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Reason.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:59 am
by dg.
Im new to the music production scene, i love music. A LOT. But creating dub has been something I've been interested into for a while... but problem is im not musically clued up... i.e Writing riff's, Knowing key notes and etc.
I got reason, and a few drum packs here and there.. but my knowledge of reason consists of opening a combinator, putting a redrum drum computer in, loading some drum notes, and playing with the pitch and volume, after putting it into the track..
Of Course you cant just have a drum beat, we need the bass, the mid, the high end. The works...
I know Thor plays a big role, but its all just too confusing..too many dials with 3 or 2 letter abbreviations.
Is there anything about that tells you what your doing in reason, and how I can use to my advantage in dubstep?
Tah
-pandan.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:04 pm
by gnome
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:09 pm
by Ongelegen
search for tutorials on youtube, there are loads for Reason. U dont need to check specificly for dubstep tuts, cuz the general production techniques apply to all genres.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:10 pm
by dg.
i had a feeling some one was gonna link that..
Im looking for like.. reason specific tuts that i can learn, then make dub.
Reason pages on there aren't amazing.. and most of the links just go to other threads in this forum, whee most of the time its disucssion of drum kits and discussion of woo-bass.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:15 pm
by gnome
Ahh my bad. Shame it wasnt Ableton I might have been able to help
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:16 pm
by dg.
im looking into other software.. i know of the software.. just dont have the know how. I have plenty of time to produce.. just need to get on doing it.. Whats the difference between reason and ableton?
EDIT - In class atm, just googled ableton. looks loads better than reason, more user friendly by the looks of it mainly... Ill try a bit more with Reas, if i get fed up of not knowing how to do it, im gonna hop to ableton.. as it looks like production is made easier ;p
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:36 pm
by Brisance
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:40 pm
by gnome
Well it has less built in synths and effects. But the effects and synths it does have are great. Its got a very user freindly GUI. you can use plug ins which is always a major plus...and loads loads more to it than that. I would urge you to get it
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:42 pm
by dg.
ill check it out. thanks!
any1 else able to provide reason gear for me?
x
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:58 pm
by 86.
Pendan wrote:im looking into other software.. i know of the software.. just dont have the know how. I have plenty of time to produce.. just need to get on doing it.. Whats the difference between reason and ableton?
EDIT - In class atm, just googled ableton. looks loads better than reason, more user friendly by the looks of it mainly... Ill try a bit more with Reas, if i get fed up of not knowing how to do it, im gonna hop to ableton.. as it looks like production is made easier ;p
try demos of them all.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:06 pm
by yellowhighlighter
Pendan wrote:im looking into other software.. i know of the software.. just dont have the know how. I have plenty of time to produce.. just need to get on doing it.. Whats the difference between reason and ableton?
EDIT - In class atm, just googled ableton. looks loads better than reason, more user friendly by the looks of it mainly... Ill try a bit more with Reas, if i get fed up of not knowing how to do it, im gonna hop to ableton.. as it looks like production is made easier ;p
rumour has it that ableton fanboys (who are now approaching mac like insanity) are going to forums where they moan about other software only to see the light in the form of ableton live. this is all very suspicious.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:21 pm
by geistsoul13
Gnome wrote:Well it has less built in synths and effects. But the effects and synths it does have are great. Its got a very user freindly GUI. you can use plug ins which is always a major plus...and loads loads more to it than that. I would urge you to get it
is there a way to use external to reason VST's with reason. I have tons of VST's I use with FL Studios but haven't figured out how to add them to reason.
---- BACK ON TOPIC NOW:
Like anything it takes time. My first few months at reason I made some awful music. When you are trying to learn something new set limitations to what your trying to teach yourself. Lets say you want to understand Subtractive more: open a new project and ONLY use subtractive. Mess with the knobs. Trial and error is key!
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:23 pm
by 86.
Geistsoul13 wrote:Gnome wrote:Well it has less built in synths and effects. But the effects and synths it does have are great. Its got a very user freindly GUI. you can use plug ins which is always a major plus...and loads loads more to it than that. I would urge you to get it
is there a way to use external to reason VST's with reason. I have tons of VST's I use with FL Studios but haven't figured out how to add them to reason.
---- BACK ON TOPIC NOW:
Like anything it takes time. My first few months at reason I made some awful music. When you are trying to learn something new set limitations to what your trying to teach yourself. Lets say you want to understand Subtractive more: open a new project and ONLY use subtractive. Mess with the knobs. Trial and error is key!
cannot be done.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:23 pm
by DZA
Geistsoul13 wrote:
is there a way to use external to reason VST's with reason. I have tons of VST's I use with FL Studios but haven't figured out how to add them to reason.
Nope
Reason shit learn another DAW
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:33 pm
by ninjadog
Jumping right into thor would be a daunting task. Start with getting to know how to program the Subtractor, it is the most simple synth in Reason and once you get the basics of that the Malstrom and Thor (and any synth for that matter) will make way more sense.
Also get one or a few of the many books on Reason, those probably helped me the most.
If you have a legit copy the Propellerhead users forum is a wealth of information and helpful people.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:36 pm
by mr. lizard
Reason is very good. Experimentation is the key.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:12 pm
by Ongelegen
Pendan wrote:EDIT - In class atm, just googled ableton. looks loads better than reason, more user friendly by the looks of it mainly... Ill try a bit more with Reas, if i get fed up of not knowing how to do it, im gonna hop to ableton.. as it looks like production is made easier ;p
If you are new to production ofcourse you won't know what to do, if you don't RTFM or search for tuts, same goes woth ableton, cubase etc. And Reason isn't that hard to understand imo.But try demos of different daws and see what feels better to work with.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:19 pm
by 86.
on second thought, try ACID. very easy to get your head around.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:15 pm
by futures_untold
86 Position wrote:
Try acid. Very easy to get your head around....
That's an oxymoron!
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:55 am
by ninjadog
