Is Reason actually a decent program to use?

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:03 am

I like Reason, the combinator is amazing, the rack and everything like that is amazing even the samples you get free with it....

I just have beef with the seqencer, deffo a software to rewire imo

cixxxj · Post by **cixxxj** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:03 am

Misk wrote:i know alien pimp uses reason, parson did use reason (not sure if he still does) i think caspa uses reason. Once again, its not the tools, its how you use them

WORD

and btw, Ive heard WONDERS coming out of virtual synths in a studio where they got pro PreAmps and analog summing devices. They do add the magic but anyway its all about sound design, not using presets, tweaking every knob and so and so and so etcetcetc

monstrous · Post by **monstrous** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:50 pm

Dub Fiend wrote:Reason is nice for getting out little ideas too I guess... but yeah, I do use my own samples in Reason for the drums and such, but there are only so many times you can use the same 4 bass drum samples ¬_¬ lol...

I do use a LOT of my own refills, I swear I have 40-50 or so, but most of them are either Ambient Electronica, D'nB or Hip Hop themed refills so a lot of the stuff in them can't really help me...

And yeah they did I heard they were paid to do it though... And I also heard Skream just use Live and Reason as well, is that true?

um, Ambient Electronica, D'nB or Hip Hop themed refills would sound ideally suited to dubstep IMO, I know skream used to use FL, no Idea if he still uses it or whatever.

to answer the original question, reasons fine, its not what you use its how you use, I personaly like the synths and samples but hate the sequencer, but Id be be surprised if there arent any signed tunes made wholly in reason.

head034 · Post by **head034** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:15 pm

Brucifer wrote:
Kastor wrote:
Osk wrote:It can be really hard to get those deep chords (which sound crap with all the low end rolled off) to sit with those kicks and the subs that characterise their tunes.
Sidechaining (which is extremely easily in Reason 4) for the win ...

Two things that bother me with Reason:
1) not able to work with audio files
2) no timestretching in the sequencer (but a quick rewire to Live solves that)

Everything else works flawless. Reason does not eat up your CPU for breakfast like other programs do and never, ever (at least with me) crashes.
Sidechaining is very simple in Reason and has been for ages.

As for timestetching, it is possible. Here is a combi I made, with help of youtube plus some other alterations I did. This combi was made in 3, but should work in 4 aswell.

Basically, it is a glitch effect with motion. You can change length of sample, glitch speed, pitch and other stuff. Try altering the dials on the delay aswell.

Try automating the combi dial aswell in the sequencer. You can play sample backward doing that, or skip section, loads of weird stuff.

Leave a comment if you try it, I could do with some more ideas for it.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/1seopn

Could Some one RE-Up this Please.

Thank you!

darkmatteruk · Post by **darkmatteruk** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:13 pm

head034 wrote:Could Some one RE-Up this Please.
Thank you!

i have this patch mate, will fish it out and up it as soon as i can find it

darkmatteruk · Post by **darkmatteruk** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:56 pm

well i cant actually find it at the mo coz i forget what the patch is called and it will take ages to go through all combi patches, and even if i do, its been a while sinse i used that patch i most prob wont recognize it. pm brucifer

doomproduction · Post by **doomproduction** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:21 pm

the one thing i miss using reason for is the automation, it could be that i've just not mastered it at all in logic, but its all really simple in reason.

other than that, ive found my drums especially have improved using vsts like battery as opposed to redrum and co.

the great void · Post by **the great void** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:40 pm

£10 Bag wrote: someone correct me if i'm wrong, but didn't the prodigy make a whole album in reason?

I think Liam wrote it in reason but as far as I know he used a full studio to actually produce the final tracks.

miss_molinari wrote: music is like depression: you either got to talk to someone, take drugs, or change your workflow

lololol, best quote

darkmatteruk · Post by **darkmatteruk** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:43 pm

The Great Void wrote:
£10 Bag wrote: someone correct me if i'm wrong, but didn't the prodigy make a whole album in reason?
I think Liam wrote it in reason but as far as I know he used a full studio to actually produce the final tracks.

miss_molinari wrote: music is like depression: you either got to talk to someone, take drugs, or change your workflow
lololol, best quote

liam still uses reason as part of his set up along side live and logic

truncated · Post by **truncated** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:24 pm

£10 Bag wrote: someone correct me if i'm wrong, but didn't the prodigy make a whole album in reason?

and a multi million pound studio with a lovely ssl desk to finish it all off in.

lojik · Post by **lojik** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:36 pm

I would only consider getting reason as an extra tool to rewire into an actual good sequencer like logic.

downlink · Post by **downlink** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:51 am

Reason has many uses. I prefer to just use it as a glorified VST and rewire it into Logic.

stenchman · Post by **stenchman** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:30 pm

i use reason, take what u want from that lol

antloked · Post by **antloked** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:42 am

nn-xt is brilliant IMO. multiple outs, root note detection( seems faily accurate)and its really fucking easy 2 use. the filters good use some improvement but they get the job done, and you cant automate any parameters for your zones( i hope in future releases they will they change this). i recommend to anyone programing beaks in the redrum to try out the nn-xt. i heart the nn-xt

bobby_dozen · Post by **bobby_dozen** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:12 pm

I used Reason from V1 and now use it with cubase and I still find using the Dr. Rex the quickest tool for messing around with chopped breaks quickly. I don't like importing individual slices into a sampler, when I can just load 1 file into Dr. Rex and go straight away.

ahernia · Post by **ahernia** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:53 pm

Stenchman wrote:i use reason, take what u want from that lol

Was that a fishing rod thrown in to the lake of compliments?

manray · Post by **manray** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:06 pm

AHernia wrote:
Stenchman wrote:i use reason, take what u want from that lol
Was that a fishing rod thrown in to the lake of compliments?

Ahahaha. Fact is Dubstep is basic as fuck, you should'nt be worried about whether you are using Fruity Loops 1.5 or Reason. Just make the music.

sammytee · Post by **sammytee** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:10 pm

^^^ ahahah dude dubstep is as simple or as complex as you make it...
we could turn this into the 'what makes a dubstep track - dubstep' thread lol

Reason seems great but I agree with a lot of others that the sequencer is weak! So its basically a no go for any logic or cubase users

good call on the gloryfied VST lol

BUT there is 1 thing reason does which I have NEVER seen anywhere else and that is -
Quantization via PERCENTAGE!!!!
now that is rockin for us soulful jazzy skip beat freaks

my toons www.myspace.com/essteeuk

manray · Post by **manray** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:00 pm

Wrong thread syndrome.

beerz · Post by **beerz** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:37 pm

manray wrote:Wrong thread syndrome.

i see this so often.....how cna sum1 ACTUALLI post in the rong thread???? they read whole thread and then post about sumthing compleltely differnet,...or just forget wt they wer reading about when they're on the comment box page and nt b arsed to find out wt the thread was about so just guess????/ i duno..

Is Reason actually a decent program to use?

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