Padkontrol Software Purchase

patrickt · Post by **patrickt** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:30 am

So I'm interested in getting a good software with samples and etc. on it.

Does anyone have any suggestions? my max price is about 400$

I'm looking for something that I can record with, use my PadKontrol with, possibly my keyboard with, an have a lot of sounds.

Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.

Oh yeah, and is the IK Multimedia Sonik Synth any good?? is that what I should be looking for?

Thanks guys.

patrickt · Post by **patrickt** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:53 am

Or would soemthing like reason 4.0 be better?

I need some quick help guys, thank.

patrickt · Post by **patrickt** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:52 pm

can someone pleaaaaaaaase help?? 49 people have read it an no replies...

musikmachine · Post by **musikmachine** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:48 am

patrickt wrote:can someone pleaaaaaaaase help?? 49 people have read it an no replies...

Reason 4 is defnitely worth a look

patrickt · Post by **patrickt** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:49 pm

With reason, does it come with sounds to play on your padkontrol?

musikmachine · Post by **musikmachine** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:52 pm

patrickt wrote:With reason, does it come with sounds to play on your padkontrol?

If you mean drums yeah

It's a virtual rack with a selection of synths,drum machines and fx.You also get soundbanks full of synth patches and drumkits.I wasn't keen on 3 but 4 has hada major overhaul and they've added feature that people have been crying out for some time!

Best to check out the demo.Great thing is if you have Reason Adapted you can upgrade to full version

Btw the way it's a closed system so you can't use vsts with it.It doesn't have audio tracks either.If you want audio you can to rewire it into a host such as Ableton Live to record external instruments and vocals

Hope this helps

patrickt · Post by **patrickt** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:51 pm

musikmachine wrote:
patrickt wrote:With reason, does it come with sounds to play on your padkontrol?

Btw the way it's a closed system so you can't use vsts with it.It doesn't have audio tracks either.If you want audio you can to rewire it into a host such as Ableton Live to record external instruments and vocals

Hope this helps

Am I still able to like record with my padkontrol on it?? like, can I make songs using that program??

patrickt · Post by **patrickt** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:00 pm

Oh, and will I be able to update to 4.0 if I have the reason adapted for korg??

higskies · Post by **higskies** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:52 pm

I would recommend Ableton live over Reason. It offers more than Reason, in my opinion, and I use my pK with it all the time. Being able to time-stretch samples in real time is worth the price of admission, which is about the same as Reason. That's just my preference, though. Yours could be different.

patrickt · Post by **patrickt** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:31 am

higskies wrote:I would recommend Ableton live over Reason. It offers more than Reason, in my opinion, and I use my pK with it all the time. Being able to time-stretch samples in real time is worth the price of admission, which is about the same as Reason. That's just my preference, though. Yours could be different.

Does it have the samples like reason does??

higskies · Post by **higskies** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:51 pm

I believe the basic version of Live 6 comes with Impulse (drum machine), Simpler (sample playback) and a ton of audio plug-ins. There are quite a few presets with the included instruments. I also paid the extra for Sampler (full-featured sampler) and Operator (pseudo-FM synth).

The best part about Live is that it acts as both a remix/sequencer/loop tool, as well as a DAW. And if it doesn't meet your DAW needs, you can Re-Wire it, just like Reason, into whatever you prefer to use (Pro-Tools, Sonar, Cubase, etc.)

In a nutshell, yes. It does come with samples, but you can also add your own samples, as well as anything else you wish to.

Like I said before, it's just my preference. There's nothing wrong with Reason if it works for you.

Here's the demo:
http://www.ableton.com/pages/downloads/ ... ey=D_01_60

patrickt · Post by **patrickt** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:47 am

Thanks man. I think im gunna stick with reason though.