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Customer Reviews of Propellerhead Reason 3.0

Possibly the best, but still not enough
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> Reason is a awsome way get a professional sound from your synth music quick. It includes some of the best sounds, synth, samples, and effects there are. The midi recording and automation options are exellent. You can self-contain your files, export to 24-bit or 16-bit audio, export as a midi, or publish the file for sharing. It is also compatible with tons of different midi keyboards. <
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> Not much is compatible with the program plugin wise. The instruments you get with the program is all you get. The Real Time effects while great quailty are not vast. And as far as i know any sort of plugin cost way too much. Most the refills are either extremely wack or a little too expensive. Importing audio can only be done in a sampler so if your audio file is long you have to restart from the beginning to hear it (not real time). <
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>All in all I still use this program to this day and consider it one of the best there is. But you make the call. I would try this and Ableton Live and decide which you perfer.

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A fun toy
I never tire of playing with this software, although I am not a professional musician or sound engineer. It allows you to create songs with a nearly limitless range of sounds, beats, and arrangements. I also enjoy visiting the Propellerhead Software Web site to check out songs from other artists, and analyze how those artists created different styles of music. Reason is really an inspiring tool for experimentation in musical composition.

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A deep bag of tricks (within its own boundaries)
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>Addendum - My original review of this software started with: <
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>"Do not be swayed by those elitist reviewers who pan this program." <
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>Now I realize what some of them were getting at - I still think this is a fantastic piece of software, especially for people who just want to have fun making computer music and are content staying in the Propellerhead playground (and it's a huge playground). <
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>The issue is, aside from using the Rewire application to get Reason 3 synths out of the playground, you can't bring outside synths (VST plug ins) into the Reason 3 playground. <
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>I very much like the Reason 3 sequencer, but I can't run a 3rd party VST synth with it, and that's what some other people are griping about here. Mea culpa. <
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>Here's the rest of my original review; <
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>If you're into electronic music and have ever invested any amount of money <
>in midi gear, only to find yourself wanting more after spending, say, $3,000, <
> then you should check out the easy to install free demo of Reason 3 available <
> on the Propellerhead.se (NOT .com) website. You'll go ape#$%*! <
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>I can't fathom how these people managed to get this thing to do so much <
>for such a modest hardware requirement. <
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>I have a P4 with only 256Mb of ram, and I have not experienced a single <
>crash yet, no matter how many devices I add to the virtual rack. <
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>Any wimpy sounds in Reason can be beefed up using the <
>effects modules- show me a synth that doesn't have some "cheesy" sounds. <
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>My only gripe is, I wish the rack components could be enlarged onscreen <
>like the sequencer window. Unless I'm overlooking a button or command <
>somewhere (entirely possible), I hope Propellerheads adds rack resizing <
>in a future version. <
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>Again, get their demo! You can play with it for 20 minutes at a time, <
>and you'll know if it's right for you. <
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