you can flip the rack around. there are "virtual wires" connecting the record in to the sampler input. but you can easily set it up so the samplers within reason record directly what is coming out of reason. again this is another great improvement as you are finally able to resample within reason.
as for reason adding
an effectrix type device. well people have already created some crazy fx units for glitch type fx using the combi. obviously you don't have as much control over the result but if you're imaginative and chain a couple of fx combis together you can get a similar, or even superior, result to what can be achieved with devices like effectrix and dblue glitch.
in regards to people dropping other DAWs to come over to reason+record. i don't think this update is big enough to make that happen. in reality it would have to be an absolutely crazy update to make that happen. but i think propellerheads now have an environment (reason+record) that you can create full compositions in. creating the beat, recording vocals and instruments and mixing it down.
unfortunately the "problem" with propellerhead products will always be that they won't support plugins. i personally don't mind this and it is actually one of the reasons why i love the propellerhead philosophy. nowadays there are so many different software solutions on the market. a lot of developers seem to be trying to outdo each other simply for the sake of it. making their software bloatware just for the sake of it.
with every propellerhead release they have given us stable software that is delivered in an intuitive fashion. that is the mark of good design.
but i'm not a propellerhead lunatic and i don't hate plugins. i love my plugins. that why i also use renoise as my
other sequencer. this allows me to use the great plugins by native instruments, urs, audio damage, d16, voxengo. as well as great freeware stuff by developers such as bootsy. one great thing about renoise is that it's an extremely stable environment. i've had almost no problems with crashes, freezes or anything.
i know a lot of people who use reason and another DAW rewire reason into their main DAW. i used to do that too up until i copped record. now when i use reason+record i use them solo. as great as rewire is it is still way more inconvenient that being able to simply open a vst plugin in your host of choice.
like others have said i think reason+record(+recycle...) is a great starting point for anybody wanting to get into production. it has a relatively low price point (400euro). and with it you do get a "virtual studio". you have everything there; synths, samplers, drum machines, reverbs, delays, dynamic fx, you also get the very nice ssl modeled board in record.
as reason is a self-contained "virtual studio" it is semi-modular in nature. because you can visually see the wires when you flip the rack it makes experimental routing combinations very easy to imagine and perform. that is probably the thing i love about reason the most. it's very easy to use but if you want you can get deeper into it. the reason environment is great for sound sculpting possibilities. just take a look at the combinator and think of what you can do with it. the fact it doesn't tax your CPU when you layer thor after thor after thor is amazing.
actually i've always wondered how plugins would be actually implemented into reason... would every plugin be given "virtual" audio out cables as well as "virtual" cv cables? take into consideration simple things like getting plugin devices to fit the rack as well as the back graphic design for third party devices (which propellerhead would have no control over). how would any of that be done? but that's a question relating to the GUI more than anything else.
in this update i know some people wanted new synths (especially me as i am a synth guy) but the 3 synths already available in reason are more than sufficient. subtractor is a great bass synth. i usually layer a couple of these together for a nice bass sound.
malstrom is a truly unique synth and there is nothing in the VST world that compares to it. i love it for creating odd noises and weird pads.
thor is a great semi-modular synth. by itself it has amazing sonic capabilities.
if you add all these synths together. throw in the semi-modular nature of reason and the combinator then you have almost unlimited possibilities for sound design.
in saying that i'm glad i can still use fm8 and trillian...
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