Propellerheads take the integrated software studio concept to the next level Reason vaporizes any possible remaining doubts about the viability of software synthesis. Therefore, rather than list every little bell and whistle, which would take up the next 40 pages anyway, this review will concentrate on an overview of the software modules, the applications for which Reason is most suited, and provide some context as to what this program means to computer-based studios.
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But that's a bit misleading, because these are just building blocks from which you can create vastly larger systems. For example, for a live performance setup I created a Reason rack with 16 sample playback units, two mixers, and a bunch of effects. Each NN19 was loaded with a loop, and a Peavey PC-1600 MIDI fader box controlled the level of each synth. Within minutes, I was doing live remixing of 16 different loops. Amazingly, despite all this activity, the CPU meter didn't even come close to maxing out on a PowerBook G3.