Binding: Misc.
Brand: Propellerhead
EAN: 7350002921647
Format: CD-ROM
Weight: 300 hundredths-pounds
Label: Line 6
Manufacturer: Line 6
Model: 99-101-0010
Packaged Height: 190 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 880 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 70 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 680 hundredths-inches
Platform: Windows XP Professional
Platform: Mac OS X
Publisher: Line 6
Special Features: Reason has reached the next level. Stronger, swifter and smoother to work with, Reason 4 will alter the way you create your music. Reason's new devices and features will not only inspire you to produce great tracks, they will provide you with new ways of doing so. Reason comes in the shape of a classic studio rack, packed with all the gear you could possibly need: Samplers, Analog synths, Graintable synth, Vocoder, Mixer, Step time drum machine, Arpeggiator, Compressors, EQ and Effects ? as many
Studio: Line 6
Feature:
- Thor Polysonic Synthesizer: Thor is a semi modular synth with interchangeable oscillators and filters. With its six oscillator types, four filter types and endless modulation possibilities, this synth comes with a sound like nothing else on the planet.
- RPG-8 Monophonic Arpeggiator: A powerful arpeggiator with multiple play modes, pattern function and much more.
- ReGroove Mixer: ReGroove mixing is a way to work creatively with grooves, timing and feel in real time. Hands-on access to 32 channels of groove parameters will make this an essential tool for any musician who is serious about their beats programming.
- The New Reason Sequencer: With a whole new look, a ton of fresh features and a completely new way of handling sequencer data, the Reason sequencer still offers the streamlined workflow Reason is famous for, but with a new level of sophistication.
Product Description:
Stronger, swifter and smoother to work with, Reason 4 will alter the way you create your music. Reason's new devices and features will not only inspire you to produce great tracks, they will provide you with new ways of doing so. If you've never used Reason, there has never been a better time to start. The Thor polysonic synthesizer features six different oscillator types and four unique filters, as well as an all-powerful modulation matrix gives you complete control over your signal flow, letting you modulate anything within Thor with anything within Thor. Reason 4 ships with RPG-8, a brand new unit dedicated to the art of arpeggiation, and the ReGroove mixer, Reason's own realtime groove management device. The new sequencer is swifter, stronger and more intuitive than ever, and comes with new features and functions that all strive toward making your Reason experience smoother and snappier. Also new to Reason 4 is the new Tools Window, a floating window containing all your most frequently used tools, where you can create new devices by choosing from a device palette, fine tune your sequencer data from the Tools pane, or set groove parameters using the groove pane. Requires Windows XP or Vista, or Mac v. 10.4. Four different language versions - English, French, German or Japanese Sound Bank holds patches for all devices in Reason to help New Tools Window holds all your most frequently used tools Combinator & NN-XT updates Windows requirements - either Windows XP or Vista, Intel P4 / AMD Athlon XP or better processor Mac requirements - Mac OS X 10.4, G4 1GHz and up or Intel Mac processor
Customer Reviews:
 They've done it again!, 2008-10-10
Reason 4.0 has turned out to be an upgrade that you will not want to miss, and if you're a newcomer, you'll be very pleased as well.
I started with Reason 3.0, and found it to be one of the most powerful softwares I've ever used. This is largely because Reason comes at the problem of music production from a new angle, that of setting up instruments to function as a hardware rack, with all the routing possibilities that it entails. We're talking about flipping the instruments and getting access to full back panels, with control voltage, gate, and note jacks that are wired up with virtual cables.
The 4.0 version has added some new extras, and they are all spectacularly useful. To start with, there is a new sequencer, which has been a SORELY needed upgrade. The origional sequencer was always Reason's Archilles' Heel, and the new one brings the program into line with other modern DAW's by utilizing clips to organize data, and adding the much needed functions of time signature and tempo changes. Vector Automation has also been added, and midi data and vector data are now organized into "lanes". The effect of this is much greater coherency of sequencer data.
The big addition tha everybody has been buzzing about is the new synthesizer, "Thor". It delivers in spades. The concept is this..... take classic oscillator and filter technology of numerous different types and put them in a single synth where everything can modulate everything. The result provides exactly what was needed in Reason, sonic flexibility. The sound is stunning, it is easily the phattest of Reason's synths, and can be made to produce almost any timbre. To top it off, it has it's own onboard sequencer. I found using Thor to be a joy,and I was able to come up with useful patches quicker than any synth I've previously used.
Another great addition is the Regroove groove mixer. It can be used to provide grooves for groups of midi data that take Reason out of the "thump-thump" arena, and into the territory of serious beat production.
Also added is the RPG8 arpeggiator. It is designed brilliantly, and can be used to modulate any instrument function that uses control voltage data, as well as note data. It's both flexible and intuitive.
The upshot? Propellerhead software looked at what their product needed, (while still staying within their "concept"), and provided it, making the new version more powerful, flexible, and useful. To those who desire audio in and vst support, these aren't in the offing, but Propellerhead Software has repeatedly pointed out that Reason is an instrument rather than a full recording DAW, (you can still record music produced within the program, it's just that Reason is highly insular. For those wishing to add external audio, however, it can be "rewired" into all popular DAW's. This is what I do, and it works GREAT!).
A must have upgrade that makes Reason an even more useful and powerful program!
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