60 thoughts on “What Do You Want To See In Propellerhead Reason 5?”

1. i love reason/record. it does require a little more to get the sound to be competitive with the sound that comes out from other programs. but, i'm appreciative of the process because it's the only music software out there that's close to how the pros did it 30 years ago. if you want your stuff sounding "pro" without the effort, then you probably want to go somewhere else.

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2. You can just hold Ctrl or Shift (I think one increases the height and one increases the width) whilst you scroll the mouse wheel

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3. um… ReWire?

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4. I hear a lot of complaining about VST’s and VSTi wrappers, but considering I came from FastTracker, to Propellerhead ReBirth, to FL Studio, then to Reason, I can honestly say I have no use for them since I can usually make the same sounds as most VST instruments by simply patching together elements. If you’re using Reason, and you aren’t into designing your own sounds, then just uninstall it and stop complaining. There is such a thing in Reason as the combinator, and the save patch button, so you can make exactly what you want, and use it later. As far as the strings sounding “grainy”, depends on which strings you are using. If you’re using the NN-19, then you should probably consider that it’s a recording of strings, and there is also filter settings that you can adjust to clear up the problem considerably, or get different recordings of some string samples. Many of the complaints being addressed can be resolved by actually doing the opposite of being lazy, and actually tuning your rack, and then saving the results as a patch for later so you don’t have to keep doing it. I have also tried Ableton, Logic, Acid, Cubase, and many others I don’t care to mention. I don’t claim to be an expert, but I do know that when I make something, I don’t usually use default settings or sounds, and after making my changes in a rack, I save it. The MIDI out is achievable if you learned how to, and had the hardware to do it. It’s simple, you have drivers for the hardware to use it, and there is jacks on the back of Reason’s rack to do it. I do agree that Record should be IN Reason, and not a separate executable. But over-all, I see a lot of comments that are simply put, lazy users who don’t know how to get the most out of this product.

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5. I agree with this 100%, I also have to say that I agree with Domi Babi too. Isn't it time for Reason to add VST support? If you need to rewrite the entire program to make this possible, is'nt it worth it for the thousands of dedicated reason users out there? I like many other people became dissatisfied with reason after the release of reason 4 and still no vst support or midi out. Being a music producer, my job is to bring you the hottest sounds available and with no support for VST, I will be overlooking many of the new synths on the market. I can jump on a Motif right now and every key I touch will sound powerful and full without me having to tweak anything at all… why is it that I can't do that in reason? I have jumped around from different daws and reason was the most user friendly, but also had the least amount of features. I love the record program, but without any vst support, I don't see it going very far…

   PLEASE SOME VST SUPPORT AND MIDI OUT PROPELLERHEAD GUYS!!!! I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO CHANGE MY SOFTWARE JUST TO GET VST SUPPORT!!! WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING LONG ENOUGH ALREADY….

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6. they should rewrite the whole program if that will get vst support, it is just that important… What kind of electronic music producer doesn't use vsts anyway?

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7. How about being able to use your microphone or make it compatible with wav or mp3 files so that you can use pre recorded vocals and add them to the beats you spend hours on everyday making and not end up wasting your time? Reason 5 sucks and I will let it be known to fellow musicians.

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8. I finally upgraded to Reason 5/Record 1.5 and I have to say I can't stand the three-window interface. I already run dual monitors and there still isn't enough room on my screens. It doesn't allow you to drag window elements and customize the view … if i could put my Reason rack in the same window as the Record mixer (and use some of that half-screen width empty black space) it would be great … but it doesn't seem to be possible.

   I agree with the user who addressed the vst complaint. Reason has more than enough basic elements to create your own instruments and effects using the Combinator device. I couldn't find the right guitar in the presets so i was able to sample several different plucks of my acoustic guitar strings and assembled a realistic guitar with the effects that best matched my vision. Being able to save our own presets and package them is awesome too … I can email them to my band mates in another part of the country and be assured our sound will remain consistent.

   I haven't got the hang of Record yet. It seems to work fine as a simple scratch pad for recording initial tracks and ideas, but I'm still having to drop my tracks into another application to edit them.

   All in all, my biggest complaint is the inability to customize the windows. If they could do it like Photoshop or Acid Pro, I'd be satisfied.

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9. I’ve used reason my whole production career. So about 7 years. Nothing made me happier than the kong drum machine. But I recently got rid of my pc and purchased a g5 power pc and had to downgrade back to reason 4. I hate it. Please make compatible with power pc.

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10. And I mean make reason 5 compatible obviously.

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