Ten Tips For Making Beats In Reason
Originally printed by Ray Digga on RM
Tip #1 Making a piano grimey - Load up NN-19 Load up Grand Piano Select HP 12 on the NN-19 On the MIXER Change TREBLE to 40 Change BASS to -20 Tip #2 Customize your starting setup. Load a MIXER Load a REVERB Load a DELAY Load a COMPRESSOR at this point start loading the modules that you normally use SAVE AS default.rns This saves time loading up modules for projects I got several setups for EASTCOAST, CLUB, and WESTCOAST Tip #3 Drums boring? Creating headnoddin' beats a challenge? Create your own beat using REDRUM Load up DR.REX start surfing through the loops find the best loop that fits your groove Tip #4 Need new drums kits? use DR.REX or NN-XT to create beats using sounds from a drum loop Tip #5 You ever been in a situation you have a great two bar groove, but dont want it to play the same way the entire time? Use CHANGE EVENTS Get your two bar loop Copy and paste til you have eight bars Select the PENCIL TOOL on the MAIN SEQUENCER Highlight the second half of the 8th bar Right click it Select CHANGE EVENTS Goto to alter notes adjust the value to 25%, 50%, or 75% Click APPLY Listen to the results..... Its a shot in the dark, but REASON can create some interesting grooves DONT like what you hear, click APPLY several times to listen to more random grooves Your bound to find something that fits your original groove, works great for creating basslines and chopped up sounding sequences. Tip #6 Cant find the right bass for your project? Create your own. Load a SUBTRAKTOR You have 32 different wave forms to choose from. Goto WAVEFORM on the SUBTRAKTOR You want something sharp, use a triangle wave You want something smooth, use a sine wave Next is the OCTAVE 3 and 4 work fine for basses and subs 5 and higher are good for CLUB and WEST COAST synths Want a more complex bass sound? Enable the second OSCILLATOR Adjust the WAVEFORM and OCTAVE as desired Want your basslines to have smooth transistions from note to note? Enable LEGATO adjust PORTAMENTO to 50 Lower the POLYPHONY TO 1 or 2 Tip #7 Guitars sound dull? Want that commercial feel? Load up NN-19 Load up Accoustic Guitar Select HP 12 on the NN-19 On the MIXER Change TREBLE to 40 Change BASS to -40 Tip #8 Want that commercial feelin' 'thin as air' string sounds? Load up NN-19 Load up Orchstrings Select NOTCH on the NN-19 On the MIXER Change TREBLE to 50 Change BASS to -64 Tip #9 What are the best refills to use? These refills will arm you with a well rounded pallete of sounds for any style of music. AMG - 160dB Drum&Bass Interface AMG - 260dB Drum&Bass Interface Propellerheads - Strings Latin Norman Cook - Skip To My Loop Quadra Story Tip #10 You want to create Primo style chopped beats or Timbaland-like guitar grooves? Use RECYCLE with REASON Piano and guitar samples work great for those styles ** Bonus Tip 1 ** Cant find any good samples to chop up? Use your own instrumentals Load up any track, mute the drums Create an eight bar loop Export to wave Load the wave in RECYCLE CHOP CHOP CHOP Save REX file Load up in REASON via NN-XT or DR.REX Create a new groove ** Bonus Tip 2 ** Want Spanish guitars? Load up NN-19 Load up Accoustic Guitar Select HP 12 on the NN-19 On the MIXER Change TREBLE to 40 Change BASS to -40 Load up RV-7 under the NN-19 Select Hall 2 Change SIZE to -25 Change DECAY to 64 Change DAMP to 30 Change DRY/WET to 127 |
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