Reason 11.2! New Beatmap Drum Player and Rack MIDI out in your DAW! 

Thanks Gerald!

Thanks Orlando!

Thanks! Much appreciated!

I agree!

@@jefgibbons well you know drag & drop is more convenient Reason has an excellent workflow but certainly not interesting i would say outdated

@@phosphore7991 Outdated how?

Right on, good to hear!

@@jefgibbons would love maybe a video about the basics of using Reason in Cubase or just other DAWs in general? I've used Reason since 4, but have failed to integrate Cubase... With the vst mode I really want to finally get into it... Maybe a basic workflow, your go to plug-ins, and approach?

@@jefgibbons also fantastic content... You have a new sub! 👍🏾

I loved it!! Many sequencer accidents that ended up sounding great!

Totally Agree !

Agreed!!!

IIRC, that’s just a switch they need to throw in the back end of the GUI toolkit they have. When you (or they) build a Rack Extension, you submit 3D geometry data that their GUI renders into the pixels you see onscreen; so they - in principle - should be able to just tell it to render at 2x the pixels.

@@darkwinter6028 switch or not need to be a option..reasons waaaaayyyy behind on alot

I was shocked to see midi out this soon!

I've just played with it at the store! It's got learning curve I'm sure, but they're pretty sweet!

@@jefgibbons Sweet! I think it could be the perfect instrument for me and it looks so expressive it's insane... I've seen a few videos on youtube that blew my mind like the one where Marco Parisi plays Purple Rain lead guitar with it and the way Neon Vines play with it also is just ridiculous. Do you think it might be a good idea to learn to play the keyboard with this seeing how I never learned to play keyboard yet? Or you think it would be best to start with a classic keyboard (less dimensions) before trying this? I can't find none in store here, probably a good thing I'm afraid I would buy it on the spot!

Was listening to zep recently... osmosis!

So true!

Ryan! I love your stuff man!! Big fan... the desk is just an acacia slab from our local Canadian Rona store with legs... but tbh it’s very warped... not as functional as it is beautiful!

@@jefgibbons Aha... I've recently gotten sucked into a rabbit hole of watching woodworking videos about planers, jointers, and making epoxy resin "river" tables... so I'm all geeked out now on "live edge" tables like that. Looks great on camera, even if you do need to shim it with matchbooks underneath! :)

Thanks for the tip... definitely checking this out!!!

Thanks Chris!

Nevermind, figured it out... (Windows) you have to copy all the contents from the C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 Reason plugin folder into your custom location (for me it's just C:\VST3)

I haven’t got it working yet! Might try hitting up NI to see if I’m just doing something wrong...

You’ve got it!

Hi back a few videos, I’ve got one on the tv. Samsung 7100 65”! Cheap at costco

A tv! The Jvc videosphere, it doesn’t work anymore!

Maybe this helps: a) Create a Track with Reason Rack plugin inserted on that Track and create a MIDI item on that Track. b) Create another Track and put an instrument plugin on that Track. c) Drag the Routing icon from Track a) onto Track b), disable audio send in the routing popup window. d) Choose a Player in Reason Rack, for example, the Chord Player. Now do Play in Reaper. Outcome: you will hear the MIDI item played as Chords, triggering the instrument plugin on Track b). You can then indeed record those chords, with "record midi output" function, on Track b).

Try 'Monitor track media while recording' a right click on the record button option

@@ButeSound Definitely know that (11 years using Reaper) and sadly it doesn't work, either. Thanks, though! What I'm trying to figure out is how to get the RUN pattern (Reason) to record MIDI into Reaper WHILE I'm hearing it. It works if I play anything live (can record, and hear it), but the whole purpose of the Midi Out feature is to get the actual midi notes recorded from pattern playback. If I can hear it while it's recording, then I know what I want to keep with arpeggiator exploration, and no wasted time.

@@vanhaze2000 Thank you Rob but that doesn't work either. I'm trying to get Reaper to record the Reason patterns (using Reason instruments, which I really like) when RUN is enabled (such as with Beat Map). It records them fine, but I can't hear them when they're recording. Only in playback.

@@vanhaze2000 It seems that you need two instances of Reason if you want to use the Reason instruments. One for a player/midi out device, and one for the instrument. It works as you mentioned. As long as you bypass the player track before playback. Thanks Rob!

Yup!

I know! It was a beta version...

Since the loss of rewire, I’m not sure how you’d do that!

@@jefgibbons Thanks for your fast answer. I was unaware rewire was discontinued so that clears things up. But since i also have Reason 10, could I use that in sync with Cubase? I have never used rewire or midi clocks before and i'm a bit confused...

I don’t use logic, thinking about getting it for stuff like this though!

I haven’t been able to get it to work! I meant to mention that to see if anyone else has...

65” Samsung tv!!

Jef Gibbons Wow, nice...thanks! 😁

i went from 9.5 to 11 so there was plenty of new stuff to make it worthwhile for me ;) what potential new features do forsee them introducing in 12 ?

No that's gone

@@ibrellozeius2500 that sucks..I liked rewire. It was easy and quick to render midi Into audio. They should have kept both.

@@DL-1 Yeah it got replaced by the plugin and the method that came at 7. EMI & the plugin replaced rewire

just use a version of reason that still supports rewire like 10, you can have more than one version of reason installed on your cpu!!!!

@@DjSegwon ahhh... very interesting sir.I didn't know that. It is hard to find new boxes versions of older software though.i couldn't find a version of komplete 11 anywhere.(Cheaper upgrade path.) Do you know how many computers that you can load reason onto? My desktop, laptop, e.t.c... or is it one instance per disc like native instruments software?

You would be able to for sure! Should’ve done that in the vid...

@@jefgibbons maybe another quick vid

@@protoolsboy yeah I would def like to see if I can send the drum info into my modular or drum machines

You can route to outboard it just might be a struggle. True story. I was there. I just wanna know if I can use shit like scaler its midi out. within Reason (Standalone.)#ReasonGang

@@Illnoise5959 oh i just seen it lol TRUE STORY

Are you serious? Wow. People have absolutely ZERO patience anymore. Just the attitude of hurry up and give me what I need. Work on that bro You'll learn much more.. or better yet, read the damn manual instead.

That’s fair, I’ve been known to watch a lot of videos at 1.5x speed!

Just make sure reason is configured to see your midi interface. You'll see the midi rack the next time reason rack is opened.

I meant to mention that in the vid, I wasn't able to figure out how to get MIDI out of a device into a Maschine kit exclusively in Maschine. I tried a bunch of things but couldn't get it to work.

I'm not sure if I understand the question correctly. If you want to export MIDI from Maschine into your DAW, there is a export MIDI button above the grid (one for MIDI another for AUDIO export)... But reading Jef answer I'm confused maybe you are trying to do opposite and use Reason midi out to import straight into Maschine with no DAW then I don't know if you can do that..

Sineer I want to use Reason in Maschine, especially the PLAYERS. So the midi signal should be able to transfered to Maschine.(Sorry for my poor English 😅)

I’m still on a 2013 Mac Pro... but it’s showing its age.... pc is starting to look enticing!

@@jefgibbons what are the specs?Macbook pro's can be expensive and awesome.Just curious.

@@DL-1 It's a Mac Pro, not the MacBook Pro, and it has 32GB Ram, 1 TB flash storage... 6 cores... still chuggs along!

@@jefgibbons that's awesome. Yeah I mixed up the name. The mac pro is very expensive. I saw a video about a $15k mac pro versus an AMD threadripper custom PC build. That started the question for me. Congratulations on being successful enough to afford one. And resuming g enough through music to pay for it. That's a blessing. Great video. I like the reason videos because I like seeing who is making professional projects with that program. I'm not back in yet. I'm just a spectator right now. But great video.

I’m a Mac user for my general computing needs, and the Mac definitely holds some advantages for audio: easier to get low latency, easier to do inter-application audio routing, Logic DAW is very attractive price/performance, MainStage is even more attractive price/performance. But I’ve built my own custom PCs as my main studio DAW platform for many years now. The advantages include: lower hardware cost to get to high performance, older software keeps working for longer (like 32bit midi apps), probably more free plugins. Some of what makes MacOS great (security & privacy) gets in the way when wanting to freely tinker. If I was going to use a single computer for everything, I’d probably choose a Mac for that. But for building a dedicated stationary studio DAW with lots of tinkering, I’ve been generally more happy on a PC. - But both platforms will also drive you crazy at times :-\

For me it’s more about the complex high hats, still a bit lazy, but gets some unexpected but organic results!

Depends if you like using a ton of loops, ableton's strength.

Because now you can use Reason inside Ableton.

Thanks, I’m always up for suggestions! The main concern is looking up too much, when I’m editing I use the lower portion of the tv... but are you referring to keyboard mouse height or something?

@@jefgibbons Tough call with your setup... looks like if you could get your chair up a little higher, then something under your feet to compensate to make sure your circulation doesn't get cut off, then possibly finding a new chair with adjustable arm rests? Seems like the dangling elbows would be painful for both your wrists and back...

Yep. propellerhead actually does not care about those features and made the plugin instead for the daws that already do that. They have officially stated that if you want those features you need to add something else.

I like to think of it as a gateway to musicianship... one can only get so far using the 1 finger method. I’ve found loads of my followers are digging the music theory aspect, and I suspect that will continue to grow. As for Reason’s MO, I think they had to pivot to survive. On the surface it looks like it might hurt the Reason users, but on the contrary, it’s not only going to help them survive, but they could thrive at a time when companies like Cakewalk are collapsing. I definitely think they won’t abandon their Reason users, but they need to ride the wave of other DAW users to get to the next level. Thanks for the comments Bill!