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Makes for interesting loops and samples...
tha_man said:cubbyhouse, I strongly reccomend that you try Reason for yourself before making any assumption about it based on FP forums...
Reason is *not* multitrack software like Logic, it's a midi sequencer with internal effects and instruments. Kind of like Triton and similiar hardware workstations. In this category of software, it is one of the best!
alex23 said:I'm not going to engage in pointless semantic debates about the meaning of "best". It's great to be a concerned citizen and all but anyone who ran off and picked up Reason on the basis of this thread alone is just going to do something pointlessly stupid anyway...
"Stabilizing" is offering substantial opinions on a product based on first-hand experience, not handwaving references to some unseen, faceless "angry mob" who apparently purchased Reason expecting it to transform their sheer desire to create into music itself and have seemingly expressed their overwhelming dissatisfaction to, well, you...and you alone.
The reason you can't see my point is because in your rush to display your superior knowledge, you stumbled and swallowed your own foot. When it was pointed out that you'd come in a little too overstrong, you could have looked at the context of the thread and accepted this...or you could have just blazed on ahead, like you did. Smug responses like your's don't encourage anything other than stupid arguments like this.
Here's an idea: why don't you decide what is the best studio setup for everyone and whenever anyone even acknowledges the existence of anything else, you can rush on it and set them straight.
Hell, we wouldn't even need the forums anymore.
PS Did you notice he said "one of the best"? Would you care to build an argument based on its market share, it's price/performance ratio and it's subsequent ranking alongside all other software now? Or do you have other innocents to defend?
alex23 said:Thanks for the reply, cubbyhouse. I started a couple of followups this morning to try and tone down my earlier response but got caught up at work.
The reason your response made me react was I see too often people's enthusiasm here get squashed by casual, curt remarks from others.
I still really think that this isn't the place to discuss Reason's shortcomings, there are plenty of threads here already. I saw it more as someone casually interested in who else was using their instrument of choice. There wasn't really a comparison drawn with any other software.
I even agree with much of what you said and have said it myself elsewhere...I just didn't see this as a form of advocacy... He's asking for a rough headcount of fellow users, not trying to drum up further buyers.
I'll accept that I can't convince you otherwise, but please, can I ask everyone, don't jump on enthusiasm. The snide 'FL is ****' or 'Reason sucks' responses that we seem to always get whenever anyone shows even a glimmer of excitement in their post really depress me.
If they're making outrageous accusations, then yes, by all means correct them. But if they're posting what amounts to "wow, this is cool"...let them have their fun.
Thanks for your reasonable response, though You might be wrong (from my perspective) but at least you're polite about it (And not for a second did it occur to me that English wasn't your first language, so there's no problem with your communication skills...)