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UFC NEWS – Overeem Not Big Enough To Beat JDS, Will Lose By Knockout, Says "Big Nog"
"Cigano wins via knockout, I'm sure of that. He's a lot faster, knows how to move, he won't get that knee, and he's much more complete and has much more stamina, and that'll make a great difference. Overeem has never defeated someone as big as Cigano. Alistair Overeem is a lot bigger, stronger, more explosive, but not big enough to beat Junior dos Santos."
Coach and mentor to the UFC's heavyweight champion, "Big Nog" tells Brazilian media outlet, Tatame.com that he believes his pupil will defeat the latest number one contender Alistair Overeem.
In this striker vs. striker matchup man point to the different styles each fighter possesses. For "The Reem" it's the highest level of kickboxing and for JDS it's superb boxing,
Both skillsets have earned the two world championships but in locked in a cage under the UFC banner for the heavyweight world title whose style will prevail?
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68 Responses to "UFC NEWS – Overeem Not Big Enough To Beat JDS, Will Lose By Knockout, Says "Big Nog""
WTF is "Alistair Overeem is a lot bigger, stronger, more explosive, but not big enough to beat Junior dos Santos." supposed to mean?
It means that Nog is still on pain killers and doesn't know what he is talking about.
It means that he is faster and better then him in every apsect of the game! Standup you need speed and speed wins over slow ass people like him and dont even talk about the ground game we all know overeem doesnt have any. Hes got kicks and neeks thats it his boxing wont even touch jr… Jr wins by ko because overeems fat and slow!
Really Overeem doesnt have a ground game? 19 out of his 36 wins are by submission. Im a huge JDS fan but you my friend do not know what the hell you are talking about.
Amem to that broww
Timing beats speed everytime…Learnt that playing Fight Night
Fight night is the best
Agree, Alistair is good, but his down fall is his fail to come back from adversity, and of course his glass jaw, I knew that before even Bas Rutten even said it
You knew he had a glass jaw from all of those 6 (T)KO losses in 47 fights against KO specialists, after horrible weight cuts in the 205 division?
If Werdum or a few other chumps would have KO'd him it would be a sign of a glass jaw.
But getting KO'd by renowned KO specialists after very tough weight cuts in the 205 division isn't a sign someone has a glass jaw dude.
cigano will win. when the legend said that overeem is not big enough it meant no one in the world can beat cigano right now, let alone in the ufc (where the best fighters are @). did any one see the verdum vs. overeem fight? that shit sucked bcuz verdum did not want to stand and overeem did not want test the jui jitsue. what did cigano do to verdum? if overeem is so big and bad why didnt he ko weak ass verdum. and did u guys forget that cigano basically ended carwins career. put it like this im taking all bets on this fight. JdS up! who would like to lose money!!!!!
JR did not end carwins career or ever come close to doing so. Carwin is battling recurring back issues. that has nothing to do with the beating Cigano put on him.
JDS and Werdum were two totally different fights! I love how people who know nothing about MMA try to compare the fights against the same opponent. Werdum did NOT know JDS had knock out power and he NEVER tried to take it to the ground, but against Reem he KNEW he would be KTFO'ed so he tried to get it to the ground. Not saying JDS isn't good, but don't try to compare the single opponent in common, if anything say that JDS woke up Werdum and he realized he shouldn't stand with ANYONE ANYMORE. JDS didn't KO Carwin he didn't KO Roy, he DID KO Cain but Congo even rocked Cain. We all remember Arlovski don't we he is the guy that DID KO Roy, so to say JDS WILL KO Reem is a possibility, but clearly Reem has a chance and if I was to bet I would personally be betting on Reem. I think Reem will pick him apart with kicks which will translate to less power in JDS's punching because he legs will look like ground beef by the end of the 1st round
yeah ho!
If anything junior has no ground game but i still favor him to win we all know alistar wont try to take him down
He does have a ground game its just he doesn't have to use it. Especially with impeccable takedown defense. His takedown defense might only be rivaled by Jon Jones.
Bandon = dumbass!
^^^ hahahaha
What it means is that it doesn't matter who you put in front of Cigano they are getting KTFO.
Big nog still in shock a white boy snapped his chicken wing by way of a Kimura! What else is nog going to say.. Overeem will win no doubt about it!
It means the same thing it meant when he faced Carwin dude
JDS wins via Reem peeing himself due to standing in front of a real champion!
i cant stand this hype behind overreem omfg he beat brock i was a huge brock fan but come on half of brocks skill was hype he had no stand up and 2 major surgerys and imo verdum beat allister i think jds is gonna ware allister out and tko him in the 3rd
Hype ?? He was the strikeforce and Dream heavyweight champion..and he won the K1 grand prix. He deserves some respect because he's earned it.
hes saying brocks skills were hype and brock was overrated not overeem
No, read it again, he says "I can't stand this hype behind Overreem".
you must be blind. read it again dumbass
Hype…right, 3 world title belts and yeah ofcourse it's all hype. I'm not saying he will beat JDS easily, or maybe he won't even beat him at all if JDS lands one of those overhand rights in the right spot.
But you and all the other Overeem haters don't know what you are talking about. The man paid his dues and proved himself. Show some respect!
A while ago the exact same people said he was hype and wouldn't beat Lesnar. You all said he would get taken down. Well, we all know what happened right?
some people just don't know what's really up. All the people at the bar going for Brock looked so stupid after he got liver kicked, I think I was the only one rooting for the Reem in there. And all the douches that were booing Diaz then by round 2 they didn't wanna say shit.
Another narrow minded "UFC" fan spewing nonsense… the man holds three belts in other organizations… yes believe it or not there's other organizations besides the UFC, try educating yourself and watch some of them.
I don't doubt JDS at all, but saying reem is not big enough and has never fought anyone that big is a little weird when he just beat lesnar who is bigger than jds. Unless he means 'big' as in skilled. Reem is 260lbs bro
He said defeated, not fought.
Nog is right and overeem may be bigger but he is not more explosive the jds chec the highlight reel. Jds first round knocc out. Ima fan of overeem but dos santos is a different breed just can't see him being stopped. It doesn't take muscles to win, overeem won't be fast enough. Exciting fight tho
I'll wait and see how good JDS can defend his title . . . that is when we can say he's truly a great champion.
That's true and we will see who his true fans are. I will still on the side of JDS regardless of the outcome because these guys beat the crap out of each other for a living.
don't know about not being more explosive… he's taking out a lot of good people with explosiveness!
I think JDS's boxing is too good, but I'm still going for Reem.
Cigano is gonna have to rumble in this one. Anyone that thinks Overeem is a pushover is sadly mistaken. This will be a superfight cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
JDS better learn how to check legkicks, cause Overeem's legkicks can't be taken lightly.
For me it will be a weird fight cause I think they're both great fighters. I just honestly think Overeem has the better stand-up. And being Dutch I think it's time for another Dutch UFC champ.
Nog says Overeem hasn't faced anyone like JDS yet. That might be true, but JDS hasn't faced anyone like Overeem yet either.
Overeem better get a chin implant because his is useless.
Really? 6 (T)KO's in 47 fights? He got knocked out by some renowned KO specialists in the 205. That doesn't show he got a weak chin bro. If he got KO'd by some chumps it would, but not now.
He's gonna need calf implants too after doing the stanky leg! Lol
Nog is just trying some positive re-inforcement and self-fulfilling prophecy on JDS. But the one comment is tell-tale: they are worried about him landing that vicious knee!! Bye, bye…. go to sleep.
Everyone in HW division should be afraid of Overeem's knees but JDS isn't Brock Lesnar or Brett Rogers or Werdum. This is Overeem's biggest test in years and Cigano will have taken out two legends in his career Cro Cop and Overeem both K1 kick boxers.
It's going to be a great fight! If they get into a standing grapple, in the center, or especially up against the fence, JDS is in big trouble. This is what Overeem likes to do to guys and it's very hard for guys to out-grapple him when he has them in the clinch, because he is so damn powerful. You may push him away from you eventually, but not before eating a huge shot of some sort. If JDS doesn't earn his respect quickly with a hard shot or two, he is gonna get mauled up against the fence by the big, bad Reembear!
If things get hairy for JDS I wouldn't be surprised if you saw some of his unseen BJJ. But, of Overeem's last couple fights I think he is also too stiff for JDS. This is ending in KO or submission. Most likely KO since JDS has awesome take down defense.
shane carwin would murder overeem. overeem has ZERO chance against jds. only way reem wins is if jds fights with one arm tied behind his back with injuries to his legs. if he can move forward and backward and use both fists, reem will end up like this guy…
Lol great visual aid to prove your point Junkie. I'm sure jerking it is normal when your KO'ed.
i wouldnt know but maybe a guy whos been knocked out professionally almost 10 times can answer that, right mr. overeem?
Yeah junkie..Reem has zero chance! He should turn this fight down and shouldn't show up just like against Lesnar right? Keep reinforcing your insecurity. The Reem will win this fight..it will be a great fight unlike what u might think.
junkie..it's 6 times and in 47 fights. Couture got KO'd 6 times too, but in 30 fights…You're talking nonsense like the rest this time.
c'mon junkie, i usually agree with you. but i don't think carwin would murder reem, i think it'd be a good fight though. i think you need to give allistair a little more credit. 6 tko's in all those fights isn't bad. cant wait to see jds vs reem, i'm more of a fan of styles so i like both of these guys
Throwing knees/kicking are natural instinct for the Reem if Jds gets close enuf to even throw a punch..LIVER KICK then knees in the face bitchess!
Werdum got real close… Several times. I didn't see this liver kick of which you speak.
Werdum got nowhere lol. Yeah on his back begging and kissing Overeem's feet…And kicking was not that easy with a broken toe.
Werdum could have won if he wasn't being am idiot. Take him down and quit begging! Though it was entertaining lol when he put his hands together. Overeem may have an extensive record of submission but did he really think a K1 champ would roll on the ground with him? Nope!
No wonder…. –
"Coach and mentor (Big Nog) to the UFC's heavyweight champion (JDS), Big Nog tells…."
Hes not exactly going to put his guy down saying how Reem could win this 😉
Anyone that says Reem is crap obviously doesnt understand MMA. Reem and JDS are both top fighters anything can happen so realy everyone will just have to wait and see on fight night..
CIGANO! ALL DAY, ALL THE TIME! Lets do it champ!
Cigano, I'm gay – allll the time. Let's do it champ.
Overeem by ASS WHOOPING!!
Im just all out excited for this fight and i cant wait for it to happen and when it starts happening ill probably be saying i cant believe this fight is about you happen. Im expecting a sick fight and for both fighters to fight their heart out.
I can't beileve all the Reem haters on here just because he did all his work outside the UFC. Lets get real folks this is a fight of two high level established fighters. This is purely a match of speed vs strength. Reem is has the one punch knock out power along with powerful kicks and JDS has the speed and boxing skill to continually land hands all day so you cannot count either one out.
Brock will have 10 big breakfast orders waiting for JDS to share with at the "All you can Eat My Knees Diner", after they finish his MRI and CT scans across the street.
What are u….a fortune teller Big Nog? You didn't see your arm hanging on Frank's wall did ya!!??
i don't get, overeem has never beat someone as big as dos santos? wasn't lesnar bigger than even overeem, big nog's getting alittle delusional.
Big Nog is just trying to boost up JDS confidence 'cause he knows he is crapping himself. It's stinking up the entire training facility.
All you people aurguing are stupid! Itz already obvious jds is gunna knock alistar out jds will take thoose kicks out by hitting him so hard tht he's gunna be worried bout his face then he's gunna take out his body nd then ding ding ding ko fightz over lightz out nd still the ufc heavyweight champion of the world junior "CIGANO" dos santos!!!!
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I wasn't in love with the Team USA Winter Olympic Hat that the athletes were wearing during the Opening Ceremonies. Until I saw the pattern on Ravelry and saw others had made it. Plus I knew it would really impress my non-knitter friends.
It is really one big hat! The fact that I tend to knit really loose when doing stranded color-work added to the size of it. But it is big, warm and cozy and I really like it. I tried washing it in warm water and sloshing it around to shrink it down a bit. I may have to have another go at that.
At the Men's Mid-West Knitting Retreat we were given the pattern for The Botanic Hat by Steven West. I love this pattern and as you can see, have made several!
Remember when The Yarn Harlot was making all of those Noro Stripped Scarves? That's how I feel about the Botanic Hat! I love this hat, love making it, love how they turn out.
Looks amazing!!!
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I saw that Olympic pattern myself and thought I needed to try it. There is a pattern for coordinating reindeer mittens too! Then there's the pattern for the standard red and white 2010 Olympic mittens! So many projects...
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Since Downton Abbey seems to rise and fall on the whims of its actors, we have to hope that Dame Maggie Smith doesn't really get sick of playing Lady Violet, the Dowager Countess of Grantham. However, the actress had an interview with NBC News and mentioned the logical assumption that her character must be nearing the end of her days, especially after four seasons of time jumps from the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 to the roaring '20s.
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Coliseum committee does not discuss pool, ice rink proposals
Committee does not discuss pool, ice rink proposals
Two suggested uses for Memorial Coliseum weren't considered by a committee evaluating options for the building's reuse, despite letters submitted to a city-hired consultant expressing interest in the shuttered facility.
The committee voted Monday to recommend the city pursue one company's plan to renovate the coliseum into an interactive gaming facility, arena and marketplace.
In October, as city leaders were reviewing proposals from two firms to use the coliseum as a mixed-use retail center, an offer to use the coliseum as an Olympic swimming training facility and one asking to use it as a home for the Corpus Christi IceRays were dismissed as non-responsive.
Brent Chesney, a lawyer, former councilman, current council candidate and part owner of the IceRays, said no one from the city told him why his offer wasn't considered.
"We submitted our qualifications per the instructions, but we weren't invited to participate," Chesney said. "They did not get back to us. Whenever we read the paper, we knew what they picked."
Councilman Mike Hummell, chairman of the coliseum committee, said the IceRays proposal and the swimming pool plan weren't considered because they were outside the committee's scope. He said the committee's task was to find an idea for the building's reuse that matched what residents said they wanted during surveys.
"We were doing whatever we could to make sure what the community was interested in having there happened," Hummell said. "No one said they want to turn it into a skating rink or a swimming pool. They didn't want an athletic facility. They were really specific."
The committee supported a plan from Leisure Horizons, a California company suggesting to redevelop the coliseum into a theater, arena, gaming center, exhibit hall and meeting facility. The company underwent scrutiny after reports that its owner, Joseph Prevratil, had problems managing a city-owned tourist attraction in Long Beach, Calif.
Prevratil's management of the historic Queen Mary ship eventually led to a city audit, several lawsuits and bankruptcy of one of his companies.
Though the committee didn't discuss the alternative proposals, the City Council could choose one over the committee-supported idea.
The council received information on both proposals during a closed session, Councilwman Melody Cooper said.
She said she was uncomfortable supporting the idea proposed by Leisure Horizons and supported by the committee until findings from a background check into the company were complete.
"(The alternatives) may be all we have left," Cooper said. "We've got to do something."
The council is expected to discuss the committee's recommendation during its meeting Feb. 10.
The IceRays, a minor league hockey team, moved their games to the American Bank Center when the coliseum closed in 2004. Chesney sent city consultant PKF a letter Oct. 27 offering to renovate the coliseum and use it as a public ice rink when the team isn't playing games or practicing.
"If it worked, it would satisfy those who don't want to see it torn down and satisfy those who want something done," Chesney said. "Why they wouldn't consider a local businessman, when we haven't asked for city dollars, I don't know. It's a real proposal."
Some committee members were unsure themselves why they didn't discuss other ideas.
"The ideas we considered looked good at face value," said committee member Webster Pell, also a council candidate. "We didn't know about the IceRays."
Leon Loeb, a committee member who negotiated unsuccessfully with the city in recent years to develop the area near the coliseum, said he didn't prefer Leisure Horizons, the company the committee chose. Loeb left the meeting Monday before the vote.
"I'm sort of mystified how we got so far," he said. "People wanted a nice public facility. We seem to have come a long ways away from that notion."
Committee member Rocco Montesano said Leisure Horizons' proposal gave more details and matches what residents at town hall meetings said they wanted.
"We wanted to find something viable that is in conjunction with what people want down there," he said. "The bottom line is that (the proposal) is the closest thing we got to that."
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The Linux kernel mailing list comprises the core of Linux development activities. Traffic volumes are immense, often reaching ten thousand messages in a given week, and keeping up to date with the entire scope of development is a virtually impossible task for one person. One of the few brave souls to take on this task is Zack Brown.
Our regular monthly column keeps you abreast of the latest discussions and decisions, selected and summarized by Zack. Zack has been publishing a weekly online digest, the Kernel Traffic newsletter for over five years now. Even reading Kernel Traffic alone can be a time consuming task.
Linux Magazine now provides you with the quintessence of Linux Kernel activities, straight from the horse's mouth.
Maintainer Changes
Hans Verkuil posted a patch adding himself and Andy Walls as co-maintainers of the CX18 Video4Linux driver. Arnd Bergmann added a MAINTAINERS entry listing Jeremy Kerr as the SPU Filesystem official maintainer. Zhang Wei posted a patch adding Li Yang as his co-maintainer of the Freescale DMA driver. Steve Wise has listed Divy Le Ray as the CXGB3 Ethernet driver maintainer and listed himself as the CXGB3 iWarp RNIC driver. Paul Jackson sent in a patch announcing that Simon Derr would no longer be his co-maintainer of the CPUSets code and was being replaced by Paul Menage. Jean Delvare announced that Ben Dooks would be joining him as co-maintainer of the I2C subsystem. Auke Kok stepped down from being the primary maintainer of the Intel Ethernet drivers and handed maintainership to one of his co-maintainers, Jeff Kirsher. Jesse Brandeburg will remain a secondary maintainer on that project. Finally, Alan Cox has made a few more alphabetization fixes to the MAINTAINERSHIP.
Porting Linux to … Everywhere?
Octavian Purdila, Stefania Costache, and Lucian Adrian Grijincu are essentially trying to port Linux to run on all other programming projects. They call it the Linux Kernel Library project, and the goal is to convert various things, such as the Linux Virtual File System, into generic libraries that would allow anyone to insert them into their projects.
If successful, any operating system would natively be able to support any Linux feature, just by using this library. Their approach is to create the library as a direct port of Linux to a virtual architecture that could then be used by anything that wanted it.
Octavian, Stefania, and Lucian have made some progress already and are looking for volunteers to help keep the port up to date with the kernel.
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Every once in a while, someone tries to get around the GPL. Jo Shields recently noticed that the Taiwanese company Compro Technology was offering a binary-only driver for their product, only it turned out that the driver was actually a complete kernel image, a modified version 2.6.17.
Jo contacted the company as well as various members of the press, and Compro took the code down.
On their website, the company explained that they were in the process of complying with the GPL and would have their drivers ready in a few months. Bernd Petrovitsch wondered aloud whether they were perhaps just waiting for folks to forget about the violation before rereleasing it in another binary-only form. Time will tell.
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The Beach Boys – Biography
In 1961, 5 Americans, Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine got together in Hawthorne, California to form a rock band, The Beach Boys with Wilsons' father, Murry as their manager. Brian Wilson, the band's leader, composer, arranger and producer also wrote most of the band's early singles and albums.
Around mid-1962, The Beach Boys signed up with Capitol Records, Wilson went on to write co-wrote more than twenty Top 40 hits which includes hugely popular ones like "Surfin' USA", "Dance Dance Dance", "California Girls", "In My Room" and many more.
These songs and albums gained international recognition, propelling The Beach Boys as one of the biggest and most successful rock band of their time in the United States and the world.
By the mid-1960s, Brian's growing creative ambition and songwriting ability would dominate the group's musical direction. The primarily Brian-composed Pet Sounds album and "Good Vibrations" single (both released in 1966) featured a complex, intricate and multi-layered sound.
Unfortunately, as with many other artists who gained super stardom, the stress of it all caused Brian to lose control of the band because of problems with his mental health and "substance" abuse. Eventually this led to the cancellation of the anticipated follow up to Pet Sounds, Smile.
The Beach Boys went on the decline soon after and though they released a number of highly artistic albums around 1967–1973, the group never managed to reclaim its mid-1960s peak when The Beach Boys were equalled with The Beatles both in terms of commercial and critical appeal.
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Movies - Box Office postsMonday July 27, 2015
Box Office: 'Ant-Man' Wins Weekend, Game Over for "Pixels' (and Sandler?)
It's Jurassic's world but it's still Cameron's universe.
Several milestones this weekend:
- "Jurassic World" earned another $7 million domestically and surpassed "Marvel's The Avengers" for third place on the all-time domestic charts. It's at $624.08 million. Ahead is Cameron Country: "Titanic" at $658.6 and "Avatar" at $760.5. Has a shot at "Titanic."
- Even if you adjust for inflation, "Jurassic" is at 27th all-time, just ahead of "Thunderball," and just behind "Grease" and "Mary Poppins" and "The Godfather." Good company.
- "J-World" also surpassed "Marvel's The Avengers" on the worldwide chart, with a $1.541 billion haul against "MTA"'s $1.519. Again, ahead of it is Cameron Country, but you can barely make it out it's so far ahead. "Titanic" is at $2.1 billion, "Avatar" at 2.7.
- "Inside Out" earned another $7.4 mil domestically and is now at $320. In pure domestic gross, it's the third-highest-grossing Pixar flick (after "Toy Story 3" and "Nemo"); adjust for inflation, it's seventh (but since 2004, only "TS3" is bigger); while worldwide it's eighth (but Pixar movies tend to open slowly abroad). All in all, a huge success. Moneywise. Quality-wise, it's already a success.
Did anyone pick "Pixels" in the summer box office sweepstakes? I hope not. It earned a mere $24 mil, not even enough to unseat "Ant-Man" from the top spot. The diminutive superhero grossed another $24.9 mil and is now at $106. Meanwhile, the third weekend of "Minions" finished in third place with $22.9 (for a $262 total), while the second weekend of "Trainwreck" earned another $17.2 (for $61 total).
Jake Gylenhaal's counter-programming boxing movie, "Southpaw," opened in fifth place at $16 mil, which is better than I thought it would do, while another teen movie, "Paper Towns," opened in sixth with $12.
BTW: In my search for box office predictions, I came across Entertainment Weekly's summer 2015 forecast, which ... whatever. The point is the pointed commentary by a guy named Andrew about their predictions:
A lot of these predictions are way off in my opinion. They're saying that Trainwreck will make over $100 million but Pixels and Tomorrowland won't? No chance. I also don't see Magic Mike doing quite that well and I think Ant-Man can crack $200 mil. Especially coming directly after Avengers 2. Never underestimate Marvel.
"Tomorrowland is at $92 and not budging while "Pixels" probably won't quadruple it's opening weekend. "Trainwreck"? Still has a shot at 100. Women-centered movies tend to open more slowly than the male version. But Andrew did nail "Magic Mike XXL," which EW had at $155 and is currently floundering in the 60s.
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'Ant-Man' a Goliath at Weekend B.O.; Schumer Debuts Strong
"Even 'Ant-Man.'" That's what Marvel can say.
No "Marvel Cinematic Universe" movie—meaning the Marvel Studios movies that began with "Iron Man" in 2008—has not debuted at No. 1, and now "Ant-Man," one of its least-powerful and least-known characters, joins the list. It debuted with a $57.2 million haul, which is middling Marvel (Hulk, Fantastic Four), but not bad considering.
So how long before we get the movie version of Man-Wolf? Or Man-Thing? Or Forbush Man?
(For the record, the last movie featuring a Marvel character that didn't debut at No. 1 was 2012's "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," which was a horrible sequel to a horrible movie, and, for the purist in me, more action-horror than superhero. But it was made because the first movie, 2007's "Ghost Rider," did debut at No. 1: grossing $45 million and beating back "Bridge at Terabithia," "Music and Lyrics" and "Norbit," among others. It wound up grossing $228 million worldwide.)
The second weekend of "Minions" took second place, dropping 57% to $49 million. It's now at $215 domestic, $625 worldwide. The new Judd Apatow-Amy Schumer comedy, "Trainwreck," took third with $30 mil.
The highest-grossing marginal release (< 500 theaters) was "Bajrangi Bhaijaan," which grossed $2.6 million in 256 theaters, followed by "Mr. Holmes," starring Ian McKellen, which grossed $2.4 mil in 363 theaters.
On the all-time worldwide charts, there's a slim $8 million gap between "Marvel's Avengers" in third place ($1.519.6 billion) and "Furious 7" in fourth ($1.511.7 billion), but "Jurassic World" managed to thread that gap. It's now at $1.513.5 billion. By the end of this week, it'll be in third place all-time, with only Cameron country (far, far) ahead.
Tags: Box Office, Superhero Movies, JurassicPosted at 02:26 PM on Jul 20, 2015 in category Movies - Box Office
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Weekend Box Office: Minions Minions, La La La
If the numbers hold, "Minions," a spinoff of the "Despicable Me" movies, will have the second-highest opening ever for an animated movie, with a $115 million haul. And if the numbers go up just a little? To $121.7? It'll surpass "Shrek 3" for biggest animated opening ever.
But "Shrek 3" is indicative. Let's never confuse big openings with lasting impact. Sometimes we all go to a movie and we all regret it and later we all mock it. See: "Spider-Man 3," the last "Indiana Jones," and most of the "Star Wars" prequels. To be honest, see most of the top box-office attractions in any given year.
Even so, "Minions" is another coup for Universal, which is already rolling in the dough from its other 2015 fare: "Furious 7," "Jurassic World," "Pitch Perfect 2" and "Fifty Shades of Grey." "Ted 2" was its one misfire, and even that is at $71 domestic, $107 worldwide.
For the weekend, "Jurassic" finished second, dropping a respectable 38% to gross another $18.1. It's now up to $590 million domestic (4th all-time) and $1.43 billion worldwide (5th all-time).
Pixar's "Inside Out" finished third with $17 mil. It's now at $283 domestic and $400 worldwide.
Of the other openers, the horror film "The Gallows" finished fifth with $10 mil, while Ryan Reynolds once again struck dirt as his "Self/Less" grossed $5.3 for eighth place.
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It's Still Jurassic's World, as 'Magic Mike' Suffers Shrinkage and 'Terminator: Genisys' Goes Hasta La Vista, Baby
A few fun facts about this weekend's box office:
- "Jurassic World" grossed another $30.9 million and has now passed "The Dark Knight" for 4th place on the all-time domestic box-office chart, with $558.1 million. Next up is "The Avengers" at $623.3. Then it's Cameron country: "Titanic" at $658.6 and "Avatar" at $760.5. "J-Dub" won't get that far. I doubt it'll get past "The Avengers" even.
- Adjust for inflation, and "Jurassic World" is currently in 38th place, between "Home Alone" ($550) and "Independence Day" ($562). Nothing to sneeze at.
- This weekend, "J World" and "Inside Out" are currently within $1 million of each other for first place. If "Jurassic" winds up winning, it'll be the first movie to win the weekend box office four times in a row since ... well, since "Furious 7" in April. But before that, you have to go back to "Guardians of the Galaxy." Then the first "Hunger Games" in 2012. Then "Avatar" in 2009. Then "The Passion of the Christ" in 2004. So it's not a common occurence. And two in one calendar year? That hasn't happened since both "Meet the Parents" and "The Grinch" lasted four weekends in 2000.
- "Terminator: Genisys" finished in third place for the weekend with a $28.7 million debut. It's the weakest debut for any "Terminator" movie since the first, which grossed $4 mil in 1984.
- Of course "T:G" did officially open on Wednesday, so if you add Wed. and Thurs. to the mix, that makes a $44 mil debut. But even that would just equal the debut of "T3" back in 2003. Unadjusted.
- Adjust for inflation and the "T" movies have been on a downward trajectory since "T2," which grossed $395 adjusted. Then it's "T3" with $202 and "TS" with $136. You get the feeling that "TG" will be less than that. I.e., TS for "TG."
- "Magic Mike XXL" also debuted poorly, grossing $26.6 since Wednesday and only $11 for the weekend. Cf. "Magic Mike," which opened to $39 mil three years ago.
- But I think "Ted 2" is hurting even more. After debuting poorly last weekend, it fell off a whopping 67% for an $11 mil weekend. After 10 days, it has now grossed $58; after three days, the original "Ted" grossed $54.
Here are the rest of the numbers.
UPDATE: OK, here are the rest of the numbers. As I mentioned above, less than $1 mil separated "Jurassic" from "Inside Out," and in the adjustment (down), the latter came out on top: $29.7 to $29.2. So "Jurassic" didn't join that rare breed of modern movie to stay on top four weekends in a row. Worldwide, though, it is at $1.383 billion, which is sixth all-time. Interestingly, No.s 4, 5 and 6 are all still in theaters: "Furious," "Avengers/Ultron" and "J-Dub."
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The Battle for the Biggest Non-James Cameron Movie Ever
Earlier this month, I wondered which of the two spring blockbusters would be the first to surpass the original "Avengers" ($1.518 billion) for third place on the worldwide box office chart.
Would it be "Furious 7" (currently at $1.511 billion) or "Avengers/Ultron" (currently at $1. 371 billion)?
The answer is "Jurassic World," which, after 10 days, is at $1.245 billion. The others have pretty much stopped making much progress, particularly "F7," but "Jurassic" is roaring up the charts like a T-Rex coming after us in the rearview mirror.
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Patents: Infringement: Apple's method of communicating changes in its devices' registry of applications capable of receiving push notifications to a network did not infringe Motorola's patent covering a method of communicating changes in the registry of installed applications to a network.
Opinion (Reyna): Motorola Mobility, Inc. ("Motorola") sought an injunction from the International Trade Commission ("ITC") prohibiting the importation of certain Apple, Inc. ("Apple") products alleging that those products' use of push notifications infringed one of Motorola's patents. The Motorola's patent at issue, Pat. No. 6,272,333, covers a method and apparatus for controlling the delivery of data to mobile devices. The patent requires a device that maintains a registry of applications installed on the device which communicates that list to a fixed network and updates that network each time the registry of installed applications changes. The patented invention helps ensure that network resources are not wasted sending information to the device that the device cannot use. The Apple devices implement the accused functionality by maintaining a registry (on the device) of installed applications, and a second registry of applications using push notifications. When there is a change to registry of applications using push notifications, that change is communicated to the network but does not change the registry of installed applications. The administrative law judge denied Motorola's motion for an injunction, holding that Apple's products did not infringe the patent. The Commission affirmed the ALJ. Motorola appealed the ITC's rejection to the Federal Circuit. To determine whether an accused product infringes, a court compares the accused product with the patent claims. Where the product does not fit within the patent's claims it does not infringe. Because Apple's products did not communicate changes in the registry of installed applications to the network, their operation fell outside the bounds of Motorola's patent. Accordingly, the Federal Circuit AFFIRMED the decision of the Commission.


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: A strange mix of the empirical and the theoretical. Marry sheer with day; break Black with Blue, I say. Mullets. What are MULLETS, you ask, I bet.
Au courant with the style scene, a perfect blend in a look that's part conventional, part in vogue. Sprinkled colour that rocked what would've been a typical all-black ensemble — my case, I chose varying shades of Blue and varying textures for Black pieces: sheen, denim, and sheer with a touch of velvet.
I really love this pair of Chick Flick chunky shoes (briefly mentioned here: Where Have You Been?). <3
Blazer Mango
Sheer Mullet Top Miss Selfridge
Jeans Mango
Shoes Chick Flick
Clutch Portmans
Necklaces Aldo, Lee Hwa Jewelry
Rings Sportsgirl, Mango
Earrings Diva
Studs Target
Ear Cuff Sportsgirl
P.S. In case you were truly wondering, Mullet is what they call that extended line bit at the back of a top. The sort I'm wearing is the mild kind. I'll try to show you something else on a later post. Meanwhile, why don't you give the #StyleManilaPopQuiz a go? Details here:


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The Catholic Archdiocese of Newark is shutting down its schools due to lack of funding, but it still has a fortune it can use to build a small palace for its archbishop John J Myers, who is soon to retire after a career whose highlights include dismissing victims of sexual abuse and shielding abusing priests. Also, he insists on being addressed as "Your Grace." He's a made-in-America version of Germany's disgraced "Luxury Bishop."
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Maybe you already can speak Chinese perfectly, even reading, but when it comes to writing it would be a really tough job.
Yes, Chinese characters are difficult. They are totally different from western letters. Don't mention the intimidating stroke orders.
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You might need pet therapy! The Dogs on Campus Pet Therapy Program from the Kent Campus will be coming to the Kent Trumbull Library on Tuesday, April 30 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. to help reduce your stress as you prepare for finals. Studies have shown that spending time with animals greatly reduces stress, so come and pet your study blues away with some furry friends! Light refreshments provided.


text: First of all, I've been coming to StephenKing.com for quite some time, but I decided to join this forum after I discovered there was no real way to message him directly to express my gratitude to him. The title of my thread is why I'm writing. As of today, I've been homeless for exactly 219 days. I am employed, but I only work part-time at my job & they haven't given me the opportunity to move up to full-time, even though I've worked there for a year & a half. My job is also 100% commission, so I make no hourly whatsoever (unbelievable, right?), so my income is very limited. Partial unemployment benefits helped me until May of 2012, & then those stopped, so into my car I went, & there I have remained for the last 7+ months. So why is the title of this thread "homeless, but grateful", you may ask? I shall answer. When I realized I was going to be homeless for a little while, & knowing I'd be without a tv as well, I decided that it was high time to drag out my collection of books & give them a second (or third, or in some cases, 10th) read. I started with my non-Stephen King novels & finished them within the first 7 weeks or so. I read everywhere: in my car, sitting at a fast-food joint, in a hotel room (when I can afford to "splurge" on one), etc. It isn't uncommon for me to sit & read an entire novel in a day's time. A couple of months ago, I re-read the unabridged version of "The Stand" & finished it in 4 days. Like I said, lot of time on my hands. :) Anyway, once I'd read the books I owned which weren't penned by our favorite writer, I then turned to my huge collection of King novels & dove right in. I opened up a random box & pulled out the first one of his books I came across, which happened to be The Dark Half. Next came The Talisman & Black House, then Carrie, then Misery, etc. I came across Duma Key in my collection & realized I'd bought the novel & never actually sat & read it all the way through! What a delight it was to have a "new" King novel on my hands! Sometimes I read until midnight, sitting in my car in the parking lot of a Home Depot, squinting to read the words but utterly incapable of putting the book down because King has me completely hooked. Right now, I'm currently re-reading The Tommyknockers (my 3rd time reading it) & the minute I'm done writing this message, I will dive back into the novel & savor every moment of it. My gratitude to Mr. King is almost beyond words. These last 7 months have been unbelievably difficult for me, but re-reading his novels & collections of short stories have helped me pass the time, made me feel a little less lonely, made me cry, laugh, scream, growl in frustration, and, best of all, have brought back memories that I didn't realize were buried until they resurfaced & overflowed my brain. I write this message hoping that one of these days he'll come across it & realize how much his novels mean to me & how they've sustained me through this difficult period in my life. Every time I read one of his books, I thank my mother (lost tragically to a heart attack in March of 2011 at the age of 51) for putting Christine into my hands at the tender age of 13 & forever changing my life. I did NOT write this hoping for sympathy or pity or anything else. What would be the point? No, I wrote this to thank YOU, Mr. King. Thank you for what you do. Thank you for what you did for me these past 7 months. I have 4 other novels & the entire Dark Tower Collection to re-read yet, but I'm hoping my fortune will change in the next few weeks, so that way, I'll be able to enjoy your novels in the privacy of my own bedroom rather than the front seat of my Honda Accord. I am grateful to you, sir. This Constant Reader is a fan for life. :)


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Making music should be as easy as powering up a computer, loading up a powerful piece of music software, and getting down to business. And it is. Reason is a virtual studio rack with all the tools and instruments you need to turn your ideas into music. And it's more than just a set of excellent synths and effects. It's a complete music system. Step into the age of Reason.
Although easy to learn and a breeze to use, Reason is an extremely flexible music system - a system that can be just as complex and advanced as you make it. With sophisticated tools such as the MClass mastering suite, the mighty Combinator device, or the all-powerful Thor synth, Reason will not just impress, but inspire you.
Need more gear?
No problem. Choose a synth, a drum machine, a loop player or any device from the Create menu, and it will instantly appear in your rack, logically patched into the signal chain. And because Reason is designed to go easy on your computer, you can repeat the process until you're more than happy. If you ever wished you had eleven samplers and ten compressors, Reason is definitely for you. And if you have created more machines than you have mixer channels, just create another mixer. The studio of your dreams is just a few mouse clicks away.
Control your controls
Each unit in Reason's virtual rack is edited from its own on-screen front panel. All the sliders, knobs, buttons and functions are right in front of you, ready to be tweaked, turned and twisted in absolute real-time. And all your front panel actions - filter adjustments, pitch bending, gain riding or panning - can be recorded and automated in the Reason sequencer.
Radical routing
A single keypress will turn Reason's rack around, and there you are, in patch cord heaven. Most audio connections are made automatically. When a new device is created, it appears immediately below the currently selected device, and Reason patches it into the system in the most logical way. Repatch by dragging the patch cord plug to the desired connector, or just make a pop-up menu choice. Most devices have one or more parameters controlled by Gate and/or CV. And all instrument devices have several Gate or CV output options. Combine this with easy, transparent patching, and you have connection power approaching that of a fully modular synth.
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Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
Four different filter types. Six forms of synthesis. Godlike modulation capabilities.
Thunderous sound. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the Thor Polysonic synthesizer.
Thor sounds like no synthesizer you've ever heard before - and every single one of them. Where other synths use one specific form of synthesis and one single filter, the Thor polysonic synthesizer features six different oscillator types and four unique filters. What does this give you? Simply the most powerful synth ever created; an unstoppable monster of a sound generator that utilises synthesizer technology from the last 40 years.
The power of Thor compels you!
Six open filter and oscillator slots let you load up three different synth filters and three separate oscillators simultaneously, allowing you to dial in synth sounds that are completely...new. An all-powerful modulation matrix gives you complete control over your signal flow, letting you modulate anything within Thor with anything within Thor. Sound deep enough for you? It gets deeper.
At the bottom of this synth sits an analog style step sequencer with more than one twist. Being every bit as modular as the rest of Thor's components, this step sequencer does more than just play melodies - use it as a modulation tool, trigger phrases from specific keys, create intense arpeggios, generate piercing percussion lines. With its unique selection of oscillator types and synth filters, the Thor polysonic synthesizer is a veritable synth museum. But believe it, there's nothing dusty about this instrument; Thor may have one foot in history, but its sound is pure future. Take the Thor tour to find out more.
RPG-8 Monophonic Arpeggiator
Turn boring chords into fluttering melody lines with the RPG-8, Reason's new tool for creative arpeggiation.
Reason version 4 ships with RPG-8, a brand new unit dedicated to the art of arpeggiation. Some arpeggiators are quite content with simply transforming chords into wandering rhythmic melody lines. The RPG-8 monophonic arpeggiator is not. With a wide range of on-panel controls and mode selectors, a pattern section for muting selected notes in an arpeggio and a large display showing values and positions, this device gives you full creative control over your arpeggios. Although very hands-on and user friendly, the RPG-8 boasts some very advanced features under the surface. Features that will change how you play Reason's instruments.
The 'Single Note Repeat' function engages the arpeggiator only when two or more simultaneous notes are held down - letting you add sudden bursts of arpeggio to your melody lines. The 'Manual' mode will arpeggiate notes strictly in the order they were input, for realtime arpeggio control. The RPG-8 monophonic arpeggiator is a creative workhorse that can - and should - be used with all of Reason's sound sources; try arpeggiating your breakbeats, your orchestra samples, or your ReCycled vocals. Only in Reason version 4.
Reason sequencer
The Reason sequencer has matured. Fully grown and fully featured, Reason's music production environment now comes with vector and tempo automation, count-in, multiple lane tracks.
With a whole new look, a ton of fresh features and a completely new way of handling sequencer data, the Reason sequencer has matured. Dedicated to turning your ideas into great music, the new sequencer is swifter, stronger and more intuitive than ever. The key word here is workflow. A sequencer device or instrument now gets its own dedicated track, with separate lanes for note, performance and automation data, opting for a better overview and less clutter.
All sequencer data - notes, automation, the works - is now housed in clips - musical building blocks that can be opened, sliced or moved. When a clip is moved to a new location, all its internal data follows right along with it, always ending up exactly where you intended it to. For safe, speedy sequencing.
The new features and functions added to the Reason version 4 sequencer all strive toward making your Reason experience smoother and snappier. Like the new Tool window, an ever present floating window that provides lightning fast access to those detailed editing functions you use all the time; quantize, transpose, note velocity, note length and legato. Always in sync with your flow, forever adapting to you and your working methods, Reason's new sequencer simply gets you there faster.
Here is a closer look at the edit view in the Reason 4 sequencer.
ReGroove Mixer
It's all about timing for Reason's new groove management console. Meet ReGroove mixer, the unquantizer.
Want your music to sound less rigid, less programmed? Need your drums to move and groove as if played live by actual musicians? If you want your tracks to flow with that loose, yet tight feel, a regular shuffle control just doesn't cut it. That's why we created the ReGroove mixer, Reason's own realtime groove management device.
The ReGroove mixer in Reason 4 gives you more than just a set of sequencer swing parameters - this is a unique device dedicated to one thing: the groove.
The ReGroove Mixer applies its timing magic non-destructively and in realtime, giving you freedom to adjust its settings - and fine-tune your groove - as your music is playing.
You can lock all your tracks together into one unified feel. Or you can apply different settings to up to 32 musical elements in your song, for ultimate control. Each of the groove channels feature controls for groove amount, slide and shuffle plus more detailed settings. The Reason soundbank comes with a great selection of groove patches, many of them created from analyzed recordings of real musicians as well as classic groovy tracks.
NN-XT Advanced Sampler
Ever wanted a sampler with a PhD in flexibility? A sampler that's as advanced as any pro machine, but user-friendly and inspiring. The NN-XT is that sampler.
The NN-XT is a highly advanced sampler with an impressive list of features and functions to it. Where the NN-19 is a "fast-track" sampler, this machine is for your more demanding sampling tasks. The NN-XT is bursting with detailed programming options, but comes with an intuitive user interface, making it the perfect tool for both sound design and life-like instrument emulation. Just load up one of the included orchestral library patches, and you'll know what we're talking about.
The NN-XT is packed with useful features to help you build your own stunningly realistic instrument patches: alternate sample playback, auto-pitch detection, zones with individual parameters and much more. But don't think for a minute that instrument emulation is all this thing is good for - the filters, the envelopes and the tempo syncable LFOs let you perform some crazy tricks on whatever material you put in there.
All in all, the NN-XT is probably one of the most flexible samplers around, and when we say probably, we mean definitely.
Inside the NN-XT
Ready to dig into the programs and patches? One click pulls out the handy programming module and gives you access to all the options:
Editing a Zone
To select one or more zones for editing, simply click on them. All the parameters in the edit module are now affecting the selected zone, providing full control over everything from key range and loop points to modulation wheel behavior and filtering. Too easy.
Layers and Velocity Crossfades
This is where it gets good. Zones with overlapping keyranges are automatically layered onto each other, and there's no limit to how complex a layered sound can be. For velocity switching, simply change the velocity range for the overlapping zones, and for some velocity crossfading, just adjust the fade in and out parameters or let the NN-XT do it for you. Easy does it.
Automatic Pitch Detection
Apart from Loading and automatically mapping your Aiff and Wav files, the NN-XT can offer another helping hand: Automatic pitch detection. The NN-XT simply identifies the root note of each of the samples in a collection and automatically maps it in the most intelligent way. Who said sampling had to be difficult?
Alternating Zones
Programming a realistic emulation of an instrument is no picnic. Many acoustic instruments sound distinctly different for every note played, and sometimes you need to be able to alternate between two playing styles. Enter the NN-XT. Our sophisticated sampler's "Alternate" function solves the problem automatically. By randomly alternating between samples whenever the same key is played repeatedly, the NN-XT makes sure the same sample is never triggered twice in a row. The result is added realism. And the process is as easy as it is automatic.
Loading Third-party Sampler Patches
The NN-XT happily loads sampler patches from the biggest library around: SoundFont 2 patches are not only loaded and mapped, but also retain their programmed patch characteristics. A utility for converting third-party sample and patch data is also on its way, providing the missing link between NN-XT and the Akai library. Check our website for future information.
The Back
No Reason device is complete without CV and Gate inputs and outputs on the back. And the NN-XT is no exception. This makes Reason's samplers the only sampling instruments around that can be controlled in the same way as analogue synths. And with a total of 16 audio output channels, there should be plenty of scope for further external processing.
Reason Version 4.0 - Mac, Review from Amazon (by Louis S. Carrozzi)
"In order to give a meaningful review of Reason 4.0 and the major improvements in this latest version of Propellerheads' music creation software package, I first need to state exactly what Reason is, and what it is not.
The most descriptive definition of Reason is that it is basically a "virtual rack mount studio", complete with a built in sequencer, faithfully simulated in a single software package.
For those who are familiar with rack mount studio units, Reason incorporates most (if not all) common hardware rack mount units you would find in a typical recording studio. This includes mixer boards, effects processors (such as reverb, distortion, chorus and flanger units, etc.), two very robust digital samplers which can use samples and wave files as instrumental components, a drum sequencer, a drum sequence sampler/playback tool, and several analog synthesizer units as well - and much, much more. Each of these devices can be "cable patched" into one another within Reason in almost any conceivable combination, and all of the units look and act like their hardware counterparts would in an actual recording studio.
Also, you can "create" as many of these virtual hardware components as you need and the only limitation you have on how many you can effectively use is limited only by your computer's processor speed, RAM, and the sound card hardware in your computer. Since Reason 4.0 uses software to simulate the functions of these virtual hardware units, having a high-end soundcard is NOT necessary to get the most out of the Reason package. Any decent PC or Mac sound card or chip is capable of getting near perfect sound quality out of this package - even the basic sound hardware found in a standard off the shelf Mac laptop such as the MacBook Pro will do just fine.
As a digital music creation platform, Reason has been very good for years, with one noticeable feature missing: The ability to record "live" instruments, such as guitars or vocals.
While this lack of live recording ability has always made Reason a questionably "complete" DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software package, what it lacks in recording capability it more than makes up for by what it does best: Be a one-man-band/studio in a single box. For those who are already using another software package such as CakeWalk Sonar Studio for live recording, Reason does have the ability to be "rewired" into other packages that support rewiring, such as Sonar. As an add-on component to other DAW software packages, Reason adds a some huge capabilities to other programs and can more than stand on it's own for creation of any conceivable type of electronic music from hip hop to classical to jazz and far beyond.
If you are looking to do a lot of live instrument recording, you might want to look at another software package, but if you are doing something "instrumental", say composing a music piece for a television commercial, look no further. Reason has you covered - in a very big way.
This basic description of Reason as a "one stop recording studio" was accurate for version 2.5. While Reason Version 2.5 was very robust, there were several features that were noticeably missing:
Starting with the last drawback first, Reason 2.5 and 3.0 contained 2 main synths: The Subtractor Analog synth and the Malstrom Graintable synth. Reason 4 also still contains these two instruments. While these two synths were plenty capable of producing a host of "vintage" style synths sounds, they lacked the kind of customization that can be found in other high-end digital music packages such as Apple's Logic audio software, making music such as "trance" or "techno-electronica" style music incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to do in Reason. This has now changed in a radical way for the better. More on that in a minute...
Reason 3.0 was a huge step in the right direction for Reason users. There were two major advances in Reason 3.0:
Reason 3.0 was a great leap forward, for sure, but there were still the problems of having a somewhat limited synthesizer capability (there were still only the 2 synth units, and Reason was still fairly limited in that respect), you still couldn't change tempos mid song (you were pretty much stuck with one time signature per song) and the sequencer still had several problems that made it difficult, frustrating and often time consuming when working within the sequencer itself. With respect to the sequencer issues, there were several other problems, but rather than go into all the details of what was still wrong with Reason 3.0, let's just get to the new version of Reason: Reason Version 4.0 and go over how any and ALL drawbacks of Reason 3.0 are now completely eliminated in Reason version 4.
Reason 4.0 is probably the first version of Reason that has finally eliminated any and all potential weaknesses with this software package, and Reason 4.0 is truly a devastating creative tool for musicians looking for full-featured music creation, recording and engineering package for less than a thousand bucks. This is especially true if you are looking to do any kind of techno, trance, or industrial music as the new "Thor" polyphonic synthesizer utterly SLAYS anything previous versions of Reason had in terms of synthesis of sound or synchronized sequences of sound.
Probably the biggest instrumental leap forward for Reason 4.0 is the addition of the "Thor" Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer as a new instrument found only in Reason version 4.0. The Thor synth is an amazing piece of "virtual hardware" that allows the user to create literally thousands (if not millions) of possible combinations of sound generators, oscillators, filters, envelope controls, and even automated or hardware controlled sound parameters, which can handle almost any aspect of sound generation. While Reason 4.0 ships with a fairly decent amount of Thor "instruments presets" pre-created, these prefabricated presets really only scratch the surface of what Thor is truly capable of.
When the sequencing hardware found within Thor is combined with various parameters of the Thor sound generators and controllers, Thor completely blows away any kind of synth found in previous versions of Reason, and now the Reason software package has the capability of producing the deep and complex types of sounds and sequence loops that are often only found in hardware synths costing nearly two thousand dollars or more. The sequencing generator in Thor can be used to create delays, arpeggios, small instrumental sub-sequences and all other manner of complex sound effects found in a lot of high-end keyboard synths, and this places Reason 4.0's synth sound generation and control squarely in Apple's "Logic" audio software territory as well as now putting Reason 4.0 on the same turf as higher end Korg and Roland keyboard workstations. By using Thor in combination with Reason's Combinator and the already built-in digital samplers, the sky is no longer the limit for sound creation in Reason. The Thor Polyphonic Synth is a HUGE addition to Reason version 4.0 and alone is well worth the price of admission by itself, but Reason version 4.0 doesn't stop there.
The second, and another very significant upgrade to Reason version 4.0 is that all of the previous drawbacks of the Reason 2.5/3.0 sequencer have been completely eliminated in version 4.0.
Like previous versions of Reason, you can color-code your track labels with a right click on the track header. You can now toggle between track view and sequence piano roll view with a single mouse click; each of the tracks can now be viewed with the sequence elements (such as note placement in the piano roll now visible in track view as well) as well as effects controllers and note properties fully visible with a mouse click or two. If you are a person who uses the visual cues of your sequence elements to keep track of what is what in your song, Reason 4.0's sequencer is now on par with the robustness of other software packages such as Sonar Studio. Also, you can now actually see the instrument (or Combinator unit) as a visual element of the left hand side of track view very clearly, and each track is now expandable individually, or as a whole. Also, all of your automation tracks are now controlled by "automation lanes" contained inside the track header for quick and easy navigation of automation channels within each track. Just these changes alone make working with Reason's sequencer fun, easy and very intuitive, and all of the sequencer controls now make sense from an ease of use and robustness standpoint. You want to open up a sequence segment in piano roll? Simply double click the sequence and Reason takes you right into piano roll, and places you exactly within the right measures - Reason even color codes and highlights the appropriate measures in question so no more hunting around for "those particular measures" you want to edit.
There is also one other consideration here: You can now toggle piano roll in your main reason rack-mount view window - easily. This is a huge feature enhancement for Reason 4.0 because now you can test your patch creations within the main rack mount window simply by playing the keys in Reason's piano roll, and you can switch between track and your Reason hardware units with a couple of mouse clicks without ever having to leave the main Reason window. This almost totally eliminates the need to hook up an external MIDI controller keyboard to test out your new sound creations. Of course, Reason has always included MIDI-capable hardware control via an external controller such as a MIDI keyboard, but now you don't need one to edit your sounds quickly and efficiently.
Another welcome addition to the Reason 4.0 suite of components is the brand new RPG-8 Arpeggiator which allows you to create custom arpeggios that can control various aspects of other Reason instruments. This is another great tool for people looking to create techno-trance music or musical effects for instruments, and again extends Reason 4.0's capabilities further.
Having said all this, I haven't even touched on Reason 4.0's continuation of previous strengths such as the built in vo-coder, the robustness and flexibility of the NN-XT built in digital sampler unit, the Dr.Rex drum sequencer, the myriad of effects processors and the incredibly intuitive and visual design of the virtual hardware units in Reason. What Reason has done extremely well with previous versions is now a whole lot better in version 4.0 while still retaining all of the elements that made previous versions of Reason great.
At $400, Reason 4.0 is an absolutely incredible value - being basically an entire recording studio in one box - and its previous weaknesses have been seen, faced, and dismissed outright. If Reason 4.0 supported live recording and VSTi compatibility, it would basically do anything and everything you could possibly want, no matter what type of music you are looking to create. Even with these two features missing, $400 is still a "steal deal" for this software package. For $400 bucks you basically get a $2,000+ keyboard, oh, and that keyboard also happens to come with a complete recording studio.
Try and beat that, for the price? You can't.
If all of this still isn't enough for you to get the job done, it is worth mentioning that there are literally hundreds of free downloads that you can get off the internet to "plug in" new pre-created instruments into Reason's various components and there are many commercial packages - both from Propellerheads and other companies - that can add whole new dimensions to Reason's sound capabilities that go far beyond the basic package you get from Reason "straight out of the box". Not to mention the fact that Propellerheads also have several other software packages that expand Reason's capabilities even further - not that you would need any of them if you learn how to use Reason itself, but even a great program can get even better with add-ons.
If you are a beginner just getting into the hobby of digital music creation and recording on your PC or Mac, Reason 4.0's intuitive and visual interface can get you into music creation easily, and is a worthy product just based on that. However, even a seasoned professional will find Reason to be a hugely flexible, robust and powerful application for professional quality sequencing, recording and engineering. And, while Reason may not be able to record vocals or live instruments on its own, Reason's powerful re-wire capabilities and sampling units can easily integrate Reason's powerful features with your existing DAW software. For example, you can create your instrumental tracks in Reason, then simply export the loop you created (or even the entire song) as a *.wav or *.aiff file for use in another application. Conversely, you can record your "live music" audio files in another application, export them as *.wav files, then import them into Reason's NN-19 or NN-XT digital samplers and then engineer and mix down your entire song in Reason alone. Bam! Done.
When you are done with all of your hard work, you can export your entire song straight to a *.wav or *.aif file and go from there. Sadly, Reason 4.0 still doesn't have a direct song to *.mp3 encoder, but that's not really a big deal since most computers these days have some easy (and often free) way to convert *.wav or *.aif files to *.mp3 format or to CD audio tracks. Mac OS X, for example has a free *.mp3 converter as a feature of ITunes.
All of that aside, Reason 4.0 is still an awesome program and a significant upgrade from version 3.0, and Reason 4.0 probably gives you more bang for your buck than any other digital audio workstation package out there (minus the live recording and VSTi compatibility issues). Reason is an amazingly powerful, robust, flexible and comprehensive music-making package worthy of addition to any home/PC-based recording studio.
The bottom line? Believe the hype.
Buy it, and try it, learn it, love it.
Reason 4.0 aims to please, and you won't be disappointed.
Propellerhead Reason 5
Reason's 'synths in a rack with cables round the back' philosophy has been in place for ten years, and it's still going strong. It has remained separate from the DAW pack, though, firstly because it's never been able to record audio, and secondly because it's a self-contained system. Propellerhead realized that they could create a stable music-making experience by excluding VSTs, Audio Units or third-party plug-ins of any kind, in fact. The only way to 'expand' Reason has been by Rewiring it to other DAWs.
This introversion's made it easy to exchange Reason files with other users, because everybody's got the same devices. Reason remains popular in all styles of Electronic music, including Dubstep, Drum'n'Bass, Trance, and House, and it's used by artists such as The Prodigy, Pendulum, Claude Von Stroke (of course), Dave Spoon, Luke Vibert, and Armin van Buuren. It can be applied to other genres, though - to prove the point, Propellerhead's Refill titles (collections of add-on presets) include Soul School, Electric Bass, Abbey Road Keyboards, Pianos, Drum Kits and Strings.
Now we've got a major update to Reason, as well as the first update to their newest product - Record - which can integrate with Reason or run as a totally standalone program. You can read about Record elsewhere in this review, but I'm going to ignore it here (mostly), because Reason is still sold as a standalone product.
Revisiting Reason
The core devices remain in Reason 5: synths like Malstrom, Thor, and Subtractor, the Redrum drum machine - the NN-19/XT samplers, and effects and assorted other devices including reverb, a vocoder, delay, an arpeggiator, and a pattern sequencer. There's one massive change, though - after 10 years of waiting, you can now record straight into Reason's sample-based devices, in addition to processing incoming audio signals in real time, giving Reason a new lease of life as an audio effects rack.
The other new features ain't so trivial, either - the impressive Kong drum machine; Blocks, a new pattern-based song structure tool; the Dr Octo Rex loop player; multiprocessor support, and many small workflow improvements.
Reason 5 continues to be CPU-friendly, and just as stable as previous versions - that's the no-plug-in rule paying off again. Just as well, because the Propellerhead have been boasting lately (in an understated Swedish way) about the stability of their app, which is a dangerous thing in the software business, especially when a certain other DAW has been plagued with bugs recently.
King Kong
Honestly, I wasn't excited by the idea of dealing with another new software drum machine, but I liked the Kong drum designer. It's easy to get around, and to figure out what everything does, and the library patches sound great. If you don't have a controller connected, you can audition pads by clicking, getting different velocities depending on where you click. This might be a good time to mention that Reason, more than most DAWs, needs an integrated hardware controller. For the test, I used the M-Audio Axiom Pro 49, which is supported by Reason's Remote protocol. As soon as it was selected in Preferences, the Axiom's LCD displayed device names, and the parameters that were available to the knobs and faders.
I could also use the Bank buttons to navigate device presets ... nice to be able to do this without any configuration. Kong is now the first call for drums in Reason. Dr Rex has upgraded to Dr Octo Rex, and is now being promoted as .a songwriting tool. It's a REX playback machine with eight slots, and the idea is that you can build arrangements by triggering loops within the device, so you'd have one Dr Octo Rex containing beats, another containing bass parts, and so on. The loop triggers can then be quantized. It keeps full editing functions for each slot, with nine parameters that can be applied to each slice. I wasn't sold on this as an arrangement tool, but it works for building beats, and the slice editing tools are a solid way to change the nature of an imported loop.
Blocks are like a hybrid of pattern-based and linear sequencing - create your sequencer parts as usual, then paste them into blocks, and rearrange them to taste.
Moving Forward
There are workflow changes, too - like the way that clips are created automatically as soon as you start drawing-in notes. Right-click on the end of a cable, choose 'Scroll to Connected Device', and the other end of the cable is highlighted automatically - good for those times when you have a big rack with a lot of cables trailing all over the place. Among other things, there are new MIDI sequencing tools, like 'Move Selected Notes to New Lane' in the context menu.
Some of these new features are going to be pretty useful on stage too. I can imagine syncing Kong with Traktor Pro, actually - it'd be a great way to add drum machine functionality to that DJ program. Audio routing will be cool for live shows, especially once you start doing things like using the Matrix device to sequence filter effect parameters. Let's quickly quit Reason, and launch Record. If you've got Reason on your computer (and added it to the Ignition key), Record can access Reason's instruments and effects- the rack is viewable just like the Record mixer or sequencer windows, so it feels totally integrated. Record also opens Reason songs that you made earlier, using them as the basis for new projects.
Must be the Reason
There's no doubt that Reason 5 is an essential upgrade. Current Reason users should snap this up, and grab Record to boot. If you haven't looked at Reason for a while, it's time to check it out again. If you're a DAW newb, the Duo is a great production and recording setup. Unless you've got a very, good motive to jump over from Logic or Ableton Live, the Duo isn't for you (but Reason might be). For song creation and live on stage, Reason adds yet another dimension and continues to delight. It's happy doing its own thing and keeps getting all the better for it.
Propellerhead Reason Books
In order to understand Propellerhead Reason and to learn tips and tricks you need a good book. Check some of the most popular Propellerhead Reason Books. Take your time and find one that suits you most.
Before you make the final decision you should also
compare Reason with other recording studio software.
Reason has established itself as the go-to software for the creative musician. With its intuitive creative flow, ever-expanding rack of instruments and effects and generous sound palette to get you started, reason is the music software that doesn't get in your way, but helps you along in your creative process. Version 5 adds the mighty Kong Drum designer, the versatile Droctorex Loop Player, live sampling input, the blocks pattern based sequencing mode and much, much more. Reason is built around its virtual rack of instruments and effects. As you work on your track, you are building the rack as you go. Everything is automatically patched in and routed as you create more instruments. Should you want to get deep, simply flip the rack around and route audio cables anyway you like, just like in a real world studio, only faster and better. Finding your sound is an important part of the musical process. Reason's huge and extensible sound bank is an incredibly powerful tool to get you going, fast. With Gigabytes of synth patches, multi-sampled instruments, drum kits, effects and more, you will have what you need from the start. Still want more? There are tons of commercial and free Refills out there to help you define your sound. The thing that strikes most new Reason users is how much they get done in a short amount of time, and how fun it is doing it. Reason's legendary crative flow lets you stay focused on the music and explore your options as you go. With a completely integrated environment like Reason, you will face fewer dialog boxes, more fun and more music.
Official upgrade for existing Reason owners to version 5.
The most descriptive definition of Reason is that it is basically a "virtual rack mount studio", complete with a built in sequencer, faithfully simulated in a single software package.
Reason has reached the next level. Stronger, swifter and smoother to work with, Reason 4 will alter the way you create your music.
If you need total MIDI control and playability in a compact package, check out the Axiom 49. This advanced 49-key USB mobile MIDI controller delivers semi-weighted action plus assignable aftertouch, along with eight rubberized trigger pads that are perfect for handson drum programming and performance. Nine sliders complement eight endless rotary encoder knobs to control just about any software studio parameter you can think of 15 MIDI-assignable buttons--including six transport controls--and assignable wheels and foot pedals round out total control. The dedicated front-panel keypad and backlit LCD screen provide intuitive setup. There's room for 20 non-volatile memory locations for instant access to setups, plus compatibility with our free Enigma editor/librarian software for managing a virtually infinite library via Mac or PC.
The Axiom 61 is an advanced 61-key USB mobile MIDI controller with semi-weighted action and assignable aftertouch. Eight rubberized trigger pads are ideal for creating drum tracks and firing samples. Nine sliders and eight endless rotary encoder knobs put you in total control of your software studio. There are also 15 MIDI-assignable buttons--including six transport controls--assignable wheels, foot pedals and more. Programming is a breeze with dedicated front-panel keypad and backlit LCD screen. 20 memory locations store your setups and the free Enigma editor/librarian software lets you manage an unlimited number on your computer.


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