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Reason 1.0

The CPU of a modern day desktop PC is capable of running rings around the processors in traditional MIDI gear, making it possible to bypass the limitations of the MIDI spec altogether through software emulation of hardware functions. Reason is a software package that emulates not only synthesizers, but samplers, effects units and more.

After checking out this excellent package, I'm thinking of selling off a large chunk of my MIDI gear - I don't really need most of it now that the functionality within Reason duplicates so much of the things that my hardware can do, with an ease of use factor that's awfully hard to beat.

Reason is a complete software emulation of an electronic music project studio, including synths, sample players, mixers and lots of effects.

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