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Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:14 pm

ew wrote:The factory drums are OK. The Reason drum refill's supposed to be excellent, though.

Oh, it is! RDK 2.0 is particularly amazing, lets you mix the drum kit mics however you want. I didn't see 1.0 but am very impressed wtih 2.0.

(the ReDrum kit's only eight instruments)

Ten, actually. But that's still smallish. RDK 2.0 uses multiple NN-XT sample players (LOTS of layers! Lots of alts too) and effects wrapped in combinators -- very easy to use, pretty easy to tweak too.

RDK 2.0 also contains the old versions for backward compatibility, and I think there are also some Redrum kits using the new samples; not sure about that.

Hovmod · Post by **Hovmod** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:17 pm

Meffy wrote:RDK 2.0 also contains the old versions for backward compatibility, and I think there are also some Redrum kits using the new samples; not sure about that.

Yes, many of'em.
RDK2 is my main use of Reason these days.
Nothing I've seen compares.

ew · Post by ew » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:57 pm

The Skunkster wrote:
the ReDrum kit's only eight instruments.
Ten, actually. But that's still smallish. RDK 2.0 uses multiple NN-XT sample players (LOTS of layers! Lots of alts too) and effects wrapped in combinators -- very easy to use, pretty easy to tweak too.

My memory's going to hell (and I was too lazy to open Reason)

I stand corrected this time *genuflecting towards the east*

ew

waiting man · Post by **waiting man** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:25 pm

another vote for Reason Drumkits, kick-ass library.
on the cheap, grab my ReFill version of the GSCW Drum Library by S.Pelaez ( homepage ) available for free at www.combinatorhq.com

the ReFill features multichannel combis a là RDK.

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:44 pm

ew wrote: My memory's going to hell (and I was too lazy to open Reason)
I stand corrected this time *genuflecting towards the east*

ew

ew - do you find yourself still using Reason even with Absynth and Reaktor on board? I've never really seriously considered Reason until I started messing around with it over the weekend and I'm starting to understand its appeal a little more.

RawTheory · Post by **RawTheory** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:51 am

kuniklo wrote:
ew - do you find yourself still using Reason even with Absynth and Reaktor on board? I've never really seriously considered Reason until I started messing around with it over the weekend and I'm starting to understand its appeal a little more.

I'm curious about that too because im thinking of buying reaktor 5 as well. I use Reason for everything fundamental in my music then it all gets arranged and mixed in Live 5. I want an VST that can give me as much variety as Reason does. I was thinking either go the modular route with Reaktor or pick up Spectrasonics Trilogy for a comprehensive Bass instrument. Any suggestions?

ew · Post by ew » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:46 am

Now I know my memory's going to hell... I could swear I answered this

I still use Reason- it's a great scratchpad for getting ideas down quickly. Malstrom's a great synth, and I use a lot of combis exploiting it ReWired into Sonar or Live. I use Redrum to program the scratch drum track for most of my stuff- I usually then export the MIDI track from Reason and bring it into Sonar for more work. I used NN-XT as my main sampler until this month, when I got Komplete (and hence Kontakt). I still use it sometimes just because I'm more used to working with it.

ew