Propellerhead Record Reason Duo Bundle (Mac and Windows)

Record is a software recording studio for musicians. Reason is a world-renowned electronic instrument rack packed with all the gear you could possibly need. Together they form a self-contained production environment for musicians and producers alike. Well-designed recording tools help you get the most out of your performance, while top-notch synths, drum machines and samplers let you complete your productions. Great sounding effects and mixing gear will make your tracks sound better than ever. This is recording done right.

Highlights in Record Reason Duo
The Record Reason Duo pairs the world-renowned, award-winning music production environment Reason with brand new Record, the recording software for musicians. Use Record and Reason together, completely integrated. Reason's instrument and effect devices automatically becomes available within Record's ever-expandable multiple racks.

To help you arrange your tracks in a smooth, effortless way, Record comes with a fast and flexible sequencer. Immediate and intuitive, Record's sequencer puts you in control of your arrangements, letting you move and edit parts as you go along, while Record's comping editor lets you effortlessly edit your takes into the single best performance.

For guitarists and bassists, the built-in virtual POD(R) from Line 6, Inc. brings a wide range of top-quality guitar amps, bass amps and a great collection of cabinets.

For keyboard players, Reason brings world-class synthesizers, samplers and drum machines.

Record's software mixer's sound and signal processing was faithfully modeled after* the legendary SSL(R) 9000K hardware. Flexible routing, full dynamics, EQ, advanced effects handling, full automation and a 64-bit mix bus gives you that big studio sound.

With its state-of-the-art dynamic multicore audio handling, Record will use your computer's processing power to its fullest, so you'll never have worry about track counts or adding that extra reverb or delay.

About Record
Recording music is all about seizing the moment. Capturing a perfect performance-or even nailing that idea before it goes away-requires tools that are ready when you are. Record is always ready. Created with musicians in mind, Record lets you create record ready channels in an instant, minimizing the steps between idea and actual recording. The result equals more music-and less dialog boxes. Simply plug in, breathe out and you're ready to go.

All the instruments, processors and effect units used in a song are housed inside Record's customizable rack. Any device created is automatically and logically patched into the rack, but if you're feeling adventurous or need to do some routing of your own, just flip your entire Record rack over and all the cables are all yours!

Your Record rack can be stacked with an infinite number of reverbs, distortion units, delays, dynamic processors, mastering EQs-everything you need to shape and color your sounds. Click and drag effects straight to the rack, or load any of the expertly crafted patches.

To help you arrange your tracks in a smooth, effortless way, Record comes with a fast and flexible sequencer. Immediate and intuitive, Record's sequencer puts you in control of your arrangements, letting you move and edit parts as you go along.

Record's sequencer also takes care of your MIDI performances, for use with the build in ID-8 instrument or for controlling Reason instrument and devices when Record is paired with Reason. Every thinkable knob, button or fader can be automated with ease, and then edited and fine-tuned in the sequencer.

Finally, all your sounds will end up in Record's main mixer. This mixing console's sound and signal processing was faithfully modeled after* the legendary SSL 9000k analog mixing desk. Flexible routing, full dynamics, EQ, advanced effects handling, full automation and a 64-bit mix bus gives you that big studio sound right out of your computer. And yes, you do get that master-bus compression.

For guitar and bass players, Record comes installed with separate guitar and bass POD(R) units from amp- and cab-simulation experts Line 6, Inc. With bass and guitar amplifiers available for every single track in your Record project, you are never short of interesting tones and timbres. As the Line 6 amplifiers are insert effects and don't affect the original instrument signal, you are free to change your amplifier and cabinet settings at any point in time-even after laying down your track. Additional models can be added to the virtual POD units by connecting a Line 6 interface, including POD Studio(TM), POD(R) X3 and more, to your computer!

To help you complement your recorded material, Record also comes with multi instrument ID8-a songwriter's toolbox. ID8 ships with a wide palette of sounds useful for building a steady foundation for your tracks, like pianos, drums, bass, strings and more.

As a perfect performance may be less than perfect from scratch, Record features a swift and easy to use comp editor. Building the ultimate vocal track is as simple as selecting the parts that work and muting the ones that don't. Exit the comp editor and listen to the results; a perfect take containing only the good parts.

Record has a unique twist on the concept of time and tempo. Record's real-time time stretch lets you play now and pick the tempo later; change the song tempo and all your audio tracks will follow right along without any need for pre-processing of any kind. Need to slow your song down to nail a tricky passage? No problem. Just reduce the tempo, record your performance and bring the tempo back up. The audio quality? Amazing.

About Reason
Reason comes in the shape of a classic studio rack, packed with all the gear you could possibly need: Samplers, Analog synths, Graintable synth, Vocoder, Mixer, Step time drum machine, Arpeggiator, Compressors, EQ and Effects - as many of each as your computer can handle.

A real-time multi-track sequencer provides full control over every detail, letting you create and edit your music quickly and intuitively. Reason is an all-in-one music production environment, complete with a massive soundbank containing sounds, loops and patches for all possible styles of music.
Whether you're a big time producer or a bedroom DJ, a pro musician or an absolute beginner, this application provides all the necessary tools for you to create, edit and mix the music of your choice, all within the comfort of your own computer.

Technical Info

Record Specifications
Windows System Requirements
Intel P4 / AMD Athlon XP at 2GHz or better (multiple cores highly recommended)

1 GB RAM or more

DVD drive

2 GB free hard disk space (Record may use up to 20 GB cache disk space)

Windows XP (SP2), Vista or later

Monitor with at least 1024x768 resolution

Audio Interface with ASIO driver

Free USB port for Propellerhead Ignition Key

Internet connection for registration

Mac OS X System Requirements
Intel Mac (multiple cores highly recommended)

1 GB RAM or more

DVD drive

2 GB free hard disk space (Record may use up to 20 GB cache disk space)

Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

Monitor with at least 1024x768 resolution

Core Audio compliant audio interface or built-in audio hardware

Free USB port for Propellerhead Ignition Key

Internet connection for registration

Reason Specifications
Windows
Windows XP SP2 or Vista

Processor: Intel P4 / AMD Athlon XP or better

Memory: 512 MB RAM minimum, 1 GB recommended

Screen resolution: 1024x768

2 GB free hard disk space

DVD reader

16-bit windows compatible audio card, preferably with DirectX or ASIO drivers

Recommended: MIDI keyboard with built-in MIDI interface, or MIDI keyboard and MIDI interface

Mac OS
Mac OS X 10.4

Processor: G4 1GHz and up or Intel Mac

Memory: 512 MB RAM minimum, 1 GB recommended

Screen resolution: 1024x768

2 GB free hard disk space

DVD reader

Recommended: MIDI keyboard with built-in MIDI interface, or MIDI keyboard and MIDI interface