Comments on: Propellerhead Software has a new website.

By: paraclude

paraclude — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:30:17 +0000

any chance of you sharing your NN-19 library?

By: paraclude

paraclude — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:24:04 +0000

I am ashamed to admit that some of the reason i am so fond of reason is due to the Propellerheads corporate image (or lack thereof)and how close the company is to the user-base. Functionally, Reason is my “chemistry” lab and i spend a lot of my time in there setting up novel modulation configurations. Between Reason and the WayOutware Arp 2600 I think I have all the sound design tools I could imagine.

By: don Simon

don Simon — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:13:13 +0000

I totally agree. I’m getting more and more convinced that Live is the better foundation and sequencer, but I’m getting fonder of some Reason parts by the day. There are some really good tweakable synths for getting original sounds, but my total favourite is the Dr Rex loop player in combination with ReCycle!

Such a smooth way to add samples, get them to adjust to the wished bpm and play arond with them, split them up, cut them up, change small part independently etc. Not that I have that muh experience from other software, but that’ll keep me using Reason, at least in the side, for a while!

Just wish they’d open up for third party components though, growing tired of the limited sets of effects…

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 27 May 2008 08:26:52 +0000

I used to use Reason (2) ReWired into Cubase. The main reasons being for the Redrum Computer (which is no better featured than any other sampler other than that it has a cool interface and is easily routable) and the couple of extra synths, especially the graintable one.
I stopped using it because I simply used it too much and recognised the “reason sound” in an album I did. That was a couple of albums ago though so it could be time to go back to it. The other reason I stopped is that at that point you couldn’t apply VST effects to Reason channels when you had them ReWired. I have a feeling that’s been fixed in recent versions though (??).

By: dominic

dominic — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:33:44 +0000

i used to do all my tracks in Reason until i discovered Live. Now i use it for specific tasks/sounds.
i think Thor do have alot of possibilities and it sounds good. i used it for a few tracks and i think it’s a great synth.

By: baphomet_irl

baphomet_irl — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:45:53 +0000

I love reason because it is so stable and reliable and that slight amount of lag and distortion clickiness which we all get used to with VSTs just isnt there.

It uses so little CPU also, in fact Im gonna do a little test with my next ‘song’, Im pretty sure that in a lot of cases, a rewired Thor (or even a complicated Combinator) will use less CPU than a lot of VST synths (certainly less than comparably complex ones such as Massive or Absynth)

I also think its interface encourages more rigid ‘techno’ / 4-4 type song creation, which I think is a good thing a lot of the time.

Rebirth is also a great bonus for buying Reason

There does seem to be a kind of snobbery towards Reason in general, which I cant understand as I think it sounds very good when used correctly…

Having said that, the lack of VST support makes it difficult for me to ONLY use it, but at the same time many of the benefits of Reason probably stem from Propellerheads sticking to their guns on that one.

By: Cyril

Cyril — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:04:46 +0000

Yes ! A new website ! Now then can work on a real update…