http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYzzaPxEK9U
“Propellerhead Software’s product specialist James Bernard kicks off this series of tutorials with a demonstration on creative uses of the Record mixer’s dynamics section to create rhythmic gating effects, also known as ‘trance gate’.” – PropellerheadSW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jnZ1EwvW88
“In this week’s episode, James Bernard shows how to create a typical dub step wobble bass sound in Record and Reason.” – PropellerheadSW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mKL2xCw1Ds
“In the third episode, James Bernard gives you even more tips on creating dub step wobble bass sounds in Record and Reason.” – PropellerheadSW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGPYBnpt1ZA
“Week 4 is here and this time James shows you the basics of the Contol Volt and Gate features in Reason and Record. Many users shy away from CV/Gate for fear of not knowing what they do, but CV/Gate is an immensely powerful feature and quite straightforward to use once you grasp the basic concept.” – – PropellerheadSW
For more info: propellerheads.se
This entry was written by , posted on March 13, 2010 at 7:05 am, filed under Propellerhead Reason and tagged James Bernard, Propellerheads, Reason, record. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlxEmE5bqGI
Tonight’s homework is to throw some vocoder into a track. If you own Propellerheads Reason 4 you have a great vocoder. The video above shows you how to set it up. Can anyone name the tunes playing?
More Reason tips and tricks: click here
This entry was written by , posted on February 27, 2009 at 7:30 pm, filed under Propellerhead Reason and tagged electro, Propellerhead, Propellerhead Reason, Reason, vocoder. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I love the Formant Filter in Propellerhead Reason’s Thor synthesizer. I also think Scream4 is one of the best software distortions out there. So if your stuck in a cubicle or need a reminder that Reason is great here’s a sample:
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Get Reason: www.propellerheads.se
This entry was written by , posted on February 5, 2009 at 2:20 pm, filed under Propellerhead Reason and tagged Propellerhead, Reason, Scream4, synthesizer, Thor. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
A few weeks ago Propellerhead asked me to send them my favorite Patches that come with Reason. I picked my top five and wrote a little about why each sound tickles my brain in a happy way. To view my choices: click here
“Artist Patch Charts. Go-to sounds of the pros. Ever wondered what the bass sound in that track was? How they made the harp glissandos in that movie, the shimmering strings in that commercial, or why the snare in that track sounds so familiar? We did. And that’s why we’re presenting our favorite producer’s and artist’s top sounds.” – Propellerheads.se
You can also see Patch Charts for Orlando Voorn, Adam Fielding, Nat Motte, Steven Drozd, Bentley Jones, Ryland Blackinton, Richard Barbieri, Jesse Stern, Dan Silver and others here: http://www.propellerheads.se/substance/patch-charts/index.cfm
This entry was written by , posted on December 19, 2008 at 7:07 pm, filed under Propellerhead Reason and tagged chart, Propellerhead, Reason. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Today I present to you a highly fun Reason beginner tip: Instead of placing notes into Reason’s fun Matrix Sequencer use the Randomize function. But don’t give yourself carpel tunnel syndrome by pushing the mouse pointer to the Edit menu and selected Randomize Pattern. Simply hold down the Command (Apple) key and hit R. Now… do it over and over until you get something you like.
This entry was written by , posted on November 26, 2008 at 12:22 pm, filed under Propellerhead Reason and tagged Matrix Sequencer, random, Reason. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
The always busy James Bernard from Propellerhead Software went to LA to interview Bon Harris one of the founding members of Nitzer Ebb. It doesn’t surprise me to hear he’s using Reason to create the music for the upcoming all new NE album. Reason seems to be a center piece in a lot of EBM bands today. It was a happy surprise to hear the bassline Mr. Harris let us have a sneak peak of because it had an old school Nitzer Ebb feel to it. If Douglas McCarthy can get angry enough to put proper vocals on this remains to be seen. I for one really hope the magic returns.
Keep up with NE here: www.nitzer-ebb.de and myspace.com/nitzerebbmusic
This entry was written by , posted on November 21, 2008 at 4:08 pm, filed under Propellerhead Reason, interviews, music, song writing, video and tagged interview, James Bernard, Nitzer Ebb, Propellerhead, Reason, video. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Vintage color is the special sauce audio producers crave when producing. We want the sound of Mic pres from the 70s, spring reverbs and even that classic sampler sound. Decimort is a new plug-in from the ever impressive Polish software freaks D16. There are a host of bit crushers on the market but Decimort specializes in recreating the effect of old EMU Emulators and Ensoniq samplers.
“Electronic music producers (especially in Hip-Hop) have always been aware that classic samplers (such as early Akai and EMU units) had a character and sound of their own. They added a “grit” and “colour” to the samples and loops they played back which made them sound “Fat” and sit well in a mix. This sound colouration was due to the encoding techniques, lower sample rates, lower bit rate and conversion circuits which these early samplers used. Decimort recreates this colouration and adds the vintage sampler magic to any loop, bass line or sound played through it. It also acts as the perfect bit crusher with filter.” – D16.pl
You can hear some very good Decimort samples in the context of full songs on the D16 site: click here However, below I recorded and posted some straight forward clips. Each clip starts with the dry sound then I click on Decimort:
A choir sequence from the basic Reason soundbank. I chose the choir samples because you could find very similar samples in The Fairlight CMI:
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A computerized vocal which I think shows off Decimort quiet nicely:
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A simple Roland TR-808 loop through some Decimort presets:
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One thing I really like about Decimort is that is has a wet/dry knob, something I wish all plug-ins had! Also, automating the Frequency in Decimort sounds very potent. Overall it’s a nice plug-in that I could see using many instances of. I like to try using filters and bit-crusher before I’ll grab an eq.
Decimort is Mac/PC AU/Vst for 35€. Demo available: click here
photo credit: Johnrpenner
This entry was written by , posted on October 10, 2008 at 11:47 am, filed under plug-ins and tagged bit crusher, d16, Decimort, Emulator, Ensoniq, plug-in, Reason, sampler. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
If you remember not too long ago I mentioned I was recently endorsed by Propellerhead Software. An old friend of mine James Bernard who is a Product Specialist at the company helped set me up. Last week he started his own blog on the Propellerhead website. I think this is a great idea as the blog format is my favorite way to get info these days and James has a huge amount of pro-audio knowledge to share.
“Welcome to my first entry to my new blog page on the Propellerhead Website! I plan on using this page to share any tips or tricks I have picked up, insight on some of my travels around the world doing Producers Conference events and also share some useful files or links I might come across. Please let me know what you think of it and feel free to request any specific tips/tricks you would like to see.” – James Bernard, www.propellerheads.se
His first posts are great. He kicks it off by showing us his own project studio which includes a FM3 Buddha Machine, modified Roland TR-606, Auralex Treatment and of course Reason. Next, he creates a few songs using one sound. Yes. One single sound. In fact he uses just one single TR-909 kick drum. We all joke and think about doing things like this but James tackles the task and lives to tell about it.
There is more than just show and tell on his new blog which I believe is titled “.plan”. You get free goodies such as Refills and Regroove Templates.
Check out James’s new blog: click here
This entry was written by , posted on October 9, 2008 at 7:27 am, filed under Propellerhead Reason and tagged blog, James Bernard, Propellerhead, Reason. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
So it’s official: The Horrorist is endorsed by Propellerhead Software. I, as you know record under the name “The Horrorist” and today the box of goodies you see in the above photo arrived at my studio. I also managed to get one of the bands on my label Ionic Vision the same deal.
So how does one get such a good proposal? To be honest it’s kinda like getting laid by a female… You stay nice, friendly and available and when they are in the mood it happens! When I was in college at Suny Purchase I spent my free time in the music department hanging out with John Selway, Scott Richmond (Satellite Records) and Jack Elliot. During that time, the early nineties, the rave scene was beginning to take over the NY area. John invited me to techno parties in Long Island where I met Frankie Bones, Adam X, Heather Heart, Dave Trance and many more. I’m not sure how it exactly happened but I ended up at the recording studio of a guy named James Bernard who had a techno act called Influx. Ah… bingo you say! James Bernard I know that name. Yep hold that thought…
Flash forward fifteen plus years, 75 singles, 3 albums, 3 studios, a move to Berlin, a pro-audio blog and some grey hair. A band on my label Things to Come Records called Ionic Vision was coming to perform in Germany. I met them at Club Maria and did a quick video interview with them to help promote their new single. During the interview they got all gushy about how great Propellerheads Reason is. I wholeheartedly agree Reason is the bees knees and the video went up on the internets. I mentioned to Andy de Decker (one of the band members) that I should send it over to Propellerheads and did just that.
I knew James Bernard worked at Propellerheads and from time to time I cracked a smile when I saw him demoing things on YouTube. I would say to myself, “There’s that Influx guy. Dam he landed a cool job!”. So I was pleased when I found out he was the one in charge of artist relations and more pleased when he was the one who emailed me back. Without me asking he offered the endorsement deals.
So what can we learn from this tale?
1. James Bernard kicks ass.
2. Propellerheads kicks ass.
3. Being nice to people and putting your work out there gets free stuff. (And laid by females)
This arrangement will be good for you too because I will be posting more Reason tutorials, videos and Refill reviews.
So far I can tell you the 15″ laptop bag is very nice. The area where you hold your laptop is well padded and smooth so you don’t need to use one of those crappy inner sleeve things. It’s made of “polyester ripstop” which like it’s name: feels like it won’t ever rip. It also has a rubber handle, zippered pockets, a mobile cell holder and key ring.
Check out more photos of the bag and goodies: click here
Listen to James Bernard’s music: myspace.com/jamesbernardmusic
Visit Propellerhead Software: propellerheads.se
This entry was written by , posted on September 10, 2008 at 7:48 am, filed under Propellerhead Reason and tagged endorsement, James Bernard, laptop bag, Propellerhead, Reason, Reason Pianos, Refill. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uh6rGYiDDk
Here’s an interesting “vlog” from a guy who calls himself Hydlide. He’s from The Netherlands (as you can tell by his accent) and is a Reason freak. What I find interesting is how he uses Google Trends to compare the popularity of sequencing apps. The good stuff starts around 2:19. I think he makes an error because if he compares Reason 4 to Ableton Live. Shouldn’t he compare Reason 4 to Ableton Live 7? I put that data into Google Trends and it reads quite differently than his assumptions.
I also think it’s a bit silly of him to knock Fruity Loops as just for noobs and therefore worthless. I’ll make music by clapping my hands and humming if I have to. Hydlide also says he hates all VSTs. Huh?
I know I am picking on Hydlide a bit so I have to say he has a great YouTube channel of Reason tutorials. If you use Reason definitely head on over. I am sure you can pickup some new techniques:
www.youtube.com/user/hydlide24
You can use use Google Trends to compare search popularity of other things too. Take a look at this comparison of Depeche Mode vs MGMT: click here
Interesting no?
This entry was written by , posted on August 24, 2008 at 11:32 pm, filed under Propellerhead Reason and tagged Google Trends, Hydlide, Propellerhead, Reason, The Netherlands, vst. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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