Power Tools for Reason 3.0: Master
the Worlds Most Popular Virtual
Studio Software (Power Tools Series)
by Kurt Kurasaki
Excellent Intermediate To Advanced Manual
Power Tools for Reason 3.0 provides insider tips and techniques for
producing music using Reason, one of the world’s most popular virtual-
studio programs. This second edition explores the new features of the
latest version, and projects from the earlier edition incorporate new devices
and samples. Revisions in the chapters on Dynamics Effects and Filters
reflect the features added with the MClass Compressor, Maximizer, and
Equalizer devices, while a new chapter on audio mastering discusses the
use of these devices to improve sonic fidelity. A Combinator chapter
discusses new synthesis, effect configurations, and methods used in the
patches from the updated Factory Soundbank Library. Readers will expand
their sonic palettes by applying the advice of a recognized Reason guru,

who explains the audio concepts behind these effects so readers can
become experts in sound innovation. Power Tools for Reason 3.0 delivers
an in-depth understanding of advanced production techniques to
experienced Reason users. The accompanying CDROM features demo
software, custom samples, and original Reason song files.
Personal Review: Power Tools for Reason 3.0: Master the
Worlds Most Popular Virtual Studio Software (Power Tools
Series) by Kurt Kurasaki
As already mentioned, this is not a beginners book, but then again, there
are plenty of beginners books on Reason around. What is rare is an
intermediate to advanced manual that is, well, actually intermediate to
advanced. Kurt Kurasaki has filed the bill with a course that TRULY takes
the intermedate user into deep territory.
If you are familiar with Reason, this manual will not be that daunting, and
will show you techniques that achieve things that you never thought were
possible with Propellerhead's superb software studio. Get through the
course, and you will truly have mastered Reason. I found myself
repeatedly scratching my head and thinking, "Why didn't I think of that?!"
Now a word about Reason 4.0, and whether the book is useful with the
new version. It's out now, and many might ask, "Will this book help me
learn Reason even though I have Reason 4.0?" My answer is an
unqualified, "Yes!" The book covers all aspects of the program other than
the new features, those being the THOR synthesizer, the RPG-8
arppegiator, the groove mixer and the sequencer changes. Virtually all of
the techniques learned in the book transfer over to the new modules, as
they still use the same back panel elements as previous modules. The
techniques I learned in the book have greatly helped me in the use of the
Thor synthesizer, as well as the other modules. The exception to this is the
groove mixer and sequencer, (in Reason 4.0, they are integrated). Still,
this isn't a huge problem, as most of the book deals with module use rather
than sequencing, (there are sequencing techniques in the book, but even
there, there's a fair amount of carry over, and they translate well to 4.0).
Kurt has stated that he is working on a version for Reason 4.0, but if the
new book follows previous patterns, it will focus heavily on the new
modules while focussing more lightly on the old ones, so it's a good idea to
get this book while it's still available, as the 3.0 upgrade was truly a huge
one.
Bottomline, if you are an intermediate user looking to become advanced,
whether you have 3.0 or 4.0, this is the book for you!
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