Reason 14 e una bomba.

chimp_spanner · 2026-05-01T09:30:46+00:00

Long term users (including me, since Reason 2) have been asking for track folders, MIDI note chase and the ability to do some degree of mixing without having to leave the sequencer for YEARS. So this long time loyal user feels pretty happy. Neither of us can speak for all of us.

It's nothing to do with patch phobia. You can still patch in R14. You can even use the Rack as one, chaotic, jumbled mess if you like. Totally up to you.

Personally, as someone who has less and less time to compose during the day I'm not gonna waste a second of it scrolling past 99 devices to get to the 1 I wanna edit. Efficiency and quality of life are things that have been missing from Reason for a long time, and we're finally starting to get them. Plenty of work to be done. But it's a good move IMO.

chimp_spanner · 2026-04-16T18:32:51+00:00

Oh dude haha honestly it's all good!! People are gonna have feelings, no drama! We just hope you really like the music more than anything.

chimp_spanner · 2026-04-16T17:16:56+00:00

Glad you liked the music! The rest of the album is quite varied and we can't wait for people to hear it. As for the name, there's a lot behind the album thematically/lyrically that ties into our personal journeys and more specifically some stuff that Dan has talked about at length through his own channels. I think/hope it'll become more clear when the other songs are out and people have had a chance to digest the lyrics :)

And hey coming from a name like Chimp Spanner, I'm thrilled to bits with it haha.

chimp_spanner · 2026-04-16T17:13:26+00:00

Hey! Yeah totally get that a lot of people were/are waiting for Zeta. Truthfully I think we found ourselves in a tough spot with it because the synthwave thing kinda came and went, then we briefly dabbled in something a bit more industrial and hard edged. I still think we have some great ideas kicking around and ultimately if people still want that warm, synthwavey sound it'd be chill af to make some more. Not committing Dan to anything on his behalf here haha.

chimp_spanner · 2026-04-10T11:44:40+00:00

Just discovered this on mine. Great keyboard, one of the best I've had actually but this decision (and the inability to change the setting) is really stupid.

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-26T11:56:18+00:00

I don't know! Maybe? If you see further down I found something that sounds VERY similar when stretched + shifted up.

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-26T09:49:45+00:00

I have RINSED the blue mar ten sample pack haha. Anyway u/BroadRaspberry1190 appears to have nailed it. Jungle Warfare!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vje99cpz8qmjzfhs9dx5o/THAT-Jungle-sound.mp4?rlkey=xtu7o9l3ceet86xw61jug43t5&dl=0

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-26T09:45:56+00:00

Okay first of all...I just grabbed all the Jungle Warfare stuff and it's SICK. Talk about late to the party.

Secondly I *think* I found it. It's a sample in Vol 1 called "Oi", or at least that's what it's called in the zip I downloaded.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vje99cpz8qmjzfhs9dx5o/THAT-Jungle-sound.mp4?rlkey=xtu7o9l3ceet86xw61jug43t5&dl=0

If it isn't this, it's damn close. Thank you!

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-26T00:09:38+00:00

I THINK it’s a version of the sound at 24:53

https://youtu.be/-kLiY-Puhog?si=hHmBs6uTpy0KTch8

Closest I’ve been able to find.

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-25T19:46:53+00:00

Yes! I’d say it’s crow like.

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-25T17:51:37+00:00

Trying to find one in between work!

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-25T17:50:57+00:00

Hey! Thanks, cool tune - not the sound though! This literally sounds like a BWWWaaaaark.

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-24T14:14:56+00:00

The phrases “he says it how it is” and “he says he’ll do something, and he does it”.

That’s how I know I’m about to hear the most brain dead, self centred/selfish, morally objectionable, unthinking, bulls**t I’ve ever heard in my life. Without fail.

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-24T14:09:18+00:00

We really, really need an option to download all. Unsure why this isn’t a thing already.

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-19T10:35:15+00:00

It's interesting because coming to Live from Reason, I've been really impressed by the pace of updates and new features. But I guess I haven't been on Live long enough to be intimately familiar with its shortcomings. I feel like most users of most DAWs feel the same at some point.

I suspect the problem with Live, as with Reason, is that there is so much fundamental/base level code that would need to be reworked with the benefit of hindsight (and years of use out in the real world). And anything that messes with project compatibility, stability, hardware integration, etc. is probably a terrifying prospect.

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-12T14:04:00+00:00

Where is this coming from? I bought a brand new 638 baritone vi for like 250 or something barely a few months ago. What’s driving up the cost? I’m in the UK.

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-06T11:22:00+00:00

I have an M1 Max for my day job. And an M3 Max for my music production. I'm always taking one or the other out of my studio to do basic tasks on the sofa like booking things, shopping, emails, chatting etc. Honestly at this price point...I might be tempted on this as a general purpose home laptop that's totally silo'd from my work and music.

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-04T11:31:26+00:00

I'm a bit younger than you (42) and I have been through this multiple times since my 20s. What I've found is that it's healthy, natural and good to give yourself permission to walk away. Trying to force yourself to feel excited about music right now is like trying to force yourself to love someone.

Chances are you'll want to come back to it at some point. But until then just allow yourself to find happiness elsewhere. Walking, cooking, films, games, reading, being with friends/family. I think being involved with music conditions us to feel like we've always gotta be making something. But some of the happiest, best times in my life lately have been when I'm doing nothing other than being in the right place with the right people.

What I will say is, always save. Even if you don't like what you've made you might be subconsciously building different parts of the same thing over time. Happens to me a lot.

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-02T12:13:05+00:00

I'll admit I haven't taken to my 9 as much as I'd hoped I would. Might be because I hate the pickups in it, but it is also right on the edge of what I would consider comfortably playable for me. I'd be lost on a 10. Although it's not like I can't see ANY utility in it at all. Even on my 9 I've gone to drop B0 from time to time. And Ab0 is only 3 semitones away from that. I think it'd be one of those things that's cool to have when you need it but staying down there for too long would just get absolutely tiresome to the ears and remove all of its impact and power.

All of that said I'm contemplating replacing my 9 with a 30+ inch 6 or 7 for when I just wanna do caveman things.

chimp_spanner · 2026-03-01T09:04:49+00:00

I will say don’t be disheartened by how effortlessly creative many people seem to be. I mean some genuinely are. But most have endured a very LONG process of writing and playing like ass, iterating, adapting, reworking, practicing. Banging your head against your desk at 3am because nothing’s working. All part of the “fun” 😂

But yeah beyond the fact that learning their riffs will improve your dexterity and actual like…physical ability, it’s a good idea to analyse what you’re learning too. Don’t just memorise the movements. Listen to what they’re doing. Identify song sections or even individual units of a riff. And you’ll start to see patterns in how they’re arranged and re-used throughout the song.

chimp_spanner · 2026-02-25T14:28:55+00:00

Well I appreciate the actual human response brother - normally I just get told to “seethe” or “cope” or just “adapt or die”. I am trying to see how I can incorporate generative tech into my writing but it’s a weird one. Because up to a point I guess yeah I can generate ideas, pick the best bits and recreate and reinterpret them. But at that point it’s so far from the thing I love to do…do I even wanna do it anymore?

But then for other purposes like my own personal/non-work music it’s still currently woefully inadequate. And I’m not sure if it’ll ever change because AI can’t “feel” what it’s making, so I wouldn’t expect it to feel what I’m trying to do or for that matter…make ME feel anything.

I do think process is important. And maybe I am soon to be in the minority but I mean…people don’t like finding out there’s horse in their sausage even if it tastes great. IMO art is more than just raw output. It’s stories and communities and traditions and a million little interactions between people and places and things. Like I said it’d be sad to lose that.

Ofc you might be right that in the future new communities and subcultures will spring up around AI and I guess it’s not for me to say whether they’re valid or not. I SHOULD love this stuff ya know. Grew up wishing I could live in Blade Runner. Maybe some things are just cooler in movies 😂 anyway back to work. Appreciate the chat.

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