Let's not forget Reason is 3-5 DB's too quiet. You can have a track that clips in reason but when you export it (w/o bypassing your processing) and have it in Pro tools or other daws it wont be clipping.
You can actually get really really good mixes out of reason if you know what you're doing with it. I've seen film scoring producers do this time and time again. The mastering suite I wouldn't really use it for the final master as I would just a processing unit. Once you do get a good mix from...
I don't do it that way because it wouldn't be wise. Devices routed through reverb don't sound weird and delayed unless of course you don't control them. I like a having control over each elements verb and eq. Some things you want to hang in the air longer than others. Sometimes you want the...
I use to spend a lot of time in the studio and other studios around 30+ a week hardly any sleep.
These days I have a lot of projects that don't require me to put in many hours (ringtones, jingles etc)
So i'd say im in the studio 10 hours a week maybe a little more.
6 Mixers (1 for drums,bass,synths,fx etc then a i have one for sub mix and a main mix)
1 Eq per unit
1 rv7000 per unit
1 Maximizer per unit
Sounds a like a lot but its how i worked in hardware space so hey
Want a copy of it send me a pm