Heigen5 wrote: ↑17 May 2021
owlymane wrote: ↑17 May 2021
Wow, this is enough for you to be a major update ?
I get it, some folks are easily impressed. I’m not one of them. Especially now that I’m using another DAW.
For me this is a plugin update, not a DAW update.
If these features are not impressive for you, then you're probably not an old-timer for using Reason maybe?
I’m sure there are much older users than me. I’m 30 years old and been using Reason since version 4.
I understand the hype around the Combinator. I like the new features. I don’t mean to sound negative but this is not enough for me to be a major release.
I mean in all honesty, since when have we been asking for a new combinator, a new sampler, higher resolution ? For more than 5 years. These are not suppose to be all packed as the only features of an official 2021 major release.
From the look of it Reason is going for a plugin perspective. That’s cool. But as a DAW user I’m just not impressed. Where are the sequencer features ? Grouping channels, punch in/out, better piano roll, more shortcuts ? VST3 ?
By the time they group all those features we’ve been asking for (again for years) into one major release, other DAWs will still be way ahead.
A new sampler ? Ok cool. Now that I use another DAW I have tons of sampler VSTs that I can use. Better comb ? FL Studio has something called “Patcher” nobody seems to talk about.
I’m just not Reason’s target market anymore. I look for an all-in-one DAW solution. Reason Studios is the Mac of DAWs/Plugins that wants you to be part of their ecosystem. I enjoy the freedom of being an artist. If I want to use VST3, I can. If I want a clean and advanced sequencer, I have one without begging for one for years until they decide to do it half-way.
I thought R12 was going to surprise us with some sequencer improvements, video editing integration, better connectivity with the market’s best keyboards. Anything to please the loyal customers that have been asking for those for years. Instead, a sampler, a comb 2.0 and a halfway improved Browser topped with 4K. That’s it.