REASON 4.0 HELP BEGINER

[slug 187]

Ive just started using reason 4.0 and im using the Redrum Computer My Beats are coming along well its just ive gone from frutyloops to reason so basically bout 2 days practice on reason figured out few things but what i cant seem to set and effect to one swav sample like snare for instance the effect i use covers my whole beat but i just want it covering the snare anyone know how to do this beginner question i no probley something very easy and help people cheers

Slug

[darkmatteruk]

when you select the effect device, hold shit as you select it, that way it wont be wired up to anything.

then press tab to flip the rack around, you can then manualy send the effect straight to the snare and mixer channel

[k_k]

I dunno use seperate instances of redrum? use samples? not really a reason fan tbh

[macc]

when you select the effect device, hold shit as you select it

Wash your hands afterwards

[DZA]

when you select the effect device, hold shit as you select it

Wash your hands afterwards

AHAHAHAHAHA

didnt even clock that

[futures_untold]

There are loads of ways of setting up sends in Reason, but the easiest for Redrum is probably this --->



I like to have all my devices in individual Combinators, thus having the ability to mix sends per device using a line mixer.

In this example, I've routed the send to a mixer channel so I have the option to pan it as well as control it's volume...

On the front of the Redrum, you will need to turn up the 'S1' control on the channel you wish to 'send'.

[futures_untold]

Here is how you could build an advanced drum machine combinator...

Create a Combinator

Within the Combi, create devices in the following order:

• an Mclass Compressor
  Mclass EQ
  ECF 42 Filter
  Line Mixer 6:2
  Redrum Drum Computer

We need to wire them all up correctly, so disconnect any connections that reason may have already made. You want your Combi to look like this --->



Now wire up the outputs of each device as follows --->

(Line mixer ---> ECF 42 filter ---> Mclass EQ ---> Mclass Compressor ---> Combi 'From Devices')



This is where things get more complicated. We're going to create an effects bus for our kick drums.

Create a new:

• Line mixer
  RV7000 Reverb
  Mclass EQ
  Mclass Compressor

Disconnect everything so we can connect them as we wish.

• Wire the output of Line Mixer 2 into the input on the Mclass EQ.
  Wire the output of the Mclass EQ into the input of the Mclass Compressor.
  Wire the output of the Mclass Compressor into 'Input 1' on the original Line Mixer (Line Mixer 1)
  Wire the 'Send' output on Line Mixer 2 into the RV7000 Reverb.
  Wire the Output of the RV7000 Reverb into 'Input 6' on Line Mixer 2.

We have now got to connect the Redrum drum computer into Line Mixer 2.

Connect the output of channels 1-3 into the inputs of channels 1-3 on Line Mixer 2.

Things should look like this --->



We now have channels 1-3 on the Redrum going to their own effects bus where they can hqave reverb (or any other effect) applied as a send, and where they can be collectively EQ'd and compressed. We could also stick some other effects as an insert before the MClass EQ/Compressor to beef things up a bit.

Here is a complete picture of the Combi when all the Redrum channels are connected to busses.




Finally, tie the filter cutoff on the ECF 42 Filter to the Combi front panel controls.



As you can imagine, there are plenty of possibilities with the flexible routing and busses available! (Even if the wiring looks messy behind lol)

Have fun!

[darkmatteruk]

when you select the effect device, hold shit as you select it

Wash your hands afterwards

AHAHAHAHAHA

didnt even clock that

[suhkruvatt]

i make things bit easyer and effective as well.
i put redrum into combinator and then ill choose for every snare, hi hat, BD ETC. Mclass EQ, Scream 4, (Sometimes) RV 7000, (Sometimes) DDL -1 delay for hi hats only, Compressor for snares.
Much easyer to route and master every sound.
And i usually use 2 redrums diffrent sound bank and Dr. Rex for some rex loops (whitch i reorganize) it
makes drums more powerful






(sry for my bad inglish)

[morigami]

Anyone remember which button you press to make the wires visually disappear? Did it by mistake one night and never figured out what it was!

[DZA]

Anyone remember which button you press to make the wires visually disappear? Did it by mistake one night and never figured out what it was!

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[miscreant]

Open a new session

create a mixer with a reverb, a delay and a distortion running out of it as auxiliaries.

create a redrum and take the individual outputs of each channel into the mixer as individual channels, adding eq's along the line as you need them.

then save this whole setup as a combinator patch called "drum starter" or something like that that youll remember every time you use it.

take the stereo out of the mixer into the input of the combinator, and the output of the combinator to the hardware interface/second mixer.

[HAACK]

Really appreciate this post, double upz!

[86.]

lol @ the wires.

[Wolverine]

**posting to remind myself to check this thread out again**

[christthetiger]

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eh emm.. me too!

[ENZA]

**posting to remind myself to check this thread out again**

eh emm.. me too!

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[TDubz]

(sry for my bad inglish)

the funny thing is you spelt every other word right in your post

[WonKyDubstep]

Cheers for those ways of drum processing. I use a quick little method that is quite simple, but I've made some good punchy beats this way.

Load up a combinator.

-Line 6 mixer

-A Redrum computer

-A audio splitter and an seperate EQ and compresser for the kick, snare, hats, rides and crashes (or what ever drum hits you would like to process.)

When you create the EQs and compressors hold shift so nothing connects at the back and route accordingly. And up to each seperate channel in the mixer.

So... shoulda be like this.

Combi
line 6 mixer
drum comp
splitter
EQ
compressor
(and any effects you wish to used on each drum just under the compresser.)



hope this could be a bit of help! my first time postin a technique, sorry if its not explained clearly enough

[sprayyypaint]

Cheers for those ways of drum processing. I use a quick little method that is quite simple, but I've made some good punchy beats this way.

Load up a combinator.

-Line 6 mixer

-A Redrum computer

-A audio splitter and an seperate EQ and compresser for the kick, snare, hats, rides and crashes (or what ever drum hits you would like to process.)

When you create the EQs and compressors hold shift so nothing connects at the back and route accordingly. And up to each seperate channel in the mixer.

So... shoulda be like this.

Combi
line 6 mixer
drum comp
splitter
EQ
compressor
(and any effects you wish to used on each drum just under the compresser.)



hope this could be a bit of help! my first time postin a technique, sorry if its not explained clearly enough

this! great way to layer sounds without taking up to many channels in the 6 ch. mixer.