Propellerhead’s Reason 4.0
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There is a lot of music production software out there today. The majority of them are expensive, ranging anywhere from one hundred and fifty to nine hundred dollars. This makes things a lot more difficult when it comes to choosing one to buy. You have all these questions about it, but not a lot of answers. These products are not like normal instruments; you can’t really test them out. I’ve been through numerous amounts of software and I have finally found one that is satisfying.
It is called Reason 4.0. Made by a company called Propellerhead, this software has been blowing me out of the water so far. This software is very flexible and has a lot of features that if used properly could change the way you think about music recording and making. Some of the features on this software include a digital mixing board with as many tracks as you need, samples for and type of MIDI device you have, drum computers and loop samplers, professional studio quality effects, the ability to create an “instrument” to a track and record, two sound banks, and the list goes on. The best way to get a glimpse at this magical piece of software is to try it out for yourself.
With all this stuff comes expensive software. Reason 4.0 is about six hundred dollars. But with everything that comes with it, it balances your checkbook. When you think about it. All the features that come with it can make any of your songs sound like have been recorded professionally. It may be a little confusing at first, getting to know the software and learning how to use it, but once you get the hang of it things become easier and a lot more fun as well. As your experience level goes up, your song quality also increases.
People who have Macs are in luck too. Reason 4.0 has a ReWire program that connects you with Garage Band when you open Reason first, then Garage Band on your computer. This comes in handy when you are trying to put lyrics into your songs on Reason. It will play your songs on Reason and you can record you vocals on Garage Band and they both sync up to each other. When your lyrics are recorded and mastered with your song. You can export your song on Reason as a MP3 or WAV File and load it onto Garage Band to go with you lyrics.
Overall, Reason 4.0 is the best software for your money if you are looking for a good music production software. The only bad thing is you can’t record vocals to Reason. But like I said, Mac users are in luck with the advantage of Garage Band, since it comes with every computer. Reason can run with any ReWire software as well, that’s a plus in my book.
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