Re: REASONable software looper question

["Jonathan El-Bizri" <ssrndpty@hotmail.com>]

> Actually, yes the Dr. Rex player will allow you to play individual slices
> with keys. The tricky part is that those key assignments are a few 
>octaves
> lower than the middle, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

It does when you have a lot of slices :>

> Live I think is near perfect for live loop-based music, and you can 
>record
> from it too. Reason isn't great for this purpose but since Live is a
ReWire
> host, you can connect Reason to a track in Live. Live's VST effects
support
> is also a great bonus. A laptop w/ Live and a small midi keyboard like 
>the
> Oxygen 8 are an awesome combination for live performance... add a second
> laptop w/ Coldcut's V-Jamm software and you could easily have a loop 
>based
> audio/visual performance that fits in a large backpack. That's one of my
> goals anyways.
>

If you are looking for an all in one 'beat making' solution, also check out
fruity loops. It's kind of like Reason.

bIz