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fun project

fun project

Here's a dr rex fun project I started to mess with today. It contains one dr rex loop file (factory sound bank) combined with a custom sequence I put on the sequencer lane.  Add some distortion, a crap load of automation on top of it... and yeah.. it might sound stupid, but heck, its just experimental. Enjoy!

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Posted on:31 Jan 2012

Self Vibrating

Self Vibrating

Here's a little bit of an experminetal patch I have been working on since yesterday. The main idea is to change the EQ stage while it listens to the sound. Now you might be wondering, why would you do this right? First of all, audio signals that are high pitched, or play high octaves would usually go that rapid that it isn't there that much. It kind of becomes a constant change. Same goes with complex audio files (like wav files or rexes). But thats not the point. The lower the tone gets, the more it starts to tremble on a slow pace, so... eventually this would lead to basslines with a different type of resonating frequencies, where the source would be the instrument itself to trigger the changes. In this setup I have done a preset for you guys. The main idea is ...

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Posted on:15 Aug 2011

Devastator Combinator patches

Devastator Combinator patches

Its been a couple of days last I posted something, sorry about that. But then again, I have been busy not making music (hah!). A couple of days ago I started an effect unit which I initially called the "pulverizer in reason 5". Simply put, I think that reason in its current state is already cabable of destroying sounds and making dubstep leads and those sorts of things without having the pulverizer addon which comes with Reason 6. Sure, the pulverizer in Reason 6 will make things a lot easier to set it all up, but the main concept and idea still remains the same. The idea is as followed: you take a source signal and you destroy the sound with distortion. Simply put. However, the key ingredient making it work lies with cutting edge filtering and using resonating ...

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Posted on:12 Aug 2011

Audio Shuffler

Audio Shuffler

Here's another crazy idea i just started to work on. An Audio shuffler. And oh my.. is this easy :) The main idea that went through my head here was using delayed signals (audio) and use some form of 'automation' that would random go through each different delay. The only real tricky part lies within the routing of the Step Sequencer of Thor, and the way its being used to mute channels from the Re-mix mixer 14:2. The patch comes currently with 3 different controls: Rotary 1: Start point. Determines where the sound starts. All the way down means it will always start with the beginning of the audio, the higher you put this one, the later the sound will start thus resulting in a total different effect more or less. Rotary 2: Rate. How fast the audio shuffle ...

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Posted on:8 Aug 2011

Gater Filter Combinator Effect patch

Gater Filter Combinator Effect patch

Its sunday afternoon, and today I have been fiddling around inside Ableton Live again. One of the things I kind of found in there is a "Threshold Gater", which leaves out a piece of audio for a period of time when a certain threshold is reached. Its kind of similar as you would do a very heavy ducking method with a compressor. At some extend. But the easiest way I found out to mimic this effect was throwing it against an fixed pattern (LFO/Matrix) and then use that cv signal to drop the volume pretty fast. Eventually I will try to do the whole Audio Ducking thing with using a different method,but for the time being this effect is rather nice as it fits in something I am working with. The next idea is to use a filtered out delay setup. In this combinator patch I ...

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Posted on:7 Aug 2011

Comb Toy

Comb Toy

Here is a spin off of the AM Toy, but I felt the need to post this as an RNS File, so you kind of understand like how the routing works of an Effect processor unit. I have explained the workflow in the previous post, Am Toy The idea is to use comb delay, but trigger the comb filter delay different using the audio signal. So, eventually it should be more "in sync" with the audio track that is being processed and put a different delay on sounds which are loud and sounds which are soft. The additional idea I went for in this patch is add a Sensitivity knob (rotary 4). This is like a gated event, but... with a different amount value. The amount is being triggered by the rotary and the Spider CV mergers (somewhere in this patch lol). The effects (the buttons) are ...

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Posted on:6 Aug 2011

AM Toy

AM Toy

Right, here goes another experimental thing. I have been playing around inside Ableton just a bit, and it gave me the idea to fiddle around with the combination of AM and Ring modulation combined. Initially I wantedto warp it, but eventually I felt that AM of the malstrom in combination of Ring modulation gives a better result. To finish the whole process I added some additional ear massage goodies to the whole patch. One of the main questions I did have been receiving however is: How do you use these Effect patches I have been posting in the last few day? The process goes as followed: - Create any instrument (nn-xt, subtractor, dr octro rex what ever) - Create a combinator - Connect the previous audio output to the audio input of the combinator - Load the effect ...

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Posted on:6 Aug 2011

Dubstep Lead Synth

Dubstep Lead Synth

Right, I like things simple today, and as it may seem right now that the only thing I am kind of have been doing is making combinator patches. I am just going through this fase more or less since I am still thinking about an angle where to take this shit towards to since no one really gives a shit about it... neither do I. But nevertheless, the idea I am going for with this patch is to emulate a raw sound using warping sounds. And the only way I can think of by doing it is either take it back to the source (Ring modulation on the oscillator) or process it by audio (in this case I am talking Scream 4 and using the Warp setting). By inner connecting these paths and setting up a different sharpness in the chain, it will eventually result into a sound that does not come close ...

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Posted on:4 Aug 2011

Reverse Glitcher

Reverse Glitcher

This mornings tinkering thingy... I had this weird idea this morning with toggeling mutes of channels. While I was doing this, I thought to myself, what if you do this not using mutes, but volume sliders instead and chain each independant channel into its on glitch effect. So, we are defining parellel glitch now... Here's how the whole thing works: - Rotary1 Rate This triggers how fast the volume changes take effect - Rotary2 Speed/Reverse The Speed is in conjunction with Button 1 (Repeater). While Reverse determines the amount of reverse that is being applied - Rotary3 Frequency Filter Frequency knob, also controls the amount of comb filtering. Comb filtering gets interesting with using resonance. Hence, rotary4: - Rotary4 Resonance The resonance ...

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Posted on:3 Aug 2011

Auto Glitcher

Auto Glitcher

Seems like I am on a roll today. The following patch I am presenting is a linear method of glitch music, or glitchy type of sound processing. The reason why I am calling this "linear", since at some point in time the sound will turn into the same thing. Even while the pattern is pretty long and extend (since there are multiple lfos doing the whole random thing). But eventually the lfos will meet up again, resulting into a 'loop' sort of thing. However, to make things a bit more interesting you'll find a series of controls that may be worth to twist or push. I will name them for you: - Rotary 1 Delay Sens This knob controls the sensitivity or the amount of feedback produced by the delays. The more this knob is opened up, the longer certain ...

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Posted on:2 Aug 2011

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1.  fun project

fun project

Here's a dr rex fun project I started to mess with today. It contains one dr rex loop file (factory sound bank) combined with a custom sequence I put on the sequencer lane.  Add some distortion, a crap load of automation on top of it... and yeah.. it might sound stupid, but heck, its just experimental. Enjoy!


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Posted on:31 Jan 2012

2.  Auto Preview Trig Dr Rex

Auto Preview Trig Dr Rex

Now we all know that Dr Rex cannot toggle preview knobs using the midi keyboard and all that, since the system just normally does not allow that to happen. As of recently (read: peff refill cyclone) a different method came to life namely triggering a thor, and using the D1 key to retrigger the complete loop. It works like a charm. However, sometimes it becomes a bit of a workflow issue to ...


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Posted on:26 Nov 2010

3.  Airy Pads Combinators

Airy Pads Combinators

Time to fiddle with some airy sounding pads... These airy pads are ment to play high, long strokes and ehm... i think you can probably fill in the rest. These things are for creating warmth in your songs and that kind of stuff. I thought, with winter on its way, you might need that additional warmth in your songs. So here goes..6 airy pads to add to your reason 4 or reason 5 arsenal.


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Posted on:14 Sep 2010

4.  7 different pads

7 different pads

This zip file contains 7 different combinators. They are all pad-like synths. Nothing more to say about this one. Enjoy :)


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Posted on:7 Sep 2010

5.  51 Total Destruction

51 Total Destruction

take the shaper stuff, throw in a new discovery (which i will clarify maybe tomorrow) and ehm.. malstrom for modulation (duH!), a bit of scream digitilizing and ehm.. throw an AM filter against it... bit of delay seperation... Dual shaper processing, bit of combfiltering... and ehm.. yeah... new sound processing unit.Have fun...


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Posted on:18 Aug 2010

6.  Soundscapes in Reason 5

Soundscapes in Reason 5

Here's something differently this time. I call them "soundscapes". The idea behind it is to create some sound that constantly evolves over time, while not even touching the edit automation stuff. It's all crafted using modulators and each modulator has its own purpose and meaning.While the tempo is set to 2 BPM (yeah... that slow), it just shows how dynamic these sounds can be ...


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Posted on:11 Aug 2010

7.  The video game sounds

The video game sounds

Here are 4 different example files (RNS reason 4) which I have been including inside a single zip file. The trick here goes as followed:- Take a thor patch- Use no oscillators what so ever inside it- Use a Filter type that has Self Oscillator as an option (the LP ladder and the state veriable filter has this)- Use any type of modulator you can find (LFO Thor, MOD A from the Malstrom etc) and ...


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Posted on:8 Aug 2010

8.  Thesys in Reason 5

Thesys in Reason 5

Here's an initial draft on recreating Thesys inside reason. The this I did is to setup the main sequencer, velocity, modulation, portamento and playing chords.The only real catch to it is to recreate the slide up/down and octave pitches from the perfomance setup. However, it is still an option to get those in here in aswell since it requires nothing more then a wire to the pitch control / or cv ...


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Posted on:15 Jul 2010

9.  Bassdrum Template Malstrom

Bassdrum Template Malstrom

Wow, i forgot to put the download link in here. A basic template on creating a bassdrum inside the malstrom. I am using multiple Malstroms and use those to reshape the different sine wave forms. Bassdrums is in most cases all about sine waves and high peaks at the high end. Thats where I brought in multiple layers to shape the sound differently with.I could write a whole story down about why, ...


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Posted on:10 Jul 2010

10.  Lead Synth Vaporized

Lead Synth Vaporized

It has been some time that I have shared another patch. Statistically speaking, i have noticed that people don't really care much about the patches that I post. That is probably one of the main reasons why I mostly focus on the tutorials these days. Not that I stopped make patched... I just don't share many ;) So... call it patch a month... or maybe patch a year... or just a bunch of patches. ...


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Posted on:3 Jul 2010

11.  Dynamic Vocoding

Dynamic Vocoding

Here's a bit of a combinator patch I have been playing around with since this day. What it comes down to originally was using the same signal from a device and hook that inside the vocoder. However, I found it more interesting to use a Subtractor instead. In some point of view the Thor Wave table would work too in this setup... Since the subtractor by default can switch waveforms on the fly, and ...


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Posted on:13 May 2010

12.  glitch bitch

glitch bitch

Here's my glitch bitch.. ehm.. patch.. ehm.. combinator patch even. This is an older thingy I made last week. What it comes down to is the following aspect: take thor, add a WaveTable Oscillator and put an LFO on the wavetable. This is some behaviour which is (strangly enough) only available inside the combinatorMy only wish would be having the same thing inside the malstrom... that would be ...


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Posted on:27 Mar 2010

13.  Electro Drum set 1

Electro Drum set 1

Been playing around setting up an electro drum beat using mainly thor patches. A bit of pink noise from malstrom and a Bandpass filtered high hat using a subtractor. Heck, I even drew in the drum patter for A1 for yah ;)I also have a second pair of ba.... ehm.. drums standing by. I just like making this kind of stuff from the ground up.most likely this is the kind of 'percussions' you could use ...


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Posted on:26 Mar 2010

14.  Airy Pad

Airy Pad

Here's a more complete patch I did today. The combinator patch holds a couple of patches build from the ground up and uses 4 rotaries. The idea is to shape the lows, mids and high differently again. Yeah, I have a thing with those.Also I love the effectiveness of the malstrom inside this 'setup'. Especially the additive wave (which are dynamic wave forms that shape different over time) can be ...


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Posted on:22 Mar 2010

15.  Detuned Bassline

Detuned Bassline

A thingy that I often use in my productions is a detuned bassline. Most often, i use sawwaves for it. Since this makes the bassline pretty much a raw element thing. So, in this case I am adding one of my thor patches, which I am currently using in conjuction with a UN-16 (Unison De-tune effect) to detune it even further.As I am currently using it as a bassline (hence the Low Pass ladder filter is ...


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Posted on:20 Mar 2010

16.  Hellspawn Hyds Version

Hellspawn Hyds Version

Hellspawn is a combinator patch that caught my eyes yesterday evening again. I have been using it from time to time in some of my stuff. However, I found it more interesting to analyze it a bit further and finding there are a few things in the patch that don't add up. Take for instance the Mixer + spider that apperently don't have much use (unless its programmed inside the combi... haven't ...


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Posted on:18 Mar 2010

17.  Patch me a river Thor

Patch me a river Thor

This thingy was done in less then 5 minutes... its a thor patch, connected the Step sequencer to the notes to be triggered, and go wild on the position thingy inside the 2 wavetables (Mixed Waves 3). The trick I am doing here is that both positions to the exact opposite of one another. Making it a very rich sound thingy to play with.


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Posted on:16 Mar 2010

18.  Reverse Filtering Patch

Reverse Filtering Patch

A simple technique, yet I rarely use it. The idea is to take a 'pad' and use twice a similar setup. In this case, I am using 2 different malstroms for this purpose. The idea is to create a sweeping filter where one goes 'upwards' and the other goes 'downwards'. In most cases one could stick with using a simple lp12 filter to do that and make one go up and the other go down.To make it a bit more ...


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Posted on:11 Mar 2010

19.  Basic Trance Lead

Basic Trance Lead

Here's a bit of a combinator patch I wanted to use yesterday evening inside a song. However, the song never got finished, and I doubt it will be. So, I am posting this patch as a patch rather then making a song for it ;)Sucks sometimes that you have the right tools, but for some reason everything you try to do it just does not work out. Ah well... new day, new changes... Lets make some more music ...


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Posted on:7 Mar 2010

20.  goa basslines

goa basslines

Here's a set of 'RNS' files that I used for the GOA trance like Basslines + Kicks videos. These songs contain a series of Basslike patches. Most often I used a subtractor. But it can be done with the Malstrom or Thor aswell.Have fun


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Posted on:4 Mar 2010

21.  Growler Thor

Growler Thor

Here's a patch I have used for the intro of Stereo Separation part 3. It is a single thor patch, with a little bit of a pitch change in the beginning of one the patches. It's pretty straight forward at that point. The big difference lies in the stereo setup in this case.I have been explaining alot of these techniques in my last 3 parter which I have posted on youtube last night.Since of lately I ...


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Posted on:2 Mar 2010

22.  DbGlitch Stuff

DbGlitch Stuff

This morning I made a complete video about this one (last for 35 minutes orso). I will upload these videos this day (or tomorrow).But atleast you already have the complete patch so this should safe you 35 minutes :D


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Posted on:22 Feb 2010

23.  Drones

Drones

Ambient drone patch. Nothing more to add about this patch ;)


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Posted on:16 Feb 2010

24.  Basic Kickdrum Template

Basic Kickdrum Template

What makes a good kickdrum? How did you make that kick?! That kick is awesome!These are the questions I often get from many videos i post on Youtube. Ok, with the exceptional 'Your sound is weak' comments, but I'll not get into that. The point is, there is no real definition of a "good" kickdrum. The problem with kickdrums (and I am talking about the main electro genres like House, ...


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Posted on:8 Feb 2010

25.  Chirping Lead (Electro House)

Chirping Lead (Electro House)

Today I am posting a lead which I have been using inside on of my own Electro House songs. The sound is pretty sharp, and solid and jumps right out inside the song I made back then. But then again, it is a patch. One may find different tweaks to make it sound different again.The main automation I did with the original track was based on the Filter frequency and the Decay. Since these were ...


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Posted on:4 Feb 2010

26.  Sound Effect Test case

Sound Effect Test case

Here's more or less an experimental thingy rather then being a patch of its own. I am trying to create a dynamic sound effect and make it move through the brain at the same time.I hope it kind of works. Basic idea is that it should to the right and then later on more to the back right.


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Posted on:2 Feb 2010

27.  Spheres

Spheres

Here's a spheric patch which started with a simple superstring session. I removed some sections from the patch itself to make it sound more bright, added a malstrom and a thor patch and flipped around the rotaries.The key element I am going for with it this time: dynamics using the first 3 rotaries. rotary 1 goes heave on the filter/resonancerotary 2 sets a tremble gain amount rotary 3 sets the ...


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Posted on:1 Feb 2010

28.  Pulse Width Modulation driver

Pulse Width Modulation driver

Sorry for not posting a patch in the last few days. It has been quite hectic on the floor recently. Currently I have lots of stuff to do at work, and when I get home i just don't feel like opening up reason in the last few days. And when I do open up reason, I just do all kinds of different stuff. So I haven't payed much on the Reason 4 patches section lately.This Thor patch I am throwing in is ...


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Posted on:30 Jan 2010

29.  Reason 5 Thor Patch Trance Lead

Reason 5 Thor Patch Trance Lead

Yesterday evening I was writing some stuff down using a single thor patch. Eventually, it became an arp, and later on it turned into a trance lead kind of thing. Most often, trance leads are based on saw. And usually I would stick with the malstrom Sawtooth 16. Sometimes I combine it with a single multi oscillator to fatten up the sound. This time, I tried to create a solor trance lead just by ...


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Posted on:26 Jan 2010

30.  Fat PPG

Fat PPG

Here's something 'normal' again. What I tried to do in last weekend, while I was playing with the webserver, is to create something that sounded like the FAT PPG sounds from the NN-XT yet make my own thing from it. I didn't want to use any samples this time, just a series of good old subtractors, stack them all together and detune it with unisons.The tricky part I used in this patch is the way ...


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Posted on:25 Jan 2010

31.  Clipping combs

Clipping combs

This is a fun patch I made using a combinator and malstrom. Most of the automation comes from the modwheel. I am throwing in a RNS file this time since it might explain it better then just throwing it in as a single patch.This kind of stuff is awesome to screw around with from time to time ;)


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Posted on:23 Jan 2010

32.  Stereolized Vocoding drums

Stereolized Vocoding drums

This time I am throwing in more or less a technique rather then a patch... since it is hard to just make a patch like this (even inside a combi) and make it work the same way. After watching Props Record Micro tutorial about vocoding drums, I realized that most often people use a vocoder for mono vocoding.Problem is, the BV512 vocoder only has one microphone jack input, which means that it will ...


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Posted on:21 Jan 2010

33.  Combinator Patch Outerspace

Combinator Patch Outerspace

Here is another combinator patch made in reason 4.0. This time I am keeping things simple again, yet effective. The main goal of this combinator is to go nuts on the resonance of the filter. There are 3 rotaries being used which correspond: filter, shift amount and resonance. All this is routed through a malstrom which has the wave form Outerspace selected (I wonder why right now ;)).The effects ...


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Posted on:20 Jan 2010

34.  Amen Breaks made in Fruity Loops

Amen Breaks made in Fruity Loops

Something different this time. I opened up Fruity Loops, grabbed a couple of drum loops, and started to throw them inside the SliceX. This slicer is somewhat comparable with the Dr Rex, however, there are some differences. At some point I prefer the SliceX over the Dr Rex, since it supports loading up wave files and it automaticly slices them. Which is something Reason has to have in my honest ...


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Posted on:18 Jan 2010

35.  Combinator Effect Patch Fuzzyness

Combinator Effect Patch Fuzzyness

Combinator effect patches are awesome from time to time! The cool thing about it is that the combinator handles it by input devices (toggle to the rear and attach any device inside the combinator input sockets and go from there).The nice thing about it is that you can stack up tons of devices inside a combinator patch, and make a special effect out of it. Only sad part I personally find about it ...


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Posted on:16 Jan 2010

36.  Combinator Patch Rhodes Mark 4

Combinator Patch Rhodes Mark 4

Sorry for not posting a patch yesterday. I was kind of involved into upgrading the webserver and such, something I am still writing a 'book' about. So I am not going to bore you with that yet. This time I am going for another Combinator Patch, but make it more complete this time. I opened up an NN-XT and loaded up the Rhodes Mark 1 from the piano section. This idea came while loading up the ...


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Posted on:16 Jan 2010

37.  Minimal House Lead

Minimal House Lead

A patch a day keeps fruity loops away... this patch is something I started to work on after listening to some minimal house song. Minimal house is a house kind of genre where the elements are kept to a minimum. It uses a simple drum track, and some form of beeping sound and sometimes a simple chord played by some lead synth... it is the type of house music which probably takes you 10 minutes to ...


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Posted on:14 Jan 2010

38.  Fake Scream ModWheel

Fake Scream ModWheel

A bit on the experimental phase here. I brought in the Subtractor added a Scream 4 and put that thing on distortion... that is kind of how this 'beast' started. When I was changing settings, playing with my midi keyboard and do some knob twisting. I figured that the scream 4 scream distortion (last option) uses a lot of resonance inside the sound output. That is when I played with the distortion ...


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Posted on:13 Jan 2010

39.  Glitch-Step-Filter-Modded

Glitch-Step-Filter-Modded

It doesn't come often that I even look inside the Factory soundbank of Reason. But since the question came on the forum board about a patch called "Glitch step Filter". I felt the need today to just sit here for the last 30 minutes to figureout what went wrong.Anyways, the question on the forum was more or less: how the heck do I setup a patch that always uses a run pattern sequence, ...


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Posted on:12 Jan 2010

40.  Drone Ambient Pad

Drone Ambient Pad

I kind of skipped the whole patch a day for the last weekend, I was kind of working on a huger article. But then again, that will probably happen more often. But still, this time I will do a minor follow up on the topic I have been discussing with the ambient pads. I will include an RNS file that contains the second drone pad which I also posted on the forums as an Mp3 file.The main thought ...


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Posted on:11 Jan 2010

41.  Electro Drums

Electro Drums

I came across this website: Nudgethis tool can be compared with having a bunch of matrix patterns sequencers attached to a series of instruments. The reason why I am posting this link, it gave me the initial idea on creating an electro house kit using synths only and inner connect it with a redrum.This is something I have done multiple times, but each time I make something from the ground up ...


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Posted on:8 Jan 2010

42.  Phasing Breather

Phasing Breather

Here goes yet another pad kind of thing... You gotta love em. I am stacking inside this combinator patch one thor patch, routes through 3 different outputs (clear, phasing left, and phasing right). And added an additional Malstrom Graintable synth to make it jump up and down a bit more. Only automation part I added for this combi is a filter knob (rotary 1). It can be used to control the ...


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Posted on:6 Jan 2010

43.  Feedback distortion

Feedback distortion

Feedback is cool, when done right... I have used similar methods such as the patch I am presenting right now. Usually I would just crate the initial patch and then stack stuff. The main drive of feedback usually comes from the Scream 4 unit. This one has a feedback parameter. However, it won't always sound as good as you want it to be. That is why I am spreading this patch so you might get the ...


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Posted on:5 Jan 2010

44.  Raw SawLead

Raw SawLead

Here is a Subtractor Lead patch that I am using for one of my tracks today. Usually the subtractor is pretty clean and light as a module. And sometimes one needs something 'light' and bright to pick the day. That was one of the things I was going for inside the song I was working on. It starts of with a 'simple' lead like the one I am posting right now, yet with all the different automation ...


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Posted on:3 Jan 2010

45.  Jovian Tremble

Jovian Tremble

Here is a combinator patch I have been working on since yesterday. It is pad based on tje Jovian pad. I added some modifications inside the pad itself, since I am not to happy with the 7th note notation coming from the jovian pad. The second pair has become a Bandpass filter to fill up the high ends. To make it a bit more 'trendy', I added a Malstrom in here with a trembling delay. The annoying ...


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Posted on:2 Jan 2010

46.  Thor FmZor

Thor FmZor

This time I am throwing in a small thor patch. The basis I was going for was using the Phase Modulators and make the PM amount work as a controlable filter. Which should eventually work, and it will sound different then your usual filter types (like the LP12, BandPass etc). While I was playing around with it, I made one little error... I connected the FM mode to the first oscillator.Even while it ...


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Posted on:1 Jan 2010

47.  Noise or Renoise

Noise or Renoise

Apperently I am making the same typo over and over again. Which makes it hard to download these patches. But ok... I just re-looked it up and fixed the issue. On a side note, I was working on the same patch I just did (the modulator) but flipped it all upside down making a new noise effect ;)Have fun


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Posted on:31 Dec 2009

48.  The modulator

The modulator

Modulation is a thing that I very often use. Especially the Ring modulation. It is great stuff to rough up a sound. Problem is, some people don't understand what Ring modulation is, so I'll try to explain this one in a nut shell:Ring modulation modulates the output of the sound using the highs and lows.In alot of cases, one does not get any ring modulation going inside a single patch. Most common ...


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Posted on:31 Dec 2009

49.  Metalic Wave Combinator

Metalic Wave Combinator

Here goes a quicky, which I did earlier this week but added some programmer features on today. This patch was created after doing the 'pads' topic, and thus... this is another pad kind of thing, based on a series of WaveTable generators of Thor. Usually I am not fond of the wavetable of thor, but prefer the Malstrom in stead. However, one unique feater I find better handled in thor is the ...


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Posted on:30 Dec 2009

50.  a single combi

a single combi

Here is a single combinator that I have been working on during the evening. The idea i am going for with this is to use the combinator more as a mixing panel. The rotaries and buttons are used to turn stuff on and off and filter it in and out.While testing, I kind of made a song out of it, that is why I am including it as an RNS file this time rather then just a CMB patch file.


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Posted on:29 Dec 2009

51.  Rhythmic notch cmb

Rhythmic notch cmb

Time for something more synthetic this time. This morning I kind of started with a rhythmic pulse on the Scream 4 unit, using an LFO connected to the resolution of the digital effect. Which kind set the trend for this patch. I removed the scream 4 and added some crazyness in the backpanel routing this time. Usually I would use a bunch of pattern matrixes to do this, but I find thor and its ...


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Posted on:29 Dec 2009

52.  Granualizer and time stretcher

Granualizer and time stretcher

Right, here goes... A new section, a new post. And let this be the first one to start with. A Granualizer and time stretcher. These are both 'faked', but it gets close to what it would be like. Time stretching is based on changing the tempo without artifacts. It could be done somewhat, however timing the part is probably the hardest part. Since the timing I am doing with this one is done with ...


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Posted on:28 Dec 2009

53.  Meet mr Super Redrum

Meet mr Super Redrum

Say hi to my new friend. I call it "the super redrum". One might ask himself like why would you do this? why not do it differently? why go through all this trouble to make a setup like this? Because I am nuts, I am not sane and have this written down in black and white that I am not normal. So... I came up with this crazy idea. The synopsis or plot, or thought that went through my ...


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Posted on:7 Apr 2011

54.  House reDrum Template

House reDrum Template

Here's a little house kit drum template I have been working on today. It features a really heavy thumb down kick based on the Boomer bassdrum (yet slightly different pitched downwards). Combine it with 3 support kicks (which could also be adjusted by using the tone settings of channel 1,2 and 10!)Last part, I added 3 snares and 2 highhatsOnly pattern A1 till A8 is programmed, and I didn't add ...


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Posted on:24 May 2010

55.  Self Vibrating

Self Vibrating

Here's a little bit of an experminetal patch I have been working on since yesterday. The main idea is to change the EQ stage while it listens to the sound. Now you might be wondering, why would you do this right? First of all, audio signals that are high pitched, or play high octaves would usually go that rapid that it isn't there that much. It kind of becomes a constant change. Same ...


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Posted on:15 Aug 2011

56.  Devastator Combinator patches

Devastator Combinator patches

Its been a couple of days last I posted something, sorry about that. But then again, I have been busy not making music (hah!). A couple of days ago I started an effect unit which I initially called the "pulverizer in reason 5". Simply put, I think that reason in its current state is already cabable of destroying sounds and making dubstep leads and those sorts of things without ...


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Posted on:12 Aug 2011

57.  Audio Shuffler

Audio Shuffler

Here's another crazy idea i just started to work on. An Audio shuffler. And oh my.. is this easy :) The main idea that went through my head here was using delayed signals (audio) and use some form of 'automation' that would random go through each different delay. The only real tricky part lies within the routing of the Step Sequencer of Thor, and the way its being used to mute ...


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Posted on:8 Aug 2011

58.  Gater Filter Combinator Effect patch

Gater Filter Combinator Effect patch

Its sunday afternoon, and today I have been fiddling around inside Ableton Live again. One of the things I kind of found in there is a "Threshold Gater", which leaves out a piece of audio for a period of time when a certain threshold is reached. Its kind of similar as you would do a very heavy ducking method with a compressor. At some extend. But the easiest way I found out to ...


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Posted on:7 Aug 2011

59.  Comb Toy

Comb Toy

Here is a spin off of the AM Toy, but I felt the need to post this as an RNS File, so you kind of understand like how the routing works of an Effect processor unit. I have explained the workflow in the previous post, Am Toy The idea is to use comb delay, but trigger the comb filter delay different using the audio signal. So, eventually it should be more "in sync" with the audio ...


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Posted on:6 Aug 2011

60.  AM Toy

AM Toy

Right, here goes another experimental thing. I have been playing around inside Ableton just a bit, and it gave me the idea to fiddle around with the combination of AM and Ring modulation combined. Initially I wantedto warp it, but eventually I felt that AM of the malstrom in combination of Ring modulation gives a better result. To finish the whole process I added some additional ear ...


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Posted on:6 Aug 2011

61.  Dubstep Lead Synth

Dubstep Lead Synth

Right, I like things simple today, and as it may seem right now that the only thing I am kind of have been doing is making combinator patches. I am just going through this fase more or less since I am still thinking about an angle where to take this shit towards to since no one really gives a shit about it... neither do I. But nevertheless, the idea I am going for with this patch is ...


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Posted on:4 Aug 2011

62.  Reverse Glitcher

Reverse Glitcher

This mornings tinkering thingy... I had this weird idea this morning with toggeling mutes of channels. While I was doing this, I thought to myself, what if you do this not using mutes, but volume sliders instead and chain each independant channel into its on glitch effect. So, we are defining parellel glitch now... Here's how the whole thing works: - Rotary1 Rate This triggers ...


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Posted on:3 Aug 2011

63.  Auto Glitcher

Auto Glitcher

Seems like I am on a roll today. The following patch I am presenting is a linear method of glitch music, or glitchy type of sound processing. The reason why I am calling this "linear", since at some point in time the sound will turn into the same thing. Even while the pattern is pretty long and extend (since there are multiple lfos doing the whole random thing). But ...


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Posted on:2 Aug 2011

64.  Stereolizer

Stereolizer

What defines a stereo sound? or even better yet, what defines an effective stereo sound? From my own experience I think it is the best to use both stereo and mono at the same time. Thus, the mono signal gets more presence. At the same the mono channels also act like a bridge over left and right. So what is mono? A mono signal is a sound signal that would sound exactly the same over ...


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Posted on:2 Aug 2011

65.  Parallel Filters Reason combinator patch

Parallel Filters Reason combinator patch

Here's a single combinator patch for Reason 4 and Reason 5 I am sharing today on which I have been working on earlier today (watch the livestream channel, theres a demo there). The idea is using a gated method that in combination of using parallel filtering. In this combinator you will find 3 different filter types which are parallel routed: - LP12 Filter (split different over left ...


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Posted on:31 Jul 2011

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