Others say...

"At least it's pretty accurate"
I really want to give 2.5 stars. It's really just sort of a dry, rote listing of every control on every rack device. The examples lack aesthetics and interest. A lot of the better info is tucked away among the odd collection of sidebars, captions and block quotes. The illustrations are likewise offset from context and in funny formats. Typically, the illustration for the point in the text is several paragraphs later in the book. Also there are a lot of partial shots of the interface so you sort of have to track down the area of the device interface the book references. It's just a petty annoyance, no worse.

The info that's in there is accurate, and that's good, but it is neither in an easily referenced format, nor a format that would cause tidbits to stick in your memory. It's just sort of "there". I'm still reading it cover-to-cover because, well, I paid for it so I may as well get all I can out of it.

There are much more entertaining and stimulating books out there -- one which even has the word "Power" in its title, too.

"Excellent book to dive into reason!"
I loved this book. It is very comprehensive, all the material is well explained and most of the steps to follow in the excercises are properly illustrated. For me, that knew a little bit about reason, as a begginer it was the best book I could have bought. The sequencer chapter is great, and the modules chapters too. Like I said, everything is explained in detail, in a very comprehensive manner. The cd included is not bad, but could be better, since you cannot scroll between lessons, it is probably the format, but its cool. Highly recommended

"Indispensable"
Want a to-the-point, deep, and utterly useful book for Reason? Look no further.
You'll get clear information from the horse's mouth. Mr. Piper is clear, entertaining, and ultra-articulate. You'll be cranking out your music in no time.

"Excellent. "
Reason 3.0 is a monster. Therefore I found it necessary to break things down into terms and concepts that were chewable...and found Reason 3 Power to be very successful in breaking ideas down into bite size chunks without giving me indigestion at any given time. Its very comprehensive and covers various aspects that will be understandable to both neophytes and experienced users alike. The only thing the booklet doesn't tell you is how to define your audio engineering process, which is obviously something that each engineer needs to find out for themselves. Anyways, it goes from the basic setup to the more advanced features detailing every aspect of Reason greatly improving chances for success with this monster of a program. Ultimately, the book is written by 2 people that understand music and technology very well and I gotta hand it to them, they did a damn good job of proving it.

I would STRONGLY recommend this booklet to people that are just starting out in Reason 3.0

"If you dont understand the manual...."
I bought this book because this was supposedly written for "advanced" users of Reason. Im halfway through reading this and I havent learned a thing. It goes through and identifies what all the knobs do and gives a very rudimentary explanation of audio recording and signal flow. I was expecting a book that would give more technique on how to get certain sounds, get better mixes, and how to really use and program the synths. The "advanced" material here has more to do with using the hotkeys than anything that has to do with audio. Plus I thought that with 532 pages there would be something I would learn. Nope, there are whole pages dedicated to screen shots of nothing but what appears in such-and-such a menu. If you own the manual, this book is a complete waste of time, money and bookshelf space.