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Question-any Reason Users here?

imemine	Date: May 4, 2005 @ 3:32 PM I’m trying to upgrade my drum sounds and I’ve been hearing good things about the Reason refill samples. Is this thing worth the money if I’m only using it as a drummer?
nick13263	Date: May 25, 2005 @ 7:13 PM the total drum and bass refill is awsome
imemine	Date: May 25, 2005 @ 7:27 PM I play the bass. I'm looking specifically for great sounding acoustic drums.
Bedouin	Date: May 25, 2005 @ 8:58 PM I am raises hand
jack	Date: May 26, 2005 @ 7:14 AM Depends how much you're willing to spend and what you use already. If you've got a lot of money, but want a really awesome sound, check out BFD - just search Google for it. It's a VST as far as I'm aware. The new version of Reason (Reason 3) has some excellent sounding acoustic kits for ReDrum and some good loops for Dr.Rex - both of which I'd recommend, seems like a good improvement over the kit includeed with Reason 2.5
DaveWL	Date: May 26, 2005 @ 7:34 AM Imemine sounds like overkill to me to buy a whole studio package just for the drum sounds Do you just want the sounds or do you want something to help compose your rhythms? I’ve heard really good things about the following two Stylus RMX by Spectrasonics $299 DFH Superior by Toontrack $249 Maybe check them out on KVR New version of Steinberg Groove agent out too – nice sounds but you have to make your song fit the rhythm rather than the rhythm fit your song. Could also try volume 3 of Ultimate Sound Banks Plugsound collection which is dedicated to drum sounds. Nice samples and the cheapest option. I imagine there is a similar Sampletank collection.
shadowself	Date: May 26, 2005 @ 10:49 AM DaveWL: nice sounds but you have to make your song fit the rhythm rather than the rhythm fit your song. Not quite. I use Groove Agent simply as a soundbank. I don't use its patterns at all. In Sonar, I set up Groove Agent on an audio track, and set up a MIDI track to control it. Whack my keyboard, and I can play the drum sounds!
DaveWL	Date: May 28, 2005 @ 12:45 PM Thanks Shadowself. I’ve only tried it out in the shop and read a few reviews so not really an expert on Groove Agent. I think in the new version you can also export GA’s composed rhythms to MIDI where you can tweak them too. I think what I meant was that when you are trying to compose in real-time you only have a limited amount of control.
OniKidou	Date: June 10, 2005 @ 10:23 AM A bit late for me. But I'm a Reason user. My friend got me into it a long time ago and I fell in love with it.
kredd	Date: July 20, 2005 @ 6:23 PM yeah, we use it cause we aren't in the position to be able to record live. we just sequence the drums based on what our drummer does live...all our songs posted here were created with reason 1.0...i would def go with live drums if you were able to get a decent recording and mix...but if you're like us then.......
woodhead	Date: July 21, 2005 @ 11:30 AM I use reason also, new to it, but it def is a good drum program. The bass sampler is alright, but the drums sound great.