Reason Review
I love reason, but 3.0 wasn't much of an improvement.
Refills- Dope. The new nnxt multi-samples are amazing
Combinator- This thing allows you to save a bunch of reason instruments together and play them as one instrument. Maybe a time saver if their is some complicated set up you find yourself using a lot...but kinda pointless
Browser- Best new feature. As you browse through the refills you can play them with your keyboard, which is really useful for finding the right sound. It also has a search feature ie. search Bells, and all the refills with bells come up. It also lets you search through the refills regardless of instrument, and then opens the right instrument for the patch you selected. Very cool.
Mastering- Too limited to actually be used for serious mastering. Maybe if you wanted a quick fix. Something like Izotope Ozone blows it out of the water, and there are many people who would say Izotope isn't really a great master suite either. The different elements of the mastering suite however can be used as effects on instruments. Specifically the compressor is much more full featured than the one in previous versions. It has advanced features like a side chain and a soft knee. I have also used the mastering equalizer on instruments with nice results.
Overall- Reason is dope, as far as this update...nothing that exciting.
