any reason fans in the house?

[silvercord]

HI All~I am curious to know if there are any of you taxi catsthat love to use reasonI find it my best friend in creating many genres of music~I'd love to know your reason composition styles and methodsso do please send me a shout!peacegeoff

[slideboardouts]

I usually stay in the gyunggi-do area. San Bon to be exact I believe. But I've also stayed in Seoul and visited daejeon, go jae do, and a few other little cities and towns I don't know the name of. I stay with a family and go there as kind of a "working" vacation. I usually teach taekwondo while I'm there. How long have you been living in Korea? Thats cool that you do some acting over there. You probably already know this, but make sure you get permission from the Korean government over there before you take any acting gigs. They recently deported and fined two foreigners that were in "The Host" because their visas didn't allow for acting. One had a teaching visa and the other had a 90 day tourist visa. I read that the Korean government said that foreigners had to get permission even for volunteer activities like helping out at orphanages. Don't know how or if they will enforce that much but better to be safe than sorry I hear you on the music thing over there. All image and then for the music they just rip off american and british acts that were popular 10 years ago. Eh...but I'd still take a paying gig with an entertainment company over there lol Here are probably my two favorite reason songs right now, the streaming quality is awful though:http://www.taximusic.com/song.php?song_ ... =trueMaybe I'll see you in Korea sometime-Steve

[davewalton]

Yep,I started my music stuff back up again several years back using Reason as my only piece of software. I didn't even know what electronica was, I just bought it because of it's "all-in-one" approach and was using it at that time mostly to create New Age type of stuff.I still use Reason but as a rewire withing Sonar (among other VST virtual instruments).Just upgraded from Reason 2.5 to Reason 4 and haven't explored it much yet. Generally I either use the synths in Reason or the fabulous Dr Rex as rewire instruments within Sonar for anything that remotely resembles electronica or where some of those elements are needed. I also have some great tabla loops in Rex format and in version 2.5 there used to be a "modify notes" thing where you could select a set of notes (like the last two beats of a tabla rhythm) and click a button to randomly modify the selected portion of the pattern by x%. Really useful for creating intros, fills, alternate beats. I just looked and everything is different so I don't know how to do that now. If they got rid of that I won't be happy. Amazing piece of software though.

[ibanez468]

Quote:that was done in reason?Yep!Quote:if so it would have taken me for ever to so something so complicated as that....funky!It did! But that was part of the test.Quote:but im not sure why the latency is so terrible.You'll have ta' check into that. I've been able to use rewire the few times that I tried it.Quote:i just wish propeller head would allow for audio recording in reason(sigh)..then my life would be complete lolYeah, me too. It would be a great help wouldn't it?Quote:so i use reason to build my instrument tracks ( i record instrument parts into audition and then rex'em in recycle...its a bit time consuming..but it can make very good for future remixes)?That's how I put the tune together. Just the guitars though. Everything else are stock sounds, and the bass is a marcus miller refill. It is very time consuming.Quote:if you havent check out recycle before and you use reason...you have a whole world of possibilities in store!Got that too!reason is more popular for hip hop and beats but i made this space rock song with it :http://www.taximusic.com/song.php?song_ ... m=trueYour tune wouldn't stream for me. Quote:when i put the guitar parts into dr. rex..it takes up time..but its great to loop and get the eq, balance and tone right on (and guitarists..wow...check out the scream distortion unit..live distortion and recorded distortion sound so different to the ears...i have recorded guitar tracks with distortion and then listened back in the mix..and it was just godawful but then i threw the scream on top of it and used the 3 band eq and the right amout of extra distortion..and wow it made my day.?That's how I did it. Didn't check out the scream distortion unit with this particular song though.ibanez468

[dryan]

Yeah! It's great to see so many Reason users. I also use Reason rewired in at least half of my tracks. Sometimes I'll create a track in Reason then rewire it to bring it into Sonar and add finishing touches. I really like a lot of Reason's tweak-ability.Since Reason is used via rewire so often, I am truly hoping for an update someday that allows audio-in. Hmmm.... Maybe I should email Propellerheads weekly until it is included in a future update?I really like to use the effects in Reason. I love to separate the left and right channels and use the same effect with slightly different settings. For example, using a separate chorus/flanger on each channel. I also have just recently discovered how fun it is to use the CV routing for effects. I'll bring in a Maelstrom to use just as a modifier, or a Matrix to trigger envelopes. I am using version 3 though and am not sure if version 4 has enough in it for me to upgrade. Is anyone using something in version 4 that can't be done in version 3?

[slideboardouts]

Quote:Yep,I started my music stuff back up again several years back using Reason as my only piece of software. I didn't even know what electronica was, I just bought it because of it's "all-in-one" approach and was using it at that time mostly to create New Age type of stuff.I still use Reason but as a rewire withing Sonar (among other VST virtual instruments).Just upgraded from Reason 2.5 to Reason 4 and haven't explored it much yet. Generally I either use the synths in Reason or the fabulous Dr Rex as rewire instruments within Sonar for anything that remotely resembles electronica or where some of those elements are needed. I also have some great tabla loops in Rex format and in version 2.5 there used to be a "modify notes" thing where you could select a set of notes (like the last two beats of a tabla rhythm) and click a button to randomly modify the selected portion of the pattern by x%. Really useful for creating intros, fills, alternate beats. I just looked and everything is different so I don't know how to do that now. If they got rid of that I won't be happy. Amazing piece of software though.They recently released an upgrade/patch that fixes a lot of things with 4. The only one that I can remember off the top of my head is the thing that annoyed me most: the way clips were recorded. Version 4 recorded two separate clips on the same instrument track instead of one which, to me, was absolutely infuriating. But thats fixed now, so your REX issue might be taken care of too.@dryan: 4 is absolutely worth the upgrade. The Thor synth alone is worth the upgrade. I was using 2.5 and for me 3.0 wasn't quite worth the upgrade, but 4 is absolutely retarded. I would definitely upgrade whenever your budget allows for it.-Steve

[slideboardouts]

Oh about the audio in issue...I would love to have that as it would save me some time and headache, but I think I read somewhere that Props said that they would NEVER include the ability to record real audio in Reason. So I think we may all be SOL on that one unfortunately -Steve

[vermeer]

"i just wish propeller head would allow for audio recording in reason(sigh)..then my life would be complete lol"PH are a very small company and trying to compete with Sonar/Digi/Logic is not a good idea. Instead, they focus on internal Midi instruments and use Rewire to interact with other DAWs. If they allow audio, then people will ask for VST effects on these audio tracks and t Reason will start getting bloated. I like their Keep It Simple Approach..and the rack metaphor Vermeer

[slideboardouts]

Quote: The great thing about it is that its ridiculously fast. I can slap a pretty tight sounding song a day together if i desire. It kind of lets you get the ideas right out of your head and then back out the speakers with the technology staying fairly transparent without inhibiting your creativity much. -M.R.H.That is exactly why I got hooked on reason after my first use and is why it is still my favorite program. It facilitates song writing and recording instead of complicating things. I think within about 30 minutes in Reason I came up with a cool sounding west coast beat and I had never had any experience with midi before that. That was quite a life changing moment now that I think about it I agree that the effects aren't the absolute best, but I find them plenty good for producing broadcast quality instrumentals. Especially if you put the mastering combi in there. I also like how simple it is to do a quick mix/master in reason. Limited yes (why can't Props give us a 4 band eq on the mixer???), but it gets the job done. If I want it done any better I'll bounce all the tracks out and take it to a real mixing engineer.-Steve