Do you use Reason as a vst ?

[carrieres]

Rewire is gone with Reason v11

[sQeetz]

Reason with its modules as a plugin is everything anyone needed anyway. Rewire be damned.... IMHO

[careyletendre]

That being said, I think anybody who says that you can't do top music in Reason is a clown. This thing is a powerhouse. If you like or not its workflow, if you appreciate or not the features it has against other DAWS, if you miss or not the features it lacks against other DAWs, is purely a question of taste.

The software is great and clearly powerful enough to do anything you want. Period.

Absolutely true. Reason's mixer is in a class of it's own.

Carey

[Jac459]

That being said, I think anybody who says that you can't do top music in Reason is a clown. This thing is a powerhouse. If you like or not its workflow, if you appreciate or not the features it has against other DAWS, if you miss or not the features it lacks against other DAWs, is purely a question of taste.

The software is great and clearly powerful enough to do anything you want. Period.

Absolutely true. Reason's mixer is in a class of it's own.

Carey

Yeah I really missed it for a while when I started to use Reason as a Rack and not a DAW...
It is a very elegant and integrated solution while still very powerful.

The first reason for which I left Reason as a DAW was not the mixer but the mastering feature. I guess if you are black belt full time sound engineer you can do wonder with Reason in mastering. But for a musician trying to auto produce, it is a nightmare, no visual feedback at all, no advises. I really to start to make good master when I switched to Ozone and start to learn from there. The GAP was less painful...

[Jac459]

Another point. Does anybody of you use Nostromo Spectral Synthesiser ? There is a lot of synths I love in the reason ecosystem, like Antidote, Exhale, Zero Hybrid, they are absolutely first class.... But Nostromo ???
Somehow I got this one on a sale and totally overlooked it... I was playing recently with its presets and was like WHHAAATT ???
In a blind test, you would have told me it is the newly released VPS Avenger 2 I would have been impressed and believed you...
Generally when I do house keeping I am trying to "favourite" some presets by synths, generally 10-15 per synth. Here every 2 presets I was keeping as favourite... It is like all the sounds are nuts... Do you share the same feeling ? How come did I miss that...

[fceramic]

Nostromo is one of my go-to synths. It has a really unique sound and the randomization features are deep.

[Jac459]

Nostromo is one of my go-to synths. It has a really unique sound and the randomization features are deep.

Nice to see I am not the only one crazy

[jjpscott01]

Nostromo is awesome and I agree it needs way more attention than it gets. That and the Zero hybrid synth all over my projects.

[Jac459]

Nostromo is awesome and I agree it needs way more attention than it gets. That and the Zero hybrid synth all over my projects.

Ah yes.... Definitely agree.... The Zero Hybrid is way overlooked... it is more complicated than Algorithm but the sound is crazy good.... when I compare to FM8, it is a joke... Zero is much much better.

[jjpscott01]

Nostromo is awesome and I agree it needs way more attention than it gets. That and the Zero hybrid synth all over my projects.

Ah yes.... Definitely agree.... The Zero Hybrid is way overlooked... it is more complicated than Algorithm but the sound is crazy good.... when I compare to FM8, it is a joke... Zero is much much better.

Agreed my friend. I never got along with FM8 either. Zero is super powerful but it has some really awesome presets for folks who don't like to tinker with that sort of thing. Also, I don't know if you've ever used Zoetrope by SKP Sound Design but that's another overlooked Reason Synth that has some great sounds.

[liquidsound]

Nostromo is awesome and I agree it needs way more attention than it gets. That and the Zero hybrid synth all over my projects.

Ah yes.... Definitely agree.... The Zero Hybrid is way overlooked... it is more complicated than Algorithm but the sound is crazy good.... when I compare to FM8, it is a joke... Zero is much much better.

It’s the closest thing to Sytrus which is a beast.

[Jac459]

Nostromo is awesome and I agree it needs way more attention than it gets. That and the Zero hybrid synth all over my projects.

Ah yes.... Definitely agree.... The Zero Hybrid is way overlooked... it is more complicated than Algorithm but the sound is crazy good.... when I compare to FM8, it is a joke... Zero is much much better.

Agreed my friend. I never got along with FM8 either. Zero is super powerful but it has some really awesome presets for folks who don't like to tinker with that sort of thing. Also, I don't know if you've ever used Zoetrope by SKP Sound Design but that's another overlooked Reason Synth that has some great sounds.

Agreed on the presets... Some are really really awesome...
I will have a look at Zoetrope, thanks for the tip.

[EnGee]

There are many gems in REs shop. I'm currently paying for Algoritm and Complex-1. After that, I might rent to own Zero and Expanse.
Currently I'm playing with Parsec 2. It is a wonderful synth

[Atlatnesiti]

There are many gems in REs shop. I'm currently paying for Algoritm and Complex-1. After that, I might rent to own Zero and Expanse.
Currently I'm playing with Parsec 2. It is a wonderful synth

Agreed There so many goodie’s in Reasonstation shop. That’s one of the reasons I’ve jumped on Reason+ subscription - it’s all free to download

[Jac459]

There are many gems in REs shop. I'm currently paying for Algoritm and Complex-1. After that, I might rent to own Zero and Expanse.
Currently I'm playing with Parsec 2. It is a wonderful synth

There is no "might", do it, zero is awesome... .

Parsec 2 is good too.. I rediscovered Complex-1 recently, it is a whole world to explore. . , insanely fun but I still suck at it.