The unofficial propellerhead reason tutorial site
The unofficial propellerhead reason tutorial site
Trance music is probably one of the easiest form of House music to explain, since trance is kind of being based on a set of rules one can follow to call it a trance song. Since the beginning of trance, most trance music pieces were pretty much straight forward in a way, and most likely most trance songs look 'alike'. This is probably also one of the reasons why the genre trance has kind of died out since 2006, where the high peak of trance was from 2001 till 2003. After the year 2006 an off spin was created called "Progressive Trance". Where trance was more based on a set off rules, the genre progressive trance was meant to unbound those rules, yet take some stuff from the music genre trance while still creating its own form. In this Reason tutorial I will ...
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Posted on:9 Nov 2011
Right, this weekend has been a glitchy weekend more or less. At least, I worked on this combinator patch once, where I basicly used triggers (keys) to add delays and throw in all sorts of effects on top of that. Even while there is production wise a very easy method to get this one done, but in a live set it would be a bit more tricky to get it done (hence the whole triggering keys part). Anyways, the whole idea I had in mind kind of was similar as an approach I did with the WIP I posted last week WipeOut 2011 part 4 Wip by Earmassage Yeah, that one... The difference here with the other takes is that alot of stuff is being processed by using LFOs or Modulators from the Maelstrom. By using edit automation on some portions on this effect processor (yeah, i could ...
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Posted on:29 Aug 2011
While I personally don't think I am an expert on creating orchestral pieces, I might want to add that I however did a lot of research on how orchestra works in a way in 2006. This all started with listening and re-arranging the complete Final Fantasy 7 music series. By re-arranging those songs I have learned so much from it by then I think I might even be up to the challenge on making a complete tutorial about how to set a complete orchestra up inside propellerhead reason 4. I will also point out some general stuff about what orchestral music is all about. Just to show visually what we are dealing with over here I will start of showing 2 different pictures before we get started: One thing you will notice is that the position of each set of instrument might be a ...
Read more:Setting up an orchestra arrangement inside propellerhead Reason 4
Posted on:2 Feb 2011
Before I am going to start off, let me just say this is a Propellerhead reason 4 tutorial, all these example files in RNS format will not work inside propellerhead Reason 3. However, some of the techniques that are being discussed can also apply to older versions of propellerhead reason. The basics of Drum and Bass The easiest way to explain what drum and bass is all about is by looking at the name of the genre and think about it... It has 2 different words in them, and that should give some clue on what drum and bass is all about. In this tutorial I will give some more indepth information on how to setup a Drum and Bass track. Most of the stuff you will probably have to figure out yourself, since it comes to your own experience and inspiration to start creating Drum and bass ...
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Posted on:1 Jan 2011
so far I we have covered most of it from it when it comes to the basic idea of drumming of Breakcore. Lets take a look at some other factors that come to play. Basslines, leads, effects... the works! Basslines IDM'ish When it comes to basslines, one could use a lot of stuff that is comming from the Drum and Bass scene. Since IDM Breakcore is an offspring of Drum and Bass, yet most of the difference lies within the breaking of the drums, the glitched out sounds and the effects. If you really want to go 'hardcore' IDM'ish, you even want to make some really 'weird' kind of like "hey look I am on LSD" kind of sound effects. This is probably not for the masses, and that is probably why the hardcore IDM tracks are most often found "annoying" to say the least. However, some ...
Read more:IDM Breakcore Tutorial in Reason 4 part 3
Posted on:26 Mar 2011
As I showed with the previous part how to setup all kinds of different gltiched or pitching techniques. There is one method I left out. And that is the dual speed or quad speed increased method. At least, thats how I will call it right now. One minor problem Propellerhead Reason has is setting up those really short notes, which are for breakcore a must have to do... As you would look up the default setup it will load up the following note lengths by default: These are the basic note lengths, and in most cases there is one minor excpetion with this one, and that is the 1/128 note length. Since this one can be found in the Matrix pattern Sequencer,the Arpegiator or redrum (which is called Resolution or note length). However, there is no way (by default) to setup a note length below ...
Read more:IDM Breakcore Tutorial in Reason 4 part 2
Posted on:9 Apr 2009
IDM Breakcore is an offspring of Jungle and Drum and Bass. And the thing that distincts Drum and Bass and BreakCore is the whole usage of pitch changes, glitch effects and really short notes. The sequencer of propellerhead reason is rather limited in a way when it comes to making these really short notes though. At least if you take the drop down menu where you can select the length of the notes, the shortest notes you can manually create are 1/64 notes. The matrix pattern sequencer, or the RPG-8 Arpeggiator have the option to make 1/128 notes. To make something IDM BreakCore-ish, one might want to use really short notes to start with. 1/256 notes are not an exception here. I'll will go more in depth about that whole part in the next part. But first, lets start of with the very basics ...
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Posted on:20 Mar 2009
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Setting up a goa trance bassline
Welcome back to another reason tutorial. In this tutorial we'll be perfoming a few GOA like trance tracks. And personally I am in favor of the old school Astral Projection, so in this case most of the stuff I will be typing about is that specific style. Case and point would be, GOA trance has different angles, and one thing I would want to get of my chest before getting started: this is one type ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:3 May 2012
plucky trance synth trance lead in Reason
Over the time, when Trance music started to evolve, it contained a few elements in that genre that would usually do a come back. The super saw trance lead would be one of them, one could find those in genres like hard style trance of in the new style trance (new house or dutch house if you will). The same thing is applicable to the so called "plucked", or plucky synth lead. The ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:13 Mar 2012
The spider audio merger and splitter tutorial in propellerhead Reason
With having a larger article about the CV Merger & Splitter I can be really short about the Audio Merger & Splitter. Since it works the same way as the CV Merger & Splitter but the audio veriant only reroutes Audio signals (the main output of a device). While in a way the Audio merger splitter
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Posted on:15 Feb 2012
Reason 6 Tutorial Stereo Reason 101 basics
In this reason tutorial I would like to write down some thoughts and guidelines how to get a stereo mix down through the complete process of a synth module, drums, effects and mastering suite for final processing. Eventually I will be using Reason 4 to demonstrate most of the inner workings, however they are also applicable to Reason 5 and Reason 6 in this case. Since all these examples I am ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:31 Dec 2011
Reason Subtractor Tutorial
In this Propellerhead Reason 6 tutorial we will be covering the most important features of the polyphonic synthesizer: The Reason Subtractor. The term subtractive synthesis is the main idea behind this synthesizer, since the Subtractor uses an an algorithm called Subtractive mode, which you can find in the Phase Mode (-). We we'll be going more in depth about what subtractive synthesis is, what ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:11 Nov 2011
The Redrum in Reason 6
The Redrum drum machine in Reason 6 is the ultimate drum computer for the Propellerhead Reason Rack (next to Kong Drumdesigner of course). As most of the devices that come with Propellerhead Reason, the redrum can be devided into a couple of smaller sections. I will go through those sections in a small introduction part and then I will start going in depth showing a couple of things that you can ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:1 Feb 2012
More control on Velocity in Reason
In this Reason tutorial I would like to continue with the versatile usage of velocity and what you are able to accomplish with velocity manipulation. In our previous reason tutorial we mentioned that velocity would normally be used to mimic the speed of triggering a sound (for instance a piano). However with synthesizer modules such as the Subtractor, Malstrom, Thor and the NN-XT it ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:25 Nov 2011
Thor Filter and the different Filter types
Thor has 4 different filter types that we can select from. Some filters are filters that we already know from previous versions of Reason (eg, the low pass filter, the bandpass filter and the high pass filter). However there are 2 new filter types that come with thor namely the Low Pass Ladder filter and the Formant Filter. 1. The Low Pass Ladder filterThe Low Pass ladder filter is in a way ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:30 Oct 2007
Scream Thor
Nope, you are not reading a typo here. This is just another experiment I have started to work on. So here goes.. a tutorial entry about the Scream Thor patch. Initially if you look at the Thor patch, it is an awesome synth to play with, yet a lot of people probably haven't found what its full potential is. Personally, I am also to blame here, since the only reasons why I use thor, additionally ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:23 Nov 2011
The tremolo effect, sound sample stuttering
There are some texture methods onto shaping a specific sound. There are all kinds of different ways to shape a specific instrument. One could for instance go heavy on the reverbs, or just go for a simple Scream 4 sounds destruction unit. Yet, on of its most classic methods on making something "interesting" are effects like tremolo or tremolando (as it is also called). The old school ...
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Posted on:1 Nov 2011
IDM Breakcore Tutorial in Reason 4 part 3
so far I we have covered most of it from it when it comes to the basic idea of drumming of Breakcore. Lets take a look at some other factors that come to play. Basslines, leads, effects... the works! Basslines IDM'ish When it comes to basslines, one could use a lot of stuff that is comming from the Drum and Bass scene. Since IDM Breakcore is an offspring of Drum and Bass, yet most of the ...
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Posted in: Music Genre Tutorials
Posted on:26 Mar 2011
IDM Breakcore Tutorial in Reason 4 part 2
As I showed with the previous part how to setup all kinds of different gltiched or pitching techniques. There is one method I left out. And that is the dual speed or quad speed increased method. At least, thats how I will call it right now. One minor problem Propellerhead Reason has is setting up those really short notes, which are for breakcore a must have to do... As you would look up the ...
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Posted in: Music Genre Tutorials
Posted on:9 Apr 2009
IDM Breakcore Tutorial in Reason 4 part 1
IDM Breakcore is an offspring of Jungle and Drum and Bass. And the thing that distincts Drum and Bass and BreakCore is the whole usage of pitch changes, glitch effects and really short notes. The sequencer of propellerhead reason is rather limited in a way when it comes to making these really short notes though. At least if you take the drop down menu where you can select the length of the notes, ...
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Posted in: Music Genre Tutorials
Posted on:20 Mar 2009
The basic about riffs inside Reason
The definition of a simple riff is using a short melody, and repeat that single melody. The melody itself is usually 1 or 2 bars long in length, thus being either 4/4 either 8/4 in pattern size. Offcourse it is up to the freedom of the muscisian to define what else can be an alternate riff. A common techinique that is often being used inside riffs, is make the notes go along with the chords ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:14 Mar 2009
Chords in propellerhead reason 4
since I haven't actually stood still with writing a simple guide about notes, chords and such, it has been brought up to my attention that I should actually write one! I mean, really.. duh! that I haven't actually done one yet, is simply put stupid in a way, since making music is everything about notes... we play midi sequences inside Reason and it all comes down to making this oblivious track ...
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Posted on:11 Dec 2008
Using vocals inside your house music productions
Here's probably one of the hardest topics to cover when it comes to making music in general. At least, it is hard for me.. let me put it this way. Using vocals inside your music productions is one of the hardest things to do, because they can go out of sync very fast. There are 2 common problems with vocals: timing and pitching the sample right. But since pitch also controls the runtime of a ...
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Posted on:7 Dec 2008
Leads inside your House music production
When it comes to setting up the main leads within a complete house music production, one could use a very wide range of instruments to pick from. It also depends on the flavor, the style, or just simply think what just sounds good. This is probably going to be the hardest topic to go indepth about because I personally could write books if I would cover everything about leads in a complete house ...
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Posted on:6 Dec 2008
House music in reason, setting up the bassline
As mentioned with the previous section about setting up the drum track, the bassline itself will partially have an influence on how the overal mood is going to be like inside the complete house music production. One can go for some classic acoustic guitar like sounds (such as the pick basses, or fretless bases) to make a more funky or groovey feeling to it. On the other hand technique such as ...
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Posted on:3 Dec 2008
House music inside reason setting up the drumtrack
Last time I lost the whole thing I was working on. To prevent it from happening it again, I will just post this just to make sure it is safe ;) It might also be that I will update these topics when I think it is needed. When I do so, I will add an updated date in the beginning of the topic. When looking back at the whole history of house broadcast, which I also have posted on youtube, but ...
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Posted on:1 Dec 2008
The ReGroove mixer in Reason 4
The regroove mixer inside Propellerheads Reason 4 is more then just a device to create a shuffle method. In the old versions of reason, the only way we could create offbeat notes was using the shuffle method that came with the matrix pattern sequencer or the redrum computer. With the latest version of Propellerheads Reason 4 we have the power to create grooves really fast. Thanx to the whole new ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:29 Nov 2008
Stereo separation inside the reason rack
We all know by now that a stereo audio signal has 2 different signals. We have left and right. In most cases a complete song is usually based on a series of different instruments that are being blended together over the left and right audio signal. In this specific tutorial part, I just want to stand still at the power of stereo separation using Propellerheads Reason. Since, most 'default' stuff ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:24 Nov 2008
Multiband compression
Even though I have been working on a small introduction video on youtube on how multicompression works. I think it would be a nice addition to make a full scale text tutorial and also go a bit more in depth about what else could be done using multiband compression. But lets just start of with the question: what is multiband compression? Multiband compression is splitting up the sound in to ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:8 Nov 2008
Sidechain compression
As there are multiple ways to compres a sound there have also been other techniques that I will shed some light on (and also go more in depth about the whole multi band compression in the near future). One of those I have probably mentioned inside a video tutorial on youtube once, which is called sidechain compression. With sidechain compression you send a audio signal from instrument A to ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:6 Nov 2008
The basics of Compression
Audio compression and Sidechain compression Compression is one of the most hard to explain effects yet it has rather a big impact inside a complete music production. Most of the commercial tracks that are brought to the market have compression in them. Because a compressor can slighty have an impact of the output levels of a single instrument. Yet while the human ear has a compressor of ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:5 Nov 2008
Getting everything out the combinator in Propellerhead Reason 4 Part 3
The Dr Rex is in most cases nice to create a drum sequence really rapidly, since it relies on drum loops. One can not really use a Dr Rex inside a combinator patch without using the sequencer. Which I personally think sucks in a way. However, there are ways to get the Dr Rex playing in an instant, without even using the Dr Rex, how odd that may sound. This tutorial will require some work to get ...
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Posted on:21 Sep 2008
Getting everything out the combinator in Propellerhead Reason 4 Part 2
In the first chapter about "getting everything out the combinator in propellerhead reason 4" I went a little bit through the basics on how the combinator works. Also in the second section, where I introduce the piano, I have brought up how one can create a real big performance patch into the combinator. Making something different from something that already is exsisting. In this part I ...
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Posted on:20 Sep 2008
Getting everything out the combinator in Propellerhead Reason 4 Part 1
Eventhough I have managed to write a minor introduction about the combinator device inside propellerhead reason 3, and I have seen the amount of requests flying by about using the combinator automation features and setting up multiple devices inside the combinator device (such as using 2 different malstroms). One might be wondering where I get this information from. The clue is: I am like the all ...
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Posted on:19 Sep 2008
setting up granual synthesis using the NN-XT or the NN19 samplers (Propellerhead Reason 4)
With the introduction of the malstrom graintable synthesizer, a different meaning of slicing up samples was introduced. With the dr rex loop player, a single sample is being sliced up into smaller sections and then being played as a single loop. With granual synthesis it works a little bit differently and was only common inside the malstrom graintable synthesizer. However, there is a work ...
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Posted on:19 Jul 2008
Changing Waveforms resulting into glitch effects
I found the following trick totally by accident. Since this one might be the most vague and hidden thing I can think of right now... I think it would even be nice just to stand still at this single stupid trick that I am going to show right here. For those who are into the synths of Propellerhead Reason will probably know that there is only one descent synth module that allows you to change the ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:20 Nov 2008
thor can be very cpu intensive
Thor is a polysonic synthesizer and this beast can be very CPU intensive in a way. There are couple of things that you need to keep in mind: polyphonesfirst the amount of polyphones is a factor. The more polyphones you apply to the Thor patch, the more CPU intensive it can become. Since having more then 8 polyphones, means that it can blend the same sound more then 8 times. When having a high ...
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Posted on:13 Mar 2008
Progressive Trance arrangement tutorial made in Reason 3
Note1: this article is still work in progress. Last updated 18 februari 2008 Note2: The Example files giving inside this tutorial are MP3 format and the Reason 3 RNS song format. Note3: since I have quit Reason3 and moving on to Reason 4 I will create a new version for Reason 4 very soon Link to the Trance tutorial in Propellerhead Reason 4 In this music tutorial i will explain ...
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Posted on:18 Feb 2008
Creating 8 bit sounds inside Reason
I have had this question popping up couple of times, hence why I am covering this area as well. 8 bit sounds or chiptunes (as some refer it too) have their own classic vintage sound. Even though the technique is not really mastered that well by newcommers (since they have a hard time understanding how 8 bit actually sounds like). But making 8 bit tunes is a style and technique of its own. And ...
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Posted on:8 Mar 2009
The RPG 8 Monophonic Arpeggiator in Reason 4
The RPG-8 Arpeggiator inside Reason is the ideal solution to create your arpeggios. Arpeggio is based on a algorythm where you play short notes around a single chord session. As you have the abilities to play them by hand, or use a single matrix pattern sequencer to play these arpeggios the RPG 8 Monophonic Arpeggiator was build just for the single purpose to make this job a little bit more ...
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Posted on:27 Jan 2008
Using the formant filter of Thor by other devices in Reason 4
Here is a short tutorial about how to use the formant filter inside of thor using other devices.As it has been since reason 4, thor has a couple of slots with exchangable filter types. As of this day, I was quite jalous of the fact that only thor could use them. Gues what, we are going to give away an exclusive tutorial about how you can use any filtertype inside of thor with any device. The ...
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Posted on:27 Jan 2008
Thor Chapter 6 the Step Sequencer (Reason 4)
The step sequencer within thor will allow the user to create small amount of monotomic sequences that are inner connected to the thor patch. Which sometimes can be very handy for single line basslines, a percussion line, and arpeggion, either a monotomic lead.You can kind of compare it with using for instance using a matrix step sequencer, which is connected to a specific device. With the matrix ...
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Posted on:30 Oct 2007
Thor Chapter 5 The Programmer (Reason 4)
The programmer inside in the programmer inside Thor (from now on just refered as the programmer) is probably the hardest part to understand. Yet, this is also where all the power comes from to create these really dynamic, either specific flavored sounds. The programmer allows you to connect any knob inside thor to any setting which can receive a signal. Just to sum a couple of connections up: ...
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Posted on:30 Oct 2007
Thor Chapter 4 Envelopes (Reason 4)
In most devices of the reason rack there are envelope settings. Envelope settings are shown as 'A D S R' through out each device. The polysonic synth Thor has 4 different envelopes. Where one of them is automaticly triggered (the Amplitude envelope) and the other 3 are being triggered under certain circumstances. In this chapter I will explain what envelope setting does what, and when ...
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Posted on:30 Oct 2007
Thor Chapter 2 How Routing works (Reason 4)
The routing scheme withing Thor is very much easier to understand then its predessesors. With the malstrom you had to select the routing by using knobs, while visually it might be hard to understand the basics of routing. With thor they made it a little bit easier to understand the routing scheme since there are those nice while arrows that actually point out the way the routing is handled. ...
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Posted on:30 Oct 2007
Thor Chapter 1 The Oscillators (Reason 4)
Thor is a new polysonic synthesizer which comes with Reason 4. The new synth is very powerfull and has a lot to offer. Here are just some of the things inside of Thor:- 3 oscillator slots - 6 different oscillator types - 3 different filter slots - 4 different filter types - build in routing scheme - 4 different envelopes - 2 lfo's - build in stereo delay and chorus - a programmer for ...
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Posted on:30 Oct 2007
Detuning tutorial
Tutorial about the basics of Detuning Detuning is one of the most common, and most easiest to explain method to make a sound change it's color. Or make it sound more dynamic, make the instrument sound full, or eventually emulate a chorus effect with detuning. The only thing you need is just one sound to make a detuning effect without going trough the hastle of searching for additional effect ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:28 Oct 2007
Reason Tutorial Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release
This Reason tutorial will explain the settings which are the letters A D S R, and you can find them alot inside of the Reason devices. These stand for Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release. These settings will show up inside of Amplitude Envelope, Filter envelope either modulation envelopes. Because thats what these settings do, they are the basic controls of envelope settings.The AttackThe attack ...
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Posted on:27 Oct 2007
The definition of Velocity in Reason music
Velocity usually means "how fast" something goes. Or how fast something changes. While in musical terms velocity does have something to do with changes, but in most cases the Velocity is the amount a certain note is being triggered in size. While velocity can be explained much more easier though by saying: How higher the velocity is, the harder a note will play. There are ways to bend ...
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Posted on:17 Oct 2007
Matrix Pattern Sequencer Tutorial in Propellerhead Reason
The Matrix Pattern Sequencer inside Reason Propellerhead has been a part of reason for quite some time now. Even though it origin lies with Rebirth, the TB808 and TB909 emulator. The pattern editor works in a simular way as the redrum pattern editor works, however there are a couple of differences.Gate and NotesThe matrix pattern sequencer handles 2 different sections. First there is the gate. ...
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Posted on:17 Oct 2007
The Spider CV merger and splitter tutorial inside Reason
The Spider CV merger and splitter inside of Propellerhead Reason are probably the stranges devices inside the reason rack. On the other hand, they can have a real big influence if it comes to routing your instruments. Because that is what these spider units do, they reroute signals from one device to another, either merges the signal or splits them. It is all in the rear When you press ...
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Posted on:17 Oct 2007
Effects part one a propellerhead reason tutorial
Instruments by themselves are the key on creating music. With each device you can shape your song as best as possible. However, do not under estimate the power of the smaller effect processors inside Propellerhead Reason. In this tutorial part I will do a flyby on the following units - the rv7 reverb - the digital delay - the foldback distortion - ecf-42 envelope controlled filter - the ...
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Posted on:17 Oct 2007
Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit inside Reason 3
The Scream 4 Sound destruction unit is an effect class of its own. With having multiple effects that originate from some algorhythm based either on reverbs, filters and delays. The scream unit can actually change the overal shape of the complete sound with a flip of a switch. The only part that most people will think is that the scream unit just destroys the sound (hence the name of it). Yes, and ...
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Posted on:17 Oct 2007
RV7000 advanced reverb a Propellerhead reason tutorial
With having the RV7 the inside of reason, the RV7000 is the real big brother. The real big advantage with the RV7000 advanced reverb lies with having the programmer inside the RV7000 reverb engine. This programmer allows you to create your own reverb from scratch. With that being said, here is the first example that I also used for the video tutorial about the RV7000 RNS Download: The ...
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Posted on:17 Oct 2007
MClass series, the objects for mastering (a Propellerhead Reason 3 tutorial)
The MClass units a mastering tutorial for Propellerhead Reason 3 Since I have discovered Propellerhead Reason 3, and read tons of articles about remastering audio in general, I think now is the time to start a small tutorial about how to set this up in Reason. First of all, there is a new toy that is available that is called the Mastering Suite and looks like the following: The basic ...
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Posted on:17 Oct 2007
Propellerhead reason tutorial Thor Chapter 0 the prelude
Before starting with a 6 chapter tutorial about thor in propellerhead reason, first I want to point out what my resources are and for who this tutorial is for.The background of the AuthorMy personal call sign is Hydlide at this point. Which I started to use in the world of online gaming and creating music inside of Reason version 1.0. As I have been creating digital music since the age of 15 ...
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Posted on:15 Nov 2007
The Vocoder BV512 in Reason tutorial
This is more a text tutorial about the vocoder, if you are more interested in a video tutorial about the vocoder here is a link: BV512 Vocoder inside propellerhead reasonThe vocoder is an old technique to change the voice using 2 different wave forms. In most standard ways, vocoding was used for changing a persons vocals. However, in the digital world the vocoder can also be used just as an ...
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Posted on:21 Nov 2007
Thor Chapter 7 The Conclusion of this tutorial
Ok, that was chapter six... And thus this concludes our complete tutorial for using Thor. As I have said before, this tutorial is ment as helping guideline to kick you, the reader, in to certain directions to discover what there is to it inside thor. Yet, at this point I have only given a couple of examples to show you what thor has too offer, yet there is so much more you can create with this ...
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Posted on:18 Nov 2007
Tutorial in depth the Malstrom Graintable Synthesizer in Reason
Let me shortly give some background information before we get this malstrom tutorial started. The Malstrom graintable synthesizer inside Propellerhead Reason was my workhorse from Reason version 2.5. The graintable synth uses its unique way on making sampled sound and sliced up. Because this technique is pretty complexed to make each slice sound perfect, Reason decided not to include a load ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:17 Oct 2007
The Combinator (Propellerhead Reason 3)
The combinator was brought to life in Propellerhead Reason 3.0. While most people are sceptic about the combinator, because it only 'combines' devices and is not really a special device, I personally agred with those people in the beginning. Since without the combinator you can create the same things. Yet, on the other hand, the combinator does make things a lot easier to create your ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:17 Oct 2007
The Dr Rex loop player tutorial inside Propellerhead Reason
The Dr Rex loop player, as the name might already give away will play loops for you. In a way this sounds pretty simple, since we have a single loop and we can repeat this loop when we want to. Loops and swoops are easy for people that don't understand music that much and to be honest you can make your own songs in 10 minutes straight just by using multiple loops. Loops? A Musical loop is a ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:6 Oct 2007
Short tutorial about malstrom filters used by other devices in Reason
One trick I just figured out is that the Filter A and Filter B of the malstrom device can be used by other devices. With that being said, we can also use the Combi Filter on other devices as we see fit! To establish this we have to check the rear of the Malstrom. And this looks like this: I have parked a rectangle around the part in what is of interest. Since this is a audio Input thing we ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:23 Sep 2007
Tutorial about NN XT Advanced Sampler in Propellerheads Reason
The NN-XT is a advanced sampler, is kind of like the NN19. Still, I always look at the NN-XT as the big brother of the NN19 sampler because the NN-XT can do so much more. First, lets take a look at how simple this device might look like: This device is setup as easy as possible to control samples. However, there is much more to this device when you want to control it even further. ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:15 Oct 2007
Propellerhead Reason Tutorial Creating Hoover Noizes
Here is a minor tutorial about Hoover noizes in general. A hoover noize is categorized in most cases by sounding like a "wet" saw wave and was introduced in the Techno scene and in later stages was blended inside of the Gabber area and also in the Jumpstyle area. As there are more forms to create a hoover, I will just go through the basics and explaining about how you can make your ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:24 Sep 2007
Mp3 files and Reason
A topic that I often see floating by... Can I import Mp3 files inside reason, or can I make an export to Mp3 from my current Reason song. I feel the need to write down this small article as in 'a tutorial' just to explain the parts that one can do.First question: can I load mp3 files inside Reason? No!Second question: can I export the song as an Mp3 file? No!However... Reason native 'language' is ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:24 Nov 2011
Reason Vibrato - Reason 6 Tutorial
In this Reason Tutorial we will be discussing the term Vibrato in Reason and how to achieve the effect using Reason Rack devices such as the Subtractor, Malstrom, or Thor. But before we are going to do this, lets start with explaining what vibrato is. What is vibrato? Vibrato is a musical effect, and it consists of using regular pitch change effects. These regulated pitch changes can be caused ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:3 Jan 2012
Creating an uplifting progressive trance bassline in Reason
It has been 2 months ago that I wrote a complete Reason Tutorial in text. What can I say, I have been rather busy working on "Real Life" issues lately. But then again, the ThorAThon came in between (which still isn't done yet) and I felt the need to write a new article so I would not keep the majority of the internet people disappointed. This topic is going to be about how to make a ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:1 Jul 2011
Dubstep Leads
A typical question that often tends to drop down on me lately is how to setup a descent Dubstep Lead. To be fairly honest, I am not the person who would say to be the professional Dubstep Producer to begin with. However, by analysing most common dubstep leads that are out there I can come up with a few conclusions which make the sound tick more or less. A typical lead, or bassline within Dubstep ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:30 May 2011
ModMatrix and sounddesign Part 5 Audio to CV
Welcome back once again to another tutorial about reason and record. At least that would be the normal opening sententence I would normally use in a video. But... since I am combining the two together today, I felt like starting with that one. Anyways, todays topic is going to be a somewhat 'repeating' topic since I have addressed this technique before. But since the timing would be perfect on ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:8 May 2011
Mod Matrix and SoundDesign Part 4 Envelopes
Inside thor we have different sources to trigger a pattern. The most common one would be using an LFO. Since its usage is so solid, and it in most cases will do the trick to shape your sounds over time based on a pattern and duration. However, one could also say that the Envelopes of Thor (or any envelope in general) could be refered to being an LFO by itself. Especially with Thor this became ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:7 May 2011
Mod Matrix Filters and Amps
Source Filter 1 and Filter 2 Welcome back to the next part of our indepth articles about what makes the mod matrix tick. In this segment I will mainly focus on the audio end of processing the signal. Since I feel that my previous article (modulating through the oscillator) was probably a bit to hard too handle. Since one needs a lot of understanding about the waveforms and what makes a sound ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:27 Apr 2011
Mod Matrix and SoundDesign Part 2
Welcome back once again to another video... ehr... text tutorial about The Mod Matrix in Thor. With my previous article I touched the surface a little bit and basically told you an approach on how I would address the mod matrix to get started with it. Since sometimes it is 'better' to tell a work flow rather then throw in a couple of lollypop on the floor and say: this is it. Since the problem ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:14 Apr 2011
Mod Matrix and SoundDesign Part 1
In a far away galaxy, there was once a guy called Hydlide who made a series on youtube about "how to use Thor". This fast series covered most of the basics on how to use the oscillator types, how to do the routing, give a basic idea on how the mod matrix works and the sage was complete. These were written in Episodes 4, 5 and 6... So.. now we go back in time and start rattle up the ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:11 Apr 2011
Key triggering effects part 3 Serial Processing
With the last 2 parts, I went through the whole process of parallel effect processing. Because, basically that's all it has been doing for us in some way. Sometimes we used serial effect processing by using a DDL + Unison (in on example). However, another side trick here is to combine the parallel effect processing together with serial processing. A combination which is god like! But before I go ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:26 Mar 2011
Triggering effects using the keys part 2
In the previous article, I stood still at the options you can do to manipulate independent mixer channels to make a specific sound effect on depend. The mixer 14:2 has its charm, since it is something that we could already get rocking since reason version 3.0. Since Reason 4 came out Thor came along. And mostly Thor is "just another synthesizer". And if you think that linear than this ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:21 Mar 2011
Triggering effects using the keys
In the world of sound design, sometimes it is necessary to trigger effects on demand. A simple, and always available option is using Edit Automation to trigger certain effect. However, in this article I want to stand still at different methods one could use or apply to key trigger effects. In most cases key triggering effects is handy with live performances, however, they are also an ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:15 Mar 2011
Using multiple patterns of the step sequencer of thor
This is not really a sound design topic, but more a 'creative' approach article. Before I would get started with this article, I would like to say that this article is having a little bit of a history of its own. First off all, I had a little bit of a discussion going on with Rob of reason101.net were I wanted to basically do 2 things. Most of it was related to the matrix step sequencer. The ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:6 Mar 2011
Making a monotomic bassline sound interesting
As promised, I would share my humble thoughts about the simplicity of this subject. It is probably not really like "Wow?!"... but hey, it is the thought that matters right? I am refering to the song I published like a few days ago, which was a WIP (Work in Progress), called Soon. You can find the exact same song I am refering to on soundcloud. Now, the topic at hand might not be that ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:2 Mar 2011
Grouping Channels in Reason
A thing that often has been a big issue for some, is grouping channels inside Record. I know why people love a feature like this, since it does make the whole "mixing" and "balancing out" a track a little bit easier. On a side note, it got me thinking, what if you would do this using toggle buttons... And toggle complete channels that are combined together. For those who have ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:13 Feb 2011
The effects of digital distortion
As mentioned in a podcast a few weeks ago, I addressed that digital digital distortion is one of my favorite options to play with inside the scream 4. Especially when it comes to drum and bass, idm and sound effects that sort of things. Digital distortion is comparable with downsampling. The idea behind downsampling is that you reduce the resolution of the sound. Eg: it goes from being a clear ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:5 Jan 2011
Reverbs at the gates
With my latest article about reverbs and the convolutional reverb I did not mention two things. The settings called EQ Enabled and Gate Enabled. I did this for a reason, because reverbs are often used to mimic a hallway, or an envirorment. With using EQ and gated signals, reverb no longer will be a straight reverb but it becomes more or less an effect of some kind. Since gated reverbs basically ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:26 Dec 2010
Foldback distortion
Distortion, or foldback distortion is a method to reshape the sound and fake the way to make them sound louder. In the analog world this works pretty easy since at some point you are able to turn sounds into a loudness level as hard as you want. However, in the digital world it does not work this way. Since we have something called the 0db level, and crossing that level also means you loose vital ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:17 Dec 2010
The unwritten rules of Reverbs
In our latest podcast 2 weeks ago, we talked about reverbs and their plane usage on how they interact with the sound and so on. Mostly this was focussed on the cababilities of the RV7000 (since it is by far more the used reverb since its way more versitile). However, in this small article I want to stand still in some more practicle usage on using the reverb, combine it with some examples and so ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:11 Dec 2010
It is all about filter frequencies and filter types
In this episode of the sound design series for Propellerhead Reason 4 and Reason 5, I like to stand still what might be the second part of vital information on how to shape a sound: Filters. For those who are not new to these 'tutorials', one might think "ow no.. not this again?", others that are new to whole game might go like "huh?! Filters? What are those? Can I make coffee with ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:25 Oct 2010
Modulate Envelope and ADSR anything
ADSR (Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release) are envelopes. In most cases, envelopes would be applied to basic concepts of Filter type, or Amplitude. Since those are the most common types to use. However, with some different synths or samplers there are things like modulate envelopes, which is nothing more then controlling a specific setting and connect it to a Envelope. the subtractor ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:10 Oct 2010
Amplitude modulation using Thor
In the previous entry I kind of explained what amplitude modulation does and what kind of impact it can have on the waveform or on the filter type of the AM filter (Malstrom). With the subtractor AM can be done very easy by flipping a switch (Ring Mod). With Thor however it becomes just a tiny bit more tricky at some level. Since there is only one way to setup the connection to make it ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:3 Sep 2010
Amplitude Modulation in Reason 5
Amplitude Modulation A very basic form of waveform manipulation is something called "Amplitude Modulation", or in lame terms: "AM" or "Ring Modulation". In FM it uses the frequency to modulation (which is known as the speed of the wave form). With amplitude modulation it doesnt use the speed of the waveform, but the peak/lowness of the waveform. In ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:8 Jul 2010
Beat mangling and sound effects
Mangle your beats Today, in this the sound design topic, I want to take a close look at a few ideas about beat mangling. Its a kind of technique that is often used in a cinematic approach to emphasize certain 'drama' or tension. On the music scale it is pretty hard to make something useful from it. However, there are certain genres that embrace beat mangling for a transition or use it subtle ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:4 Jul 2010
FM Synthesis and Self Modulation
Self modulation is a technique which isn't used much inside reason 4 however that it is there is without a doubt. The problem again with FM synthesis and selfmodulation is that it is hard to predict what is about to happen with it, since it depends mostly on the Oscillators which we are using. However, with the combination of using self modulation and using 4 operator FM synthesis, it is possible ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:7 Jun 2010
Fm Synthesis in Reason 5 part 2
FM Synthesis part 2 It has taken me quite some time to make this next chapter of a tutorial. Some people might already be aware of the fact that I am quite busy lately. But then again, I felt the need to write another part of this FM Synth madness down and do it in more 'smaller' portions rather then just making these huge chunks of texts. Initially, with the first part about fm-synthesis, ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:21 Apr 2010
Fm Synthesis in Reason 5 part 1
FM synthesis is a method of generating sounds using 2 or more signals. One modulates the other and by definition it would return a different sound. FM Synthesis is probably also one of the difficult methods to explain in just a few words. Just as a reference to a complete math book about it: standford documentation on FM Synthesis To back up my own thoughts on the whole FM Synthesis, I ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:14 Feb 2010
Real Instrumental Processing in Reason 5
Here is a minor bit of a tutorial about making real instrumental approaches. The problem with real instruments is that you have to have heard them, otherwise you can't make a conclusion about what an instrument would sound like. This is also a bit of a tricky part that comes along with it. Since alot of people will make an accusation that it does not sound real, or it does not come close to the ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:7 Feb 2010
TB303 sound or Rebirth sounds in Reason
Last week I didn't post any sound design topic due to the issues I had with the webserver. But, I had this topic in the back of my head to do. TB303 sounds inside of Propellerhead Reason. A common thing that alot of reason users have been asking me in the past. It is either the question: how did you create the TB303 sound effect. Or how do I use rebirth in reason. Problem is, using rebirth ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:31 Jan 2010
Double Bass
A discussable topic is the usage of a Double bass, because it is tricky at some point. Alot of sound engineers will most likely say: "It is better to compress a single bassdrum, rather then playing 2 at the same time". At some level I agree on this, since you have to know what you are doing when it comes to the principles of double basses. The tricky part comes from the sine form. A lot ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:17 Jan 2010
Ambient Drone Pads
As a request coming from the forumboard, I am just going to skip the drumming part (which I initially intended to do). In this case I first want to stand still at the pads used in Drone music. Drone music is refered to a minimal genre that often is build up by pads. Sometimes a few instruments are playing in the background (like vibraphones or short picked tones), but the idea behind is to make ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:10 Jan 2010
Stereo Imager and Pads
Often I get the question about: can I use the Mastering units attached to my instruments? Answer: yes you can. The mastering units were originally designed to be attached to the final mix, thus the mastering suite was born. However one can use multiple units inside the rack. A common example I personally often use are the MClass compressor and the MClass EQ. The other 2, the stereo imager and the ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:3 Jan 2010
Pads and the NN-XT in Reason 5
When you open up the remote programmer of the NN-XT, you would probably go nuts around the amount of knobs that are inside the NN-XT. However, it isn't that hard to understand its full capacity. From the bottom right to the bottom left you have the basic settings such as amplitude envelope, filter, pitch, modulate envelope, LFO2 and LFO1. When looking at a normal synth like the subtractor or ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:25 Dec 2009
Pads in Reason 5
Pads are often used in a very wide range of music genres. They are often tend to be long, sweeping and long lasting in length. It totally depends on the the wave form, envelopes and filters on what makes the pad. However, the whole pad thing will be the one that is most likely one of the most time consuming parts to set up (next to the leads). A lot of times a simple pad works, however, one might ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:20 Dec 2009
Granual Effects
Granual synthesis isn't something new these days. Just throw in the words like "Malstrom graintable", and one would already know what I am refering to. Another tool, which comes with Fruity loops is the Granualizer. The benefits of the granualizer of FL is that is uses samples rather then a synth with a fixed amount of presets. I already explained somewhere in the past that it is an ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:12 Dec 2009
Sweeping Electronic Sound effects
In the last section I focussed mostly on the noise oscillators of thor and give a couple of examples on how we could approach on to creating sweeping sound effects using that. In this perticular part I want to focus more on the electronic music style of effects. These are kind of random when it comes to its sound design, yet that is also why they would distinct themselves from the other sound ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:6 Dec 2009
Noise Sound effects
Sound effects in Propellerhead Reason are easy to create, yet, somewhat hard to explain in a few words. It often depends on what kind of effect you are willing to go for. Most likely, an effect (or sound effect) is often being used inside a piece of music to emphasize a specific charactistic. For instance, a dark glooming enviroment, uplifting, depressing etc. Each type of effect has its own ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:29 Nov 2009
The raw and dirty bassline - Sound design in propellerhead Reason 5
So far the sections I have been discussing in the last few articles are clean bass lines. They often go pretty low, and are most likely for the feeling factor, rather the hearing factor. The raw and dirty bassline is a typical one in this case, since it not only focusses on the lows, it focusses also a bit more on the mid (and sometimes high) tones. This type of bassline is more about the ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:21 Nov 2009
The wobble bass - Sound design in propellerhead Reason 5
As far as basses would go, the wobble bass is probably one of the most commonly used inside Drum and Bass, Dubstep, House music and other related genres. Critics will often say that a wobble bass is 'just a single waveform, connected to a filter' and one would have a wobble effect. In some level, this is true, and it defines most of the basics of the wobble sound effect. However, since we are ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:15 Nov 2009
Setting up a trance bass - Sound design in propellerhead Reason 5
Welcome to another tutorial about setting up a bass inside a trance kind of production, or other electronic house music. Basslines are often very monotomic when it comes to using a genre like trance. Yet, the sound might be very distinctive when it comes to creating that unique sound you are looking for. Eventhough I made a complete chapter about how to create trance music, I still could write ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:9 Nov 2009
Fm Synthesis in Reason 5 part 3
For the 4 operator FM synthesis (or Frequency Modulation), there are few different methods to set one up. First there is the dual 2 op mode, then the 1 to 3mode, Parallel mode (Multiple ways), and last the serial mode. These are defined as in the specifications of the original OPLL-3 (Yamaha) model FM synthesizer chip sets. Inside propellerhead Reason 5, there is a similar way to exploit this ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:24 May 2010
Velocity In Reason
Welcome back to another Reason Tutorial. In this tutorial I would like to focus on an element called "Velocity". Velocity has been there since midi sequencers were invented. However, the usage of Velocity has changed over time using multiple connections or interaction by using velocity changes from a sequencer. In this tutorial I would like to address some ideas and thoughts about why velocity is ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:15 Nov 2011
Reason Trance Tutorial
Trance music is probably one of the easiest form of House music to explain, since trance is kind of being based on a set of rules one can follow to call it a trance song. Since the beginning of trance, most trance music pieces were pretty much straight forward in a way, and most likely most trance songs look 'alike'. This is probably also one of the reasons why the genre trance has ...
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Posted in: Music Genre Tutorials
Posted on:9 Nov 2011
Reason Tutorial Attack Decay Sustain and Release
This Reason tutorial will explain the basics of the settings which are the letters A D S R, and you can find them a lot inside of the Reason devices. ADSR stands for for Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release. These settings will show up inside of Amplitude envelope, Filter envelope either modulation envelopes (also known as Amp Env, Filter Env, Global Env and Mod Env). In simple ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:4 Nov 2011
Reason 6 tutorial the Echo
A video tutorial about Reason 6. In this video tutorial I would like to showcase some of the options which are available using the Echo inside Reason 6. The Echo is like a digital delay line, but more advanced. Since it has a trig mode to trigger the delays, and a roll mode to trigger a beat repeater effect. Additionally it has a few build in effects which make the delay more interesting as ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:28 Oct 2011
More control on CV routing in Reason
With our previous reason tutorial about CV routing in Reason, we discussed the basic features on how routing using the rear of the rack works in a nutshell. Despite the fact that most of the routing capabilities are very flexible, there is usually one thing might sting a few persons in the routing capabilities when it comes to using the rack by default. In this article, we will be going ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:28 Oct 2011
Old Reason songs to ssl mixer using Reason 6
One of the main questions that recently has been appearing a lot lately is the method how to convert Reason song files and embed and make use of the SSL mixer in full. The main issue here lies that while converting an older song is that the SSL mixer is being used, however in normal cases the complete SSL mixer is barely being used. The main issue here lies with the way that Record or ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:26 Oct 2011
CV routing in Reason
In this Reason tutorial we'll be covering a topic which is hard to explain in just a few words: Control Voltage or CV routing. The main issue why the concept of CV routing is hard to understand by a few is that the subject is not about sound in general, it is more meant as a method to control a controller using a in going and out going signal. In a way, CV routing is similar as edit ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:18 Oct 2011
Mixing and Balancing part 1
Note from the author: the Reason RNS examples posted in this article are made with Propellerhead Reason 5 In this reason tutorial I would like to present a personal and linear method on how to balance a sound or mix complete song in Reason. Since both are somewhat similar in the whole work flow the difference here is that balancing a sound is a minor part of the complete arrangement while ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:14 Oct 2011
Introduction - Sound design in Propellerhead Reason
Welcome to the section called "Sound design inside Propellerhead Reason 5". The idea behind this section is to help you aid you with creating "that specific sound" while you are having troubles understanding to creating that sound you really want. The problem I am facing with this specific topic, is that most of the stuff I will go through is probably something I have posted ...
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Posted in: Sound Design
Posted on:4 Oct 2011
The Reason reMix mixer tutorial
The Reason reMix mixer 14:2 device that comes with Propellerhead Reason is maybe one of the most important parts when you are creating music in Reason (for versions Reason 1 till Reason 5). The mixer routes all the output signals from all the different devices from the Reason Rack towards the main output, which normally is a sound card of your computer. With Reason 6 the reMix mixer will be ...
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Posted in: Reason Tutorials
Posted on:3 Oct 2011
Setting up an orchestra arrangement inside propellerhead Reason 4
While I personally don't think I am an expert on creating orchestral pieces, I might want to add that I however did a lot of research on how orchestra works in a way in 2006. This all started with listening and re-arranging the complete Final Fantasy 7 music series. By re-arranging those songs I have learned so much from it by then I think I might even be up to the challenge on making a complete ...
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Posted in: Music Genre Tutorials
Posted on:2 Feb 2011
Drum and bass in Reason Tutorial
Before I am going to start off, let me just say this is a Propellerhead reason 4 tutorial, all these example files in RNS format will not work inside propellerhead Reason 3. However, some of the techniques that are being discussed can also apply to older versions of propellerhead reason. The basics of Drum and Bass The easiest way to explain what drum and bass is all about is by looking at the ...
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Posted in: Music Genre Tutorials
Posted on:1 Jan 2011
Music genre tutorials
These tutorials will describe the process of how to create a genre like dubstep, trance, progressive trance etc.
These free Propellerhead Reason tutorials will explain most of the important features in depth about the Reason. Propellerhead Reason is a music editing program which uses its unique form of creating instruments. The main drive is called the Reason rack. Inside the rack the music artist is able to connect software synthesizers, samplers and effects. Visually Propellerhead Reason uses the same rewiring techniques that can be found on hardware related synthesizer modules.
The complete tutorial section comes with a complete text explaining all the different features either setting, combined with a set of reason music files and mp3 music downloads. We support Reason files for Reason 4, Reason 5 and Reason 6 file format in our Reason Tutorials
Sound Design in Reason shows a wide range of topics written by Hydlide about how to create certain sound scapes, leads in Dubstep or sound effects using the music program Reason. In these topics we will discuss creating instruments or specific effects using the effect processors in reason, like the vocoder, the rv7000 reverb and so on to explain how to create certain sounds. We will give a wide range off examples on how to approach the topic and support these with rns example files for Reason users.