The Reason Q&A Thread

[WereWolf]

how do I make sure the LFO wave starts at the beginning every time? For me, it starts where it is left off.

[RmoniK]

That would be the "key sync" knob.

[futures_untold]

Also, the subtractor LFO's freecycle regardless of the transport stop/start controls or the midi note on/off signals.

If you want to ensure the LFO's retrigger each time, use either the Malstrom or Thor as your CV source.

[RmoniK]

I have a question myself. I you use a gate trigger (like kong or redrum, whatever) to trigger the envelopes in a synth, will it ignore the notes it receives itself or will the envelopes be triggered with the notes as well as with the gate cv?

[futures_untold]

Er, if I understand correctly what you're asking, the device will play at as constant pitch but respond to the gate cv as note on/off signals.

[efence]

I have a question myself. I you use a gate trigger (like kong or redrum, whatever) to trigger the envelopes in a synth, will it ignore the notes it receives itself or will the envelopes be triggered with the notes as well as with the gate cv?

no...not with out tweaking. what are you trying to do? i love a good reason build challenge.

[RmoniK]

Nah that's all i needed to know actually, just because i got a new idea for my granulizer :3 I have it now though. I made a granulizer that is midi triggered, so just like a real instrument

[futures_untold]

Whot's this, the Anneka Challenge!

[WereWolf]

Thanks Future and Rmonik

[futures_untold]

Nah that's all i needed to know actually, just because i got a new idea for my granulizer :3 I have it now though. I made a granulizer that is midi triggered, so just like a real instrument

I'm sure other Reason users would love to have a go using that!

[RmoniK]

Nah that's all i needed to know actually, just because i got a new idea for my granulizer :3 I have it now though. I made a granulizer that is midi triggered, so just like a real instrument

I'm sure other Reason users would love to have a go using that!

http://www.mediafire.com/?hc8ymvu5qc1g735
more to come.

[futures_untold]

Wayhey!

[RmoniK]

If you have troubles figuring out what it does and how to use it, just ask it here This might also be a good moment to post my drum glitcher again:
This should be the one (haven't checked): http://www.mediafire.com/?efhcnpjg689anl1

[Jabzizi]

I made this using Reason over the past weekend and was wondering if anyone could share some feedback with me?

Soundcloud

[RmoniK]

Even if it's made in Reason man, this is not the place to post it.

[skyh]

CV's are pretty much the only thing in Reason I still don't understand how to use properly or why I would want to use in the first place. Can anyone shed some light on CV routing / basic functions within Reason?

On a side note: Future's Untold man you have been rocking superior reason knowledge on this forum for years, you are legend.

[futures_untold]

Thank you skyhigh!

The short answer is that the CV inputs/outputs allow users to wire their own combinations of devices, for example one LFO controlling the volume of 15 other synth devices at the same time!

Reason has loads of CV sources all of which can be merged together providing for infinite variations of envelope shapes (infinite LFO shapes).

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CV stands for 'control voltage'. On an old hardware modular synth, the operator would have a physical block of envelope generators (ADSR's & LFO's) separate from the noise producing oscillator blocks. Synth programmers use envelopes in order to provide 'automatic control' over various synth parameters e.g. 'simulated movement of a volume fader'. An LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) on a hardware synth provides a real current of electricity to the 'Control Voltage' input of the parameter we wish to modulate. This is done physically by plugging in a 'patch' cable from the CV output of the envelope generator (ADSR / LFO) to the CV input of the control we wish to modulate.

Reason allows users to 'patch' their own synth setups with the audio and CV inputs/outputs on the back of each device (and with the combinator!).

If you want 14 wavetable oscillators, each one changing subtly due to automation of the volume, one could load 7 Malstroms and a few CV splitter merger devices. One would then route the CV output of an envelope generator (perhaps the 'Mod A' section of one of the Malstroms), split the signal using the CV splitter merger device and then route the envelope signal to the volume CV input on the back of each Malstrom.

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If non of that made sense, go read the bloody manual or buy Power Tools for Reason 3.0 by Kurt Kurasaki who explains it in plain English!

Or get experimenting! Load a Subtractor followed by a Matrix pattern device which will route wire itself automatically to the Subtractors Gate (note /onoff/) CV input and the pitch CV input. The top half of the Matrix device then controls the pitch that a note plays at, while the bottom half acts as a step sequencer dictating when the synth plays a note.

Afterwards, create a Malstrom underneath and patch the Mod A output to the Filter input on the Subtractor. Mess around with the Mod A parameters and you should hear the Subtractors filter cutoff frequency changing according to the Mod A envelope settings!

[RmoniK]

To be honest, the only way i learned CV is just by experimenting. Think of CV as a certain number. Then whatever you hook it up to will be set to that number, with the amount of the effect being controlled by the little knob next to the input. Gate CV is a little different, it's just a number between 0 and 127, where whenever the number goes above zero, the input is triggered with an amount (mostly velocity) that corresponds to that number. The most basic application of that is combining two redrum channels, so when you trigger the first one, the second one automatically gets triggered too. (Layering zeh snares yaw)

What you really need to do is just think: "Hey, what if i tried to control that with a CV" to get what it's doing.

Oh, also pro tip, keep in mind that ANY automatable knob (almost all the knobs, sliders and buttons) is controllable with CV, by going from the CV source to the CV input 1 in the combinator, and then in the combinator programmer setting the source to CV input 1 and the destination to whatever knob you want to control.

[therapist]

CV is the shit, I'm mainly Logic now but that always brings me back to reason. You can get some ridiculous sounds. So yeah, read Futures' post above and try it out if you haven't.

[skyh]

Totally trying this all when I have a moment. Badass reply once again Futures.