Reading Jon post about Riffworks software inspired me to have this small post here about a new toy: Propellerhead Reason 4.0.
I start to fall in love with all Line6 related products, at least so far with Variax guitars, Tone Port interfaces and now with this virtual studio software that kicks ass!
I love the drums they deliver, nice tones and nice loops also. I have no MIDI controller for the moment and I have not recorded anything with my guitar, but drum loops are sooo much fun for the moment!!! I think I will get one of their Tone Port interfaces to be able to record easily whenever and whatever I want, but after I pay for the guitar.
For the moment I am conducting a small market research, to see what is the best value for the money regarding these Tone Port interfaces. For the moment I think that Line 6 Tone Port KB37 is the best choice since all the others give you enough to record your guitar, bass and voice but you still need a MIDI controller of some sort to play with everything else. This little toy, KB 37 delivers this too. Seems that for what you need at home it is a great tool, at least this is what I know so far. I haven’t tested it, I have only seen reviews on the internet but seems like the best value for the money. As all the rest of Tone Port interfaces comes with a big part of the power that POD delivers, amplifiers, effects, plus a software to manage them all.
But if you already have a keyboard that you can use as a MIDI controller, then I guess UX2 does the job.
Anybody else having one of these at home?
Shoto
December 5th, 2008 at 4:03 am
Hello! I’m an amateur musician working with Reason since few years. I fully agree with the article. I’ve just purchased my Tone Port KB37 and I think I made the right choice.
Ovidiu
December 5th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Congratulations! I wanted the KB37 myself but it was a bit too expensive, but the fact is that the UX 1 does also the job just fine. They are great little gadgets!
Forest
March 18th, 2009 at 9:01 am
I have a toneport kb 37 and Reason 4 and am wondering if it’s possible to play my guitar into Reason. I plug it into the Toneport but get nothing. My MIDI keypads work on it but that’s it. Any Ideas?