Reason - A Killer TabletPC Application
Reason (be sure to watch the trailer to get a feel for the product) is a phenomenal music composition application that I've been using for quite a few years. The other day I received an email from the developers, PropellerHeads in Sweden, saying that a new upgrade was available.
At that point it hit me, Reason should be an astounding Tablet application, and here's why.
Reason mimics in a very graphical sense and rack of equipment. You add items to the rack like sequencers, mixers, synths, samplers, effects units, etc... and hook them together just like you would in the studio - by switching to the back of the panel and connecting them all together using cables. And the cables sway to and fro as you move them.
It's all very tactile. All the knobs and switches move; the buttons all work, and it sounds astounding - you typically do everything with the mouse. With the Tablet of course, you do everything with the stylus and it really starts to feel like you're using your hand.
And if that's not enough, here's the kicker. Racks are tall, switch to tablet mode and way more of the screen is covered by the rack.
It's a wonderful thing...
So there you go Robert, another area in which the Tablet could start to make dramatic in-roads.
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Steve Lacey over at Random Thoughts points to this intriguing music software, Reason. He thinks it could be a great Tablet PC app as the interface that allows you to build and design sound systems in a very graphical Read More
Steve Lacey over at Random Thoughts points to this intriguing music software, Reason. He thinks it could be a great Tablet PC app as the interface that allows you to build and design sound systems in a very graphical Read More
Colin Walker got excited when I linked to Steve Lacey's post about the music app Reason being a killer Tablet PC app last week. Seems Colin has been a fan of the app but never tried it out on his Read More
J'ai promu dans mon livre l'utilisation du stylet du Tablet PC pour manipuler les interfaces surchargées... Read More
Try using that together Ableton Live 4.0 which is much more fun and intuitive than Reason. Well, once you learn it..
I like how all the hardware in the trailer is Apple hardware ;)
I've been using Reason for a couple of years now and it's a great creative tool. The only gripe is the lack of support for audio files other than through one of the samplers. I actually found the more traditional rack style lok and feel much more intuitive than some of the 'highly evolved' interfaces I came across while looking for a music app. Reason is the dog's.
Just set a hardware button to TAB and you're laughing. I'd not considered Reason on a Tablet but prompted by Warner's link to this post (see above) I've really learnt to apprecaite Reason in a new light.