computer for reason

[timmygrimm]

having just discovered this fabulous program, i was thinking about buying a dedicated machine for it. i am assuming it is much less picky than protools and can be used with pretty much any mobo/processor (as long as it is fast). is this the case? have people had much success running reason and PT simultaneously on the same computer? i realize i would need a seperate sound card if i were to attempt this. if there any good threads on this topic or if anyone has some good advice please let me know.

thanks

[crawl2112]

Hello,

I have a P4 1.4 gig XP machine running both Protools 5.3.1 and Reason 2. I have not had any issues running both apps simultaneously and at the same time using native instruments/battery as the drum sampler.
I use an Audigy sound card for reason and midioverlan for the midi loopback.

Hope this helps.

Scott
www.crawl-music.com

[da BaSsTaRd!]

hey, timmy, reason barely taps your cpu. its awesome. i run it together with PT. check out my tips page for a tutorial on hooking up reason with PT.

http://basstardz.dhs.org/TIPS/

by the way, i don't know if you heard or not, but PT will soon have rewire, so you won't need any stupid workarounds like the one on my tips page... [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[timmygrimm]

ah good news, thank you my friends. thanks for the tips page too - i have found it useful in the past

[timmygrimm]

so i was just thinking - i have this motu 2408 kicking around - could i use that as the soundcard for reason? or would it eat up some pci power or screw something up? i was thinking i could also run cubase simultaneously (when i'm not using reason) and utilize some vst plug ins. is this a crazy idea?

thanks again

tim