I don't have a big budget, and the whole point of my buying Reason was so that I would't HAVE to purchase ProTools or Cubase. But, on my old computer I downloaded some very inexpesive software called n-Track Studio for about $49.00 which recorded vocals just fine; so I did the same thing again; then exported what I did in Reason to n-Track as a wave file so I could record the vocal tracks to it there; and then used the NN-XT Digital Sampler to "sample" the resulting wave file, enabling me to play, record, and add the finishing effects to the vocals in Reason. (Except the program now costs about $86.00, but that still beats the price of Cubase and ProTools by a long shot.)