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by jimmyklane
07 Jan 2024
Forum: Reason Music
Topic: Ambient/Electronica EP: Reason 10 + outboard synths/fx
Replies: 1
Views: 547

Re: Ambient/Electronica EP: Reason 10 + outboard synths/fx

Lots of Reason instruments and effects in here. The goal was to make it fairly seamless between inside and outside of the box. Some reason instruments use external effects, some external instruments use reason effects and then the internal/internal and external/external tracks exist as well. I just ...
by jimmyklane
05 Jan 2024
Forum: Reason Music
Topic: Ambient/Electronica EP: Reason 10 + outboard synths/fx
Replies: 1
Views: 547

Ambient/Electronica EP: Reason 10 + outboard synths/fx

I made this EP going through a rough divorce, hence the dark titles and darker music. I don’t even know what genre to classify this as, but it’s definitely somewhere in the electronica end of the spectrum. I used external midi devices to run all the external hardware, except where I used audio signa...
by jimmyklane
11 Mar 2019
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Keeping a standard with waveforms/wavetables
Replies: 2
Views: 638

Re: Keeping a standard with waveforms/wavetables

Well, if you’re talking strictly normalization where we bring the highest peak up to digital 0dBFS, then yes this would be awesome because we would at least have a starting point....however, what I think would be even more useful is an encode/decode process similar to Dolby A/B/C or dBX noise reduct...
by jimmyklane
23 Oct 2018
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Hacking Reason for MIDI madness!
Replies: 33
Views: 6696

Re: Hacking Reason for MIDI madness!

I’ve used ctlr to great effect in Nuendo, but have never tried it inside of Reason. To the best of my knowledge you absolutely CANNOT trick Reason into sending SYSEX or NRPN messages no matter if it’s via a plugin or naturally. I’ve got about 18 external midi devices, several of which will use up mu...
by jimmyklane
13 Sep 2018
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: Signal chain
Replies: 15
Views: 2181

Re: Signal chain

Send effects come (unless specified otherwise) after the channel fader in the SSL. So, all of the SSL dynamics, EQ, and gain adjustments are preserved, as are the sonic adjustments you’ve made with any insert effects. The sends tap off the signal at the very “back end” of the signal path. The except...
by jimmyklane
13 Sep 2018
Forum: Patches, ReFills and Sound Packs
Topic: 2.5G free samples black octopus
Replies: 4
Views: 1075

Re: 2.5G free samples black octopus

Thank you. Another 2.5GB on top of the already stupid 600GB or so of sampled material not counting SCSI HDDs, ZIP disks, floppies, and internal memories of hardware samplers. The comical part is that I download these and pretty much never touch them again except for drums, which I’ll use if I can’t ...
by jimmyklane
06 Sep 2018
Forum: Rack Extensions
Topic: I have been a GUI snob
Replies: 43
Views: 5468

Re: I have been a GUI snob

If you think about it in a certain type of way: we are ALL GUI-Snobs just for choosing Reason. To my line of thinking, it’s the only “pretty” DAW. Everything else is just sort of form follows function type design
by jimmyklane
15 Aug 2018
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Can anyone show me how to make a supersaw?
Replies: 82
Views: 10835

Re: Europa sure sucks at supersaws!

Very handy for making wavetables and hypersaws The key with supersaws isn’t so much the stacked oscillators but the processing afterwards Exactly. The raw oscillators themselves even amongst differing manufacturers like Access, Roland, or PH tend to have only basic and slight differences between th...
by jimmyklane
15 Aug 2018
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Sends housed in Mix Channels
Replies: 31
Views: 4804

Re: Sends housed in Mix Channels

Anyone set up their Sends as Inserts in Mix Channels? https://i.imgur.com/im4hvUq.png https://i.imgur.com/pmNSKfx.png I recently found out about it (it's quite obvious thing to do, if you think about it...) and it's really great, because: - it's much easier to use device chains as single send (they...
by jimmyklane
15 Aug 2018
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Anyone Sequencing Korg Volcas With Reason?
Replies: 3
Views: 1365

Re: Anyone Sequencing Korg Volcas With Reason?

Not the Volca, but I DO sequence the Korg Mootribe using Reason. Most of the tie what I'll do is to record one of the audio "clicks" into the NNXT and then trim the sample so that it is simply the very first impulse and then repeat it at 8th note intervals....the cool part about this is that you can...
by jimmyklane
12 Aug 2018
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: Just picked up a Novation Circuit this weekend.
Replies: 66
Views: 15266

Re: Just picked up a Novation Circuit this weekend.

Jim, I’d only add to your comment that you shouldn’t expect too much from the synth in terms of tweakability (at least when you’re not plugged into a computer). The macro knobs are super useful and can be programmed to taste, but a lot of the preset macros leave a lot to be desired. If I program th...
by jimmyklane
12 Aug 2018
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Can anyone show me how to make a supersaw?
Replies: 82
Views: 10835

Re: Europa sure sucks at supersaws!

However, layering it with Thor sounds great! I completely disagree. Can you elaborate on what you’re trying to do? Access Virus “generic trance” supersaws, or the original of all, the Roland JP8000 supersaw? They have a fundamentally different sound, however I can teach you how to make both in Euro...
by jimmyklane
11 Aug 2018
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: So I Bought An Old Tape Deck And I'm Going To Run My Stuff Through It
Replies: 29
Views: 3637

Re: So I Bought An Old Tape Deck And I'm Going To Run My Stuff Through It

No, not a R2R, but an old Sony cassette deck from the 70s. It should arrive any moment now. Going to use it to give my tracks some lo-fi mojo, not necessarily to impart any "warmth". I basically want it to sound like an old cassette recording. I'm really curious to see how this is going to compare ...
by jimmyklane
11 Aug 2018
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: Just picked up a Novation Circuit this weekend.
Replies: 66
Views: 15266

Re: Just picked up a Novation Circuit this weekend.

I just checked out a bunch of YouTube videos and went to Novations website to check out the examples. I absolutely LOVE my BSII....after a lukewarm reception due to its (at first) neutral character I realized that it can be anything you want it to be. This might be a neat little performance box for ...
by jimmyklane
08 Aug 2018
Forum: Patches, ReFills and Sound Packs
Topic: Free Combinator Patch - VOICER for Scales & Chords (v1.1 UPDATE)
Replies: 28
Views: 7598

Re: Free Combinator Patch - VOICER for Scales & Chords

Hey folks, here's something I've been working on for the past few days. Voicer is a Combinator patch that allows you to program different Scales & Chords settings for all 12 notes of the chromatic scale, unlocking a bit more potential from the stock player device. Key, scale, note count, inversion,...
by jimmyklane
06 Aug 2018
Forum: VST Plugins
Topic: DIVA vs CPU
Replies: 15
Views: 3174

Re: DIVA vs CPU

Its not working out regarding DIVA! I mean rendering, I need to be able have the possibility to do minor changes. I hope that makes sense... but I agree on re-thinking my way of working etc... My suggestion is to treat is as an outboard analog synth. Create your patch, perhaps automate some paramet...
by jimmyklane
04 Aug 2018
Forum: Reason Music
Topic: (5/8 Electronic) - Darkness
Replies: 17
Views: 2501

Re: (5/8 Electronic) - Darkness

Game soundtrack. Perfect cutaway music.

Well Done!
by jimmyklane
02 Aug 2018
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason Mixer EQ Volume Matching
Replies: 7
Views: 1454

Re: Reason Mixer EQ Volume Matching

EQ by its very nature raises the level of the source at the frequency you’ve chosen. In addition, the SSL mixer EQ is extremely broad in “G mode” even at the tightest Q(constant Q)....the “E mode” is a little tighter but is still pretty wide until you get to high dB boosts/cuts (proportional Q) At ...
by jimmyklane
02 Aug 2018
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason Mixer EQ Volume Matching
Replies: 7
Views: 1454

Re: Reason Mixer EQ Volume Matching

+1 to logue’s comments. Looked into adding that feature to my ColoringEQ but quickly realized it would give a false sense of security. Doesn’t really work that well for compressors either since you can’t predict input gain. Plus, compression can affect perceived loudness which makes the job more di...
by jimmyklane
01 Aug 2018
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason Mixer EQ Volume Matching
Replies: 7
Views: 1454

Re: Reason Mixer EQ Volume Matching

Hey guys, I really enjoy the sound and simplicity of using the Dynamics and EQ sections of the Reason Mixer, but I have a question about EQ. It doesn't appear that when making EQ changes that the volume is matched and I find myself constantly moving my fader to compensate for the increase or decrea...
by jimmyklane
01 Aug 2018
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Panning effects to opposite sides
Replies: 23
Views: 4820

Re: Panning effects to opposite sides

You’ve got endless sends if you use the 14:2 creatively.
by jimmyklane
01 Aug 2018
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Panning effects to opposite sides
Replies: 23
Views: 4820

Re: Panning effects to opposite sides

You can also send your channels to a 14:2 and use two sends there, bring them in to mix channels and pan them.
by jimmyklane
29 Jul 2018
Forum: VST Plugins
Topic: Waves V10 Is Out - A Public Service Announcement
Replies: 25
Views: 6993

Re: Waves V10 Is Out - A Public Service Announcement

tibah wrote:
11 Jun 2018
I love taking pictures of my VSTs...

;)
I agree! The screenshot feature is one of the coolest parts about Reason’s VST integration
by jimmyklane
29 Jul 2018
Forum: VST Plugins
Topic: Best Exciter/Enhancer?
Replies: 6
Views: 2753

Re: Best Exciter/Enhancer?

Now i know why i have had these really instinctive antipathy against something like valley people dynamite... and their grandiose marketing texts... :lol: The Softube valley people dynamite actually sounds like that. It is a VERY “grabby” compressor that can be tough to use to good effect. The dB/s...
by jimmyklane
29 Jul 2018
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Creating Individual Mixes While Recording 'full-bands'
Replies: 12
Views: 1686

Re: Creating Individual Mixes While Recording 'full-bands'

Musicians today are so spoiled. :) True! And don't use my Motu for headphone mixes but for connecting my Eurorack! The MOTU with its DC-coupled outputs is really excellent for sending CV out to synths. It can fire off audio pulses to trigger arpeggiators, send perfect 1V/octave CV, and generally cr...