The Studio

My Studio - just keyboard & guitar, everything else is software.

Reason is a virtual studio rack and MIDI sequencer from Propellerhead Software. Instead of tons of outboard gear, all sound sources have been virtualized inside the program. Not only does it record the MIDI notes, it is also all the instruments themselves. You no longer need to buy multiple keyboards, synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, or effects processor. It's all built into Reason. This became possible after microprocessors finally were fast enough to handle the enormous processing involved. Modeling reverb in real time is the most intensive, but virtuallizing all the devices also adds to the load.

So what's in the rack? Well, you get to decide what's in the rack for any given song. You can have as many instances of these as your computer can handle:

Reason 6

Reason 6 is the latest version from Propellerhead Software. It integrates real-world digital recording into Reason, making it a true digital audio workstation (DAW). It also introduces several cool new effects: Neptune Pitch Adjuster, Pulverizer Demolition, Alligator Filter Gate, The Echo - and some new instruments: Kong Drum Designer, Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player, and ID8 Instrument Device. One of the coolest features in Reason 6 is the mixer, modeled physically and sonically after the legendary SSL 9000 K Analogue Mixing Console. Many great music hits from the 80's and beyond have been mixed on the SSL. It brings a whole new level of ease and professonalism to Reason.

Propellerhead's Reason 6 Mixer modeled after SSL 9000 K Analog Mixing Console (3D by Wendy Dunham) 

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