Meet the Propellerheads

Why did Reason turn out like it did? What kind of thinking was behind the latest version of Reason and Record? Meet the Propellerheads and get some of the inside story on how we create our software.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Reason
• Record
• 1.5
• Kong
• Octorex
• Neptune
• MPC
• DAW
• Recording
• Production
• Sound
• Design

[keironlouoliverb]

hey, im confused of what to get REASON or RECORD?? please help me out..

[PropellerheadSW]

@keironlouoliverb No prob! With the recent release of Reason version 6, you want to get that. It has everything that Record has (which we no longer make since it's all in Reason) and it obviously has everything in Reason too. Reason 6 is everything all in one package. Good luck!

[LyricZinc]

Pardon me, I just got really interested in music making and have no experience at all. Is a MIDI controller needed for this?

[PropellerheadSW]

@LyricZinc No a MIDI controller is not required. Some people like them because they play keyboard already or they want to have a bunch of knobs at their finger tips. But far more people making music with their mouse than do with controllers. And if you want to play something in on a keyboard but don't want or own one, you can turn on a computer keyboard piano so the keys on your computer become piano keys and you can play things that way if you like. Thanks for asking and good luck!

[LyricZinc]

@PropellerheadSW Is changing the computer keyboard to a piano keyboard possible through the Reason/Record software itself? Or is another software needed? Sorry for asking too much!

[PropellerheadSW]

@LyricZinc No need to apologize for asking so much. We all start out wondering so many questions and we never stop asking them, really. It's always a learning process to make music. To answer your question, yes the piano keyboard using your computer keys is built into Reason/Record. There's a menu item for turning it on and off. And you can choose what octave you're playing in for low bass lines or high lead lines.

[vaaib]

Still no sampler where u can slice wav samples in reason with a graphic interface? a rex player with wav would have been grate

[PropellerheadSW]

@vaaib Slice WAV files? No we have that now. You now have a sample edit window where you can slice wav samples, normalize, fade in/out, crop, and reverse. The REX files is a different story. They still are sliced in ReCycle. But if you want to slice wav files like you said then you're totally sorted now in Reason 5.

[TheGhettostylus]

if reason had the ability to warp like ableton i wouldn't have to use any other software :)

[Hazmat347]

I wish Recycle was included in the next version of Reason.

[Billy1232321]

I wish I knew that a few days ago -:d oh well

[mnab112898]

@LyricZinc Yes. You must have a midi controller or USB in order to FULLY control your music.

[Woodworth19]

5:57 - it's Peter Jones!

[thegroove2000]

@JFelipe6 reason 6 will be FULL DAW.