What is Propellerhead Reason?

Series Summary

Reason is a live mixing and recording computer program meant for either full on recording and producing electronic tracks or live mixing and sequencing with other instruments. First released in 2000, Reason by Propellerhead Software has become the leading live sequencing and electronic mixing program in the music industry. It easily interfaces with Protools, Logic, Cubase, and Garageband, and can be exported into any format. Reason is a program that every songwriter should eventually purchase and work with. It truly is the future of music and thanks to the experts at ExpertVillage, you can begin learning it today.

In this free video series, watch as musician and songwriter Darin Carter teaches how to use Reason with advanced settings. Learn how to use the different synthesizers and effects, how to sequence them with midi, and how to export them into a format that can be shared with other programs and be performed live. get a jump on the future of music with these easy step by step online software tutorials and start making music today!

Video Transcript

"What's up? My name is Darin on behalf of Expert Village. I'm going to show you guys how to create a song using Reason. So we're here today, we're in my studio right now, my home studio. I've got a setup with a Mac and Midi-controller. What we're going to do today, I'm going to show you guys how to create a song using Propellerhead Reason. I'm going to walk you through the steps on how to lay out the track, opening up a new template and have it open and save how you want it, be able to mix it down and record it to MP3, and the most important thing, getting to know your software and your synthesizers. So, in these next couple of clips I'm going to show you guys how we can progress in using this software and create sounds that sound more professional like. So, in these next couple of clips I'm going to show you guys how we can use Reason and make a song."