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Propellerhead’s Reason software has long enjoyed being a MIDI based leader in music production, though with the new Record software, they now appear to be taking on the live band / musician markets as well. I was excited a few weeks ago when I stumbled across ‘Record’ - the new AW by Propellerhead. No that’s not a typo, I did say AW, not DAW…
I am following with due respect to what Propellerhead have been establishing here: an exclusive sequencer akin to what Reason users are already used to, along with a high-end audio engine and mixing console to suit all, not just MIDI Musicians but bands and songwriters in general… So what’s different about Record? On closer inspection Vari-Audio in Cubase 5 really rocks. I’ve been utilizing it for a few weeks now in some vocal tracks and it’s got a usability thing about it that is so intuitive that you hardly know you’re tweaking some-body’s..ahem..poorly sung vocals. The way it works ensures that perfect pitch can be achieved without sounding in the least bit artificial. Or, it can sound as Cher as you like…or should I say T Pain? Fixing or warping a vocal take is as easy as double clicking an audio part and while the editor is open just activating one of the blue switches in the Vari Audio menu to the left. This will take the analysis of the part and break it into segments that look so sweet you could eat them like a sort of vocal candy necklace. That does sound rather tasty, I think I’ll just go grab another vocal… The way it goes from smooth to sharp transitions is also very easy to pick up, and is as simple as just lengthening or shortening the candy blocks in the audio editor. | ||||||
