Sub-forum for discussion about the DAWs and mobile apps that you use with your MPCs
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By ArKyve-31 Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:39 am
Although I'm having bug issues with Record, I still love Reason. Drop all tips and tricks here.

I'll start with this

Side-chain Compression as effect

Now I'll be honest, my technical vocab isn't always the best, I was self taught and I just hook stuff to other "stuff" knowing what it does but not know the correct "term".

Basically if you create a combinator add a mclass compressor, and a redrum, possibly a delay, to the combi and hook it up like this

-redrum stereo out to mclass comp's side chain
-Mclass output to Combi "from devices"
-Mclass input to Combi "to devices"
-Combi main output to your channel mixer
- Now the combi inputs will be hooked to whatever synth or sound you want. Lets say I'm using a thor, you hook the Thors out to the Combi's main input

It should look like this
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now go into the redrum and find a real deep bass, and program a pattern with that bass drum lets say ever four steps, if you set the threshold all the way to the left, the ratio all the way to the left, set the attack all the way to the left (short attack) and release all the way to the left (longest release time). Now the bass drum with these setting will cut the sound (in this case the Thor, in and out and make it wobble or move) or least thats how i descibe it. You can use this for multiple things, i do it often to samples used for atmospheric effect, like air or white noise, but it gives it movement, and if you sync tempo in reason to your mpc the effect will move in time or on beat.

If i skipped a step or missed a part let me know 8)
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By Metatron72 Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:14 am
the cosmic pimp wrote:I would like to add if your incompetant in setting a compressor up

just adjust the decay time of the kickdrum to get a desired "PUMP"

A wobble is a LFO term ,say when routing a saw wave osc to a filter and using a lfo to adjust the Cut off

8)


I look forward to your 2 page spread in CM UK. Seriously, sound advice.
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By the cosmic pimp Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:19 am
Metatron72 wrote:
the cosmic pimp wrote:I would like to add if your incompetant in setting a compressor up

just adjust the decay time of the kickdrum to get a desired "PUMP"

A wobble is a LFO term ,say when routing a saw wave osc to a filter and using a lfo to adjust the Cut off

8)


I look forward to your 2 page spread in CM UK. Seriously, sound advice.


thanks man CM is a brilliant magazine ,The penny dropped on so much stuff just by pulling my hair and never giving in

Sidechaining is realy come into own once you have multi-bands chopping and ducking frequencys and overall rewarding.

there was a sidechaing hate thread here a few months ago and the fact was the guy could'nt side effective so obviously

he hates like most tards do.Even the Arkyve has stepped up his production game as he too has realised what a powerfull

tool it is to have in your production arsenal
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By Metatron72 Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:26 am
the cosmic pimp wrote:
Metatron72 wrote:
the cosmic pimp wrote:I would like to add if your incompetant in setting a compressor up

just adjust the decay time of the kickdrum to get a desired "PUMP"

A wobble is a LFO term ,say when routing a saw wave osc to a filter and using a lfo to adjust the Cut off

8)


I look forward to your 2 page spread in CM UK. Seriously, sound advice.


thanks man CM is a brilliant magazine ,The penny dropped on so much stuff just by pulling my hair and never giving in

Sidechaining is realy come into own once you have multi-bands chopping and ducking frequencys and overall rewarding.

there was a sidechaing hate thread here a few months ago and the fact was the guy could'nt side effective so obviously

he hates like most tards do.Even the Arkyve has stepped up his production game as he too has realised what a powerfull

tool it is to have in your production arsenal


I bought CM for about 4 1/2 years straight, literally learned everything I know about modern production from it, I fortunateley already knew how to sample and a bit of hardware. The sidechain thing with a lot of people to me, is it used less in hip hop, so people don't really get it. But in literally any other electronic music it's gold.

Arkyve's big screenshot had me thinking of CM right off.
By Clint Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:55 pm
Posted elsewhere by solo dolo but slept on...

Reason 101.

http://www.reason101.net/about/

Expand the category '101 Creative Reason Projects' on the right hand side.

Probably the best Reason blog/ tutorial site currently out there IMO.

Thanks to Robert Anselmi for all his work putting this blog together.
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By es-k Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:35 pm
clint ... never seen that website and DAMN thats awesome!!!

btw i love reason without a doubt..

here's one simple tip i have

use line mixers to seperate your instruments on the main mixer- so u can have drums/bass/samples each on their own fader.. and if you need to adjust individual ones you use the line mixer

and then this is from another thread... i like this

fasttrackpimp wrote:Using Dr.Rex like the mpc's mono pad function:

Step 1:
Set the polyphony to 1.

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Step 2:
Set the release to max.

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^^ works with nnxt or any sampler
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By ArKyve-31 Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:52 am
That 101blog was slept on, never saw it.



only thing missing from 4 to 4 is the kong which is propellerheads attempt to add a mpc type rack mount, which also includes the nurse rex, and then the overall ability to sample, which i never use reason for anyways. I use it more but having several issues with record and syncing the mpc to it, everything is set right, but there must be bug because it acts unstable and I can't mutli track out to it. :twisted:


Edit, I meant from 4 to 5
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By Upright Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:30 pm
Here are some other resources you guys may find useful.



If your software is legit and registered with Propellerhead there are a ton of REALLY GOOD FREE refills here:

You must be a registered user to download these.

http://www.propellerheads.se/download/r ... lType=Free




Other free sites that don't require you to be a register user at Propellerhead although some may require you to sign up to the site. :D


769 files on this site alone!

http://www.combinatorhq.com/index.php



Some of these may or may not work. Most should though. :D

http://www.baumanproductions.com/reasonrefills/?M=D

http://www.mediafire.com/EpiseMusic
http://008blog.blogspot.com/2010/01/...vol1-free.html - Sign up!
http://www.esoundz.com/freesoundz.php
http://www.reasonstation.net/refills/ - Register and get some.
http://reason.fan.free.fr/ - Huge Collection of Free for all.
http://www.digitalstockmedia.ca/drumessentials.html -
http://www.freewebz.com/dorumalaia/ - FX, pads, voices, etc.
http://www.reason-why.net/htmls/download45.html - patches and refills.

http://pointzeroproductions.net/pzp/?page_id=57 ---
http://www.maustaste-soundwelt.de/wo.../home-welcome/
http://www.wingdingo.com/analogrefills.html
http://www.doctechnical.com/reasonwork/
http://youproduce.net/ Big Collection of free refills
http://www.samplebasement.com/sb-free-refills

http://www.freewebtown.com/nitrostat...ree%202010.rfl
http://web.me.com/bspstudio/DigimonkSoundLab/
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By ArKyve-31 Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:58 pm
Most of you I'm sure already know this,


open up a blank kong. set pad 1 to a nurse rex player with a sample you wanna chop. There is no need now to chop the sample in recycle. Set all 16 pads in the "drum assignment" field to 1, and all pads to chunk trig in the "hit type" field. Set the nurse rex to mono, and the release value all the way up like stated above es-k and you have pretty much accomplished the auto chop and global program edit to mono feature in the jj os. Run all the outs of the kong to dedicated 14:2 mixer, add effects of your liking to the auxiliary buses and a mpc/reason is easily greater than a maschine IMO :lol:

If you didnt set slice points in recycle like I mentioned aboved you now adjust the chunk trig sections to your liking, and the sample doesn't respond to tempo change anymore, only pitch adjusting.
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By es-k Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:01 pm
ArKyve-31 wrote:Most of you I'm sure already know this,


open up a blank kong. set pad 1 to a nurse rex player with a sample you wanna chop. There is no need now to chop the sample in recycle. Set all 16 pads in the "drum assignment" field to 1, and all pads to chunk trig in the "hit type" field. Set the nurse rex to mono, and the release value all the way up like stated above es-k and you have pretty much accomplished the auto chop and global program edit to mono feature in the jj os. Run all the outs of the kong to dedicated 14:2 mixer, add effects of your liking to the auxiliary buses and a mpc/reason is easily greater than a maschine IMO :lol:

If you didnt set slice points in recycle like I mentioned aboved you now adjust the chunk trig sections to your liking, and the sample doesn't respond to tempo change anymore, only pitch adjusting.



arkyve..... will u PLEASE post a video of this???? im a visual learner and cant open reason for a few weeks... i guess i can always come back to this.. but i'd LOVE to see what you're talking about