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by jfrichards
04 Mar 2024
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Looks like Reason Studios have redesigned their site...
Replies: 113
Views: 6162

Re: Looks like Reason Studios have redesigned their site...

The little blurb that repeats when you open the site is garbage, but the video that explains what reason is, is very good. The nasty blurb is truly cocaine-inspired, which may be why some people like it. Once I got past Ryan's voice, the video was a good explanation of Reason, although as usual he s...
by jfrichards
22 Feb 2024
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: Evaluating M1/2 Mac with 8GB RAM against Komplete Ultimate
Replies: 8
Views: 749

Re: Evaluating M1/2 Mac with 8GB RAM against Komplete Ultimate

My new M2 Mac mini with 8GB ram was $500 at Costco. It's unbelievable. Super fast and enormous inside for huge numbers of Reason 12 tracks. https://soundcloud.com/john-richards/a-large-cave-of-dancing-galaxies ( I got a 2016 MacBook Pro for composing at the beach and in the woods - also great with R...
by jfrichards
13 Feb 2024
Forum: Reason Music
Topic: (Detroit Classical) Giant Beat
Replies: 0
Views: 112

(Detroit Classical) Giant Beat



The classical instrumentation in Friktion is very good.
by jfrichards
12 Feb 2024
Forum: Reason Music
Topic: (Rock) Very Hard Rock
Replies: 0
Views: 97

(Rock) Very Hard Rock


I'm regressing to 1969. The Kuassa stuff in Reason includes old school Marshall amp sound, like my band in high school.
by jfrichards
31 Jan 2024
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Assuming there's going be one, what you think is coming in Reason 13?
Replies: 196
Views: 897681

Re: Assuming there's going be one, what you think is coming in Reason 13?

"You can do this easy with a combinator. Big bonus: you can set it up for each synth exactly the way you want it "

EXCELLENT IDEA !!! (I was hoping someone else would do it, guess I'll try one)
by jfrichards
29 Jan 2024
Forum: Reason Music
Topic: (Rock) After Polyphia
Replies: 1
Views: 274

(Rock) After Polyphia


Just watched their concert last year in Texas on line. They are developing very fast.
Reason sounds are keeping up with their stuff.
by jfrichards
28 Jan 2024
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Assuming there's going be one, what you think is coming in Reason 13?
Replies: 196
Views: 897681

Re: Assuming there's going be one, what you think is coming in Reason 13?

What I need is each synth to have a 1/3 height view which has compact versions of the main control boxes currently in the full versions. This will allow me to work much faster, not having to switch between the full and name view a hundred times per song edit. The 1/3 view could also have a little bo...
by jfrichards
16 Jan 2024
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: Post a pic of your studio!
Replies: 545
Views: 270709

Re: Post a pic of your studio!

"I'm too looking at having to buy a new computer, but a Mac is awful expensive." I just built a portable Reason 12 system with a Macbook Pro. Reason 12 runs perfectly on a 2016 MacBook. The 2016 is considered by many computer experts to be the best MacBook made and is supported with upgrades until 2...
by jfrichards
11 Jan 2024
Forum: Reason Music
Topic: (hard funk) Old Strat and New Fast drums
Replies: 0
Views: 9444

(hard funk) Old Strat and New Fast drums


Reason 12 with a gorgeous Stratocaster and a Roland HPD-20 drum machine
by jfrichards
29 Nov 2023
Forum: Rack Extensions
Topic: New Rhodes Suitcase73 RE by Chris Griffin
Replies: 123
Views: 254905

Re: New Rhodes Suitcase73 RE by Chris Griffin

I downloaded the Suitcase 73 trial for a month. It is truly amazing.
by jfrichards
29 Nov 2023
Forum: Rack Extensions
Topic: New Rhodes Suitcase73 RE by Chris Griffin
Replies: 123
Views: 254905

Re: New Rhodes Suitcase73 RE by Chris Griffin

This little comment, "the Electro Mechanical ReFill is part of the Reason Factory Soundbank" is a HUGE statement for me. I went through all 70 of the electric piano sounds in the Reason Sounds, 6 Keys and Chords, Electric Piano folder, and WOW, having played Reason every day for 20 years, I never re...
by jfrichards
25 Nov 2023
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: Adeline Guitar Preamp
Replies: 1
Views: 677

Re: Adeline Guitar Preamp

It's a teeny guy that looks like this:
by jfrichards
25 Nov 2023
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: Adeline Guitar Preamp
Replies: 1
Views: 677

Adeline Guitar Preamp

I just got an Adeline guitar preamp from Walmart to use with a piezo pickup guitar I'm building. I tried it out with my normal Les Paul/Kuassa Matchlock/small reverb setup and it has great tone for $10.



by jfrichards
07 Nov 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Outdoor Recording Studio
Replies: 40
Views: 36259

Re: Outdoor Recording Studio

This is everything that arrived plus my smallest guitar
by jfrichards
07 Nov 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Outdoor Recording Studio
Replies: 40
Views: 36259

Re: Outdoor Recording Studio

Finally all my stuff arrived. Of course the temperature dropped 30 degrees. First nice day, I'm going outside to find a good spot in a local park to try it all out.
by jfrichards
06 Nov 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Outdoor Recording Studio
Replies: 40
Views: 36259

Re: Outdoor Recording Studio

Wow, the MPC Live 2 is really nice. I'm fully immersed in Reason 12, so I need to stick with it for composing and performing. From what I can hear among softwares, only the Spectrasonics stuff is better than Reason but the price is way over my budget, and if I work at it, I can come very close to an...
by jfrichards
03 Nov 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Outdoor Recording Studio
Replies: 40
Views: 36259

Re: Outdoor Recording Studio

jfrichards wrote:
02 Nov 2023
Plus a one quart thermos filled with Mojito is less than a pound.
Hahah now you're talk'n!
EnochLight
by jfrichards
02 Nov 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Outdoor Recording Studio
Replies: 40
Views: 36259

Re: Outdoor Recording Studio

The backpack filled with the laptop, keyboard, interface, cables, mic, etc., plus the guitar in a case, plus the table in a case and the Ikea chair totals 18.9 pounds (8.6 kg). Most weight is in the backpack, so I should be able to go a good distance. I turn 70 in January, so maybe not too far, but ...
by jfrichards
02 Nov 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Outdoor Recording Studio
Replies: 40
Views: 36259

Re: Outdoor Recording Studio

Outdoor Recording Studio Costs: Reason 12 - $500* Reason 12 extras - $500* 2016 Apple MacBook - $400 Zoom U-22 interface - $50 Miditech 3-octave keyboard - $44 mic, headphones, cables, adapters, mouse - $90 table, Gunde chair, bags, backpack - $120 TOTAL - $1704 (*note: I have Reason 12 in my regula...
by jfrichards
02 Nov 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Outdoor Recording Studio
Replies: 40
Views: 36259

Re: Outdoor Recording Studio

It is a soft camo rifle case
by jfrichards
01 Nov 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Outdoor Recording Studio
Replies: 40
Views: 36259

Re: Outdoor Recording Studio

The next image should logically be everything neatly folded in a bag, or two (bxbrkrz) :puf_smile: :thumbs_up: Here's the setup so far, showing one bag for the guitar. I have a bag for the table, and a backpack for the laptop, keyboard, and doohickeys. I'm getting a lightweight chair from Ikea also....
by jfrichards
31 Oct 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Outdoor Recording Studio
Replies: 40
Views: 36259

Re: Outdoor Recording Studio

All my new stuff arrived. After numerous failures in setting it up*, it finally all worked. Now I can try it outside!

* one annoying one was not realizing the USB-C ports on the MacBook were different on the left and right side.
by jfrichards
28 Oct 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Outdoor Recording Studio
Replies: 40
Views: 36259

Re: Outdoor Recording Studio

I'm trying to keep my laptop cost down. The first couple I tried were $300, then the last ones were $400 then $500 for the HP. I was a PC guy for 25 years running a newspaper with music on the side, then I tried a Mac for music. 500 songs later, the two Macs in the studio still call my name every mo...
by jfrichards
28 Oct 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Outdoor Recording Studio
Replies: 40
Views: 36259

Outdoor Recording Studio

I have bought and returned four laptops hoping to set up a Reason-based recording studio that can be set up outside. Each one had serious problems. I have decided to get a MacBook instead of a PC. The Zoom U-22 interface does not work easily with PC's, but it does with MacBooks. It's coming in a few...