The hugely anticipated Reason 4 was announced by (the very secretive) Propellerhead Software … oh boy, this took me by surprise :O. Now that you’ve just read the headline, you might ask yourself “So, what is new?” Here we go …

Page updates:
- 5 February 2008 – new info about Reason 4.0.1 update
- 3 Octomber 2007 – update with more info and new videos

THOR – The Polysonic Synthesizer

As you already know Propellerheads presented Thor at 2007 Winter NAMM Show. Thor is a modular synthesizer and sounds like nothing you’ve ever heard before by featuring six different oscillator types and four unique filters.

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Another first from the Props. Propellerhead Software and Abbey Road Studios partnered to produce Abbey Road Keyboards ReFill for Reason. The refill consist of seven unique Hypersampled instruments and Combinator patches for various microphone blends, processed combinator patches and template pre-wired user patches.
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While you are waiting for new Kreativ Sounds soundware to be released and if you haven’t already seen it, you gotta checkout the video below. Jeremy Ellis aka Ayro has done a great live demonstration of Reason 3 at NAMM 2007.

So, who is Jeremy Ellis? some of you might ask (including me ) … He plays the piano since age of 5 and is an excellent vocalist, keyboard and AKAI MPC player who blends elements of funk, jazz, house and electro in his eclectic freestyle live performances … read more here!

Enough talking … just watch the video, it’s top notch!

Update 2: I’ve added some more videos with Jeremy Ellis performing (he’s not human … simply amazing), as well as nice interview about his work and the way he’s using Reason.

Jeremy Ellis, John Arnold and DJ Dez do a live freestyle at Northern Lights Lounge in Detroit:

Jeremy Ellis and John Arnold Live plus some insights into their creative process:

Jeremy Ellis intervied at Propellerhead’s NAMM Booth:

Update 1: The guys at Propellerhead have put together all of their cool videos on Propellerheads YouTube Channel … Now you can watch cool demos, artist interviews, tutorials or previews on Reason … nice one !

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Do you want a fantastic recipe (literal meaning) to create good music? If you are still looking for that great beat, just look at the video below (if you haven’t already seen it), a beat cooker (Beardyman) will teach you! Warning … this is very hilarious …

Update: here are a few more amazing beatbox videos with Lasse Gjertsen:

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The YouTube website is a goldmine for everyone nowadays, including Reason users and that is a great thing. So here is a three part cool video for the hip hop lovers this time made by Sanova Music.

This is Beat making tutorial for Hip-Hop producers Part 1:

If you liked what you saw you watch Part 2
and Part 3 of this video tutorial for reason.

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