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mafkaroo
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Reason is quality, just requires a bit more work to get good results..
On a side note check some of these patchers associated with this new refill that will soon be available, I think they sound great!
http://www.xsynth.com/demos/
On a side note check some of these patchers associated with this new refill that will soon be available, I think they sound great!
http://www.xsynth.com/demos/
sprig
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I've found loads of comments really interesting on this topic. Only read the first 3 pages so far and will read the rest but I have a couple of questions that someone may be nice as to answer...
I have had Rebirth for a while and it's been great. I have noticed that the production sound on it is just not at the quality I think it should (not that I am an expert and not that I have tried my damndest to get a better sound) but I realise I need to use some other software / instruments to get the sound I want.
By reading other comments a lot of you peeps are doing the same thing.
I have an Ensoniq FIZMO synth (Transwave, I do believe). It's quite old ('98?) but do you think this synth would add a lot to what I already have in Reason? It is certainly coming out with some interesting noises.
Also, what would be best to link this with Reason? I planned to get Cubase and ReWire it with Reason, running the FIZMO through Cubase. Fortunately, I do have a 12 channel mixer to hopefully make it all possible, but as a bit of an amateur (and not having a great deal of spare time) I just haven't got around to it yet.
(BTW I want to write many types of music, but mostly Psy)
Any advice, comments, or even abuse would be welcome.
What is the definitive answer to this? - Would the best sound engineer in the world be able to produce a top quality, high production tune using Reason alone??
Oh, OTT, have to say, Blumenkraft was pretty damn amazing. Did you mention 98% was software written? - any clues as to what sounds were the other 2%??
I have had Rebirth for a while and it's been great. I have noticed that the production sound on it is just not at the quality I think it should (not that I am an expert and not that I have tried my damndest to get a better sound) but I realise I need to use some other software / instruments to get the sound I want.
By reading other comments a lot of you peeps are doing the same thing.
I have an Ensoniq FIZMO synth (Transwave, I do believe). It's quite old ('98?) but do you think this synth would add a lot to what I already have in Reason? It is certainly coming out with some interesting noises.
Also, what would be best to link this with Reason? I planned to get Cubase and ReWire it with Reason, running the FIZMO through Cubase. Fortunately, I do have a 12 channel mixer to hopefully make it all possible, but as a bit of an amateur (and not having a great deal of spare time) I just haven't got around to it yet.
(BTW I want to write many types of music, but mostly Psy)
Any advice, comments, or even abuse would be welcome.
What is the definitive answer to this? - Would the best sound engineer in the world be able to produce a top quality, high production tune using Reason alone??
Oh, OTT, have to say, Blumenkraft was pretty damn amazing. Did you mention 98% was software written? - any clues as to what sounds were the other 2%??
Sturdy Pete
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just a thought - is it possible that the difference in sound quality between mixing in reason to mixing in cubase is that reason does all its sums in 16/24 bit, rather than the much better 32 bit floating point stuff?
also - i have no quality issues using it as a live sequencing tool, playing loops made in SX or friuty loops, or at least once i discovered that one two-band parametric EQ is NOT enough to make a sound fit in the mix...
also - i have no quality issues using it as a live sequencing tool, playing loops made in SX or friuty loops, or at least once i discovered that one two-band parametric EQ is NOT enough to make a sound fit in the mix...
mafkaroo
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I think the main reason why mixing in reason usually turns out pants is because a lot of the effects in reason (up until 3) are rubbish, including the eq, compressor, chorus and phaser. The generators are great, (as far as raw synths go such as those with nothing fancy like chorus/delays/unison) as are some of the fx like scream/rv7000. I think reason has two uses 1 as a workpad for scratching out ideas quicky 2 As a modular synth - which is the reason they brought out the combinator.
I think to polish of reasons sound, or to mix effectively you have to rewire out in order to make use of some handy/proper vsts. The 24 bit vs 32 bit comparison holds, but it is a lesser point compared to the weakness of some of the effects.
I think to polish of reasons sound, or to mix effectively you have to rewire out in order to make use of some handy/proper vsts. The 24 bit vs 32 bit comparison holds, but it is a lesser point compared to the weakness of some of the effects.