I was never sure Urs was being entirely clear when he had his rant. I think there was something else in his mind and he didn't want to be particularly clear. Obfuscation is one of my fave words. Besides Diva is a terrible CPU hog so his code can't be all that sleek - unless it is all those hidden m...

Sure the platforms are different but I know of nothing that would make one sound different from the other and that is essentially my conclusion - with the exception that VST are more likely to have extra layers of effects or modulation to juice up the sound whereas the Reason platform seems to pref...

The differences between VSTs and REs are that (a) VSTs do not have to conform to the Reason SDK like REs do; and (b) VSTs are not sold in a proprietary store whereas REs are. My understanding is that having to conform to the Reason SDK means that developers can't do certain things the way they might...

Not happening at all That was what we call "dry humor." I know it isn't happening in the foreseeable future. They are making money off the centralized RE market and are as likely to change that as Apple is to license third-party Macs. But it *would in fact* solve the problem, and keep a lot of peop...

The quality of WA's processed samples is incredible. But I found the demo of Revolution really frustrating to use in Kontakt player. So I didn't buy it. I would definitely be interested in an RE version if they made one, though.

All this could be solved if Props created a "VST rack unit." Just sayin'...

(I know, I know. Not happening anytime soon.)

Expanse has become my favorite RE synth (along with The Legend). Just love it for the kind of music I'm making (touch spacey synthwave).

Just downloaded the demo. Looking forward to messing with this one!

I've been running Reason on a 2011 Macbook Pro for the last year or so. It really doesn't run Reason that well. I recently bought an HP Z420 with a six core processor and 32GB of RAM for $350 on Craigslist. It runs Reason SO much better. I can get to 54 seconds in the benchmark song. The MBP gets t...

True again. The hole Viking age has been boild down til The life of Ragnar. Rollo was not. Ragnars brother he was not born yet when they attacked Paris The first time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Exactly! I wish they hadn't felt the need to drama it up. The Viking Age was dramatic enough--it...

Take a look at Google trends (Reason / Logic / FL Studio / Cubase / Live) . To suggest Reason is less popular because of VSTs ignores the many VST hosts that are less popular than Reason ;) What, you think adding VST would make it suddenly a good VST host? Sure there are people who say they would b...

HepCat wrote:
It has a Music Radar poll for 2016. Perhaps it supersedes this current thread.

The MusicRadar polls are not an accurate gauge of the market. It would be nice to have some figures that were.

Gotta rant somewhere about this.. I usually like watching series with the original sound (even though all stuff in germany is very well synced). But each time I start watching "Vikings" again I gotta turn off the original sound and go to the synced version because they do that silly thing of "speak...

Gotta rant somewhere about this.. I usually like watching series with the original sound (even though all stuff in germany is very well synced). But each time I start watching "Vikings" again I gotta turn off the original sound and go to the synced version because they do that silly thing of "speak...

Pre-Reason I used a small hardware studio of: Akai MPC3000 (sampler/sequencer) Yamaha An1X (synth) Roland D-50 (synth) Roland MC-303 (groovebox) Roland VM-3100Pro (mixer) I can't say that any of the music was any good, and over the years I sold most of this stuff (I only regret selling the D-50). Th...

The processing is excellent, and a lot of the samples are already mapped to Kong kits. Love it.

I got it too. Very curious

It is an interesting question.... Lots more people use Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton, Cubase and FL Studio I'd guess, but it's likely that more people use Reason than Bitwig, Reaper or the other various DAWs. I only use reason, I did come across this... http://4dpavshx5ly3quwy2v9yv83i.wpengine.netdna-c...

I see. Bizarre.

I wonder if there are reliable sales or (scientifically collected) usage figures?

It is an interesting question.... Lots more people use Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton, Cubase and FL Studio I'd guess, but it's likely that more people use Reason than Bitwig, Reaper or the other various DAWs. I only use reason, I did come across this... http://4dpavshx5ly3quwy2v9yv83i.wpengine.netdna-c...

Lots more people use Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton, Cubase and FL Studio I'd guess, but it's likely that more people use Reason than Bitwig, Reaper or the other various DAWs. And yes, I think it's absolutely due to Reason's plugin policy. Interesting - do you mean to say that Reason was far more popula...

Lots more people use Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton, Cubase and FL Studio I'd guess, but it's likely that more people use Reason than Bitwig, Reaper or the other various DAWs. And yes, I think it's absolutely due to Reason's plugin policy. Props have created a "closed system," which allows them to take a...

Can you see the "slight delay" at the beginning of the audio recording? Have you tried using an "Recording Latency Compensation" in the Reason Prefs? Tried Recording Latency Compensation, and it didn't seem to make a difference. For now I've been slicing the "slight delay" off the audio file, but f...

What's your budget? I've been looking at used ones and I'd like to keep it under $1000 (though I'm speaking in Canadian dollars, fyi, I guess that's about $750 American). I think I will just go with a desktop again. From what I've seen online that puts me at a 2013 model at the latest. I suppose if...

I use a 15" MBP and don't have any issues with screen size. But you can also hook a laptop up to an LCD screen (they are not expensive), so really the best argument for a desktop is that you get more computer for your money--at the cost of portability. If you don't plan to move around with your comp...