About Reason Music composing software

Here is a brief guide of World's best music production software, Propellerhead's Reason.
Reason can be used either as a complete virtual music studio, or as a collection of virtual instruments to be played live or used with other sequencing software.

Synthesizers, samplers, drum machine, ReCycle-based loop player, mixer, effects, pattern sequencer and more. As many of each as your computer can handle. Reason is an infinitely expandable music workstation on a CD-ROM, complete with its own realtime sequencer.

As of version 4.0, modules available include:
  • Subtractor: a subtractive synthesizer
  • Malström: a graintable synthesizer
  • NN-19: a simple sampler, which loads pre-recorded instrumental and vocal sounds
  • NN-XT: an advanced sampler, which features the option of tweaking the various modulation, oscillation and filter parameters of a preloaded sample or patch
  • Dr Rex: a loop playback device, which slices prerecorded samples into manageable, bitesize units
  • Redrum: a sample based drum machine with a step sequencer
  • Thor: a semi-modular synthesizer which features, among others, wavetable, FM and phase distortion synthesis
As a Reason user, you can forget about the downsides of music production. Forget malfunctioning modules and confusing connections. Reason's cables don't tangle. Forget about steep learning curves and menus within menus. Reason is so direct you'll learn it in minutes. And forget the tedious process of gathering all the different disks and soundbanks needed to load up a song.

Producing Music with Reason presents a broad overview of this versatile software's capabilities, and the techniques you'll need to learn to operate it effectively.