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Reason 3 Power! | 
 enlarge | Authors: Matt Piper, Michael Prager
Publisher: Course Technology PTR
Category: Book
List Price: $34.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 376762
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 552
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 1592006647
Dewey Decimal Number: 786
EAN: 9781592006649
ASIN: 1592006647
Publication Date: May 6, 2005
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Product Description
Geared toward intermediate users, "Reason 3 Power!" is the perfect book if you're a home recording studio musician! You'll learn how to use Reason with other software and hardware through in-depth tutorials and explanations. This guide is packed with tips that even a quite experienced user may not be aware of. It provides the 'why' behind the "how" so you leave this book with a better overall knowledge of the ins and outs of the application. The authors cover Reason from A to Z in order to bring you up to "power user" status. This book explores the history of MIDI, how Reason works with MIDI, and valuable tricks of the trade that will help make your songs sound professional. Whether it's for a professional musician or a hobbyist, "Reason 3 Power!" coupled with this dynamic software will take your creative possibilities to a whole new level.
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 the perfect blend October 4, 2007
This is the perfect book to start becoming a Power User. Goes way ahead of the ignite series but not as deep as the Power Tools series.
Very good examples, very easy to read . Gives a lot of information of the background of synthesis and sequencing.
Good, thorough starting point for learning Reason June 5, 2007
This book has received some criticism for being dry, boring, etc. I didn't find it so, but even if I had I would still value this book. I didn't buy it to be entertained, I bought it to learn Reason. Having read it and used it for an occasional reference I can safely say that this book accomplished all that I expected of it. I highly recommend it to anyone who is learning Reason. It's more thorough than some of the beginner type books, but still covers all the basics.
If you want an advanced "tips & tricks" type book, this one won't satisfy. If you want it to teach you music theory or mixing & mastering techniques, again, you'll be disappointed. But if you want to get up to speed in Reason and go beyond just the basics and want something that's a little easier to digest than the manual, this is perhaps the best such book on the market.
 Very useful but incredibly hard to go through March 15, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The title should say it all. Reason is really not that complicated to grasp. At least the basics are simple enough.
I've used 3D software for many years (3D Studio MAX and more recently Autodesk Maya) and they're about as complicated as they get in terms of software. Yet the books i've bought to learn the software have been relatively easy to go through.
Reason just isn't complicated by comparison, but the authors of this book just make it monumentally painful to walk through. Graphic illustrations are often pages ahead of the paragraph that refers to them, random bits of tips and tricks brutally interrupt the flow of the book, explanations to concepts or tool functions are sometimes poorly worded, making it difficult to understand them and finally, a lot of repetition. Many of the instruments in Reason have the exact same buttons. So sometimes they bring up the same explanations and they look exactly the same, word for word, and then sometimes they'll say "we've already explained this before, we'll leave it out here". Well make up your mind. They could quite simply have grouped them together in a chapter of their own to refer to as you went through the book for example.
Like i said, monumentally painful to walk through. Disorganized.
However, i would STILL recommend this book quite simply because it's so complete. It goes through every single instrument and effect. All the instruments have their own in-depth chapters and the effects are grouped together and covered thoroughly. I just wish they'd organized this book like they actually wanted to teach Reason...
 Dry and boring, but useful March 10, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this book because I wanted to learn how to create great music using Reason 3.0, which is an amazing piece of software. I feel as if I could spend a lifetime experimenting with its different virtual sound modules, effects, and drum machines. Unfortunately, I thought this book was too dry, and more focused on various "nuts and bolts" of the software, instead of the artistry a composer can explore. I actually preferred the Lyford book, which performs a great walkthrough on building a song from scratch. This book also has a walk-through on building a song, but I didn't enjoy going through it as much.
Pretty complete! August 23, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I tried the Visual Quick Start Guide, but I prefer this much better! It has more explanation on the consequences of your actions, and why thing happen. I found it more satisfying.
There are lots of hints and tips throughout the books which proved to be very valuable.
Definitely recommend.
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