They charge four hundred bucks for 2 good synths.

Let me start off by saying that I haven't bought Reason. I am a user of FL Studio. I have, however, used Reason 3.0 extensively at my bandmate's house. I really like this program. If it were a plugin of some kind, I would give it 5 stars easily. However, it doesn't live up to it's price tag. ^M

You are , you are the Reason

The above title is a line from a trance song . And it fits . Which means all the knobs and buttons which some people don't care for . But if you really want to be original , this software is deep . It did take time to figure things out , but it was worth it . Some people complain about some features it was lacking or hard to use . This is not Live 5 , Logic Pro or Digital Performer . This is a machine , as with any machine you have to get to know . Have patience or get the others , but you won't have as much fun .

So far, the best software that I've used.

I've went through many softwares for music composition, including but not limited to composer, sibelius, finale, etc. However, I'd like to say that this is the best program that I have seen so far. The visualizations you get with the software (it's like controlling all the different equipments but with your mouse instead of your hand) as well as the awesome sounds (compared to the other programs I've used/standard midi sound - I believe reason uses sample recordings of actual instruments... the keyboard sounds are especially good). I do agree that this software is geared towards more of electronica music than the 'classical' types; nevertheless, this program provides far superior sounds as well as so many 'built-in sound controls' so that you don't have to spend thousands of dollars on those expensive equipments (unless you're a professional studio musician.. who have the financial resources to afford it)^M