
One note about Reason: it is modular and many people complain things don't sound "big" in Reason. So, long reply short, what do you want to do? What kind of thins are you wanting a DAW to do? Those 2 questions will help decide a lot and take you from there. It's great for that type of music and live playing. But if you plan on doing any kind of live triggering of samples, remixing, etc, Ableton is very hard to beat. I didn't like the "menu" style of synth and effects programming in Ableton. I liked the modular aspect of Reason and hardware type interfaces. So I just bounce down to stereo and bring the final mix into Ableton or some other host for the mastering VST 's.Ībleton is good, but it just didn't jive for me ultimately. It does not do VST's, so for a lot of people that's a big deal, but I rarely need VST's and if I do it's for mastering. It's low demand on your PC, modular (which I love) and is only limited by your imagination. If you want to also have synths, drum modules, etc Reason just rocks.

It can do it but there are options you would probably be happier with, like Pro Tools LE. If you plan on doing just straight out of the box audio tracking, Reason isn't for you. I think it works fantastic alongside Pro Tools as well
Pro tools vs ableton full#
With Reason 6 now able to record audio tracks, full mixing console, great synths, fantastic effects and a great workflow, I really think Reason is one of the best DAW's out there for home use. I have been a Reason user since version 2.
