What are the RE must haves?

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Creativemind
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27 Jul 2021

2 essentials straight off would be Selig's De-Esser and Gain Re's. Reason doesn't have a decent (well any) metering tool and the Selig De-Esser is excellent.
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Reason Studio's 11.3 / Cockos Reaper 6.82 / Cakewalk By Bandlab / Orion 8.6
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moofi
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14 Sep 2021

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Free


- Little LFO (not only for LFO madness but a playable 4 Oscillator FM-Synth for freaky sounds)

- Rostnomo Randomsynth (ridicioulusly inspiring randomsynth generator for soundfinding/generation purposes)

- D1-RT Line Noise Injector (very good sounding hiss/hum/vinyl noise generator)

- Modrack Noise (simple 7 colour noisegenerator, brings the noise)

- PCM2612 Retro Decimator Unit (clangy clean sounding 8-bit crusher)

- Janitor CV Shaper (well organised, easy to read, easy to handle)

- Morphin XF CrossFader (one Fader, many blendmodes)

- Anansi (Mid-Sid-Router with a balancing option, got a merger/splitter/monocheck onboard)

- A/B Switch (very simple switch for A/B-ing audio + cv)

- RPSpec Spectrogram (an analyser in the rack)

- CVA-7 CV Analyzer (CV-Oscilloscope with keyboard and gate value indicators)

- SKOPE (a scope for audio + cv)




To buy


- BlueDepth Epic Reverb Effect (Lush experimental oceanic dual reverb for soundscape/reverberating explorations)-

- D-Filter (Phat 2-in-1 Philter with up to 192db/oct slopes)

- RE-2A (present yet smooth compression, very good on busses)

- A-Series 1/2 Modular Synth (two little funky modular rack devices for a sweet little modular synth)

- DCAM Envelopeshaper (Easy transient designer, nothing really spectacular, very useful) -

- Selig´s Gain (2 mode mixing-channel-like fader for quick in rack level adjustments with proper 2 knob multi-panlawable stereopanning and some additional shizzle)

- BZR-1Chaotic Signal Generator (great CV-Source)

- DR-1 Deep Reverb

- 90s Vintage Phaser

- Flower Audio Loudness Meter

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tronam
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14 Sep 2021

Selig Gain. It’s so fundamentally useful and well thought out that it should be included with every version of Reason as a stock device.
Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

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Creativemind
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14 Sep 2021

zabukowski wrote:
25 Jul 2021
Selig DeEsser & Leveler, Sonicbits Pump, LAB One Mace Compressor etc.
Yeah Selig De-Esser and Gain and Synapse The Legend for me, oh and Synapse Deep Reverb.
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Lov2sing
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15 Sep 2021

It depends on the type of music I am doing at the time. However my favorite is not an RE but the combinator because I alway like taking two or three instruments with effects and creating new things not found. I’m from the 70’s where everyone sounded different and the combinator allows me to have that difference among many RE’s. L
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muckmclane
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15 Sep 2021

Glad I could pick up this one of a kind RE, before the unforeseen issues.
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Re8et
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18 Sep 2021

I'd get Drums first, then Synths, and the utilities.

Drums stix computer (it's new, no videos yet)
Boom 808
Knock mixfood , probably my first choice for the insane patterns variations included.
Umpf 1-2
Reason Drums (nice acoustics drums).
Jackbox Linndrum, 707, 909.
SYNR Drum Synthesizer
Make noise Basimilus Iteritas
others.


Midi CV converter util is a must have.

Synths is really down to your tastes.
I'd say VK-1 for a starter, but you need to know how much of cv stuff you want to use.
There's less CV intense Synths that are better for inspiration, Rostnomo is
free and can give you an idea of what I mean.

avasopht
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18 Sep 2021

muckmclane wrote:
15 Sep 2021
Glad I could pick up this one of a kind RE, before the unforeseen issues.

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There are a few REs and Refills no longer available that I missed out on.

But I'd not feel comfortable using any of his REs.

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18 Sep 2021

avasopht wrote:
25 Jul 2021
MrFigg wrote:
25 Jul 2021
RE-2A


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andyhsong
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20 Sep 2021

I always said you cant go wrong with the 3 S's: Synapse, Softube and Selig

However there are a lot of other great developers out there too. McDSP compressors and EQ's are some of my most used that immediately come to mind.

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20 Sep 2021

Effects
selig gain
selig de-ess
vermillion
cerberus
deep reverb

Instruments:
antidote
predator

Utilities
morphin x fader
cv tune
janitor
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20 Sep 2021

The Kilohearts Limiter (free) is pretty handy. Can use it as a clear limiter or push it harder to squash/glue elements together.

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Faastwalker
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21 Sep 2021

Sonic Charge - Echobode
Jiggery pokery - Super Spiders (x4)
OchenK - EDS06s
McDSP - FutzBox
FXpansion - Etch Red
Little IO - Little LFO
OchenK - CV Tuner
D16 Group - Devastor 2
D16 Group - Decimort 2
Lectric Panda - Shape
Lectric Panda - Fritz
Reason Studios - Parsec 2
Jiggery Pokery - Chenille
Blamsoft - Zero
AudioRealism - ABL3
GForce - M-Tron
Lectric Panda - PSQ-1684
Robotic Bean - CV I/O bundle
Noise Engineering - Basimilus Iteratis
Lectric Panda - Nostromo
Klevgränd - Tape Cassette Deck
Love One - MIDI to CV converter
Jiggery Pokery - Animus
Robotic Bean - Euclidean Rhythms
Static Cling - Delta
Reason Studios - Complex 1
Robotic Bean - Compare
Robotic Bean - Resonans
Reason Studios - Friktion
Reason Studios - Algoritm
Ekksperimental Sound Studio - DrumSyn
Robotic Bean - Sequences

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21 Sep 2021

Faastwalker wrote:
21 Sep 2021
Sonic Charge - Echobode
Jiggery pokery - Super Spiders (x4)
OchenK - EDS06s
McDSP - FutzBox
FXpansion - Etch Red
Little IO - Little LFO
OchenK - CV Tuner
D16 Group - Devastor 2
D16 Group - Decimort 2
Lectric Panda - Shape
Lectric Panda - Fritz
Reason Studios - Parsec 2
Jiggery Pokery - Chenille
Blamsoft - Zero
AudioRealism - ABL3
GForce - M-Tron
Lectric Panda - PSQ-1684
Robotic Bean - CV I/O bundle
Noise Engineering - Basimilus Iteratis
Lectric Panda - Nostromo
Klevgränd - Tape Cassette Deck
Love One - MIDI to CV converter
Jiggery Pokery - Animus
Robotic Bean - Euclidean Rhythms
Static Cling - Delta
Reason Studios - Complex 1
Robotic Bean - Compare
Robotic Bean - Resonans
Reason Studios - Friktion
Reason Studios - Algoritm
Ekksperimental Sound Studio - DrumSyn
Robotic Bean - Sequences
Totally forgot about M-Tron.

Good list.

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dvdrtldg
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21 Sep 2021

Love ReTron

And ChamberTron, and ReStrings. Excellent instruments

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Faastwalker
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21 Sep 2021

dvdrtldg wrote:
21 Sep 2021
Love ReTron

And ChamberTron, and ReStrings. Excellent instruments
I missed out ReStrings. That should definitely be in there. I’ve not picked up ChmaberTron yet. I will at some point though :thumbup:


Proboscis
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22 Sep 2021

When I start organizing in a project (usually long after the project started, hours/days later haha), the #1 absolute most used RE is

Spacre Blank Plate by PEFF

https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... ank-plate/

That's my 'must have'.

Then, in no particular order:

Chenille Chorus Ensemble (Jiggery Pokery)
Steerpike BBD Delay Ensemble (Jiggery Pokery)
Selig Gain
Selig Leveler

The Selig utilities could do with a facelift. I don't know if that's a big job to simply update the GUIs with all the same features as before. Either way, they have a very specific job to do, and they do it well. Great RE's !

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tronam
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22 Sep 2021

Re8et wrote:
18 Sep 2021
I'd get Drums first, then Synths, and the utilities.

Drums stix computer (it's new, no videos yet)
Boom 808
Knock mixfood , probably my first choice for the insane patterns variations included.
Umpf 1-2
Reason Drums (nice acoustics drums).
Jackbox Linndrum, 707, 909.
SYNR Drum Synthesizer
Make noise Basimilus Iteritas
I wish Quadalectra offered a JackBox bundle.
Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

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22 Sep 2021

tronam wrote:
22 Sep 2021
Re8et wrote:
18 Sep 2021
I'd get Drums first, then Synths, and the utilities.

Drums stix computer (it's new, no videos yet)
Boom 808
Knock mixfood , probably my first choice for the insane patterns variations included.
Umpf 1-2
Reason Drums (nice acoustics drums).
Jackbox Linndrum, 707, 909.
SYNR Drum Synthesizer
Make noise Basimilus Iteritas
I wish Quadalectra offered a JackBox bundle.
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fullforce
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22 Sep 2021

Everything from Jiggery Pokery.
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BRIGGS
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22 Sep 2021

Selected based on 'most used':
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EdGrip
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23 Sep 2021

PMS-20
Selig Gain
VK-2
Little LFO

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jjpscott01
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23 Sep 2021

A few I couldn't live without

Blamsoft Zero Synth - Just sounds so clean

Zoetrope Organic Synth - love the built in presets

Jiggery Pokery Combo B3 Organ - My favorite vintage organ sound

Inphonik RX950 - Gives that perfect dirty sound when you need it

Selig Leveler is my single favorite RE. Its so good its the main reason I was excited to have Reason as a VST.

Propellerhead Scream 4 - Not a RE but its still my favorite distortion plugin after all these years
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Jackjackdaw
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23 Sep 2021

Drum Sequencer is my all time favourite Re. I have yet to find anything anywhere that handles poly metric rhythms so effortlessly.

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