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This is a board where we can talk positive of the program and where I can learn some things, and see where others are at. If Record/Reason is limited, and you don’t like it, this is not the thread for your dislikes. If you are a REGISTERED user you can always take that up with Props they will be glad to listen. I’m not one that keeps honing in on negative aspects of this product because I see what Props are doing and how they are coming. I am asking the mods if one gets out of hand please don’t delete the thread, handle the person, the thread shouldn’t suffer because of someone else wants to argue. Again this is about what it has done for you and why you declare it, and how do you use it.
I DECLARE RECORD/REASON
This thread is made for those that want to talk about the good of Record/Reason and what it has done for you, and your work flow and sonic quality.
I will start off with myself and how Record has basically change my way of work and the transition from my MPC over to Record.
When I first began using Reason I seen it as my virtual MPC, times 10. The MPC is a great tool, but for me Reason at that time was and is better than the MPC, will I get rid of my MPC? NO! Because I can do things on it wickedly, and all I did was not try to find an excuse to get rid of my MPC but how could I corporate it in the Reason set up.
Then came Record, and that was like Reason times 20! I had already done music in Reason but when they introduced Record, I was like a child in a candy store. Mind you I had Protools and just updated to 8.0. Granted there are programs out there that were there before Record but I didn’t want them. I didn’t want Cubase, I tested out Live didn’t like it, especially the GUI, I wasn’t even thinking about getting battery, etc. If I wanted them I would of gotten them. My biggest concern is having the hottest Vsti’s and I could and can incorporate this when making music on my MPC using PT to help me make music with the MPC using my method.
Record for ME is an all in one software. It’s like my MPC inside the computer that’s why I never concentrated on those other software programs because I used the MPC so I was good. Record put me in a comfortable place which I was seeking for a long while. I can make the beat up in Record which I couldn’t music in PT, I would track out of my MPC into PT and that’s how it got the music I never made music in PT because the sequencer wasn’t up to par. Now I can with ease with no latency issues and great CPU stability.
What I love about Record is:
1. SSL emulation is one heck of an emulation and I can mix good in Record and I am able to take it straight to the mastering plant without using PT. The sonic quality is real nice and being I know the hardware SSL 9000K this sits me beyond the phrase “just for musicians”, why else would they put a strip of the SSL 9000k in Record if it was just for musicians? The efficient amount of strip use the huge amount of instances that come up, on every track, so each sound with have it’s own sonic power which is good and reliable to mix. The lay out scheme like the 9000K for effects and compressors is awesome and I don’t see in other programs having a mixer like this unless you EXTRA BUY Waves SSL or Sony Oxford which I wasn’t going to do for PT, it wasn’t worth it. I would have been peed off if I had and then came Record!
2. Time Stretch, when I saw this, it sold me from the very beginning, the ease of using it is just turn down the tempo and that’s it. No clicking to get this or that. Now you will be able to stretch a clip soon with the new update by just holding down the apple button and pulling the end of the clip to stretch? That’s ridiculous! This is important for when a client ask to turn up the tempo or down on a track you can do it with ease without any hassle and that’s what I go for, “IT JUST WORKS” is the motto.
3. The sequencer is really my friend, and yeah there is other software out there and like I said, I didn’t want them, I don’t want to have five daws, I just need ONE! And Record is that one for me and I see where Props is headed and they will keep improving and I am out for the long ride with them.
4. Bouncing technique in Record, simultaneously all your tracks if you want or not, they just have so many options and I am a bouncer not into rewire. The quickness of boucing/exporting out in wav or aiff is so fast, within seconds without dealing with it in realtime and I love that.
5. GUI, I love the way it looks great on screen and I don’t need say more.
6. Stability, oh this is so great and I don’t have to worry if I open up to many of it’s plugins my computer would go bonkers though I own an 8 core Mac lol It’s important to work in an environment where you can trust and have confidence it won’t shut down on you. I have a great computer plus a great program and I can’t go wrong!
7. For the price you get a whole virtual studio, and it’s great than spending dollars for extra vsts IMO and have all what I need in a program. It just makes me wanna make music.
8. Routing, oh man, this is so great for me and what you can do, the possibilities are endless. It’s just crazy what you can do from using the groove thingy to CV usage which I am going to get into. Plus using the master suite is lovely for me and see it’s all right there in one place.
9. EXPLODE! I can make up a drum track using kicks, snares, hihats and percussion all at once because I really don’t like the one at a time, one finger jab type of drum making. I get a different flavor when I do all my drums at once then explode them to their different lanes on one track so they call can be separated. I use to do this on the MPC but had to do it manually but I never complained and just did it, and loved it because I became quick at it so it was cool, now I have it better!
10. Vst’s and Vst’s, Record/Reason has it’s OWN! Props are heading to put their own in there. I see people want their favorite 3rd party plugins there it’s not going to happen! They are actually and have done this, by putting in ID8, Line 6 amp, Thor, Subtractor, Malstrom, and tons of refills, like Garritan and Philharmonik refills. Sonic Reality 1-20 volume is sick, Soul school, Abbey Rhodes/Roads, their own Piano etc. So when others ask for Vsti’s it’s like what else do you need? If one wants their favorite, that’s why they made rewire. Their effects I don’t even have to get into because they are just so dope it’s ridiculous.
11. I am able to use ALL MY HARDWARE MODULES IN IT! I have been making music with my hardware in Record lately and it’s stunning people when I take my music to major studios. They can’t believe it, and it’s wonderful I can bring my hardware into the mix and I don’t have to worry about 3rd party Vst’s though I have a nice collection of EastWest and I will use them in Record also and I have my way of doing that
12. I love the fact I can turn my midi drums into audio with out having to open an audio track then bus it over then record in realtime. Nah, it's faster and easier in Record.
I could go on, but that’s a few, this is MY environment that I will use from now on and I am loving it. This is not fanboyism, which is the most ignorant term I have seen on these boards since the word hating came into play. I just enjoy a company that has made my work flow and production life style so much easier in one environment. I don’t have time to complain, I just wanted a program that “JUST WORKS” for me. With the addition of Kong, Neptune, sampling realtime, blocks etc it’s just going to get that better for ME.
So who else is having a good time with it and how is it effecting your musical life?
I am so feeling this new refill, if you're into those mountain airy sounds, yo this is hot to def! I am loving this thing, I am going to incorporate these sounds in Pop and RnB tracks.
https://www.propellerheads.se/shop/index.cfm?fuseaction=category&Cat=4200 <-- so many refills it's ridiculous cheap also
www.myspace.com/rahdanoc44
This is a board where we can talk positive of the program and where I can learn some things, and see where others are at. If Record/Reason is limited, and you don’t like it, this is not the thread for your dislikes. If you are a REGISTERED user you can always take that up with Props they will be glad to listen. I’m not one that keeps honing in on negative aspects of this product because I see what Props are doing and how they are coming. I am asking the mods if one gets out of hand please don’t delete the thread, handle the person, the thread shouldn’t suffer because of someone else wants to argue. Again this is about what it has done for you and why you declare it, and how do you use it.
I DECLARE RECORD/REASON
This thread is made for those that want to talk about the good of Record/Reason and what it has done for you, and your work flow and sonic quality.
I will start off with myself and how Record has basically change my way of work and the transition from my MPC over to Record.
When I first began using Reason I seen it as my virtual MPC, times 10. The MPC is a great tool, but for me Reason at that time was and is better than the MPC, will I get rid of my MPC? NO! Because I can do things on it wickedly, and all I did was not try to find an excuse to get rid of my MPC but how could I corporate it in the Reason set up.
Then came Record, and that was like Reason times 20! I had already done music in Reason but when they introduced Record, I was like a child in a candy store. Mind you I had Protools and just updated to 8.0. Granted there are programs out there that were there before Record but I didn’t want them. I didn’t want Cubase, I tested out Live didn’t like it, especially the GUI, I wasn’t even thinking about getting battery, etc. If I wanted them I would of gotten them. My biggest concern is having the hottest Vsti’s and I could and can incorporate this when making music on my MPC using PT to help me make music with the MPC using my method.
Record for ME is an all in one software. It’s like my MPC inside the computer that’s why I never concentrated on those other software programs because I used the MPC so I was good. Record put me in a comfortable place which I was seeking for a long while. I can make the beat up in Record which I couldn’t music in PT, I would track out of my MPC into PT and that’s how it got the music I never made music in PT because the sequencer wasn’t up to par. Now I can with ease with no latency issues and great CPU stability.
What I love about Record is:
1. SSL emulation is one heck of an emulation and I can mix good in Record and I am able to take it straight to the mastering plant without using PT. The sonic quality is real nice and being I know the hardware SSL 9000K this sits me beyond the phrase “just for musicians”, why else would they put a strip of the SSL 9000k in Record if it was just for musicians? The efficient amount of strip use the huge amount of instances that come up, on every track, so each sound with have it’s own sonic power which is good and reliable to mix. The lay out scheme like the 9000K for effects and compressors is awesome and I don’t see in other programs having a mixer like this unless you EXTRA BUY Waves SSL or Sony Oxford which I wasn’t going to do for PT, it wasn’t worth it. I would have been peed off if I had and then came Record!
2. Time Stretch, when I saw this, it sold me from the very beginning, the ease of using it is just turn down the tempo and that’s it. No clicking to get this or that. Now you will be able to stretch a clip soon with the new update by just holding down the apple button and pulling the end of the clip to stretch? That’s ridiculous! This is important for when a client ask to turn up the tempo or down on a track you can do it with ease without any hassle and that’s what I go for, “IT JUST WORKS” is the motto.
3. The sequencer is really my friend, and yeah there is other software out there and like I said, I didn’t want them, I don’t want to have five daws, I just need ONE! And Record is that one for me and I see where Props is headed and they will keep improving and I am out for the long ride with them.
4. Bouncing technique in Record, simultaneously all your tracks if you want or not, they just have so many options and I am a bouncer not into rewire. The quickness of boucing/exporting out in wav or aiff is so fast, within seconds without dealing with it in realtime and I love that.
5. GUI, I love the way it looks great on screen and I don’t need say more.
6. Stability, oh this is so great and I don’t have to worry if I open up to many of it’s plugins my computer would go bonkers though I own an 8 core Mac lol It’s important to work in an environment where you can trust and have confidence it won’t shut down on you. I have a great computer plus a great program and I can’t go wrong!
7. For the price you get a whole virtual studio, and it’s great than spending dollars for extra vsts IMO and have all what I need in a program. It just makes me wanna make music.
8. Routing, oh man, this is so great for me and what you can do, the possibilities are endless. It’s just crazy what you can do from using the groove thingy to CV usage which I am going to get into. Plus using the master suite is lovely for me and see it’s all right there in one place.
9. EXPLODE! I can make up a drum track using kicks, snares, hihats and percussion all at once because I really don’t like the one at a time, one finger jab type of drum making. I get a different flavor when I do all my drums at once then explode them to their different lanes on one track so they call can be separated. I use to do this on the MPC but had to do it manually but I never complained and just did it, and loved it because I became quick at it so it was cool, now I have it better!
10. Vst’s and Vst’s, Record/Reason has it’s OWN! Props are heading to put their own in there. I see people want their favorite 3rd party plugins there it’s not going to happen! They are actually and have done this, by putting in ID8, Line 6 amp, Thor, Subtractor, Malstrom, and tons of refills, like Garritan and Philharmonik refills. Sonic Reality 1-20 volume is sick, Soul school, Abbey Rhodes/Roads, their own Piano etc. So when others ask for Vsti’s it’s like what else do you need? If one wants their favorite, that’s why they made rewire. Their effects I don’t even have to get into because they are just so dope it’s ridiculous.
11. I am able to use ALL MY HARDWARE MODULES IN IT! I have been making music with my hardware in Record lately and it’s stunning people when I take my music to major studios. They can’t believe it, and it’s wonderful I can bring my hardware into the mix and I don’t have to worry about 3rd party Vst’s though I have a nice collection of EastWest and I will use them in Record also and I have my way of doing that
12. I love the fact I can turn my midi drums into audio with out having to open an audio track then bus it over then record in realtime. Nah, it's faster and easier in Record.
I could go on, but that’s a few, this is MY environment that I will use from now on and I am loving it. This is not fanboyism, which is the most ignorant term I have seen on these boards since the word hating came into play. I just enjoy a company that has made my work flow and production life style so much easier in one environment. I don’t have time to complain, I just wanted a program that “JUST WORKS” for me. With the addition of Kong, Neptune, sampling realtime, blocks etc it’s just going to get that better for ME.
So who else is having a good time with it and how is it effecting your musical life?
I am so feeling this new refill, if you're into those mountain airy sounds, yo this is hot to def! I am loving this thing, I am going to incorporate these sounds in Pop and RnB tracks.
https://www.propellerheads.se/shop/index.cfm?fuseaction=category&Cat=4200 <-- so many refills it's ridiculous cheap also
www.myspace.com/rahdanoc44
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but this should be an interesting thread.
Dang you killin it on your iMac that's dope bro. Exactly! I don't even use PT no mo lol Say if a client wants it in PT I bounce and put it on a portable drive and drag and drop into PT at the studio. When I am doing my own stuff for the publishing people I mix there in Record take it straight to the mastering plant and it's a done deal. Love it man. 
