Analog synth, sampler, drum machine, ReCycle!-based loop player, mixer, effects, pattern sequencer, and more. As many of each as your computer can handle. All the power of hardware, but without the hassle. Forget tripping on cables. Reason doesn't need dusting. Picking up where you left off is as simple as turning the power on. When you save your work, your whole studio setup is stored along with your music.

In the following pages, we examine each of the Devices in the Reason Rack Studio. So click ahead to the next page for more about Reason!

1. SubTractor Polyphonic Synthesizer - A monophonic/polyphonic analog synthesizer capable of thick bass, screamin' synth leads and lucious pads and textures.
2. NN-19 Digital Sampler - A full featured Sample player for loading up and playing your own WAV or AIFF samples, loops, and more.
3. ReDrum - Based on the classic drum machines but with all the features and conveniences of modern drum machines.
4. Dr:rex Loop Player - Load up samples, slice and dice them, and more. Use this to lock any drum/rhytmic loop of any tempo into your sequence, or rearrange it completely.
5. Matrix Analog Pattern Sequencer - Based on the simplicity of classic analog sequencers, use this to create TB303-like loop patterns for the synth or sampler modules.
6. ReMix, Midi, ReBirth Interfaces - Reason's flexible and full featured interfaces and Mixer sections.
7. Effects Devices - A whole lotta effects, choruses, delays, distortion, EQ, reverb, compressors, envelope followers, and more.
8. New Devices in Version 2.0 - The Malstrom Graintable Synthesizer and the new NN-XT Advanced Digital Sampler are introduced in v2.0.
9. New Devices in Version 2.5 - RV7000 Advanced Reverb, BV512 Vocoder, UN-16 Unison, Spider CV and Audio Merger & Spliters.
10. Sequencer and Transport Controls
11. Rear View

insidah

December 25, 2010 @ 8:43 am

to user HEY;

What type of audio interface are you using? i have a Lexicon Omega. i get my latency down to under 8ms with no problems, however, if it starts to sound bad, increase your bandwidth and increase the latency a little bit. Also ensure that you are using an ASIO driver/device, rather than basic sound card.

i thoroughly suggest, if youre using reason/record, then have an external audio interface, quadcore cpu, minimum 4gb of RAM and no background applications running. Also ensure that Reason has a minimum of 95% of your CPU (in preferences).

The guys at Propellerheads have done a fantastic job, and i support them by buying their upgrades...

BUY THIS SOFTWARE, DONT PIRATE IT!

Hey

December 16, 2010 @ 10:37 pm

Part 2 very virtual program. You must use it with limits. If you want to get good sound out of it. Its not a hardware synth, though its obviously a soft synth which uses your computer as its main resource the thing is you computer can only do so much, i guess, and what the program allows is what its working with. You see? The sound. Like with arturias soft synths, it has a strong sound, with propellerhead it has sort of a weak sound sometimes, though ok sampling abilities. So its your choice i guess. You have to really be certain to what to waste your time with, when it comes to these programs. Because it seems like you waste a whole lot of time learning the Interface for the program. Then when it comes down to the sound its kind of a bummer

Hey

December 16, 2010 @ 10:37 pm

Polyphony for this program is limited. Malstom allows 16 at a time, thor 32, subtractor 99. Another factor. IF you use too many instruments at a time, the sound will get choppy and cut off. Therefore. If you want one sound to play with more notes, it only goes so far, you see. Like say 5 thors with 32 polyphony would be 160 polyphony . Though im still not too sure if this would sound clear or choppy, depending on what type of computer you have. Theres only 2 options available for this program Windows or Mac. So either you must have some suped up mac with alot of memory, and it runs a little bit more clear, it just seems like this program has an end to it in what it does. My advice, people. Its a

ccccccc

December 7, 2010 @ 6:30 am

Ya, sigh i love how propellerhead is always making new versions. I just hate this adapt to the newest version philosophy, thats like saying "hey the last version you bought is obsolete but this new one is alot better! Only for 5 more months.... Yeah i hope people just realize they need to buy one version stick with it for a while see what it does then go with a New one, just as if they were going to buy a new instrument. People just want to believe what they spent so much money on could do so much more if they tried really hard. Sorry. Im not too sure where some of these daws actually stand on "possibilities" though i know one thing, factor in your computer, thats what the software is running on, theres only so much memory you can actually input with windows, with mac.

fieldframe

September 7, 2010 @ 8:56 pm

Reason 5 is out! Kong and Thor together now make Reason a pretty formidable synthesis engine just by themselves, and combined with everything else (including sample players that can *finally* live-sample) version 5 is quite the suite. Still no MIDI out or VST support, but that's just how the Apple-like purists at Propellerhead roll.

Also worth a mention is Record, which is Reason's integrated DAW companion that came out last year.

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