Reason 4.

BenHagerty · Post by **BenHagerty** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:32 am

I played around with the demo and liked it a lot. Anyone have it? Opinions? It will either be that or some effects pedals, I have had the urge to buy something lately.

BenHagerty · Post by **BenHagerty** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:50 am

Just found http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=702845

Anyone know the difference between that and the standard version besides price?

tremolite · Post by **tremolite** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:01 pm

There is no difference between the academic and regular versions... just price. I'm a huge Reason 3 user. I Rewire Pro Tools and Reason together to do drum and synth tracks with PT audio. It's a very powerful and flexible way to work. I'd love to step up to Reason 4, which I'll probably do in a couple of months or so. The Thor synth module in R4 looks amazing! There's tons of Refills you can get that expand the Reason sound bank too. I have the Abbey Road keyboards Refill which is the bomb! Reason replaced all my analog synths/ drum machines a few years ago... when they came out with the Roland x0x Refill I retired my TR-606 and TR-707. If you can get the academic price of $239, I'd highly recommend it...

BenHagerty · Post by **BenHagerty** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:07 pm

Yeah, the academic price is so much more manageable than the standard price.

Thanks for the input.

amanda · Post by **amanda** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:48 pm

I LOVE Reason 4!
Basically any sound you can think up reason will help you create.

Thor is an awesome synth addition too.

I would definitely recommend it.

JJ Gabor · Post by **JJ Gabor** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:58 am

+1

I have always upgraded as they have released new versions. Reason 4 is great!

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:16 am

I'm a big fan of Reason since version one. I use the rex player for drum loops rewired to Cubase.

The timing in Reason is rock solid. Much better than the iffy midi timing Cubase was spitting through my Mac. The only thing I don't like is the way everything is going through the same D/A convertors standardising the sound.... but that's nerdy crap.

I use Reason selectively for certain offline tasks (see below).
In my latest project the drums are being recorded as folows:

Live drums recorded on Tascam DA88 > Dumped to Tascam 1/2 reel to reel for analog sound > recorded into Mac at 24bit > Loops selected and sliced in Recycle > Rex loops imported into Reason > timing errors carefully corrected being careful to not lose feel > Loops exported from Reason > Converted into Akai s3000 format > Loops triggered from Atari ST Cubase(!) synced via midi/smpte to Tascam 8 track analog.

It's a long winded process but it makes fantastic loops this way which you can do a hell of a lot with. Plus you get to work alongside analog tape which nothing beats for sound.

northern_dirt · Post by **northern_dirt** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:20 am

tremolite wrote: There is no difference between the academic and regular versions... just price. I'm a huge Reason 3 user. I Rewire Pro Tools and Reason together to do drum and synth tracks with PT audio. It's a very powerful and flexible way to work. I'd love to step up to Reason 4, which I'll probably do in a couple of months or so. The Thor synth module in R4 looks amazing! There's tons of Refills you can get that expand the Reason sound bank too. I have the Abbey Road keyboards Refill which is the bomb! Reason replaced all my analog synths/ drum machines a few years ago... when they came out with the Roland x0x Refill I retired my TR-606 and TR-707. If you can get the academic price of $239, I'd highly recommend it...

At $130 for an upgrade from any previous version of Reason, you get a really good deal..
Ive seen people selling Reason 3 for $50, Im thinking about going that way, then upgrading..

Ive been dying to try out the Abbey Roads Refill..

prospect · Post by **prospect** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:28 pm

+1

I used to teach Reason 1 at a drop out prevention program for kids.
Still use it alongside Logic.
Thor is a great sounding synthesizer and ReDrum a great drum sampler for quick-fix-albeit-fun beats.

It'll change the way you look at music.

BenHagerty · Post by **BenHagerty** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:01 am

I just pulled the trigger, it should come some time late this week early next week I am guessing.

saturday · Post by **saturday** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:12 pm

You will be so glad you did. I am still at 3. something and it sounds fantastic. I used it as a synth on my macbook with the band I am in.

prospect · Post by **prospect** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:45 am

BenHagerty wrote: I just pulled the trigger, it should come some time late this week early next week I am guessing.

I applaud you for buying it and pirating it.

Spend time learning the interface and you'll love it!

northern_dirt · Post by **northern_dirt** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:53 am

Buying it AND pirating it?

BlixaFan · Post by **BlixaFan** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:04 am

try before you buy

haha

BenHagerty · Post by **BenHagerty** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:47 am

prospect wrote:
BenHagerty wrote: I just pulled the trigger, it should come some time late this week early next week I am guessing.

Spend time learning the interface and you'll love it!

Yeah, I played around the demo. Didn't really spend too much time because I only have 20 minutes at a time. But it should be good times

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