The thing with OSX is I get a sense it just getting worse for every new OS. (Ok, its purely a "sense" and nothing I can prove). Something is indeed not right with the Reason OSX combination. But I thought it was only me having this bad performance on my MAC but it seems that is not the case. PH mus...

I have found this from Harrison forum and you might find it useful though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUsLLEkswzE great video and exactly what Theo was referring about the Mac OS and Real-Time Performance, from my test Windows is the way to go if you want to run Reason smoothly at this point m...

I believe the only good test is this: - compare a song containing the same material (best would be: a heavy track including some general RE's like Softtube Amp and/or Audiomatic) - set the same latency - set the same CPU Usage Limit in Reason - listen for glitches - note where (in minutes and secon...

Just to give you guys some insight on some of the results i've been experiencing here's a test i've been running 14 Track Reason 9 Session w/ various RE's on every track Macbook Pro Retina 2.6ghz i5- 8gb RAM Session Audio Settings (Same on both OS) -Built in Audio -Sample Rate:44,100 -Buffer: 512 -C...

Bounce tracks. Lower polyphony if not needed. Set to low resolution on device if available. Use less fx (sometimes you just dont here a difference). Use build in devices before RE. Leave mastering stuff (EQ, filtering mastering at all) to a later stage. Use samples instead of synths. Route to a bus...