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Are there any Producers or Engineers out there who Use Reason?

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  • April 3, 2015 at 5:03 pm #2169131
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Hey Jimmy G. I removed your post from the “DJ Booth” forum. Please refrain from posting messages in multiple forums. We have enough work to keep things tidy around here without that kind of behavior.

    April 3, 2015 at 8:37 pm #2169221
    DJ JIMMY G
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    Ah, Didn’t mean it as spam, I was just unsure which group was most suitable as the two I posted in cover the topic of production.
    My apologies,
    JimmyG

    April 4, 2015 at 12:28 am #2169261
    bob6397
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    What kind of sound are you trying to create? I am a Apple Logic man myself, but a lot of these things are transferable – all production software uses the same sort of principles (musically and in the way they work) after all..

    bob6397

    April 4, 2015 at 12:43 am #2169291
    CHUCK MC
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    What do you wanna do into Reason? This software is amazingly great!!! I abandoned Cubase for Reason in 2003 and never looked back!!!
    There are lots of ways to shape sounds into Reason, possibilities seem endless to me, as it evolves constantly.

    April 4, 2015 at 2:19 pm #2169321
    DJ JIMMY G
    Participant

    im looking to make a sound similar to the one that comes in at 56 seconds,
    Whilst I am getting more comfortable with producing my own sounds such as high pitched basslines, it is more the shape of it which I find hard, and layering the bottom end…

    Not sure how clear I am being,
    but thanks anyways
    JimmyG

    April 4, 2015 at 3:58 pm #2169341
    bob6397
    Participant

    Okay, so that sounds to me like an FM synthesizer (google it if you’ve never heard of it 🙂 ) with a carrier harmonic of 5 semitones and a modulator harmonic of 1 semitone.. Or thereabouts. The numbers will change depending on which is the “home note” in the key you are using..

    Start from there and you should be close – those are the numbers that the FM synth in logic gives me anyway 🙂

    April 7, 2015 at 9:35 am #2170951
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    I think bob nailed it.
    In reason you can prolly use the purple analogue synth (forgot the name I quit using reason years ago) and set it to that settings.

    April 14, 2015 at 10:59 pm #2177811
    DJ JIMMY G
    Participant

    Hi guys, very late repyly… just wanted to say thanks and i will post an update in the near future with how i am getting on with the final production…
    cheers !
    JimmyG

    April 16, 2015 at 8:48 pm #2178501
    bob6397
    Participant

    No problem!! 🙂

    April 29, 2015 at 12:27 am #2186181
    CHUCK MC
    Participant

    Ok. This sounds like something that could be made with a Maelstrom, a Substractor or Thor. Would you like a tutorial on how to get a sound similar with these devices? I was thinking about making a video that could help you and other people.
    Keep me posted.

    May 9, 2015 at 7:01 pm #2191701
    DJ JIMMY G
    Participant

    Hi Chuck, i have been working on the sound and cant quite get it how i want it.. a tutorial on it would be awesome !
    Jimmy G

    May 9, 2015 at 10:03 pm #2191711
    bob6397
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    When I worked out the harmonics in Logic, I thought “This is easy – why is he struggling” – It took me about 30 secs to get it right. So, when you said that you were still struggling I thought “I’ll give it a try.. See how long it takes me..” So I downloaded the trial. It all loaded up fine, and I loaded up the Subtractor – Basically what every other piece of software out there calls an FM synthesizer…

    It is pretty much impossible to use. None of it is laid out logically and it isn’t even clear which oscillator is the carrier and which is the harmonic. I stuck at though (I don’t like failing at anything) and I have sort of figured it out…

    The numbers that Logic gave me (and that Terry checked, I think) just don’t transfer I am afraid (sorry about that – I thought that it would seeing as an FM synth is an FM synth, right? No. it seems.)

    The picture below shows the settings that I have found that sort of get close, but they aren’t completely right – it is just the harmonics that aren’t quite correct.. it is almost there though..

    Reason Settings

    The delay unit is what creates the really wide sound – note that I used the “Multipanning Delays” preset and then I have unselected all the boxes under “Delay”, I have put the time to 0 and the “Offset R is at 8ms – just above 0 – that’s the important bit).

    Good luck.. I’m sticking with Logic for now though..

    bob6397

    May 10, 2015 at 11:19 am #2191781
    DJ JIMMY G
    Participant

    Ha wow, bob6397 thats dedication… thanks for all your help guys, I will be sure to link you to my final product when I am finished.
    No doubt i will end up changing it around but to get any where near the original sound is crazy… been bugging me for a long time and it is something i can definitely use as a platform to work from,
    Thanks.

    JimmyG

    May 10, 2015 at 3:25 pm #2191861
    bob6397
    Participant

    No problem.. It was bugging me anyway – I hate it when I can’t do something.. 🙁

    In the synth, go to Edit -> Reset Synth (or Reset Instrument/Reset something-or-other near the bottom) and then change the oscillators waveform, mode and get the FM dial and mix dials the right way around. Then sort out the ADSR envelopes and the filters..

    You should be close – and I think if you change the “Semi” on the 2nd oscillator to 10 you get a much nicer-sounding synth sound.. 🙂

    bob6397

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