

I've heard that Reason sounds "warmer" and FL sounds more "harsh," but with the right plugins, FL can really sound however you want it to sound, and the same goes with Reason and synth design. Its just what suits your workflow and sound best. I've heard very professional tracks come out of both. It can also be a good learning experience for new users, as you get a feeling for what making electronic music used to be like, before powerful virtual synthesizers were common everywhere. Reason is amazing for professionals and people who have experience with hardware, because its pretty much the same thing. You have a rack of hardware effects, hardware synths, and hardware parts, and you wire it all up, just as you'd do if using audio hardware rather than software. Its emulating (and doing it well) a hardware environment. Reason, however, is taking steps backwards. Its a really cool thing, considering that, when they started the FruityLoops project, they did not know music theory. Gol and the other programmers approach FL from the standpoint of a new program, which breaks the traditional standards that have always been present in DAWs. That's not referring to power, or professionalism, just what it is trying to be. FL Studio is supposed to be a "next-gen" DAW. However, there is one underlying difference: What they are modeled after. Both have usable piano rolls for making your own melodies with. Reason does not require a midi controller, albeit one will greatly speed up the process. The user interface is a bit simpliar than reason's FL Studio does not require a midi keyboard it has a setting to turn you pc keyboard into one. It depends Reson is more complex and requires a midi controller/keyboard.
