With Reason I have come a long way with my music, and I can still go a long way with this stand-alone music station software. I never used, or even heard of Rebirth before I started with Reason. But I ghave compared the two programs since then and now I know that Reason is much more flexible than Rebirth. In Reason, I am able to load my own sounds and there is very little I cannot do. At this point, I'm limited by the amount of time I am able to spend using this amazing software.

I love using Reason because it's simple and fun to use. But that'st coming from a guy who had no previous experience with music software. Reason was my first crack at using software to create music. I still say that Reason is a "must try" software for all computer musicians.

The basic idea was to emulate all the Synthesizer and Sampler a recording studio has in its racks by software alone. It seems that this was just the beginning.

Now this software has long passed this point and implements features you cannot find in a standard synth-rack. Especially the way to handle loops and what you can do with it is amazing and very inspiring.

There's one last thing I have to say about "Propellerhead Software". They don't release it before it works great. That saves you a lot of troubles and gives you kind of security-feeling.

It doesn't matter what kind of music-hacker you are, try it anyway.

Plus:

• All in one concept has huge advantages
• Built-in database
• Stable performance
• Good sound
• Good sound library

Minus:

• Some additional tracks to record vocals would make it perfect (Please dear Propellerheads, I know this is somehow against the idea of this software but I  often had a good song and just needed some additional vocals. To change to another program is always a pain so maybe you consider implementing this in the future :-)

Manufacturers Homepage: Propellerheads in sweden

Platform: Mac (OS 9 or later) / PC (Windows XP, 2000)

Typical Users: Electronic Musicians, DJs, Dance Producer, Homerecording Artists

Demo: Download Demo (save/export disabled, no support for refills and it quits after 20 minutes)

Supported Hardware PC: 16 bit compatible Soundcard, preferably with an ASIO or DirectX driver

Supported Hardware Mac: No special Soundcard required

Recommended Systems: Our model-systems that proved to work. From Microphone to Speakers. You can use this as it is, or as a basis for your own computer recording studio. It also gives you tips, which laptop models you can use for audio recording.

Manuals: Documentation