Good News For Reason Users

Propellerhead is looking for beta testers owners of Reason 2.5
can sign up for beta testing Reason 3.0.

just let me know when they are shipping but good look.

i signed up for that joint today, i hear it's gonna be able to control other instruments, and add those effects to em?? if this is so, i'll actually start using it.

News
LATEST: Reason 3 announced! 25/11/2004
(Software)
First details of new version emerge
The first concrete details of next major update to Propellerhead’s Reason software have been revealed.
And the word is that version 3 will contain several new features designed with live performance in mind. For example, the new Combinator module (pictured below) allows users to consruct chains of Reason instrument, effects and sequencer modules and save them as a combi patch. Users can thereby recall complex setups instantly.
Propellerhead have for a long time been resisting requests from many users to incorporate audio recording, third-party plug-in hosting and other DAW-type features into Reason, and there’s no change to their stance in version 3. Indeed, Propellerhead make it clear that they see Reason as the software alternative to a hardware workstation synth, with the same capabilities for composing, production and now live performance too.
Another new module is MClass, a mastering suite featuring a four-band parametric and shelving EQ, a compressor/maximiser and a look-ahead limiter.
Other new features in version 3 that have been confirmed so far include a new, expanded soundbank, with more multisampled instruments and a range of combi patches, a new browser featuring text searches, Favourites folders and audition play of all samples and patches via MIDI, and out-of-the-box integration with most major control surfaces, including support for motorised faders and controller displays.
We expect many more details of the new version to be revealed before Reason v3 becomes available in early 2005.

"software alternative to a hardware workstation"

sure if its samplers and drum machine had a record sample button. the so called alternative only allows you to use external files, great if you have time on your hands or are not trying to do anything live.

but then thats what abletons live is for.

for me at least its far from bieng an alternative until they incorporate audio capturing. thats not sayI dont use it, I do have both reason and an mpc.

I own reason too, but haven't used it in a loooooong time.