lydian91
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I've started getting back into Reason now that it supports 3rd party plugins. Being able to integrate things like Omnisphere and Soundtoys within the Propellerhead ecosystem makes it a real powerhouse for designing sounds. It's my preferred environment whenever I need to create a custom patch; however, I have yet to find a great solution for integrating this with a master DAW (Cubase or DP generally—the specific DAW isn't really important here).
ReWire works great, but you lose the 3rd party plugin support, so that's not really an option. I don't need a bunch of live audio coming from Reason into my DAW, so I'm happy to print one sound at a time (like you would with analog synths). The core issue really boils down to tempo sync.
Reason of course supports midi clock sync, but this comes with its own set of problems. Film cues can have a lot of tempo changes, and the midi clock just can't adjust fast enough. Would an external midi clock be a solution? Not sure if that could integrate with tempo coming from the master DAW. I haven't really ventured into this part of the midi world. For the moment, the only solution I'm aware of is to export a midi file from the master DAW into Reason, but it's clunky and makes experimentation difficult—especially when working to picture.
It's looking like the technology just isn't there yet, but I'm curious if there are other solutions. Reason is such a powerful sound design environment now. Would love to find a better way to integrate it into my workflow.
ReWire works great, but you lose the 3rd party plugin support, so that's not really an option. I don't need a bunch of live audio coming from Reason into my DAW, so I'm happy to print one sound at a time (like you would with analog synths). The core issue really boils down to tempo sync.
Reason of course supports midi clock sync, but this comes with its own set of problems. Film cues can have a lot of tempo changes, and the midi clock just can't adjust fast enough. Would an external midi clock be a solution? Not sure if that could integrate with tempo coming from the master DAW. I haven't really ventured into this part of the midi world. For the moment, the only solution I'm aware of is to export a midi file from the master DAW into Reason, but it's clunky and makes experimentation difficult—especially when working to picture.
It's looking like the technology just isn't there yet, but I'm curious if there are other solutions. Reason is such a powerful sound design environment now. Would love to find a better way to integrate it into my workflow.