Things I wish I would have known before I bought Reason/Record

elginchris · 25th July 2011

I knew that there was no MIDI out. Not a deal breaker for me so I can live with that.

The one thing that really boggles and frustrates me is in Reason AND Record you can only record one midi track at a time! This is such a simple task that EVERY other DAW does that its almost unbelievable. Not having this capability in Reason is one thing but not having it in Record is nuts! The only work around is Rewiring Reason into another DAW and that kind defeats the purpose of using Record.

Second, no drag and drop support for importing MIDI and audio files. And to make it even more annoying, when you import a MIDI file a new combinator is created so you have to drag your MIDI block to the instrument you want it on and then delete the combinator and do it all over again for each file you import.

Also, why no "ctrl-p" or "Apple ," to open the preferences window????

For as ahead of the game Propellerheads is they sure did miss the boat in some simple areas.

ping panic · 25th July 2011

You know they're releasing V6 on september don't you¿

elginchris · 25th July 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by ping panic

You know they're releasing V6 on september don't you¿

Yeah I bought Duo V5 when it came out.

Have you heard anything about them fixing some of these issues?

ping panic · 25th July 2011

elginchris, I'm sorry to say I can't help you.
I've read about the new machines but nothing about those bugs.
You should repost this thread on the official propellerheads forum.
https://www.propellerheads.se/forum/
I didn't know you just can record one midi track at a time, that's weird

Popbott · 25th July 2011

Back in '90 we didn't have Reason, we had a Mac IIci, Studio Vision and a lot of hardware synths & samplers which could run you well over $10K to get what Reason does for you by design. E-mail Propellerheads support ASAP, they may take your notes into consideration. No one said this game was easy, so get those creative juices going and get back on Reason! Half the fun getting there and it's those limitations which sometimes spark the creative talent with-in us. (MIDI out excluded!)

25th July 2011	#1
elginchris Gear addict Joined: Feb 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 300 Thread Starter	Things I wish I would have known before I bought Reason/Record I knew that there was no MIDI out. Not a deal breaker for me so I can live with that. The one thing that really boggles and frustrates me is in Reason AND Record you can only record one midi track at a time! This is such a simple task that EVERY other DAW does that its almost unbelievable. Not having this capability in Reason is one thing but not having it in Record is nuts! The only work around is Rewiring Reason into another DAW and that kind defeats the purpose of using Record. Second, no drag and drop support for importing MIDI and audio files. And to make it even more annoying, when you import a MIDI file a new combinator is created so you have to drag your MIDI block to the instrument you want it on and then delete the combinator and do it all over again for each file you import. Also, why no "ctrl-p" or "Apple ," to open the preferences window???? For as ahead of the game Propellerheads is they sure did miss the boat in some simple areas. __________________ Check out my studio construction thread http://www.gearslutz.com/board/photo...nt-studio.html

25th July 2011	#5
Popbott Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Texas by way of Pluto Posts: 1,644	Back in '90 we didn't have Reason, we had a Mac IIci, Studio Vision and a lot of hardware synths & samplers which could run you well over $10K to get what Reason does for you by design. E-mail Propellerheads support ASAP, they may take your notes into consideration. No one said this game was easy, so get those creative juices going and get back on Reason! Half the fun getting there and it's those limitations which sometimes spark the creative talent with-in us. (MIDI out excluded!) __________________ *PopBott*

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25th July 2011	#2
ping panic Gear nut Joined: Jun 2010 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 135	You know they're releasing V6 on september don't you¿