Sometimes it's cool to get wild and mess up the cables by pluging them randomly. You can have some happy accidents.

Reason really sucks at exporting 44khz/16bit....
always do 48khz/24bit.......do the mastering and at the end downsample to 44khz and convert to 16bit(for cds that is).....
sounds way better.......

I'm really getting into Máélström lately. It's really great. Also u can flip it and hook in a redrum or a rex or just about any source and use the synths filters/effects.

Oh and synth layering is cool to....make a Matrix/ hit randomize notes/ create a CV splitter. Hook the matrix in the splitter and send the same CV to 2-3-4 different synths(either Subtractor or Maelström). U can get really interesting sounds. I use this method for eg. when i have a nice analog like bassline, but it lacks deep sub end, then I hook the same CV into a synth that plays only deep sub stuff.