The other day I installed my new copy of Propellerhead’s Reason 4 and began working on a preliminary score for a project we are doing at work for our new game. Well, since I knew how to use reason already I loaded up my custom template and began adding devices to get the track underway. I noticed that each and every device within my newly installed version of reason were all populated with existing patches and samples. I thought this to be very weird and something I would never use, so after a quick look my boss Britt LaReau found the culprit. It was the setting you see in the image to the left. Basically for some “Reason”, it defaults to Loading Default Sounds into new devices. This is garbage and thought it best to share this with anyone else who is interested in not ever using their default sounds per device. This should be unchecked by default since you will spend more time trying to remove these sounds and adding your own. Maybe it’s a Swedish thing and meatballs get served with every meal no matter what you order from the menu and they added that into their software. I want none. And now you know how to turn this useless feature off so you can go about your usual reason projects as you used to. You can see the difference by looking at the NN-XT screen shot provided below. Ok, carry on soldiers and make your tracks sound as good as they can, I highly doubt you will want the default sounds for every load out.

Incorrect And Waste of Time Default Device Load:

(Note: This would be correct NN-XT setup if you chose or created this patch yourself. Not good to use the default. )

Correct Device Default Load: