Changing Waveforms resulting into glitch effects
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I found the following trick totally by accident. Since this one might be the most vague and hidden thing I can think of right now... I think it would even be nice just to stand still at this single stupid trick that I am going to show right here. For those who are into the synths of Propellerhead Reason will probably know that there is only one descent synth module that allows you to change the wave type of the main oscillators. The synth I am talking about is the Subtractor. Strangly enough the malstrom does not allow you to change it while the song progresses. However, thor does allow it again...
For instance, if we load up a single thor patch with a single analogue synth inside it, we can for instance right click on the waveforms, say 'edit automation' and we can change the shape of the analogue sounds.

So, in this case we could for instance do something drastic like this: RNS (Reason 4) download: Changing Waveforms
In a way this does not really sound that interesting yet, since in this this example you will notice some strange 'clicks' comming from the thor patch when the sound changes shape. Strangly enough this is the kind of behaviour that the subtractor does not really have. Another thing that might be annoying is that the routing schematic of thor (as shown in the first picture) it doesnt allow you to change the wave form... so connecting the waveform itself to for instance a lfo parameter is going to be like a no-no.
The only way I figured out to make a dynamic wave shaper change effect is using the combinator. There are probably 2 things that are 'odd' inside the combinator patch when loading up thor. First of all you will notice that you can select any wave change effect from the thor patch.

So, in this case we can connect a single rotary to any given wave form, as long as the same corresponding wave form is selected. And now the fun begins ;) What if we route an LFO to a wavefrom, what if we route a gate to a wave form what if... we just route something to a waveform. Really.. anything is possible. As long if its an output CV signal.
RNS (Reason 4) download: Changing Waveforms 2
So, with this example I am connecting the LFO2 to the rotary 1 of the combinator. Making it go up and down accordingly to the signal of the LFO. The rotary is connected to the wavetable 1 till 3. With the amounts set to 0 as minimum and the maximum set to 7. In any given wave change effect, I think it would be wise not to make it change too drastic in a way, since it might result into something weird. However, if 'weird' is the name of the game.. then it would be an option to do so.
Like ehm... how is this for a glitch effect?
RNS (Reason 4) download: Changing Waveforms 3
Or this?
RNS (Reason 4) download: Changing Waveforms 4
Or the next one?
RNS (Reason 4) download: Changing Waveforms 5
Or this one?
RNS (Reason 4) download: Changing Waveforms 6
And the most funny part is with all these examples is that the rotary one acts like a 'glitch amount' setting... sort of. This was not really a 'big' tutorial part.. but then again, it is the idea that matters... And I personally even doubt that anyone could come up with an idea like this. And thats what matters hehe.
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These Propellerhead Reason tutorials will explain most of the important features in depth about the Propellerheads Reason. Propellerhead Reason 4 is a music editing program which uses its unique form of creating instruments. The main drive is called the Reason rack. Inside the rack the music artist is able to connect software synthesizers, samplers and effects. Visually Propellerhead Reason uses the same rewiring techniques that can be found on hardware related synthesizer modules.
Since this unique way also leads into new obstacles, basic questions like how to?! and where do I?!. With this set of tutorials I want to exlain most of the hardware that can be placed inside the rack, eg the Malström, the Subtractor, Thor, the NN-XT digital sampler etc..
Also about the different effects that Propellerhead Reason uses, for instance the Scream Sound Destruction Unit, the RV7000 advanced reverb engine, the Phaser, the Unison etc.
Another parts that are explained in these tutorials are how to route things using the rear of the Reason Rack. Because that feature can have a real big impact in creating these unique sounds and melodies.
The complete tutorial section comes with a complete text explaining all the different features either setting, combined with a set of reason music files and mp3 music downloads
All the RNS downloadable files are in the Propellerhead Reason 3 format only at this point!
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Oops, forgot to copy the files to the webserver.. is fixed by now
20 Nov 2008 10:58 CET - meowsqueak
I would love to hear these examples but the links to the RNS files don't work it seems.
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