Cool. I haven't used it for my country/pop stuff, but I'm working on some pop/R&B-flavored stuff where it really fits the bill. It's also pretty cool for film-score-types of music - although it lacks SMPTE and other features necessary for true scoring to picture. It's not very protools-friendly, so I have to use a Direct Connect-to-Rewire pipeline converter called reFuse. reFuse still has a few issues to iron out when using multiple Rewire ports and the stereo outs simultaneiously (serious phase shift), so I have to export my Reason files as audio and then import them to PT. That's been working for me, but it's still not as convenient as having REAL Rewire support.

I've been considering getting a copy of Logic for it's versatility, midi, and open protocol nature. I'm not a fan of Cubase (at least on the Mac) although I started with it back on the Atari 1040ST. I just have a feeling I'll miss the great audio editing in PT when I do switch to Logic...

I do think Reason is one of the best buys on the market for a self-contained integrated solution. I think it's around $275 street.


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Larry
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