The Reason Q&A Thread

[nitz]

Cack fiasco lol?

It all started here ---> http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t ... light=cack

Continued here ---> http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t ... c&start=20

And ended here ---> http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=86835&start=0

Generally, my sentiment towards 'midrange cack' isn't great...

DON'T DO IT KIDS!

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I just read all of the "midrange Cack" stuff in full lol while listening to Yong, ino it sounds like a odd comb but there you go lol, and now my head is hurting, i was going to make a nice little conv about mixing and mastering in reason but now i got a headache i might come back later lol

[evil madmen]

Im just starting out trying to produce, Ive done a little work with logic but nothing good, but do any of you seasoned guys have good tips for just starting out? I feel like an idiot but I know I have to start somewhere. Ive been watching tutorials and stuff but other than that is there more I should be doing?

[futures_untold]

Never mind what the other thread says, you are welcome to post new threads in the production subforum haha!

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So, are you using Reason or Logic? (this is a Reason thread but ya mention using Logic...?)

Either way;

The first thing to do is to swot up on terms you don't understand related to music production. If you spend a bit of time reading up on terms you don't understand (use google and magazines), you'll be able to follow technical discussings on forums and other sources of knowledge faster.

Learn what all the basic FX do, and terms related to music hardware or theory.

Read the manual of the software you use and you willl open up a plethora new possibilities in what you can achieve using the program.

The most important thing is of course practical experience. If you're using Reason, load up a whole rack full of synths and fx and rewire them to see what happens. Another thing to do is to use each rack device by itself, just pushing it to the limits to see what sounds can be coaxed out.

Have fun!

[evil madmen]

Never mind what the other thread says, you are welcome to post new threads in the production subforum haha!

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So, are you using Reason or Logic? (this is a Reason thread but ya mention using Logic...?)

Either way;

The first thing to do is to swot up on terms you don't understand related to music production. If you spend a bit of time reading up on terms you don't understand (use google and magazines), you'll be able to follow technical discussings on forums and other sources of knowledge faster.

Learn what all the basic FX do, and terms related to music hardware or theory.

Read the manual of the software you use and you willl open up a plethora new possibilities in what you can achieve using the program.

The most important thing is of course practical experience. If you're using Reason, load up a whole rack full of synths and fx and rewire them to see what happens. Another thing to do is to use each rack device by itself, just pushing it to the limits to see what sounds can be coaxed out.

Have fun!

I started on Logic, but I think Reason might work better for me so Im going to give it a try. And I probably should read up on terms, whenever people get technical in this thread I have no idea whats going on, thanks for those little nuggets, hopefully Ill have some quality sounds soon.

[2nd chance]

Is there an lfo retrigger on any of the synths?

Malstroms Mod A and Mod B both retrigger everytime a new midi signal is recieved. I always use the Malstrom as my LFO source due directly to this feature. The Mod A and Mod B waveshapes are also more interesting and varied than those found on either Subtractor or Thor.

Flip the rack around and wire up the Mod A or Mod B outputs into the cv input of whichever control you which to modulate. If the control you wish to modulate doesn't have its own cv input, connect Malstroms Mod output to one of the inputs on the Combinator before assigning the combinator control to modulate which ever control you had in mind.

Thanks a bunch!

[yong]

I just read all of the "midrange Cack" stuff in full lol while listening to Yong, ino it sounds like a odd comb but there you go lol, and now my head is hurting, i was going to make a nice little conv about mixing and mastering in reason but now i got a headache i might come back later lol

so am i midrange cack or what?

(i'm not so proud of my old mixes, i played a lot of midrange cack )

[nitz]

I just read all of the "midrange Cack" stuff in full lol while listening to Yong, ino it sounds like a odd comb but there you go lol, and now my head is hurting, i was going to make a nice little conv about mixing and mastering in reason but now i got a headache i might come back later lol

so am i midrange cack or what?

(i'm not so proud of my old mixes, i played a lot of midrange cack )

loool oo no no i was listening to your myspace be4 i opened this thread, i seen your name somewhere be4 and heard you produce nice amibent music which i love but didnt who you quite was lol so i was just checking out your work.
great tracks ..
btw do u use reason?

[yong]

Thanks! Yes, I use Reason 4.0.

[nitz]

No Problem, haha i hunch you did, i think it was the arp's that gave it away lol

[evil madmen]

I started on Logic, but I think Reason might work better for me so Im going to give it a try. And I probably should read up on terms, whenever people get technical in this thread I have no idea whats going on, thanks for those little nuggets, hopefully Ill have some quality sounds soon.

I was wrong
I have no idea what im doing

[vertex]

Hey all, nice thread, giid idea using the Stereo Imager as a shelf filter, this is one of the main things I miss from logic!

Anyway, I've almost managed to figure Combinator, I've got one with 3 synths in, all getting merged and it all works well.

Is there any way to make it so the synths note lanes minimise or dissappear when I minimise the note lane of the combinator?


Is there a better way of controlling the volume of the synths within a Combinator?

Basically I want it to start of with a single synth, then I want the other 2 to join in later, yet they are all using the same note...

Is there a way I could make each of those 4 knobs control the level of each synth?

EDIT: Nevermind, found the "Show Programmer" button.

[futures_untold]

Basically I want it to start of with a single synth, then I want the other 2 to join in later, yet they are all using the same note...

Put a line mixer 6:2 in the combi and run each synth through the mixer. Assign One of the combi rotaries to the mixer channel 1 volume and assign a second combi rotary to mixer channel 2 & 3 volume.

You could then flip the rack around and route a spare ADSR into the rotary controlling mixer channels 2 & 3. You can now set the attack time on the adsr to control how long it takes for the second and third synth to come in.

If you needed to delay the onset of synths 2 & 3, follow this tutorial here to create what is effectively an HADSR. ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KggERRGOHzo

Failing that, you could just automate the combi rotaries in the sequencer...

[vertex]

Failing that, you could just automate the combi rotaries in the sequencer...

Thanks, I haven't used that 6:2 mixer before but it's pretty handy - it worked a treat. The combinator is excellent, saves a lot of extra note lanes also.

EDIT: Is it possible to do multiband compression with Reason? I know it best to rewire it to another DAW, or bounce then master, but it would be find of cool to be able to do it all in reason....

[yellowhighlighter]

yeah you can make a multi-band compressor using the combinator.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RZOGLL1Y

[yong]

edit: delete

[DRTY]

I'm having little trouble with a wav file in reason.....

Basically I ripped a sample from somewhere as a wave audio file, and am trying to open it using NX19 in reason, but in the browser window when i click it, it just says unsupported file.....

All my other WAVs open fine but this one seems to just be awkward, it plays fine in itunes/wmp/rp etc etc the only way it differs from the others is length.

Does anyone know if there's some length restriction on importing samples into the NX?

[serox]

I'm having little trouble with a wav file in reason.....

Basically I ripped a sample from somewhere as a wave audio file, and am trying to open it using NX19 in reason, but in the browser window when i click it, it just says unsupported file.....

All my other WAVs open fine but this one seems to just be awkward, it plays fine in itunes/wmp/rp etc etc the only way it differs from the others is length.

Does anyone know if there's some length restriction on importing samples into the NX?

no limits I do not think. Longer the file the longer i takes to load thats all.

Are you trying to pen it right? you do not use the blue folder? there are two ways to open files in the NNxt, one for opening Patches and one for opening Wavs etc. See below screenshot, have you tried both?

[serox]

yeah you can make a multi-band compressor using the combinator.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RZOGLL1Y

Any tips on how/why to use this?

[DRTY]

no limits I do not think. Longer the file the longer i takes to load thats all.

Are you trying to pen it right? you do not use the blue folder? there are two ways to open files in the NNxt, one for opening Patches and one for opening Wavs etc. See below screenshot, have you tried both?

I think it could be the file actually, I tried opening it in Audacity and it said 'audacity recognizes this filetype but was unabl to open it'.

I guess that means there is something wrong with the file :l

But RE: your reply, I was using the right folder; not the patch one.

I'm going to try and get a new file off a DVD; before I ripped it off a HQ youtube video using some website; I'm guessing it's something to do with the file...

Bit off topic, but can you recommend software to rip audio off a DVD? Or a video online?

Ta much Serox

[serox]

Audacidty or Soundforge can do the job.