The more i play with reason the thinner my shit sounds to me. sooooooo i'm learning logic. but reason is still a great all-in-one VSTi provided you have the processor speed. ;)
i'd like to seem them make a proper cpu hog too. i'd be a happy happy man. :) ~a > -----Original Message----- > From: blindspot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 4:32 PM > To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List > Subject: [dnb-prod] Reason Sound Quality Experiment > > > Got message and link below from the SFRaves list. Obviously we all > have out opinions about Reason but did anybody hear about this test? > Can anybody verify the science and accuracy of this experiment? > > http://members.shaw.ca/stu.macQ/ > > > BS > > > > > >I think a lot of people will agree with the article below, I do... > > > >And here's a snippet from London Elektricity's (wicked D&B dudes) thread: > > > >i've been working on the new London elektricity album for over a > >year, and fell in love with Reason last year. I stopped working on > >Cubase, + have been writing on reason for the last 12 months - it's > >great for when I'm on the road too. I cut a load of dubplates of my > >new tracks, and whilst in the mix last week I realised that all my > >reason tunes sounded, well, kind of out of focus. so when I got back > >to the studio I + the other artist on Hospital did some control > >tests, using 2 minute slices of classical music, some d+b, some pop, > >and compared how the files sounded in Reason, cubase, Peak + > >Protools. It really seems that in Reason there is a big sonic > >compromise - I always wondered how Reason can be so economical with > >cpu power, and it seems that it's because Reason only uses part of > >the waveform. Since then I've been talking to other producers in the > >d+b, breaks + garage community, most of whom won't use reason > >because of it's sound. > > > >I am gutted, because I love the interface + the genius of the patch > >system. I have transferred a couple of the tunes I made in Reason to > >Cubase using the source files(unprocessed by Reason) + reconstructed > >them exactly. They now sound proper. > > > >Before you rag me out for my disloyalty to Reason, let me say I > >still think it's a brilliant tool, it's just that it doesnt have the > >necessary sound quality for making top notch productions. > > > >I wish so much that propellerheads would produce a transparent, > >power hungry pro version. > > > > > > > >He has summarised exactly what I feel perfectly. > > > >We have Wazari and the 1001 FX units who professes to get great > >results. And he does. But its a right old bollock ache to achieve a > >full and releaseable sound isnt it? > > > > > >I sold my Yamaha RS7000 to get Reason and a decent PC. While I don't > >regret this choice (far from it due to the shitty limitations > >hardware brings in to the equation) the sound was fucking awesome. > >Deep, rolling, phat, powerful, clean and beautiful. > > > >Reason is thin, shitty and not powerful. > > > >Like this fella from LE said - I hope that the PHeads make a CPU > >hungry/Pro version. And soon. > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
