Thursday, July 20, 2006

ProTools LE and Reason



A recent training session on ProTools was attended and it was observed that using ProTools LE internally "rewired" to Propellerhead's Reason is a really neat all in one solution for music production and editing. Purchasing a Digidesign MBox 2, which ships with ProTools LE, together with Reason is extremely good value (approx. £450), especially for teaching purposes. By creating an Aux. Input track within the ProTools environment enables the Reason instrument to be loaded as an Insert and effectively triggered via a MIDI track. If a stereo track is created, Reason's STEREO output is routed into ProTools, meaning that all individual instruments are sub-mixed within Reason. If a mono track is created, all of Reason's individual outputs (upto 64) can be routed individually into ProTools for further processing.

Reason is also good for teaching audio wiring and routing through its virtual patching system.

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