You know you can use 8 groups? Don´t use the midi channels, reason doesn´t recognise it. The trick is set midi notes from the lowest, then 16 notes higher, group b the next 16 etc so you can have 8 groups, with full automation, possible on 1 or multiple lanes. If you need help holla
Reason is my favoured DAW ... beside Maschine....Sometimes I use 2 Maschine instances inside of Reason with two Maschine Controllers it is fun for live use.Reason is powerful and for me it is very easy to use because of the look of real hardware. You are able to use lots of USB/MIDI Controllers simultaniously, like a Hardware-Keyboardstand and jam also like that. All controls are named correctly and so on. I really appreciate your trip back to Reason and your working inside this program , because to win from your adjucation afterwards. ;o)
Started my DAW experience with Opcode Vision in the early eighties. Not much to work with, but 'in the door" so to speak. Then took a seventeen year hiatus from music biz. Jumped back in with Reason 7 because in was familiar to me owing to it's old-school-style "patchbay" paradigm and SSL-like mixer. Stayed Reason until version 10.5, but needed more flex with editing and console setup. Poked around in many a DAW and ended up in Studio One which, eventually absorbed a Reason 11 instrument and effects rack. Also, though Studio One comes with Melodyne Essentials, as I already have an up-to-date Reason setup, I return there inevitably for vocal and other pitch correction duties. So, still a Reason guy, in particular for the Rack which is one of my "go to" sound design tools for each song I endeavor.
@@jefgibbons You deserve the acknowledgment for your authenticity, talent and you being you brother. Thanks again for the Maschine Mikro MK3 encouragement.
The way you evaluate software is so intuitive and respectful. Very pleasant. You mentioned that the vocals may need recording again, but I my ears enjoyed it. The vocal tone and ambiance reminds me of a jazz/hip-hop club when I lived in St. Louis. It was located downtown in one of the buildings basement. A nostalgic sound for me indeed. Maybe try changing the ambiance of the instruments to match the vocals instead? Great job as always Jeff. God Bless.
Interesting. I really looking forward to the stream! I worked in Reason before. My last Reason version was 9.5, but it was very slow and buggy with handeling VSTS. Last year i switched to Cubase pro 10, and last week i bought Reason 11 standard on black friday sale! It's very smooth now! I really like the VST racks if i work in Cubase. They add alot of new instruments and some features. I really like the Mixer in Reason. It's great for mixing and mastering! The SSL S9000k simulation sounds so good! There are some cons to Reason . The MIDI editor. It's outdated and needs much more functionality compared to the featured DAWS nowdays. I think this is the Reason, it's not in the top 3 of best DAWS. Cubase is still king when it comes to MIDI editing! And as you say Reason lacks shortcut customization. There are some achievable under options, keyboard control edit mode. Every function with a arrow is assignable under a key command. But this is very limited.. Again, really looking forward to the chat and experience as a Cubase user!
I love Reason. It's been a while since I've had the pleasure due to an unforseen hiatus. Just pull my new home production studio together and Reason Rack was added. It's great that you mentioned Ave McCree, he's one of my favorites.
Nice, looking forward to the livestream & tune breakdown! Also, it would be killer if we could compose the windows like you have without separating and then painfully aligining them together - the way Reason forces you to use "stacked" view is really 90's when 4:3 monitors were the mainstream and it made sense.
Thanks for the video Jef. Did you have any issues with remote control when working with Reason? While I love how Reason looks, its weak remote mapping has kept me from making more extensive use of it. Studio One has great remote mapping and I'd expect that Cubase has the same. Was it distracting to move from one to the other?
I'm like you, I started on Reason 1 and now I use it for the rack plugin from Ableton Live and Cubase. I just upgraded to Reason Suite. You should get a ref code for Plugin Boutique. I'd use it to support you next purchase because I enjoy your videos. I used your NI one for expansions.
I made a setting with a template that can change the s(49)mk2 in a full reason controller. It uses a normal synth, mackie settings and mackie adjustments. You can use the scroll wheel to scroll through your song. You can switch between maschine in reason and reason only with full control pushing 1 knob. It´s really cool but i´m not a podcast guy. If you would like, i can write the steps out maybe ,so you can make a podcast. So much more stuff you can do, and have thought hard about it, like standard the 1st 4 encoders are for the combinator, the 4 others are for overdub etc. Just let me now. Pretty sure people with this gear would go crazy about it.
Hi Jef, how are you? Hope all is well at your end. I see a record player next to your midi keyboard. what brand is that and do you use it to record vinyl for samples?
Awesome. I have noticed years and years of bias... there are thousands and thousands of music makers and producers that do not think that Reason Studios is good enough to make professional level musical art and saleable product/content. Please prove them wrong.
Nowadays it's not the software that decides what sounds "pro" and what doesn't anymore. Even free DAWs and VSTs are good enough to make great sounding tracks. If someone says they can't get results in Reason, they're the problem - not the DAW.
@@Artek604 I feel that Reason Studios doesn't get enough respect and widespread use/adoption that it deserves.plus,I doubt that the programming teams, sound design teams, and management teams are at their computers everyday watching reddit posts. In a perfect world they would be there where their users are and that as a company they would have studios on their property using their competitors software daily and working to beat their offerings. But how much humility, vision, and strong leadership would that take to accomplish that? That would yale a completely different mindset versus a sales team that sells small revisions to a digital widget. That's once again, a completely different mindset. But I can't make another person see it how I do or do what I want them to do. I just thought that this needed saying today. Thank you for reading it.
@@jefgibbons try them to work out variations in parts. It helps in swapping different ideas throughout a song without doing all of the work in song mode.
Sonically, Maschine and Reason are my two favorites. Thanks for posting!
You know you can use 8 groups? Don´t use the midi channels, reason doesn´t recognise it. The trick is set midi notes from the lowest, then 16 notes higher, group b the next 16 etc so you can have 8 groups, with full automation, possible on 1 or multiple lanes. If you need help holla
Who remembers ”Record” and ”ReCycle”?
Who still own and use ReCycle?
This guy 😎🥃
Sounds great as always, Jef! Looking forward to having you on the livestream! :D
Reason is my favoured DAW ... beside Maschine....Sometimes I use 2 Maschine instances inside of Reason with two Maschine Controllers it is fun for live use.Reason is powerful and for me it is very easy to use because of the look of real hardware. You are able to use lots of USB/MIDI Controllers simultaniously, like a Hardware-Keyboardstand and jam also like that. All controls are named correctly and so on. I really appreciate your trip back to Reason and your working inside this program , because to win from your adjucation afterwards. ;o)
Cubase and Reason 2.5 is where I started 😎🥃
Started my DAW experience with Opcode Vision in the early eighties. Not much to work with, but 'in the door" so to speak. Then took a seventeen year hiatus from music biz. Jumped back in with Reason 7 because in was familiar to me owing to it's old-school-style "patchbay" paradigm and SSL-like mixer. Stayed Reason until version 10.5, but needed more flex with editing and console setup. Poked around in many a DAW and ended up in Studio One which, eventually absorbed a Reason 11 instrument and effects rack. Also, though Studio One comes with Melodyne Essentials, as I already have an up-to-date Reason setup, I return there inevitably for vocal and other pitch correction duties. So, still a Reason guy, in particular for the Rack which is one of my "go to" sound design tools for each song I endeavor.
Nice! Planning a Studio One comparison video with a friend of mine... can't wait to see his reasons for using it!
As always, thanks for sharing and inspiring, I appreciate you Jeff.
I appreciate these comments!
@@jefgibbons You deserve the acknowledgment for your authenticity, talent and you being you brother. Thanks again for the Maschine Mikro MK3 encouragement.
The way you evaluate software is so intuitive and respectful. Very pleasant. You mentioned that the vocals may need recording again, but I my ears enjoyed it. The vocal tone and ambiance reminds me of a jazz/hip-hop club when I lived in St. Louis. It was located downtown in one of the buildings basement. A nostalgic sound for me indeed. Maybe try changing the ambiance of the instruments to match the vocals instead? Great job as always Jeff. God Bless.
Thanks Sam! Much appreciated... and I'll try out your tips!
Reason 12 ... will make history 4 sure !!!
Yeah jeff! Glad you found it helpful.
Affordable little tool for the box.
Interesting. I really looking forward to the stream! I worked in Reason before. My last Reason version was 9.5, but it was very slow and buggy with handeling VSTS. Last year i switched to Cubase pro 10, and last week i bought Reason 11 standard on black friday sale! It's very smooth now! I really like the VST racks if i work in Cubase. They add alot of new instruments and some features. I really like the Mixer in Reason. It's great for mixing and mastering! The SSL S9000k simulation sounds so good!
There are some cons to Reason . The MIDI editor. It's outdated and needs much more functionality compared to the featured DAWS nowdays. I think this is the Reason, it's not in the top 3 of best DAWS. Cubase is still king when it comes to MIDI editing! And as you say Reason lacks shortcut customization. There are some achievable under options, keyboard control edit mode. Every function with a arrow is assignable under a key command. But this is very limited..
Again, really looking forward to the chat and experience as a Cubase user!
I love Reason. It's been a while since I've had the pleasure due to an unforseen hiatus. Just pull my new home production studio together and Reason Rack was added. It's great that you mentioned Ave McCree, he's one of my favorites.
Good one, thx for sharing.
6:40 I use Maschine within Reason. I find it to be more efficient IMO 🥃
Nice, looking forward to the livestream & tune breakdown! Also, it would be killer if we could compose the windows like you have without separating and then painfully aligining them together - the way Reason forces you to use "stacked" view is really 90's when 4:3 monitors were the mainstream and it made sense.
Couldn't agree more! Windows layout has a lot of room for improvement!
@@jefgibbons Hopefully they'll do that now as they work on high-res GPU-accelerated GUI.
Thanks for the video Jef. Did you have any issues with remote control when working with Reason?
While I love how Reason looks, its weak remote mapping has kept me from making more extensive use of it. Studio One has great remote mapping and I'd expect that Cubase has the same. Was it distracting to move from one to the other?
I'm like you, I started on Reason 1 and now I use it for the rack plugin from Ableton Live and Cubase. I just upgraded to Reason Suite. You should get a ref code for Plugin Boutique. I'd use it to support you next purchase because I enjoy your videos. I used your NI one for expansions.
What can be communicated to Reason Studios to guide them in making the software as good as Cubase, Ableton Live, or Studio One?
forum.reasontalk.com
By now they should've collected a super long list of features that users are missing.
bring it on!
I made a setting with a template that can change the s(49)mk2 in a full reason controller. It uses a normal synth, mackie settings and mackie adjustments. You can use the scroll wheel to scroll through your song. You can switch between maschine in reason and reason only with full control pushing 1 knob. It´s really cool but i´m not a podcast guy. If you would like, i can write the steps out maybe ,so you can make a podcast. So much more stuff you can do, and have thought hard about it, like standard the 1st 4 encoders are for the combinator, the 4 others are for overdub etc. Just let me now. Pretty sure people with this gear would go crazy about it.
Didn’t know my mom was in this. Cool!
Hi Jef, how are you? Hope all is well at your end. I see a record player next to your midi keyboard. what brand is that and do you use it to record vinyl for samples?
Thanks Ivan! It’s a Numark PT-01 scratch, cheap! I use it for importing and scratch practice.
Check Kit Complete here on UA-cam, he’s amazing with this thing!
@@jefgibbons ok thank you Jef
Jef, do you ever use melodyne?
Awesome. I have noticed years and years of bias... there are thousands and thousands of music makers and producers that do not think that Reason Studios is good enough to make professional level musical art and saleable product/content.
Please prove them wrong.
Nowadays it's not the software that decides what sounds "pro" and what doesn't anymore.
Even free DAWs and VSTs are good enough to make great sounding tracks.
If someone says they can't get results in Reason, they're the problem - not the DAW.
@@Artek604 I feel that Reason Studios doesn't get enough respect and widespread use/adoption that it deserves.plus,I doubt that the programming teams, sound design teams, and management teams are at their computers everyday watching reddit posts. In a perfect world they would be there where their users are and that as a company they would have studios on their property using their competitors software daily and working to beat their offerings. But how much humility, vision, and strong leadership would that take to accomplish that? That would yale a completely different mindset versus a sales team that sells small revisions to a digital widget. That's once again, a completely different mindset. But I can't make another person see it how I do or do what I want them to do. I just thought that this needed saying today. Thank you for reading it.
I like reason much better than any DAW. Switched from cubase
Looks like you have Blocks enabled. How did you use them in this project?
Should have mentioned that, I'm only using it as a Marker track!
@@jefgibbons try them to work out variations in parts. It helps in swapping different ideas throughout a song without doing all of the work in song mode.
@@VideoMcVideoface Yeah, I'd love to show how it compares to the Maschine method of patterns. Thanks Dan.
Automation clips are the best in Reason.
Use izotope Deverb. No more Reverb on your talent vocals. Too easy.