Benedict's Tutorial List

[Benedict]

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 Mixing with Groups in Propellerheads Reason – out of date now but still good to know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

[offaxisdaddy]

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

[eusti]

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

D.

[Yorick]

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.

[Benedict]

Thanks guys

[Resonator]

Thanks Benedict.

[colcifer]

Two of mine:

"Subtractive" Tonewheel Organs
Practical Frequency Modulation

[JNeffLind]

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

[rvman]

Fantastic.

[tt_lab]

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

[geronimo]

Good job _

[tumar]

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

[Benedict]

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 

[frog974new]

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 

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

[tumar]

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

[zeebot]

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

Tons on his youtube channel..

https://www.youtube.com/user/reasonexperts

[gullum]

Read some of the links and very good information in them, so thanks a lot

[Purpleb]

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

[selig]

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!

[Reasonistas]

Benedict!  Thank you.
This place wouldn't be complete without you.  Glad you're on-board mate.

[FrankJaeger]

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

[ionly]

Thanks Benedict

[dconana]

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 

[Benedict]

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.