Just been entertaining myself with Reason's Matrix. Although truth be told I have little experience using the Matrix and the CV outputs so I have no idea if the screaming noise was down to its influence on the Subtractor filters... or just my sound design.
Not satisfied with the screaming coming from Reason, I then added not one but two instances of MFM2 onto the audio in Sonar. Ouch. But I like it. Lots.
Just getting ready for this coming Saturdays ICS session... A little familiarisation with aspects of my software as yet untried. Fun!
Showing posts with label reason. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reason. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
New Synths
At long last we have the imminent arrival of a Roland Jupiter 8 soft synth. Arturia are to release the Jupiter 8V. About time! I was never a fan of Roland analog synths but the Jupiter series was special. They had this wonderful sound...
The only problem with Arturia is that they use one of those awful USB dongles. Yak.
Fortunately PropellerHeads are not so paranoid and they look as though they may be about to announce Reason version 4. Their website has a very nice picture of Thor - a modular synth for the Reason rack. Very nice.
NAMM will be interesting methinks...
The only problem with Arturia is that they use one of those awful USB dongles. Yak.
Fortunately PropellerHeads are not so paranoid and they look as though they may be about to announce Reason version 4. Their website has a very nice picture of Thor - a modular synth for the Reason rack. Very nice.
NAMM will be interesting methinks...
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Soft Synth galore!
One of the reasons I hanker after the mighty Mac Pro is that software is the only thing I can (a) afford and (b) find space for.
As this reality starts to bite down on me I have been trying to find solid alternatives to hardware synths. Don't get me wrong - I would love to have the hardware. There is nothing like that spread of keys and sliders and knobs and stuff. Unfortunately it is expensive - very expensive - and takes up loads of space (not to mention power, etc, etc).
And I would dearly love some old analogues but hey, I know I can make a good job if it with a computer and software. Even much maligned software like Reason I have found to be very capable of great sounds. Like everything, it is just a case of applying yourself to the task.
Of course there are lots of seemingly well regarded software out there. I have been looking at Dimension Pro, Ultra Analog, WusikStation and Zebra.
Currently I am not in a position to acquire all these goodies, and mac desires not withstanding I have acquired WusikStation. First impressions were not good! It crashed!
I have not done much as yet with WusikStation - my feeling grot kinda precluded any real efforts by myself to get to know it better. So that will be one of my first tasks.
Native Instruments STILL haven't got their collective arse in gear and made a download update to Absynth 4. I suppose I will have to get a box. Sigh. Wasteful isn't it?
Wups - I really must read stuff more carefully. The download update for Absyth v4 is in fact now available. Apologies to NI - you did get your collective arse in gear!
As this reality starts to bite down on me I have been trying to find solid alternatives to hardware synths. Don't get me wrong - I would love to have the hardware. There is nothing like that spread of keys and sliders and knobs and stuff. Unfortunately it is expensive - very expensive - and takes up loads of space (not to mention power, etc, etc).
And I would dearly love some old analogues but hey, I know I can make a good job if it with a computer and software. Even much maligned software like Reason I have found to be very capable of great sounds. Like everything, it is just a case of applying yourself to the task.
Of course there are lots of seemingly well regarded software out there. I have been looking at Dimension Pro, Ultra Analog, WusikStation and Zebra.
Currently I am not in a position to acquire all these goodies, and mac desires not withstanding I have acquired WusikStation. First impressions were not good! It crashed!
I have not done much as yet with WusikStation - my feeling grot kinda precluded any real efforts by myself to get to know it better. So that will be one of my first tasks.
Wups - I really must read stuff more carefully. The download update for Absyth v4 is in fact now available. Apologies to NI - you did get your collective arse in gear!
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