The FutureMusic blog is reporting that Swedish software mavens Propellerheads will unveil a new DAW at their May 9th "Producer's Conference". As popular as Reason has been, its main weakness has always been the fact that it didn't support recording of audio, which forced users to export their projects to a separate DAW. This certainly helps explain why the company seemed to have ignored users repeated requests over the years for an audio recording feature. Definitely a ballsy move on their part, but it should be interesting to see if they bring anything new and interesting to the table!
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If it's in the style of their previous programs...
- It won't export (or import) MIDI files
- It won't use VST plug-ins
- It will connect to everythign via ReWire
- The UI will use 7-point pixel fonts and will not be horizontally resizeable
- Much of the screen will be taken up with a visually accurate-but-not-very-helpful rendering of a tape machine. People will comment on how amazing it looks when the tape is moving and flopping off the reel at the end.
Rewire was conceivably one of the best ideas in DAWS but defiantly one of the worst in actual practice unless you have dual monitors and can juggle flaming torches.
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