Reason will be at the center of my workstation for a long time. (Propellerheads Reason)

Member Name: Kiada

Product:	Propellerheads Reason
Date:	04/02/09 (19 review reads)
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Advantages: flexible, lots of features, an all in one music solution

Disadvantages: no VST support, rewiring is unstable, steep learning curve

I've been using Reason since its first incarnation. Steadily got to grips with all the synths, samplers and effects over the years. I make hip-hop instrumentals as a hobby (http://www.kiadabeats.com - if you're interested in hearing Reason produced music).

Basically its the center of my music production. It wasnt easy to learn, but I acquired a Reason Tutorial DVD which helped me lots - now I'd consider myself fairly advanced with it. The new Thor synth in Reason 4 is a piece of mastery which - although hard to get to grips with - gives you ultimate flexibility with your synth sounds. If you're into sampling like I am, I'd recommend you invest in Recycle to make the most of the Dr.Rex module aswell.

Theres lots of competitors, and one of Reasons main disadvantages is you cant record live music into it or use VSTi's. To counter this you can opt to 'Rewire' Reason into another program like Cubase, Pro Tools or Ableton - though my experience of Rewiring left me somewhat annoyed as it wasnt very stable.

Summary: I'd recommend Reason to anybody wanting to get into music production, and stick with it!

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