather wait and hear)...

anyway, i never liked reason.

MR Coogs · Post by **MR Coogs** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:49 pm

I like Reason myself. It's proven to be one of the most efficient soft synths I've used with Live.

And it's been easy enough to link with rewire.

I'd like to see better programability for Reason. A notation view would be nice. And a better drum machine.

I won't, however, pay $199 for another synth and some visual stuff. (Particularly if they have not developed a full screen view.)

Herne · Post by **Herne** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:51 pm

I still use Reason 3, tho' rewired almost exclusively. Still love the MIDI editor on another monitor, but hate the half screen maximise.

Give me Reason's MIDI editing pane in Live, and Live's full screen in Reason, and dual-monitor support in Live and they'll need to bury me in a coffin with a sunroof