Old news to those that make music, perhaps, but new to me: Propellerheads, the people who make the delightful sequencer Reason (which I will someday actually buy instead of using the demo for a few days then getting scared to drop hundreds of dollars) are launching “Record“, a companion recording suite that more than addresses what I’ve always found to be Reason’s most glaring oversight: the inability to actually record analog instruments or vocals without another piece of software.

Which, I guess, it still does take another piece of software, but at least it’s all be part of the same suite now. Since I’m still using Garage Band for most of my projects but have run my head up against its limitations finally, I may have to bite the bullet and get Reason and Record when it comes out of beta.

I especially love the part of the above overview video where they essentially teach guitarists how to convince their band vocalist why the software will help them sound more totally rock.