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Benedict
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16 Jan 2015

Hi All

I figured I'd start with a list of all the articles and Tutorials I posted at PUF. Just in case ;)

Composition
  1. Writing a Piece of Music – simple Theory – very basics of chord progression and chord notes
  2. Arranging a Piece of Music – simple Theory – the sense of story
  3. Re-Voicing & Arranging Music – a real life example
Sounds
  1. Reason Synths – a quick comparison
  2. Signal Routing & simple Logic – if you wire it, they will dance
  3. Why Making Drums Sound BIG is Difficult – basics of drum creation
  4. Compressing Drums – squishdy squidge
  5. Build Your Own Reverb Unit – this is your space + Patch
  6. Creating External FM in Reason – nasty, nasty, oh you nasty boy! + Patch
  7. Korg MonoPoly RE v.s. Thor – my cloth ears + Patch
  8. Korg MS-20 Mini v.s. Reason 7 – kinda silly but hey
  9. Doepfer Dark Energy v.s. Thor – ooh to be ah + Patch
  10. Making Reason more Analog – Reason v.s. KingKORG + Patch
  11. Samplers as Synthesizers – and why it can be so good (or bad)
  12. Blamsoft Distributor in Reason 7 – maybe I oversold it but it is still cool
Mixing
  1. Mixing In Stere-erio – get the balance right
  2. Mixing in Stere-erio – conclusion – making stereo out of nothing at all
  3. Mixing in Mono – now the stereo is gone, I’m just one
  4. Compressing Drums – how to get ‘em to sit in the mix and not DESTROYer it
  5. Bet you didn’t know BASS is the Enemy in Mixing Music – when too much is just too much and how to fool the kids all the time
  6. Mixing with Groups in Propellerheads Reason – out of date now but still good to know
  7. How to Mix Well – the Zen of being a Master
  8. Mastering – Master & Servant, the Final Fantasy
Others
  1. How to transfer a Vinyl Record to Digital (CD, mp3 etc.) – get it right!
  2. Novation Bass Station – a passing folly
  3. Gear Lust – don’t do it, get away from the gun
  4. The Post-Album Slump – writer’s block and how to tear down the wall
UPDATE: by now there are a lot more articles including a complete suite on basic music marketing. They are all under this link
http://benedictroffmarsh.com/tutorials/

UPDATE: people seem confused over what I offer, this may help: https://benedictroffmarsh.com/2020/01/1 ... w-i-do-it/

UPDATE: I run a series of videos where I take in a track and mix it. In the video, I A/B the changes, play the new mix and then walk through all the decisions I made in creating my mix. I am open for submissions. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... mXIauoJraq
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offaxisdaddy
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16 Jan 2015

Excellent resource, Benedict! Thank you for taking the time to put this together and sharing.

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16 Jan 2015

Thank you, Benedict! Glad you made it over here as well!

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16 Jan 2015

Benedict wrote:Hi All

I figured I'd start with a list of all the articles and Tutorials I posted at PUF. Just in case ;)

Composition
  1. Writing a Piece of Music – simple Theory – very basics of chord progression and chord notes
  2. Arranging a Piece of Music – simple Theory – the sense of story
  3. Re-Voicing & Arranging Music – a real life example
Sounds
  1. Reason Synths – a quick comparison
  2. Signal Routing & simple Logic – if you wire it, they will dance
  3. Why Making Drums Sound BIG is Difficult – basics of drum creation
  4. Compressing Drums – squishdy squidge
  5. Build Your Own Reverb Unit – this is your space + Patch
  6. Creating External FM in Reason – nasty, nasty, oh you nasty boy! + Patch
  7. Korg MonoPoly RE v.s. Thor – my cloth ears + Patch
  8. Korg MS-20 Mini v.s. Reason 7 – kinda silly but hey
  9. Doepfer Dark Energy v.s. Thor – ooh to be ah + Patch
  10. Making Reason more Analog – Reason v.s. KingKORG + Patch
  11. Samplers as Synthesizers – and why it can be so good (or bad)
  12. Blamsoft Distributor in Reason 7 – maybe I oversold it but it is still cool
Mixing
  1. Mixing In Stere-erio – get the balance right
  2. Mixing in Stere-erio – conclusion – making stereo out of nothing at all
  3. Mixing in Mono – now the stereo is gone, I’m just one
  4. Compressing Drums – how to get ‘em to sit in the mix and not DESTROYer it
  5. Bet you didn’t know BASS is the Enemy in Mixing Music – when too much is just too much and how to fool the kids all the time
  6. Mixing with Groups in Propellerheads Reason – out of date now but still good to know
  7. How to Mix Well – the Zen of being a Master
  8. Mastering – Master & Servant, the Final Fantasy
Others
  1. How to transfer a Vinyl Record to Digital (CD, mp3 etc.) – get it right!
  2. Novation Bass Station – a passing folly
  3. Gear Lust – don’t do it, get away from the gun
  4. The Post-Album Slump – writer’s block and how to tear down the wall
Glad you made it over Benedict. Awesome post.

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16 Jan 2015

Thanks guys

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16 Jan 2015

Thanks Benedict.


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17 Jan 2015

Great stuff. Benedict is a great resource. I look forward to getting into these tutorials more in depth.

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17 Jan 2015

Fantastic.
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17 Jan 2015

Here one I made for reason an mpc renaissace/studio users
http://youtu.be/z-N9zd3UGbo
And another one to rewire vst inside mpc software
http://youtu.be/V0GhZBhASX8

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17 Jan 2015

Good job _

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17 Jan 2015

Thanks Benedict!
Is it possible to make tutorials list sticky? Or just add new links to one, common list.

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17 Jan 2015

It would probably be better to make a new thread for each tutorial or if everything is in this one it will become crazy.

Of course if everyone keeps replying to my post I will get to feel pretty special  :angel:

:)
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17 Jan 2015

Benedict wrote:It would probably be better to make a new thread for each tutorial or if everything is in this one it will become crazy.

Of course if everyone keeps replying to my post I will get to feel pretty special  :angel:

:)
Benedict we've done this thing on our forum ( reason france )
one topic with all tuto. ( all link for each topic/entry)
http://forum.reasonfrance.fr/tous-les-t ... t5252.html

and on the sub-category Tutorials & techniques
all users can open a topic per entry for a tuto.

the best way to keep it this forum section clean et helpfull is to have a system which user can submit a tuto then moderator and admin can create the topic with all purpose by users like this
http://forum.reasonfrance.fr/minibrute- ... 17730.html

but need more management and works for the admin and moderator

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17 Jan 2015

Bravo Reason France! Great tutorial list with structure. Tres bien! ;)

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17 Jan 2015

We must not forget the excellent tutorials by Hydlide over at ReasonExperts

Tons on his youtube channel..

https://www.youtube.com/user/reasonexperts
I have embraced Allihoopa. Come listen and play with my crap Figure loops here:
https://allihoopa.com/zeebot

They really are crap.


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17 Jan 2015

All your tutorials, tips and articles in one place!! NICE :) :) :) :)

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17 Jan 2015


Hey Benedict, 

I'm very happy to see you here, and glad to see you settling in and creating some structure for this forum already!
I'm thinking this should probably be a sticky, but don't know if this forum software allows it. 
[edit - it's called "pinning", and this thread has now officially been pinned!]

But welcome, thank you, and hope to see you dig in and make this your new home for tutorials etc. Anything I can do to help, just let me know!
:)
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17 Jan 2015

Benedict!  Thank you.
This place wouldn't be complete without you.  Glad you're on-board mate. :thumbup:
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17 Jan 2015

Good start there Benedict. Always a wealth of knowledge you are.
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17 Jan 2015

Thanks Benedict :D

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17 Jan 2015

Thank you for posting! I was actually about to search for your article on arranging as I'm a bit stuck and I need some fresh perspective arranging some of my stuff, and there it is.. right at the top  :)

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17 Jan 2015

Thanks guys. I mean to write a few more articles but I distract myself.

New album is mostly done (just the shouting left to do) and then maybe I can do some. Requests considered.

:)
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