Reason Studios updates Reason to v13.4

Reason Studios has updated Reason to v13.4. Reason 13.4.0 Release Notes Improvements: Deprecated OpenGL (used for rendering Reason's graphics) in favor of Metal on macOS and ANGLE with Direct3D(D3D11) on Windows. There are several improvements related to these changes: Better invalidation logic, meaning only changed areas are rendered—not areas in between. Drawing of waveforms improved. Speed optimizations on documents with many devices. Audio rendering performance improved for DX and MME drivers which is most noticeable on newer Intel processors. Save Song dialog is now a modal dialog in Reason (Windows). Improvements for new users: These changes primarily affect new users: Reason and Reason Companion are now bundled into one installer. The Setup Wizard has been removed. Rack Extension license data is now automatically downloaded. Changes to Preferences/Settings: Defaults to the Audio tab. Microsoft Teams and Zoom audio drivers now have lower priority as default Audio Device. Reason Companion no longer defaults to automatically open at startup (this can be toggled in the Preferences/Settings). 'Open last song on startup' is on by default (this can be toggled in the Preferences/Settings). On-screen Piano Keys is enabled by default. On-screen Piano Keys default position no longer covers the transport bar. New default template song ('Sequencer.rsndemo'). A new banner that prompts to open Reason Companion now appears if Companion is not set to automatically open with Reason and the user has never opened Companion. Companion: Color of Reason Companion icon changed to white. Removed on-boarding flow so the user lands on the 'Get Started' page. Minor changes to the 'Get Started' page. Bugs fixed: Fixed a crash bug which could occur when using the Speaker Tool on audio clips in the Edit Area. Fixed a crash bug which could occur with similar audio recordings that only differed in vocal pitch edits and audio stretch types. Fixed a bug where auto-routing cables did not work correctly with some Rack Extensions. Examples of affected devices: Synapse Audio Antidote, Synapse Audio AF-4 Analog Filter, Audio Damage RoughRider, Sonicbits Pump. Fixed an issue where the splitter positions weren't remembered correctly when switching between Rack, Mixer, and Sequencer view. Fixed a bug where Reason couldn't load song files if they contained a very large number of devices. Browser: The Browser now handles tracking of what is currently under the mouse cursor more efficiently. When clicking/moving the cursor, the Browser's tool tips view settings are notably improved in 'Tree View' mode. Resolved an issue where Reason failed to start if a Favorite List couldn't be accessed. Fixed an issue where the Browser caused UI lag when the number of results in the item list became very large. Fixed an issue where the Browser UI lagged when indexing/searching. Fixed an issue where items in sub-folders in Shortcuts sometimes didn't update after indexing. Fixed a bug where it could take a long time for files in Sound Pack folders to be available. Optimized how Author and Kind suggestions are generated for the browser text field. Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to resize the Browser window from the left side when the window was positioned far to the lower left corner of the screen. Items now turn up faster when clicking different locations in the Browser (Shortcuts, Favorite Lists, etc.). Fixed an issue where the indexer attempted to read and parse information like tempo, length, and type from online-only files, which could severely slow down the indexing. Fixed a bug where the device name for Kong was missing when browsing for Kong patches. Fixed a bug where the browser would not always scroll and reveal the correct patch when browsing for device patches. Fixed a bug where the browser didn't always scroll to reveal the selected sample when browsing a sample slot in Redrum. Fixed an issue where users could get a 'Database Error' message when searching in the Browser. Fixed an issue where reading the tempo of REX files was slow for ReFills. Read More