What makes the Reason DAW from Reason Studios Great
is it the classic rack styling
the console style mixer
or the ease of use for editing and recording
or maybe it's all of these things
in this video I'm doing a Reason 11 Review
I'm going to look at the actual program, some of the effects & instruments
and I'll let you decide if Reason 11
is the right DAW for your Home Studio
I'm Zane and on this channel I do weekly audio tech tips, tutorials
and reviews to help you conquer the tech
and unleash your creativity
now I've included a link to the Reason Studios Website
in the description below along with some links to other videos
that you might be interested in
including my Reason 11 Tutorial
now let's get into this review
at first glance Reason 11 may look like your typical DAW
but when you dig a little deeper it's kind of like working in a
real world studio with a ton of outboard gear
you can easily switch between your views
you have the mixer view with your console style mixer
You have your rack view where you can adjust all of your effects
and instruments and then you have your sequencer view
where you'll be doing your recording and editing
and arranging of all your clips
you also have the browser over here
and this can be easily opened and closed
when you're working in the sequencer with everything closed like this
It's very clean and easy to navigate
Reason Studios have done a great job at making editing tools
easily accessible which makes working in this software
very quick
there are 3 versions: Reason 11 Intro
Reason 11, and Reason 11 Suite
depending on which one you get it will include
up to 28 instruments and 31 effects
Reason is known for its great instruments
and even in the intro version you get a lot of the best instruments
and a handful of synths covering a range of sounds
you also get a few drum plugins, samplers and more
plus you get some great sounding essential effects like
compressors, EQs, guitar amp sims
reverb, distortions and more
and of course if you go with Reason 11 Suite you get all of the plugins
you really wont need to add anything else but of course you can add third
party effects and instruments if you like
another cool thing is if you like all of the instruments and effects in Reason
but you prefer to use your old DAW
you can load the Reason rack plugin into your preferred digital audio workstation
and use all of the effects and instruments in your preferred DAW
The Reason effects rack plugin is included in all 3 versions of the program
when adding instruments and effects into a track in Reason
they get placed into the rack where you can easily adjust
any of the settings or access the presets of that plugin
if you bring in a third party plugin it gets put in here too
with a generic faceplate you have to click right here
to open up the plugins user interface
it really looks cool and sometimes aesthetics can help the flow of creativity
the mixer is kind of laid out like a real world console
where you have a lot of sections and you can easily jump
to the section by using the shortcut bar over to the side here
you also get some essential effects built right into the master bus
and a ton of routing options for everything
so mixing can be as complex or as simple as you need it to be
working with audio and midi is a breeze in Reason 11
you can easily access the piano roll for midi editing & recording
or if you're working with audio you can quickly slice
and even edit the pitch
it has a built in auto tune style effect that's
very easy to use
if you're a beat creator or electronic music creator
Reason 11 gives you all of the tools that you'll need to get started
and can grow with you as your studio needs grow
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