Ok...since echobrain hasn't opened a Reason thread yet, I thought I'd open one...got bored of the preset patches and too lazy to create decent sounding ones

I'm looking for Subtractor/Malstrom lead synth patches.

Btw please do share your own self-made patches, some description would be great. (Btw im a sucker for stupid/cheesy FX, share if you have them)

This post has been edited by kernel: Apr 21 2007, 01:12 AM

3.0, comes with combinator

Desktop here...using a M-Audio Axiom 61 connected via USB, almost no latency.

edit: Bassix, do you mean splitting a MIDI input signal into thousands of different subtractors/malstroms coupled with hundreds of thousands of delay units?


This post has been edited by kernel: Apr 21 2007, 12:26 AM

Uh for solo Redrum mapping (means you select Redrum in the input box to the left) its quite easy...just go into Remote Override Edit Mode and map the pads to your liking.

The tricky part is when you wanna use a Subtractor synth and Redrum at the same time...it can be done, just need to config Bus 10 as "Redrum In" and you can use 1 hand to play a synth part and the other hand to press the trigger pads for drums

BUT

When you press a trigger pad in this config, it also triggers the lowest notes on the kb (low C until low A) for the Subtractor synth sometimes sounds nice (gritty drum sound, especially with sawtooth waves) sometimes doesn't.


But I think drum notes are just better handled with a electronic drumset (for MIDI freaks only)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_%28software%29

What I meant for my 1st sentence was...you select Redrum as the active instrument, map the pads to your liking and that's it...

Programming the Axiom on hardware is a beach...the librarian software aka software that stores your hardware mappings is quite buggy, couldn't get my mappings properly done for Reason.

edit: ok I just tried out some stuff...apparently there are 4 kb channels available with each one having a configurable range...so yeah you can play 4 instruments at the same time.

Just found out how to stop a trigger pad triggering both Redrum and synth...just select Redrum as the main instrument while mapping channel 1 to the synth you want so I guess it works perfectly now

This post has been edited by kernel: Apr 21 2007, 01:58 AM

Ah I see I see...

For recording Reason I use it as a ReWire slave to Ableton Live!...that way I can record the drums and synths together.

But if you're talking about the MIDI note recording on Reason's sequencer, then the answer is no...the drum notes don't get recorded, only the synth notes.

Btw I still haven't been able to completely solve the Redrum/synth clash...although the trigger pads don't trigger the synth now, the lowest 8 notes on the keyboard can't be used...as they now trigger Redrum ARGHHHHHHHHHHH

Oh...I didn't knew Combinator could be used that way

Gathering? sure

....speechless

But then, what songs to play if given a situation like that?

Just thought of something to spice up things...

Anyone wanna try composing a piece by only using Reason? Something like a virtual jam lah.

Start off with something simple...electro-dance...120bpm, 4/4 steady drum beat...rest is up to your imagination.