

At first I didn’t get that impression, glancing through all sounds, noticing that there are no separate Pluck and Arpeggio directories. Talking about the electro modern genre – it is still possible to make ultra-modern EDM songs with it.

The is mainly because electro music has changed drastically over those years, while the Propellerhead team decided to open their DAW to a wider audience, emphasizing the idea of an “easy to start” approach and offering an “all inclusive” program that is also well known for its great stability, being a very CPU-light at the same time. It used to be a good choice for electro musicians, but after all those years it proves to be more of a Rock-and-Pop oriented DAW. Reason 8 somehow has become a mature DAW.

So, this will not be a standard article that attempts to convince those that are already convinced, simply skipping all those readers who don’t use Reason in the first place. In other words, I presume that you already get the picture of what’s up with a new version of Reason, so maybe we should concentrate how Reason 8 compares to other DAWs on the market and what are the benefits are, or even what we are still missing in this new version compared to the competition. I bet you have already read a few articles about the new Reason 8, so I really don’t know if we need just another one explaining new features in it, perhaps just describing a few new functions and explaining how they change the work-flow comparing to previous version. A drag-and-drop queen with all-around improved work-flow. Reason 8 has finally become a mature sequencer.
