Here's A Reason to Switch to DAWs (Propellerheads Reason)

Member Name: brunocrosier

Product:	Propellerheads Reason
Date:	30/09/08 (84 review reads)
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Advantages: Great Sound Quality & Soundbanks

Disadvantages: No VST, Not the best GUI

With the exponential growth of Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) in the electronic music industry, Propellerhead's fourth version of their world-famous Reason software is definitely worth taking a look at.

Boasting several Giga Bytes of instruments, effects and synthesizers, Reason is one of the most frequently used Windows DAWs at the moment.

Perhaps Reason is not the best software for entry-level musicians (as opposed to FL Studio), however, anyone with experience and knowledge in electronic music production should be able to use Reason with relative ease.

Having used FL Studio before Reason, I have to say that the interface did take some getting used to. Basically, you use two interfaces - the Rack and the Arranger.

Moreover, Reason is unable to host VST applications. This is particularly annoying if you have already purchased VST plugins such as Native Instrument's MASSIVE or Battery.

On the other hand, I found that Reason intergrated brilliantly with my X-Station synthesizer; effortlessly sending a custom Reason template that allowed me to control any parameter with extreme ease - something I haven't been able to do in any other DAW.

So all in all, Reason gives me the impression that it is a very powerful piece of software that although doesn't look particularly pleasant to the eye, is actually very capable of providing the best results for your production.

Summary: Good for experienced users - entrylevel producers be careful!

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