Comments on: Music Creation: Reason vs FL Studio

By: rawenn

rawenn — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:05:45 +0000

Pros: Make virtually any sound – FL9 includes over 30 software synthesizers covering Acoustic/synthetic bass, Electric Guitar, multi-sampler tools including piano & strings, general sample playback and beat-slicing
Cons: If your first time to use a software like this it will so complex for you and you will never use most features of FL studio.
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By: alaya nasiru

alaya nasiru — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:03:04 +0000

i think in short i know fl is actually d best software ever made and thats 4 me cause it depends on d person handling d software and not d software itself cause d software cannot produce itself but d person behind it produces d song and thats d brain but fl can do d imaginary.cause reasons too straigth forward

By: Simon

Simon — Sat, 08 May 2010 14:22:21 +0000

TRUTH!

By: Inside Bilderberg

Inside Bilderberg — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:23:31 +0000

Thanks for this article.
I started with Reason 2 years ago and have stuck with that, it took some time to learn how it all works, but I am getting very comfortable with it and it is very user friendly after you get the basics. After I finally got the midi-keyboard it is all a bliss and I think the Reason synths are great and it is easy to make your own sounds to have in stock for future use.
All my tracks are made with Reason 4.0, guitars I record with Cubace/Recycle/Dr.Rex(sometimes use ReDrum to play guitar loops as well). Next purcase will be Reason Record.

By: iLL tRONIC

iLL tRONIC — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:22:50 +0000

In a few days it will be 2010, wow has the game changed in more ways positive than negative IMO. I have a secret to tell you all, it has nothing to do with the software/hardware and everything to do with innovation. The technology is so streamlined and evolving at such a fast pace in another 10 years there will be no such thing as a 5K+ a night studio. Dont ever compensate for lack of experience or legitimate talent with every new plug-in and DAW with fully automated 16+ bus digital i/o boards and G5's with 16G ram and 100TB drives…..you get my point. I know this is gonna sound like blasphemy to any old school studio rats reading this but you will be able to compose, record, mix, master and distribute full length albums without leaving your home computer. Because in reality nobody buys full length albums, and with the techno;ogy available all music bought and made will be able to stay at max bit/sample rate with no CD compression cause its a dead format already. Its all about to change and the music industry is gonna become a living network of artists and thier fans. No more corporate agendas and greed, no more expliotation for mass marketing of acts and no more middle man between you and your favorite bands

By: Kables

Kables — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:04:05 +0000

"And oh yeah… Reason's VA options will never sound like my Roland hardware synth. "

And FL does?

By: Kables

Kables — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:02:20 +0000

Hey Buddy, you must be the idiot here; your is possessive. I think you meant to use the you're version, meaning you are. And if all you have heard from reason users was house or trance, then look for a different genre!

By: TRAP_OR_DIE

TRAP_OR_DIE — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:54:38 +0000

i thank they both work buetifuly together, fl is very nice on strings,brass,wind sounds,and syths, reason is also nice on drums clashes vsts and fx

By: B_man

B_man — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:48:10 +0000

Reason is merely a glorified VST-sequencer solution out of a box. FL is fully modifiable. The VST support alone sells it. FL spits out MIDI information for any synth you lay on top of it: z3ta+, Absynth, Philharmonik Miroslav, Omnisphere, Zebra, anything…

FL sucks for recording, BUT it can do it… It's like comparing a man with a cane to a legless invalid. One limps on a stick, the other doesn't walk at all. Yeah, FL can't do jack for crossfading, but give me my hardware synthesizer, and a decent soundcard, and I've got my own electric symphony in a bedroom. And oh yeah… Reason's VA options will never sound like my Roland hardware synth.

The fact that FL ships with childish sounds should only motivate a seasoned musician to learn and shape their own more professional sounds. Even the problem-riddled 3xOSC can stand up against Reason's Subtractor with enough programming. Nothing within Reason can touch the beast that I own called "Reaktor 5".

Now don't get me wrong, I've heard some tight stuff coming out or Reason. But the FL options greatly outweight Reason, IMO. I respect your opinion and other folks who find the workflow is not for them. At the end of the day, it is personal work flow preference.

By: Wichitou

Wichitou — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:48:58 +0000

If you are a good producer you use both software and many more at the same time. I prefer to use fl studio to start some ideas and then i switch to reason. If i like a MIDI sequence that i have in fl studio i can load it in reason but if its not hard i make it again. I prefer both =D

By: Multitrack Audio

Multitrack Audio — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:11:11 +0000

"I sincerelly recommend you to start with FL Studio, create some songs, and then switch to Reason."

What? How do I record vocals in Reason? or any multi-track audio???

You're nuts,

By: JayEm

JayEm — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:40:14 +0000

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http://dataparkmusic.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html
If you get a moment please take a look.
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By: Ezmyrelda

Ezmyrelda — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:23:32 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly. Reason is the perfect tool.. for tools that are sad they can't have the actual hardware.

"possibility to create sounds far better than any VST out there (VST = Virtual Studio Technology, an interface that allows using third-party plugins and effects inside a DAW);"

Your an idiot.

"it hasn’t a “reason sound”, so you cannot easilly say “oh, that’s a reason sound” like you do for most FL Studio songs;"

Again.. your an idiot.

If you can't create original music in FLStudio.. It sounds like your the one who lacks originality. Every song I have ever heard done in Reason was the same tired old House or Trance BS.

Man up nancy boy and start loading FLStudio inside of Ableton.

By: Fuego96

Fuego96 — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:31:18 +0000

Must have been written by a 12 year old (yawn).

By: Being Reasonable

Being Reasonable — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:40:44 +0000

You recommend Reason over FL Studio, you have to be mad.

Reason does not record audio OR host VSTs. For those two reasons (no pun intended) Reason is out. Get FL Studio, it will do anything and everything you will ever need to do. There is no comparison.

By: cathuranga

cathuranga — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:34:38 +0000

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By: Pathaniya

Pathaniya — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:54:39 +0000

How about Installing Virtual Box on Ubuntu and then install XP in it and then FL studio or my favorite Ableton Live.

Been using it for month. Without much of a problem, except, the overall volume is low in Ubuntu . Am on Dell Inspirion 1525.

By: Mike Xyntha

Mike Xyntha — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:25:27 +0000

@ Ursan: There are quite a few interesting and free VST instruments and effects around. Just search the KVR-audio website.

By: Ursan Razvan

Ursan Razvan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:58:37 +0000

Nathan, you could avoid the fruity sound by using some well known VSTs, but you'd have to buy them (good stuff ain't for free) and then learn how to use them.. that's what I don't like on FL Studio: too many VSTs to choose from, the need for time to learn how to use them properly, the cash needed to buy all of them just to avoid the fruity sound. What I'm trying to say is that it is possible to avoid it, but with a greater effort.

P5audio, you're totally right! A professional music producer is the one who uses more than just one piece of software to make music. Here's a good example:

Use AbletonLive as a mastering and mixing unit, and use FL Studio for better voice processing while rewiring it with Reason where you'll be creating the raw song! Use the power of these three together, and be the man!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:24:07 +0000

I've used Reason for sequencing percussion tracks. I could have tried the same thing in FL Studio, but I definitely wanted to avoid having a very obvious "fruity loops" sound.

Good points about each. FL Studio does have a few strong pros, and I could see why using ReWire would be worthwhile. If you know what you are doing, though, Reason is all you need.