Having played with the Reason 3 demo a bit and concluding that I don't have a great deal of use for the Combinator or increased MIDI controller support I was wondering whether I might be better of spending the £60 towards a Vst mixing/mastering suite. I'm very new to this part of the process having only spent time messing around with sound design and tracking.
However most of my projects make heavy use of Reason (about 60-75% of my songs) but the "traditional" elements like guitar and vocals are what I struggle with most in the mixdown. So in short could anyone help me choose between a Reason upgrade and one of the mixing packs out there, or even maybe a more mastering orientated tool like PSP Vintagewarmer if you thought that would be best.
Reason Upgrade or Vst Mixing/Mastering Pack?
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- KVRer
- 3 posts since 11 Feb, 2005 from Edinburgh
All I can say is that £60 is not going to go very far if you start buying VST Hosts and PlugIns! The cheapest non-free plugs start at around $30 and the profession mastering stuff can run into the thousands. Plus you are going to need a VST Host to do your mastering in !
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- KVRAF
- 2058 posts since 23 Sep, 2004 from Canada
I guarantee you the Combinator gives you way more mileage than you actually think.
Check out CombinatorHQ for an idea of the user library available already.
V3 sounds alot better than 2.5 also not to mention the new FSB .
I could think of a heap of uses for the combinator bar standard device grouping - some patching and modulations in teh Combinator just aren't possible in 2.5.
I've even got some custom vector combi's where the Maelstrom and Sub's oscillators can be swept through like a proper wavetable for all sorts of goodies.
You can even wave sequence the oscillators via the Matrix pattern seq's with some clever combi patching and utilising the extra mod matrix options of the Combinator itself.
And as stated you won't get decent Mastering plugs of that quality for less than the Reason 3 upgrade.
PS:Over 1000 members at Combinator HQ.
Youd be suprised how many of us thought urgghhh what ever but now can't live without it.
Check out CombinatorHQ for an idea of the user library available already.
V3 sounds alot better than 2.5 also not to mention the new FSB .
I could think of a heap of uses for the combinator bar standard device grouping - some patching and modulations in teh Combinator just aren't possible in 2.5.
I've even got some custom vector combi's where the Maelstrom and Sub's oscillators can be swept through like a proper wavetable for all sorts of goodies.
You can even wave sequence the oscillators via the Matrix pattern seq's with some clever combi patching and utilising the extra mod matrix options of the Combinator itself.
And as stated you won't get decent Mastering plugs of that quality for less than the Reason 3 upgrade.
PS:Over 1000 members at Combinator HQ.
Youd be suprised how many of us thought urgghhh what ever but now can't live without it.
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- KVRAF
- 3617 posts since 26 Sep, 2003 from Bradford - The Armpit of Britain
if you utilise reason to any great extnet the upgrade is well worht it.
The new effects are ok, but the combinator is a huge leap forward, useful in so many ways.
The new effects are ok, but the combinator is a huge leap forward, useful in so many ways.
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Stupid American Pig Stupid American Pig https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4753 - KVRAF
- 7065 posts since 25 Nov, 2002 from not sure
I too think that the combinator is a great addition, and more useful than I first thought. But it is yer world, and ultimately, yer decision.