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Now were talkin.

Mike,I'm with you on the candystore,can't get enough of it.

Mario

I already have Kontakt 3,and the upgrade to 3.5 which you can download free on
Native Instruments website.

I am also looking at getting VI.One which has 1000 instruments,and runs inside Kontakt.

I also have Reason 3,but I have not loaded it onto my new computer.
I always think of Reason as a Dance Orientated piece of kit,no doubt someone will prove
me wrong and I would probably need to upgrade it to version 4,and use it via rewire.

Wow,I guess when I list this stuff,I already have quite a lot of software I am not using,and
consequently not getting anywhere near the best out of it. Mmmmmm

Methinks maybe the problem is solved???

Thanks

Alan



I also own Reason 3. My standard answer to anyone who says "Reason is dance oriented" is to say, "No, it's a virtual instrument." As an instrument, Reason is what you make of it. Its only limitation is your imagination.

Listen to two of the demos that come with Reason 3: "Fighting Evil" and "Hi-Fi Cops." Either will disabuse you of thoughts of the programs's limitations (although admittedly, the rest of the demos are heavily dance oriented). The first is a fully-produced neoclassical film piece; the second the theme for a notional 70s cop show. Both were done entirely with sounds included with the program.

From all reports (I have three close friends who have done so), the upgrade to Reason 4 is worth it, particularly if you are into synthesis for its own sake. BE SURE TO REGISTER THE PROGRAM IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, if for no other reason than to protect your license. But as a registered owner of 3, the upgrade to 4 will be relatively inexpensive. You may also want to take a look at their new DAW, Record, into which Reason 4 integrates directly; it doesn't even use Rewire.

Reason is why I push so hard for Rewire, but I haven't let the lack of it slow me down. My standard MO is to create beds in BIAB, save them as .MID files and open them in Reason. The biggest trick is finding GM drum kits (they exist, but often take some tweaking). The biggest challenge is patience. Like BIAB, Reason is incredibly deep conceptually. It has taken me several years of poking a stick at it and a LOT of listening to the work of others to get my head around it. It needn't take you that long. There are several users here, and the Phead forums are quite helpful (though not as friendly as this). The manuals are among the best I have seen for any product, period.

Since you have it, I would urge you to hang on to your dough and invest your time in this new 'instrument' instead. Visit my page at indabamusic.com and listen to some examples of what I have done by porting BIAB files into Reason. "Dance of the Techno Gods" is verbatim, just revoiced. "My Familiar" has been augmented with voice doubling and heavily edited to remove the choppiness of BIAB's chord changes, but is still quite close to the original BIAB file. It will sound somewhat empty as it is still awaiting my solo guitar part, but you can hear Reason's power all the better for that.

*phew* Okay, finished!

LOL,

R.

"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."