This thread inspired me to do a quick A/B/C comparison between Europa, eXpanse and The Legend with a basic saw wave, no filters. (sorry, no recordings to share) With the eXpanse and Europa instances, when I add just a tiny touch of distortion, they both can sound very similar to The Legend's raw osc...

I have purchased probably the majority of my REs without trialing, based on features, sound samples, UI, reviews, etc. Some were part of discounted bundles, like the Backline Rig, and for others, I usually waited until a sale to pull the trigger on a new piece of virtual gear. And then some, I was g...

So where is a good source for downloading wavetables? I would say just google "serum wavetables" but you'll probably end up lots of links to sites with a virus, and I don't mean the fun sampled Access TI sort. But here is a reddit link to get started: https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments...

I just watched a video showing Serum, Europa, and eXpanse morphing through the same wavetable. Setting aside that the eXpanse settings weren't quite right for the test, I had difficulty hearing a difference between Serum and Europa based on a single wavetable oscillator. Side note, I listened throug...

YES! Grain is just amazing! Europa is cool. Did not downloaded extra content yet. Received Drum Seq player "free" ... I will call it Berlin seq from modular world (BSFMW)... Check out why. And I only just downloaded Reason 10. It was that easy and quick to enter this new way of making "melodies", a...

If anything, I'm getting better performance from R10.1 A fully produced project that was hitting 2 or 3 marks on the DSP meter is now sitting solidly on the bottom mark, even during the heavy synth, vocals and effects chorus. This is kind of crazy considering I have 30 tracks with 5 Europas, 2 insta...

And turn off the filter in expanse Yep, this one threw me when I first started using eXpanse because I assumed, like other synths' default settings, that the new patch workflow would start with nothing but a raw oscillator waveform to start sculpting. Took me a minute to realize, "Oh, the raw wave ...

I've been using Reason in my productions since V1, back in the mists of time. I loved it then and I love it even more now. It is truly amazing how far Reason has come from those early days. Thanks, Propellerheads, for developing a music-making environment that is always inspiring, always advancing, ...

One step I didn't see explicitly called out in my cursory reading of this thread was, "Change the oscillator (Engine Wave Form) from 'Basic Analog' to 'User Wave'". You can load all the waves/wavetables you like but if you don't change the wave form type in the engine section you will get the defaul...

A recommendation to the OP if you don't already have this. Take a look at the G-Fill Dance Anthem Tools in the prop shop. https://shop.propellerheads.se/product/g-fill-dance-anthem-tools/ If you dig deep into this, it's like a "Dance Music Course" in a Refill. Not only is this one packed with many, ...

I tend to start with melodies and supporting chord changes, then work my way to underlying grooves (kick, percussion, bass) and overall arrangements. Some talk about melodies in dance music in a very broad sense, where a main musical idea is called a "melody", even if it is something like not-very-m...

That type of dynamic range in lower to higher distortion is hard to get right, and I think you've nailed it. I'm hearing some nice harmonics without any artifacts or fizz, and the breakup is very organic. The articulation is very transparent as well, with playing nuances coming through unscathed. Bo...

Really fantastic sounding RE. $49 is a pretty spectacular price for these authentic and rich sounding strings. My family is full of professional and semi-professional cellists and violinists (I count 7 off the top of my head), some of whom do regular studio and live work with pop artists or record f...

If I'm working on analog subtractive sounds, my go-to synths are either Thor, or more often now, The Legend. That said, I could see value, especially for new Reason users, in retrofitting Subtractor to better model a hardware signal chain for a warmer and less aliased analog sound. Also, some update...

$19 is an impulse buy for me, so I bought it. Do I need it? Probably not. However, I can already tell as I'm exploring the presets that it has a ton of highly usable sounds. Some are quite rich and fat sounding. Looking forward to playing with some patch building with this. This really seems like a ...

Well, I certainly love the Chenille BBD Chorus RE, so I'm looking forward to checking this one out. Side note, I'm currently producing a dance track for a female singer and the main chorus part of the song needed a little something to bring out her voice. I put a Chenille on the vocal and it made t...

Well, I certainly love the Chenille BBD Chorus RE, so I'm looking forward to checking this one out. Side note, I'm currently producing a dance track for a female singer and the main chorus part of the song needed a little something to bring out her voice. I put a Chenille on the vocal and it made th...

As an alternative, there is an RE in the shop called ChordSet that allows for 12 custom chords per preset, each mapped to a key within a single octave. It also has a "humanize" function that adds some randomness to each note strike, which is especially nice for piano sounds. There is also a variable...

Thanks for these so far. I would absolutely recommend one or more the the "rig" deals once he's further along and wouldn't be overwhelmed. And I'm smacking myself on the forehead for not remembering all the great free REs. I had a temporary blind-spot, thinking about paid extensions and content, so ...

Since so much music is I-IV-V with a couple of minors thrown in, the algorithm is probably assuming that your intent is to play an inversion of the V chord (G), based on your C Major center. Bm#5 = Gmaj I haven't found a mode that preserves triads up and down the scale, other than chromatic, and tha...

A friend of mine has spent the past few months learning FL Studio to produce some tracks for his videos. He's getting better and better, but he feels like his workflow is hitting a wall and he seems to be fighting the "screen full of VSTs" problem just to do some basic things. He periodically visits...

eXpanse is fantastic and is one of my "go to" synths. It CAN serve as a general all-rounder, but also does deeper more complex sounds particularly well, if you're willing to put in the time with it. That said, I don't use it for everything. If I want more "pure" sounds with beefy "analog character",...