Sonic Reality’s Sonic Refills Ultraloaded Library For Propellerhead’s Reason Application Is Reviewed
Christopher Laird Simmons’ Report for Music Industry Newswire reviews and examines Sonic Reality’s Ultraloaded Reason Library, here are quotes from the article:
“I was pretty excited to get a review unit of Sonic Reality’s super bundle of refills, which they call ‘Sonic Refill Ultra Loaded’ If there were ever an apt description, beyond the inherent hyperbole, for a software music product, that one fits to a ‘t.’… The folks at Sonic Reality have pulled the top 38 refills from their vast library (they can be purchased a la carte as downloads, too), and this super pack comprises roughly 14GB of sounds, patches, and themed elements. The refills are organized by the original packages (see list of the refill packs, below), such as film music, guitars, classic keyboards, etc. When you open up the patch browser in Reason, if you’ve only got the factory set and Orkester, you’re going to be immediately overwhelmed by the variety and selection of sounds to explore. To be clear, this package is not just a rehash of “patches” using the built-in sounds and instruments that come with Reason, which is very common with the “free” refills you may find online in user groups and fan forums for Reason. Sonic Reality are providing more than 13GB (or nearly 20 CD-ROMs worth, if your brain is more comfortable with that measurement) of immaculately sampled and programmed audio material. Real drums, real strings, classic synth keyboards from the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, and the ’90s. From real analog synths, to organs, to grand pianos, to the classic Mellotron tape machine keyboards. And a lot of esoteric things I recognize from digital synths… The wealth of soundscapes you can explore can take hours and hours, and constantly provide new inspiration… It’s rare to load up a sound library, and think, ‘Wow, I could replace my Roland keyboard with this stuff,’ but with this bundle, that thought kept crossing my mind. It’s that good. It really opens up the capabilities of what comes in the box when you buy Reason 4.” – Christopher Laird Simmons, Music Industry Newswire
