Anybody else use this app? I'm going to download the demo later and try it out before I buy, but it seems to be an inexpensive alternative to Reason, which I am familiar with. If anybody has used both and can note and strong differences, let me know.

Reason is much, much better. It's as simple as that.

There are many important performance differences. For instance, in Storm you are limited to 3 or 4 sound modules per song. Once you have chosen the modules you feel like using for a particular track, you're stuck with them - you can't add another drum machine or synth to that track later. It's insane, but that's the way they designed it.

In Reason, you can start with 3 Dr Rexs, a couple of SubTractors and a Malstrom, say, then later add whatever the heck you like as the song develops. Much more, ahem, reasonable.

Everything about Reason is superior to Storm. Storm is not a bad product at all and does have some nice touches - the scratch decks, tape capture for making new samples, good drum sounds - but alongside Reason 2.5 it hasn't got a prayer. Heavy CPU demand, as well.

You get what you pay for.

Ahh, I get it. This actually isn't a huge problem, as even when I'd use Reason, I'd usually only use about 3 instruments at a time, then I'd dump that to a stereo .aif and bring it into Deck to mix it with other stuff. So, really my only concern is the actual quality of the sound produced. I've heard briefly that Storm's drums/synths aren't as "punchy" or "rich" as Reason or other apps.

They're not awful, but I can see how some people might be a bit sniffy about the sound quality. Put in a track and sweetened with EQ and reverb etc, I don't really think you'd notice so much. I still find Reason a lot easier and more flexible to work with, though.

I hear yeah. I guess I'm just a cheap bastard...truth is you can get Reason 2.0 for less than $200 and upgrade to 2.5 for free...instead pf $100 for Storm. Oy! Maybe I will just stick with Reason...thanks for the help though!

Frankly, Arturia storm did not have a friendly interface. Reason apple the industry rack format to keep the equipments organized. But Storm is using the stack up feature. For me... go for Reason.

I use both Reason and Storm. Storm gets me to the 'tune style' I want to produce ( say jazz, hip hop etc). By using the Wizard I can get results pretty quick. I am even to the point of building a few samples in Reason then adding those to my Storm song. If I am searching for some basic creativity I can produce it in Storm, save it in any format ( wav, aiff, mp3 etc) then import into Reason and take it from that point to stretch the sound, add instruments, and so on. Keeping in mind I am at the beginning stages but enjoy producing music that continues to motivate me. Both systems are working for me quite well at the moment.

I just ordered storm from musicians friend for 75.00. For that price as a newbie to the mac world I can play around with it and learn alot while i make music. I have been using the demo for about a day. The only thing I do not like is the fact that only one module will allow me to use my KX5 controller to create my own melodies and tunes.

NZ

Storm 3.0 very soon, look for Arturia site, in the news...