|  carolspinelli | Jan 28, 2007 4:46pm | I'm not scoffing at anything, sorry if I gave the impression.
How would you define "generic"? |
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Sponsor |  ArielX | Apr 29, 2007 11:50am | | I've recently started using Reason, and it's pretty cool. |
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|  matcochr | May 2, 2007 4:05pm | It's entirely possible to have your own sound in either FL or Reason. Anything with a sampler in it will let you customise your sound in lots of ways, I've often loaded ReDrum, DrRex and NN19/NNXT with tons of custom samples. Some of the stuff the Combinators can do in Reason are amazing.
I've found that the best way to use Reason is along with something else. It's a fine rack full of stuff, but it's not an audio recording package or an amazing sequencer so use ReWire to get Reason working with Pro Tools or Cubase or Logic or Sonar, etc., and get the best of both worlds.
Try out the various things available and pick your favourites, you don't have to do everything in one package. |
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Sponsor | | dragonhead | May 3, 2007 6:54am | 11: Reason seems to be geared towards creating dance tunes. I haven't used it much, but it seems to me (I could be wrong) that it would be easy to chuck out something that was typical of the genre without realising you're doing it. FL depends on the synths you use. If you want a dancey track, then use synths geared towards those "phat" sounds. Or, if you're a miserable bastard like me, use pianos, mellotrons and "real" drum sounds at 60bpm!
(that probably doesn't make any sense) |
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Sponsor | | xique | May 3, 2007 2:40pm | 15: "(that probably doesn't make any sense)"The "geared towards creating dance tunes" part does. A friend of mine makes some pretty impressive detroitish techno with it, it's great for that kind of sounds, the classic bassdrum+bassline+snares/claps+hihats+synths/acidlines stuff. |
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|  paxananda | Jul 5, 2007 10:15pm | It really dose NOT matter what program you use these days. It all depends on what you are looking to use the program for. What program feels best to you. I some people who use the most broke ass equipment and cheezy software, yet they write great tracks. Creativity will find a way to use what ever it is handed.
Reason is a great system. It's not just for dance music. I use all my own sounds in reason. I don't create to much dance music. It's not to great for recording vocals Or mastering tracks. For work of that nature you want pro tools, logic, ableton live, or Sonar.
I use a combination of software. Ableton live is one of my favs. It is wicked for playing out live, mixing on the fly. It also supports VST plugs! I use Reaktor for my synth sounds and dark dirty bass sounds if that is what I am going for in the track. I use Sound Fordge for editing raw samples and field recordings. |
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| | npftm | Sep 2, 2007 7:35pm | Reason fries my head, just like maths did at school. Plenty of people use it as their sole app, and loads of commercial stuff (including some of the last Prodigy album) has been written with it.
It's subjective at the end of the day, but I prefer Ableton Live and a pile of VSTs; I think Reason is over-hyped.
ableton.com/downloads [ableton.com/downloads] |
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Sponsor | | dragonhead | Sep 3, 2007 1:20am | | I know a guy who's in the business professionally as a musician and he uses Atari ST's. Swears by them. |
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| | Mister-Softy | Sep 24, 2007 2:10am | | Reason is good to learn how a sequencer / softsynth works, it sounds great but some of the limitations ar a pain in the thing : no VST's / VSTi's, no recording, working with long samples is possible yet very very unfriendly... Still, I have created a lot of full tracks using only it. If you don't work with vocal or instrument parts or whatever it's a good allround app. |
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