The Propellerhead Reason 4 tutorial site

Real Instrumental Processing in Reason 4

Here is a minor bit of a tutorial about making real instrumental approaches. The problem with real instruments is that you have to have heard them, otherwise you can't make a conclusion about what an instrument would sound like. This is also a bit of a tricky part that comes along with it. Since alot of people will make an accusation that it does not sound real, or it does not come close to the real deal. Synths (eg: the subtractor, malstrom and thor) are pretty powerfull stuff to create synthetic sounds, however... that is what they are. The synths are fake. Thus creating real sounds isn't usefull at that. However... one could always use a synth for a backup to make the sound itself a bit more 'unreal', while still having a real sound on top of it. It sounds cheap, but the only way you ...

Basic Kickdrum Template

What makes a good kickdrum? How did you make that kick?! That kick is awesome!These are the questions I often get from many videos i post on Youtube. Ok, with the exceptional 'Your sound is weak' comments, but I'll not get into that. The point is, there is no real definition of a "good" kickdrum. The problem with kickdrums (and I am talking about the main electro genres like House, techno, Trance etc) is that the kick itself is actually nothing. If you do it right, then you should make a kick drum that fits inside the song (and not the otherway around). Most people don't understand that, that is probably why I can make a good kickdrums, and other people don't (yeah, mister cocksucker at your service right here ;)).The problem with the drum itself is that it is often based on a ...

Mp3 files and Reason

A topic that I often see floating by... Can I import Mp3 files inside reason, or can I make an export to Mp3 from my current Reason song. I feel the need to write down this small article as in 'a tutorial' just to explain the parts that one can do.First question: can I load mp3 files inside Reason? No!Second question: can I export the song as an Mp3 file? No!However... Reason native 'language' is either Wav files or AIFF files. AIFF files are more MAC related, and WAV files are the Windows veriant. The difference between the AIFF/WAV and MP3 is that the first is uncompressed (more clearer) yet MP3 is compressed, thus smaller but with (sound) artifacts. This depends on the way the MP3 files are compressed (often known as bitrate). 320kbit/s is almost as good as a WAV files 44.1Khz 16 bit ...