Reason Livestream: Chord Sequencer with Mattias and Ludvig!

[@robertshamansky1912]

The most impressive Reason player yet! I hope you guys continue to develop this player, I can see it driving my songwriting. Way less work than dealing with Scaler 2 🥳

[@philipford6183]

I love the players in Reason. I'm not musically proficient, so the players and generators are fantastic inspirational tools. More players for Reason!

[@Onegodonedrum]

Okay, So I'm trying to get some understanding on being proficient with the Chord Sequencer. I'm like Dang it's a long stream, surely I'll learn what I'm missing. I'm so glad that I wanted to hear every drip & drop of your conversations. I received great info and inspiration; I also received an angel number at just the moment I needed it! The reference to George and Billy reached me in a moment in time that was much needed. I just wanted to drop a note of appreciation. I just experienced a wonderful moment. Thank you for sharing, Derrick Preston

[@blueeyedsoulman]

Brother Chris, it's always good to see your smiling face. God bless you. Props for all your hard work in these challenging times.

[@ChrisMills-AmbientSpace]

Presets on the Drum Sequencer lanes is a great reveal. Thank you Ludvig and team!

[@realmchat6665]

This is an excellent device, further leveraging the advantages of Reason's rack architecture - please keep up the good work.

[@brianmi40]

This is where Reason Studios is at their best: well thought out plugins, clever uniform interfaces and capable tools...

[@juancan123]

Reason Studios devices are more than often actual Masterpieces in audio software design.

[@rjbush7955]

Big thank you to all the RS team. This stream has been inspirational.

[@MrSonicAlchemy]

I always learn really cool and inspirational stuff from these livestreams with you three. You guys rock!

[@chrisevans5082]

Wow. This 2 hours flew by and has given me so many ideas and I feel genuinely inspired. Thanks RS!!

[@DonVincenzooGame]

reason is king since 1st edition !! love this software so much !! i don't use it in other software . mainly and only reason !! ho yeeeeeeee ! and this chord player is top notch amazing life changing !!

[@DarrinNoNAME]

We need more chord sets for sure..

[@lorenaway]

About time for Chris to be on here!!

[@DiastroYT]

This is just fantastic, so helpful and inspiring when you're stuck on a song. Love it.

[@sschoener]

This is so cool! I think in combination with Reason+ it really would have been awesome to allow custom patches to also manually set up chord relations (instead of just using the automatic machinery mentioned around minute 55). That would massively increase the long term value of this device. But this is on top of a truly exciting player that you already delivered here. Really looking forward to playing around with it!!

[@jimmygster]

That was fantastic. I'm hyped. Going to use it to make a song right now. I have some cool Herbie Hancock chords from Tell Me A Bedtime Story, and I'm (hopefully) going to figure out how to make a set. We'll see.

[@AveMcree]

Dang I missed the stream!!!

[@ReasonStudios]

It's still here for you! Good news!

[@malikdavis6091]

i love Reason and will always be a Reason User, this is better than SCALER and all those other scale and chord programs. I love you guys so much.

[@liothomasart]

It’s not :)

[@pittan86]

Tack pojkar! Thanks Ryan!

[@1Austereone]

Does turning the midi off keep it in the current scale or chromatic scale

[@emmalynepairing3111]

I like your tutorials. Really want to have Reason 12 . Where do I get Reason DAW .

[@mystinenkissa]

Could in future there also be seen what chord number each chords are in that key? It would be helpful when you are using functional harmony. That would be the beast feature.

[@roensoul]

I tested it and its amazing.

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

1:44:45 - Can we get a whole livestream of bonus tricks like this? There are so many "hidden in plain sight" features that one doesn't necessarily think about like this. I would try to do the same using The Echo fully wet with some modulation applied but I think this sounds better.

[@ReasonStudios]

That's a great idea!

[@Jannetrumma]

This baby is in a league of its own since you get different "next chord"-suggestion in genres like gospel, soul and so on. (not only EDM or basic pop/rock) But the absolutely best thing is that its played by real musicians. That way you get all the right inversions and so on. When I make music I always look for the next chord...I hear it in my head but can´t play it...Well, that is no longer a problem. Ni är så jäkla grymma!! Tusen tack! / Janne Andersson

[@roddunne]

Love this - fixes the constraint I have with 'Scales & Chords' to support non-routine chord sequences. I love the Beatles tunes and they had some weird transitions which S&C wouldn't support (without running 2x S&Cs instances). Need to have some fun with this EG work out playing CS going into S&C (CS for chords, and S&C for playing chord appropriate melody lines)

[@_20nine_]

Bought day one, sorry I missed the stream but I watched later. Keep it up!

[@kennethhorne3729]

How do we get midi out of the player? I cant put it into the rack version to take advantage of the midi out functionality.

[@ReasonStudios]

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[@locotek]

Hopefully this comes out on m1 native/vst3 soon 🙏

[@okachobired5856]

good job guys and definately a great song starter

[@juancan123]

A nice addition to the Chord Sets would be Swedish Polska or medieval Swedish vibes. Bo Hansson style Chord Sets.

[@By-Design]

I completely agree the Chord Sequencer is a powerful tool based on what I’ve seen, but it would be nice if the root chord was highlighted a different color from the other keys as I am not musically trained at all. Besides understanding the basic keyboarding principles. 53:55

[@Mike_Benz_]

Love you guys work, thank you.

[@Shoggy56]

Can this be used in any DAW, eg Loopy Pro? Thanks

[@OGimperial97]

Chris & Ryan, that's pretty awesome.

[@michaelcalderon6693]

If i update reason to the latest version this should come with the download right? Im so excited !

[@whoknows6794]

Nope. It's a separate purchase unless you go R+

[@aquilyzer]

Looks great. Showing also the scale degree (roman numeral) would be a nice addition to it (I V VI vi). Maybe in upcoming versions.

[@ReasonStudios]

The reason I think they didn't do that is because chord sets don't have to stick to scales that strictly. For example, House music often uses what's called "parallel" chords. You might have a chord progression that that uses Cmaj7 and then C#maj7 followed by D#maj7. All maj7 chords and C# and D# aren't notes in the key of C major. So to use the roman numeral "Nashville number system" would quickly get weird. /ryan

[@aquilyzer]

​@@ReasonStudios I know what you mean. i just thought as additional label under the chord name, when the root of the chord is in the scale. In root key C, CMaj could be (I), and CMaj7(I7), Cminor (i). C#Maj root is not in scale, so don't show any roman numeral. D#maj7 could be a secondary dominant in C Major scale. Just more information for chord decisions for tpyical chord progressions. (V -> I and so on). :)

[@johnsexton8082]

Great Player, nice video too. One small typo, the Chord Gate CV Output is labelled in the context menu as Chord Aate. Also would of ben nice to see the key in the Remote list, keep them coming.

[@housemodes9224]

I would like to mix and match chord sets or be able to drag a chord and "lock it" and then move to another chord set.

[@compteprivefr]

Brilliant. Weird that they didn't think of that

[@anzatzi]

Does anyone know where Midi Export is covered?

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Great stream, very interesting.

[@hoagy_ytfc]

Today, I put it on the MIDI.

[@trevornelson10]

Would love to purchase chord generator as a standalone but is not owner of reason daw which is required

[@olekolecki6313]

Good device 👍

[@atashbeats8055]

This was so interesting.

[@roy4286]

IS THERE A WAY TO RESCAN FOR PLAYERS LIKE VSTS.?

[@scotteglasel6077]

It would be nice to save custom chord sets in a user directory as opposed to presets.

[@rockhills]

I just got to the section where they talk about scaler2, I think Scaler holds it's value and place, but Chord Sequencer is just different. Actually, it reminded me a little more of Harmony Navigator. HN was/is a program I wish would be streamlined for ease of use. Chord Sequencer sort of melds Scaler and HN in my eyes.

[@machoman7655]

I would like to see strum and different play styles included.

[@joelalexander4901]

if you combine this with the note echo player, you can create strumming.

[@joelossar4581]

@@joelalexander4901 How? I know from the tutorial they did how to do it if Note Echo is *generating* the chords. But I don't see how Note Echo would help starting from generated chords...?

[@HYPRdream]

This makes me wanna switch from Logic to Reason 😭

[@ReasonStudios]

Get Reason 12 (buy or subscribe) and you can use it as a standalone DAW and use the Reason Rack Plugin inside Logic!

[@createlovehappy]

Bought Reason 3 back in the day, then 4 and then record, then ... I had an accident, lost hearing in my right ear, put music aside for awhile. Eventually my brain adjusted and I could hear pitch again. Then I had cancer and went through Chemo. The side effects were brutal and left my memory damaged. Even though I graduated from music production school at Pyramind in San Francisco, worked in Studios, played in bands, etc. I have forgotten so much. I miss playing with Reason so much. It was a daily practice and super fun. Now I have kids and want to teach them music and songwriting etc. They love video games and Reason is like a game for music. where do I start? I don't even have an interface yet. But after that? I'm struggling with even forming a good question. upgrade or buy new or subscription?

[@nopants4259]

Im confused with the key. I had it on C , but chose 2x G chords ( from jazz area ) Gm11 sus and G7sus . When I improvise with my guitar it sounds like it's in D??? what's up?

[@johnmax5652]

TECH AND IMAGINATION = DAW REASON GENERATION!!!

[@scotteglasel6077]

I’d like to be able to share chord sets

[@drawntothefire]

Reason Studios, it's time for a serious chat. I respect you as Reason user since 2013. I saw the release of this new device and thought, not ANOTHER player- which mainly benefits those on subscription, unless we keep paying every time a new player is released. For me, this is asking too much from the average person who does this as a hobby, which I would expect is at least 99% of Reason users. I don't like to be critical about Reason as I've been using it exclusively since 2013. But my last update was 10. Those 9 and 10 updates were amazing, with great functionality and workflow updates. But since then it just feels like there hasn't been significant core progress to the actual DAW underneath all the fancy stuff. Yes, there has been some very cool stuff in that time, it's not all bad. And I appreciate Covid had an impact. But recently I learned another DAW as I have VST3-only plugins I want to use (which Reason has been way too slow to adopt). And after a steep learning curve, I now realise how many features are missing in Reason that are elsewhere. Reason is very visually inspiring and is fun to look at. But it's not that efficient, and is lagging behind badly in some respects. And now many long-time Reason users, like me, are being tempted to other DAWs and realising what else is out there. I really am genuinely worried about what is happening to Reason. But maybe this business model works, which is why you're going down this path. Maybe there's a big market out there for this sort of thing. All I know is, I never wanted to move away from Reason, but I find myself doing that, for now at least. I hope this feedback is of some use.

[@colindias4820]

I feel the same way too . But it's no use. They are set to become a plugin for the near future. . At the same time i use reason 10 . And it's perfect for me .. as of now. I just upgraded to 12 from reason 10 with the recent discount .. just for using it as a plugin in another DAW. When I decide on one. . Maybe studio one or Ableton . But I've changes my view on things since reason 12 and learned to not attach to any DAW and just use the ones that are are goin to serve my purpose . The DAW makers have moved on without attachment . So should the users and adjust to changing times.

[@andrephillips3448]

Missed if this a VST to be used in Fl?

[@ReasonStudios]

Yeah Reason runs as a VST3 plugin in FL. /ryan

[@andrephillips3448]

@@ReasonStudios What I meant was, I attempted to purchase the Chord Sequencer alone to use in Fl. But the Vst button wasn't enabled.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@andrephillips3448 Reason Rack is the VST and you loud the devices you want to use in it. The Reason device's are not stand alone VSTs on there own.

[@roy4286]

I JUST GOT THE TRIAL IT INSTALLED IN REASON 10 BUT NOT REASON 11 LITE I HAVE BOTH INSTALLED . DO YOU KNOW HOW TO GET IT IN 11 LITE.

[@brianhudson7058]

This device could be seen as in the case of the Chords and Scales device as a bringing music theory into practice, good for me with no music schooling at all

[@felipefs106]

Would be nice if after recording a few chords , it could give you useful scales for those chords or even if you right click a pad it gives you a chord that goes well with the one you've previously recorded

[@kimspence-jones4765]

‘Available’ might be the significance of the colour brightness?

[@micromando4669]

It would be nice to have the removed and not played but still on the piano shown notes, to be some kind of greyed out or colored differently. Thx 4 the Stream 🙏🏼

[@roensoul]

I wish the machine could connect with the new vocoder...

[@TheTripboxer]

To create a new chord-set from various existing chordsets you don´t have to "put it on a midi". Just add another chord sequencer on top of the chord sequencer you wanna tweak and click on the chord buttons there. It will pass the notes of the chords down to the other chord sequencer (in edit mode)... :-)

[@drjandethlefs2257]

I hate this...now all my music theory knowledge is not needed any more. ;-) But seriously I think it is very well executed! And one of the best players in Reason.

[@stephenpoore2925]

Chord Sequencer only works with time signature of 4/4, this is a hell of an oversight!

[@roddunne]

Dark chord choice = the chords-less-travelled :)

[@jeffb5798]

I just bought a copy of Chord Sequencer. Two things I wish were there are first) I wish that the root key followed along as one goes from pattern to pattern. Example: start off with the key of C. Change it to D. Switch to pattern #2, and the root key is back to C, and not D. OK, change the root to E, and then go back to pattern #1. The key is back to D (and not E). I wish that as I traversed from pattern to pattern, that the root did not change. Second, as I audition patches, the mini sequencer at the bottom doesn't reset. Example: Open a patch, and start playing. Stop it mid way through the progression (eg if it's 4 bars long, stop it in bar 2 or 3). Now switch to another Chord Sequencer patch. Instead of starting from the beginning, the marker remains at the same location, and starting/auditioning the sequence starts it at the same position it was previously stopped at, and not at the beginning.

[@brianmi40]

Neo Soul chord set?

[@thezahproject6766]

@HOLLA SOUNDS Where did they say the device wasn't finished? And why release it if it is not finished? That makes no sense! I and others have some ideas to make this Player better, but I bet all we will see in the future is a few more chord sets.

[@FaeezRichards]

this would have been awesome if it was integrated with "scales & chords" and also maybe showed the number of the chord relative to the key.

[@etyrnal]

yeah it's really just a curated collection of a bunch of cords that OTHER people like and think go well together. it does not allow you to parametrically explore chords based on how tense they feel, or how relaxed they feel, or how 'open' they feel, or what the emotional impact of the chords might be. There needs to be a way to be able to explore chords parametrically my mapping the EMOTIONAL affects of various intervals/ratios between chords, and within the chords, between notes. Etc

[@theacochrane5441]

@@etyrnal At that point you might want to consider learning music theory - it sounds like you've started already anyway.

[@robertmason7553]

Chris just got fan. I watched one of his videos before but thats all I know of him. My Lord and Saviour Jesus CHrist won me over.

[@shatteredsquare]

literally everything is within reason 🤣

[@tkelong3569]

You could just add an ‘invert chord’ button.

[@kimspence-jones4765]

So glad you survived the ’rona without too many serious results.

[@roensoul]

Good

[@soldierdyates3906]

Please reggae Dub and danchall

[@busywl69]

all you need is one finger today to make great stuff for the tik tokker's out there! This is going to be looked at by a lot of folks who can't play for sure cuz its visual in its chord selection and suggestions. I'm waiting for the Trap hi hat device!

[@BRIGGS2710]

for trap hats.....it's called 'drum sequencer'

[@dreason4844]

VST3？？？？？？？？

[@jeffreycorcoran4964]

if it's wrong but sounds good don't fightit, use it!lol🤓

[@thezahproject6766]

*Would be nice to drag/drop in a MIDI chord set into Chord Sequencer to populate the spots, in addition to playing each individual chord on your keyboard. *This Player needs more RHYTHM (or STYLES) rather than just a one shot chord. You can go into different chord progressions if the Style was different. 
I’d like to experiment with the progression in Chord Sequencer, not send it to the main sequencer to work on while still not finished. *In EDIT Mode, it would be REALLY HELPFUL if the built-in keyboard of Chord Sequencer will play the note(s) you mouse-click on. No way to hear a potential chord without going back and forth and back and forth until you get it right. *In Run Mode, why can’t you jump ahead in the timeline to start the sequence where you want? If I am working on a 16 bar sequence, and I am around bar 12-13, I have to start at the beginning EVERY TIME to hear the sequence. *More Chord Sets. And Rhythms. (And not just chord rhythms, but broken and arpegiated runs of the individual notes in the chord). Needs more work, Reason Studios. Patiently awaiting v 1.1 Hope you guys can make this Player really awesome.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

They are open to suggestions and have not finished the device 100% and will add new features in future updates.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

To answer your question to "Where did Reason say they haven't finished the divice. Like Mimmic new features where added that where not available on the original released version such as pitch detection.

[@dreason4844]

I don't know what to say about you. Can you consider the mood of users? There are too many software errors that haven't been corrected. Send them again every day. The price is so expensive that there is no progress at all

[@nebstaism]

Reason studios don’t forget vst3 compatibility.... it’s pretty important... literally missing out on hundreds of dope vsts because reason ain’t up to date

[@soundsfromYYBY]

still no damn important small features like sync multi mixer levels on ssl to the rack levels smh...i can name 30 things that would make reason so much better man

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Can you explain this sync multi mixer levels on SSL function? You want to volume slidder of the mix channel above the device to sync to the mixer faders when either move?

[@soundsfromYYBY]

@@HOLLASOUNDS correct or place a volume on the sequencer so you don't always have to open up the rack..but I'm talking about when you sync multiple tracks.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@soundsfromYYBY I see, yes I think that would be useful. They do allow multiple channels on the mixer to be raised or lowered via a single mixer channel but I know that's not what you want.

[@roensoul]

Mee too xD

[@bigpluck51]

Hey man can I please get some of that weed y'all smoking? You sure are having a lot of fun! Put it on MIDI?

[@dreason4844]

I really don't understand what the signal flow sign behind your effector device is. The logic is really illogical

[@etyrnal]

did Ryan just say that he enjoys honesty? because there's a ton of users out here giving honest opinions about what needs to be changed in reason to give it important things that it's missing and instead of addressing that honesty, we stick to bubble gums and rainbows and glitter and unicorns and sales and promotion. honesty means we need to start listening to the users that have been loyal since version 1 of reason and have honest to goodness needs with respect to the platform.

[@AdamAlexander89]

Well folks....This is pretty nice, but this focus on players continues to make it clear that the sequencer and DAW itself is going to slowly be phased out. Your owners want you to focus on the rack and try to sell to as many people as possible. Mnay of the improvements the players bring could have been sequencer features and really make reason top notch. I'm not even mad about that. I'm just mad about the lack of communication and transparency. Your roadmap posts have done little to change that.

[@rushdown24]

I know the feeling mate I find the sequence a drag to use especially with modulation it gets messy. I ain't spending no money on there products until they sort the sequencer out end of I have already said this. But hopefully before I die they sort that out 🤣

[@wewillrise3663]

Wtf are you talking about bro lol

[@roensoul]

Hio

[@etyrnal]

I love the fact that reason studios does their best to try to make things accessible to the beginners, but the problem is that they keep that focus on the beginners and completely ignore the advanced users which means a user can't grow with reason because since reason is constantly trying to keep things at a beginner level you will always stay at that beginner level and the devices and interfaces will always stay beginner. so growing past beginner is more boxed in because they keep the focus towards beginners always. it's awesome to be able to bring beginners in, but it's just wrong to keep everything at a baby beginner infantile stage forever. somebody needs to start acknowledging the people who have been using reason for 12 versions and stop pandering purely to the beginners, and start showing some respect to the people who have been using and promoting reason forever.

[@dreason4844]

You are like a tortoise, even if you are slow, some feedback problems have never been solved！

[@jamala39]

Dear Reason Studio, I've purchased Reason's version of [Auto- Tune] awhile back, and to be honest it sucks. I think I got ripped off because I paid over a hundred dollars for [Reason Version Of Auto-Tune] and it doesn't sound better than Reason's Neptune. Reason Studios suckered its users simply for Auto-Tunes namesake. Wow! Now I'm advocating for Reason users across the globe. We really appreciate the progress that Reason Studio has made here recently, but it's time to get on the ball. STOP THE BS GIVE US A WAY TO USE ANTARES AUTO-TUNE PLUG-INS FOR GOD SAKE!! Sincerely, A Loyal Customer

[@whoknows6794]

LOL

[@jamala39]

@@whoknows6794 Hell Yea let's get it man :)

[@neon-viper7434]

I don't know what to say, I'll be diving into another daw after 10 years, that actually support vst. Why is it so hard for you? Only player that has a contribution is the chord and it's not even that good.

[@sashashur69]

nothing innovative. it's just pads. Guys it's 2022. There are plenty of alternatives on the market.

[@davidtrig]

Just learn to play piano

[@hottroundzproductions]

I just wish the players weren’t so damn small