Power Tools for Reason 2.5: Master the World's Most Popular Virtual Studio Software

by Kurt Kurasaki

(Book). Power Tools for Reason 2.5 covers the advanced features of Propellerhead Software's incredibly popular Reason software. Reason is a computer-based music production studio that contains a full... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879307749
• ISBN13: 9780879307745
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Backbeat Books
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excelente libro..pero............

Es un excelente libro, pero se requiere un conocimiento previo del programa así como de de las características de algunos procesos de audio. Si juntamos este libro con el Power Reason 2.5 quedamos completos y con los conocimientos necesarios para crear música con este excelente programa. El libro en si viene muy bien explicado, aunque como dije anteriormente no es para novatos. Las ilustraciónes son en blanco y negro. Se hace bastante grato el leerlo, aparte viene con un cd con algunos refills extras y ejemplos de las funciones mas avanzadas de reason. Le puse 4 estrellas, debido a que todavía no encuentro un libro que reuna todas las características que busco. Excelente compra!! Salu2

Filled with useful and unusual ideas

As has been noted by previous reviewers, Power Tools for Reason 2.5 is not for beginners. In this guide, you will find a wealth of information about how to create sophistated and unsual instrument/effect routings that will greatly expand your musical palette. The bulk of the book focuses on Reason's different CV routing possibilities, and you really can achieve a lot by treating the entire Reason rack as if it were one big modular synthesizer. I do have a couple of criticisms. I was hoping for more information, tips, and tricks for working with Subtractor and Malstrom. There is actually surprisingly little here about working at the synthesizer level. My second criticism is that some of the CV routing diagrams are not explained in much detail. You will definitely have to spend some time studying the diagrams (and not just following the manual's instructions) if you want to understand what is going on. These are small criticisms considering the great favor Mr. Kuraski has done Reason users by publishing this book. You'll learn a lot here.

Fantastic Book...

This book is definitely NOT for beginners. I recommend Reason Ignite! or Reason Power! for those just starting out. Better yet, the Reason manual is quite well written, too. But this book goes way beyond the basics, and requires that you understand how Reason work, and have a fundamental understanding of each device. LOTS of step-by-step tutorials abound, however, not all of the "whys" are explained. Unless you're familiar with Reason already, you'll simply be following these tutorials blindly. That being said, KK's book goes way beyond simply showing off Reason's best features. His tips and tutorials will actually make YOUR music sound better. This isn't esoteric, oddball stuff...these are advanced things that will become a part of your Reason "vocabulary" and fundamentally change the way your music sounds. This book is magnificent.

Awesome Reference For Experienced Reason Users

Being a user of Reason now for a year, I was looking for material that I could use to add some spark back into my music. After checking out some Reason tutorials that Kurt wrote on the web, I was intrigued and went to his website, only to find that he has written an entire book on the techniques in his tutorials! Every piece of Reason is explained and dissected, with examples and tutorials! If you are looking to take the next step in using Reason, this book is for you! Beginners to Reason may want to hold off on this book until they have a grasp on basic usage, as there are some assumptions of technique in here.