Reason Now Has VST Support

I don't use Reason but this is still a great and very exciting development! Now how are they going to sell their "rack extension" things?

Couldn't care less about this. Reason has stagnated for years, with paltry updates.

this could make me use reason again

I don't quite understand, why did it not? When I used the free Modplug Tracker back in '99 it had VST support. Is it going to let you upload to Soundcloud in 2034 ?

I hated it when I first used it in 2005.

was thinking about the phrase "better late than never" for a completely unrelated reason 5 seconds before i saw this thread

Wow, about time. Probably too late for me to get any use out of it though, I quit using Reason around 5 years ago.

um...eh... hmm...bleh.....well...like...ya..know...umm...pfft.

magnus from sonic charge said on twitter that he coded VST support for proppelerheads in 2008. 

  On 4/28/2017 at 11:05 PM, ignatius said:

magnus from sonic charge said on twitter that he coded VST support for proppelerheads in 2008. 

lol

About time, and in their twitter they're all patting themselves on the back. 

  On 4/28/2017 at 11:45 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

About time, and in their twitter they're all patting themselves on the back. 

 

That's a really obnoxious attitude (theirs).

Vst- 1996. Vst 2-1999. Vst 3 - 2008. Reason vst 3 - 2017. Yikes.

This literally means you can now just use vsts in conjunction within reason. Which you've been able to do for many years. The actual news is that it's slightly less cluttered now.

  On 4/29/2017 at 12:07 AM, Brisbot said:

Vst- 1996. Vst 2-1999. Vst 3 - 2008. Reason vst 3 - 2017. Yikes.

 

This literally means you can now just use vsts in conjunction within reason. Which you've been able to do for many years. The actual news is that it's slightly less cluttered now.

lol reason...that old chestnut

Such a horrible sequencer...so clunky

  On 4/29/2017 at 5:13 AM, bendish said:

Such a horrible sequencer...so clunky

The sequencer used to be really good before version 4 - it was quick and dirty. Then they did v4, and it got too much like Cubase

MAKE REASON GREAT AGAIN!

i used to really like reason, but haven't used it since 2.5. what's it like for controlling external gear these days?

Tried it eons ago, and am willing to give it another shot though 369 euro's is too much for a side-daw I'll hardly use. Do they ever do black-Friday like discounts? 

It only supports VST 2.4

  On 4/29/2017 at 1:53 PM, BCM said:

i used to really like reason, but haven't used it since 2.5. what's it like for controlling external gear these days?

It's usable but it's not as flexible as you'd think, where the CV cable routing is concerned (you have to make multiple MIDI instrument rack items if you want to control multiple MIDI CC events via cabling.

  On 4/28/2017 at 11:45 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

About time, and in their twitter they're all patting themselves on the back. 

 

  On 4/29/2017 at 6:19 PM, oscillik said:

It only supports VST 2.4

  On 4/29/2017 at 2:39 PM, Djeroek said:

369 euro's

  On 4/29/2017 at 6:48 PM, sweepstakes said:

 

  On 4/28/2017 at 11:45 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

About time, and in their twitter they're all patting themselves on the back. 

 

  On 4/29/2017 at 6:19 PM, oscillik said:

It only supports VST 2.4

  On 4/29/2017 at 2:39 PM, Djeroek said:

369 euro's

Holy fuck are these guys high? Welcome to the late 20th century ffs.

 

Yeah, when they started charging full price upgrade prices for stupid fucking shit like skinnable interface, they really jumped the shark.

  On 4/29/2017 at 5:27 AM, oscillik said:

 

  On 4/29/2017 at 5:13 AM, bendish said:

Such a horrible sequencer...so clunky

The sequencer used to be really good before version 4 - it was quick and dirty. Then they did v4, and it got too much like Cubase

 

 

yeah, so true

As far as I can see 369 is full price, if you already have an earlier version you can upgrade for 129,-. Looking at what they offer, Reason essentials looks interesting to me for 69,-, that is if it will also support vst(i)'s. I don't care much about extra soundpacks and what not.