Would you buy a (korg gadget style VST) collection of Reason 10s devices?

[V0RT3X]

So lets say Propellerhead release a VST collection of their Rack devices as VST Form, similar to what they did with Europa.

This could contain..

- Dr OctoRex
- Europa
- Grain
- Thor
- Subtractor
- Maelstrom
etc

Would you buy it?

[Jace-BeOS]

No, because I have equivalents of all that stuff in my DAW already and they’d lack all the interconnection goodness of Reason outside of Reason.

[Distorted Horizon]

No, because I love them in Reason and I like to keep it that way.

Though they could/should make a vst version of Grain..

[Obsolete317542]

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[Psuper]

Rewire is great as is - a new adopter of Reason can plunk down $300 or so and get more devices and effects than they could ever want, have one of the best pitch adjusting tools instantly, and learn a bit about about hardware at the same time. There's always been a lot to love about Reason as-is, its always had the greatest appeal to new purchasers.

I've never felt Propellerhead needed to add VSTs to Reason, nor do I feel they need to release their devices as VSTs (or focus their future efforts on 4k or scaling assets, or updating devices) - in fact I feel that hurt more than helped as that time could have been better spend on what I outlined below -- it would have cemented RE devs and long-time customers to the cause. I'd take an RE over a VST any day. There's still time...

[fmr]

I didn't buy Korg Gadget, nor will I ever. That would be a clear answer. When I buy a VST device, I want a fully developed device, not some kind of "light" version of something.

[whyterabbyt]

No, because I have equivalents of all that stuff in my DAW already and they’d lack all the interconnection goodness of Reason outside of Reason.

What's your equivalents for Malstrom and Dr OctaRex, out of interest?

[antic604]

No. Although I wouldn't mind receiving the VST versions of REs I already own for use in Bitwig or Cubase

[DubLifeSD]

I would definitely pick up Scream4

[txl]

Grain for sure as vst and also Scales/Chords and Dual Arpeggio Player. I can see as a benefit for RE to have a vst version.

[PeterP_swe]

I would prefer if Reason just included a Rack or Combinator VST that could host all their devices and REs.

But if they released all the devices as individual VSTs I'd get that as the second best option.

ReWire doesn't work for audio effects, only synths. There's no way to use a rewired Neptune or Alligator on an audio track in Ableton.

[0degree]

I would prefer if Reason just included a Rack or Combinator VST that could host all their devices and REs.

But if they released all the devices as individual VSTs I'd get that as the second best option.

ReWire doesn't work for audio effects, only synths. There's no way to use a rewired Nepture or Alligator on an audio track in Ableton.

Same - just release them as VST

[xbitz]

^^^ +1 would look like as SerumFX (one single rack) just with cables

at its back, or as Plugmon Massive Modular


I really like cables and miss them in other hosts

[Jace-BeOS]

No, because I have equivalents of all that stuff in my DAW already and they’d lack all the interconnection goodness of Reason outside of Reason.

What's your equivalents for Malstrom and Dr OctaRex, out of interest?

Actually, nothing directly comparable, but several Reaktor ensembles handle wavetable synthesis and loop mangling. I should’ve mentioned Reaktor, rather than my DAW alone.

Since I have Reason, I can use all of its devices alongside my DAW when desired. My key interest in Reason devices is their modular routability, and a plug-in version of them in my DAW wouldn’t be nearly as interesting as their native Reason versions. Reason is still very unique in this way and VST/AudioUnit formats don’t provide that modularity in DAWs (even with a modular plugin chainer, the connections are simplistic: MIDI, L/R audio in/output, sidechain, if you’re lucky).

I wish Logic had a modular workflow (that doesn’t mean the primitive GUI of the Environment), but again, I have other stuff for that.

[RikkShow]

Having the whole rack as a VST would be useful though, so I can take all my CV wired Combinators with some of the high end Rack Extension into another DAW. Would make it smoother than Rewire, especially if they added 2-way Midi.