The Reason Q&A Thread

[Today]

yeah definitely. Use the Scream4, turn on "body" (not sure if you actually need to engage the Body button but just to be safe heh) on the back it has "auto" CV out .. this turns the body filter's envelope follower into a CV signal, basically converting audio to CV. i'm sure you can use Thor to do this as well, just by using an audio input > CV output in the mod matrix.


if you do not want the scream4 unit to touch the snare drum's sound, you can just use a spider audio splitter to split out the signal or use a doubled ghost snare.

[OllieScott]

Anyone have any nifty tricks for automating EQ in Reason, or converting an audio signal to CV?

I want to be able to create a buss group and put it through an automated EQ so that whenever a snare hits, the EQ ducks the frequencies of the buss group quickly to let the snare through a bit... it would be nice if I could just convert the snare to a CV signal and then whenever it's triggered so is the duck, but I'm having a tough time figuring it out. There are no CV pots on the m-class EQ and only CV pots to modulate frequency on the little parametric eq's.

just run the bus group through a mixer and out put the mixer into a eq then manually automate it to duck when ever the snare hits?

[Today]

alternatively, split the bus into freq bands and get the snare to sidechain only the EQ band that you want to duck.

[edit]
just use Combinator programming.
Snare signal > scream4 envelope follower > CV > combi rotary CV input
program rotary 1 > paraEQ parameterX gain > minimum =127 ; maximum = <127

set paraEQ parameter's center frequency for optimal snare clarity
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[MoonUnit]

Beautiful, I have yet to find a great use for externally routing the scream's auto filter. much appreciated

[RmoniK]

For something like this (i use it too, but then as a de-esser), i prefer to use a compressor with the Gain Reduction CV output, because then you can work with tresholds, where with an envelope follower, you always have a little CV (as long as there is signal that is). Then just take it to the combi CV input, in the programmer choose the EQ gain and set the values. done.

[OllieScott]

dubspot uploaded a decent tutorial on fm using thors, might be useful for some people

[JHolland]

In regards to reason RV7000 unit, i think its a pretty good device. It's quite flexiable in what it can do, and you can achieve all sorts of different reverb sounds from that one unit, but i love just to simply initialize the patch and start from scratch and create some real kool sounds. the algorithms it has it epic, the last one, reserve i think it is so sick! + for mulit tap too! Gate function is sweet too.

I so wanna get my hands on the alligator - i am a fanatic user of arp's and i would kill that new one

I have no problems with the RV7000 either. Yeah it you get too crazy with it of course it will muddy up your sounds but honestly that goes with just about any kind of reverb unit. Best to keep things minimal when using reverb anyways.

Love the Alligator! I just upgraded to v6 and am just now starting to play around with it. Love how it splits a signal up into three separate which are then gated and filtered. Played around with it on my pads last night, got some nice results.

[RmoniK]

I stand by my point about the RV7000.

[MoonUnit]

I wish there was a poor people program for buying Reason 6, I want it so bad before 6.5 comes out...

[ehbes]

Reason essentials?

[ehbes]

IS there a way to route the output of different samples in the nnxt so i can process each one differently

[therapist]

IS there a way to route the output of different samples in the nnxt so i can process each one differently

Click the sample, change where it says 'output', route it however you like. Seriously asking that?

[ehbes]

IS there a way to route the output of different samples in the nnxt so i can process each one differently

Click the sample, change where it says 'output', route it however you like. Seriously asking that?

where does it say output.... I'm drawing complete and utter blanks right now

edit: found it, little bastard was hiding from me

[therapist]

IS there a way to route the output of different samples in the nnxt so i can process each one differently

Click the sample, change where it says 'output', route it however you like. Seriously asking that?

where does it say output.... I'm drawing complete and utter blanks right now

edit: found it, little bastard was hiding from me

Ok it says 'out'. It will be set on 1-2, change to 3-4, 5-6 etc. Just below the piano roll bit where you plonk the samples.

[ehbes]

yeah i found it, i usually just use the nn19, decided it was time to make the jump to the big boy sampler

[MoonUnit]

just got a midi keyboard finally and I'm having some trouble with recording. I record what I'm playing on the keyboard and the notes, velocity, and any automation shows up, but when I go to play it back there is no sound. I can hear what I'm playing as I play it and it looks as if it has been recorded...

ehhhhh any suggestions?

[ehbes]

just got a midi keyboard finally and I'm having some trouble with recording. I record what I'm playing on the keyboard and the notes, velocity, and any automation shows up, but when I go to play it back there is no sound. I can hear what I'm playing as I play it and it looks as if it has been recorded...

ehhhhh any suggestions?

so you can hear your synth/whatever when you record it but not when you play it back.. hm are you sure nothing is muted?

[MoonUnit]

nothing is muted. The maelstrom instance shows a blinking light for 'note on' every time a note would be heard, but the little meter next to the level knob the maelstrom does not rise.

[ehbes]

nothing is muted. The maelstrom instance shows a blinking light for 'note on' every time a note would be heard, but the little meter next to the level knob the maelstrom does not rise.

In plug your midi controller and then rescan for it in preferences

[MoonUnit]

just tried unplugging/rescanning.

Long notes come through okay, but all my short little 1/16 note wubs that get recorded and drawn in, can't be heard during playback.

EDIT: OKAY. so when in combination I removed the filter envelope and all attack from the oscillator, a meager little sound came through on the short notes. Is there a way I can adjust velocity sensitivity for my keyboard in Reason? this midikeyboard thing is so new to me.

EDIT2: grrr. I guess it's got nothing to do with velocity... just took all the notes, equalized the velocity to 127 and it sounded the same.

EDIT3: and now long notes are only registering as 1/16 notes after closing reason and opening up a fresh, initialized patch on maelstrom.