Question by Richard: Can you use Propellerhead Reason to sample and remix existing tracks?
I am thinking of getting a Propellerhead Reason package, but before I do I want to be sure that I can import and sample existing tracks from CD’s etc. to remix and sample…If this is not possible, could you recommend a package that will let me do this.

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Answer by khalilanasir
Theoretically you can remix in Reason. You would need to also get Recycle in that package. Recycle will let you take audio samples, slice and chop them and save them as REX files that will play in the Dr. Rex sample player, The NN-XT or the NN-19 samplers. It’s certainly one way to go about it. To me, that’s a rather complicated and clumsy way to remix. What I do is use the ReWire protocol to sync my reason compositions to pro tools, cakewalk sonar, Sony acid, steinberg’s cubase, etc. The key here is, especially if you’re going to be using long samples such as instrumentals (i’m imagining you’ll be taking either whole instrumental tracks and putting new vocals on it, or acapella tracks and putting new beats to it), to be able to multitrack your imported samples along with the ability to create new beats, or whatever other instrument with the multitrack loops. the good thing about ReWire is that it keeps everything in sync, and nice and locked. Hope this helps. I know I threw a lot of information at you, but if you research all the applications i pointed out, you should be on your way to remixing bliss in no time! I’ve been using reason for years and it’s my favorite software for composing and producing tracks.

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