Complex mixing and layering of effects can lead to a nice fat sound when filling the stereo field with lush sound design. Propellerhead’s Record is a powerful duo when combined with the infinite capabilities of Reason’s effects routing within a combinator. In this video we take a look at how to build an effects combinator…
Category Archives: Sound Design
Bass Drum Design in Battery 3 [video]
Creating a signature sound often means creating your own drums. Utilizing Battery 3, in this video I will show you how to go from a simple sine wave to a bass drum ready for the spotlight.
Subtractor Filter Modulation Using the Matrix Pattern Sequencer in Reason [video]
Delicious.
That’s how I would describe the sound of an animated filter at just the right settings.
Wet and delicious.
One way to achieve that wonderful sound is modulating the filter frequency. This can be done in a handful of creative ways inside of Reason, but I’m going to show you how to do it using the Matrix Pattern Sequencer when applied to the Mod Wheel on a Subtractor.
Reverse Reverb Tail in Ableton Live 8 [video]
A reverse reverb tail gives you a way to introduce a sound into the mix, expeicially effective off of breaks or moments of silence…
DrRex CV Modulation in Reason [video]
DrRex loop players are fantastic little tools for playing loops in new and exciting ways. Drums, Instruments, Voice…anything that was imported and edited inside ReCycle by Propellerhead and exported as a REX file.
One of the most exciting things about playing back those loops in a DrRex loop player is the way you can then modulate those loops into something fresh or unimaginable.