When Reason first came out it was a music software revolution. Created by the Swedish group Propellerhead Software, it provides everything that music software are expected to have, such as the synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, mixers, effects, etc., but presents them in a brand new way and with superior quality.
Reason is basically a complete music studio but all inside your computer. Practically speaking it loses none of the functionality of a real life studio and is enough to create professional sounding music out of the box. As a stand-alone product it's already enough for the normal sized project, but if you want you can also combine it other audio software using Rewire.
Reason became famous when it was first introduced in the year 2000 for its original interface, most especially the studio rack which was designed to look exactly like the real thing, complete with wobbly cables at the back. You can choose and stack different instruments and effects on top of each other in the virtual rack, personalizing your music creation process.
Ever since that powerful debut, there have been four more versions, the latest being Reason 5.0 which was released late 2010. Of course, Reason 5.0 is overflowing with new features, such as the Kong Drum Designer, Dr. Octo Rex, Neptune Pitch Adjuster, and so much more! All these features come with cool sounding names too.
The Neptune pitch adjuster is one of the new effects available only in Reason 5.0, which allows you to auto tune the vocal track. It also contains a voice synthesizer by which you can create new harmonies using your vocal tracks and MIDI keyboard. This is a fitting addition to all the great quality effects of Reason such as the chorus, reverb, vocoder, etc.
The only criticism against Reason 5.0 is its inability to record audio. I guess the guys at Propellerhead are still stubborn in that way. You can still get around it though. Another sign of the priorities of the Propellerhead people is that Reason 5.0 still doesn't support third party plug-ins, making Reason 5.0 very self-contained and one of the most stable music softwares out there.
The bottom line is that with the affordable price tag and the quality set up, you can't go wrong when investing in this new software.
Reason is basically a complete music studio but all inside your computer. Practically speaking it loses none of the functionality of a real life studio and is enough to create professional sounding music out of the box. As a stand-alone product it's already enough for the normal sized project, but if you want you can also combine it other audio software using Rewire.
Reason became famous when it was first introduced in the year 2000 for its original interface, most especially the studio rack which was designed to look exactly like the real thing, complete with wobbly cables at the back. You can choose and stack different instruments and effects on top of each other in the virtual rack, personalizing your music creation process.
Ever since that powerful debut, there have been four more versions, the latest being Reason 5.0 which was released late 2010. Of course, Reason 5.0 is overflowing with new features, such as the Kong Drum Designer, Dr. Octo Rex, Neptune Pitch Adjuster, and so much more! All these features come with cool sounding names too.
The Neptune pitch adjuster is one of the new effects available only in Reason 5.0, which allows you to auto tune the vocal track. It also contains a voice synthesizer by which you can create new harmonies using your vocal tracks and MIDI keyboard. This is a fitting addition to all the great quality effects of Reason such as the chorus, reverb, vocoder, etc.
The only criticism against Reason 5.0 is its inability to record audio. I guess the guys at Propellerhead are still stubborn in that way. You can still get around it though. Another sign of the priorities of the Propellerhead people is that Reason 5.0 still doesn't support third party plug-ins, making Reason 5.0 very self-contained and one of the most stable music softwares out there.
The bottom line is that with the affordable price tag and the quality set up, you can't go wrong when investing in this new software.
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