Reason 5 & Record 1.5

Dr. OctoRex. The first new member of the upcoming Reason update. Stunning graphics and well thought out new features are coming our way later this year.

The OctoRex holds 8 loops in memory at once, and will contain a new file format; loop packs of 8 loops will be easily loaded in one go with the Combinator-like top display. I see a lot of possibilities with this. It also has very cool playback features like the ability to switch loops every bar or even every 16th step. It doesn't take much to get the imagination spinning on what can be done with this. Take 8 nice synthesizer loops for instance, playing notes. Just a little bit of tweaking and voilá; instant modular synthesis-like sequencer patterns can be done. I really think it feels amazing.

I will update this post with the four remaining new items to be presented this week.