Sinewav Posted September 30, 2005 Posted September 30, 2005 Yeah just do like 12 steps at the normal 16th note division. Some multiple of 6 should do it. In addition you probably want to change the Resolution dial to like 3/8 or 3/16 or something to get the compound feel. How do you do that? The only ones I see are 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/8T, 1/16, 1/16T, etc.
Arcana Posted September 30, 2005 Posted September 30, 2005 Yeah just do like 12 steps at the normal 16th note division. Some multiple of 6 should do it. In addition you probably want to change the Resolution dial to like 3/8 or 3/16 or something to get the compound feel. How do you do that? The only ones I see are 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/8T, 1/16, 1/16T, etc. Oh oops, use 1/8T or 1/16T.
sgx Posted September 30, 2005 Posted September 30, 2005 It might just be easier to sequence your drums in the track sequencer and not in the redrum's pattern thing. That's how I usually do it anyway. It will keep things simpler.
Sinewav Posted September 30, 2005 Posted September 30, 2005 It might just be easier to sequence your drums in the track sequencer and not in the redrum's pattern thing. That's how I usually do it anyway. It will keep things simpler. That might be the best move... dang this is gunna be more work than I thought. Ok then. I've got another question revolving around the same project. When the song is in 4/4, I've got the tempo at 120 bpm (which is right where I want it). But when I go into 6/8 time, the song feels way too slow at 120. I'm thinkin' 135 or 140 might do the trick, but is there any way to change the tempo in the middle of the song?
Hy Bound Posted September 30, 2005 Posted September 30, 2005 It might just be easier to sequence your drums in the track sequencer and not in the redrum's pattern thing. That's how I usually do it anyway. It will keep things simpler. That might be the best move... dang this is gunna be more work than I thought. Ok then. I've got another question revolving around the same project. When the song is in 4/4, I've got the tempo at 120 bpm (which is right where I want it). But when I go into 6/8 time, the song feels way too slow at 120. I'm thinkin' 135 or 140 might do the trick, but is there any way to change the tempo in the middle of the song? Nope. Not unless you have another host program such as ACID or something that can do it. Thats one of the biggest hits in Reason is the lack of an automated tempo change.
sgx Posted September 30, 2005 Posted September 30, 2005 You can select a bunch of your song, right click, change events, and time stretch a bunch of the midi by a percent. This will sound fine, but everything will be off of the note grid lines, making editing it really irritating and innaccurate. You could just write your whole song, changing the tempo yourself to where it sounds good when you're working on the different sections, and then when you're done editing, time shift the midi. Irritating, but it will get the job done.
Sinewav Posted October 1, 2005 Posted October 1, 2005 Daaaaaaaaaaaaangit. Oh well. I'll try out that time shifting thing, but I'll probably end up just making two separate songs and sticking them together in Audacity or something. What is the best way to set up a song in 6/8 time from the beginning (i.e. without ever intending to go into 4/4)?
Arcana Posted October 1, 2005 Posted October 1, 2005 Uuuuhhhhh... there's a time signature thingy in the Transport. Use that.
Snooper_1989 Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 Hey just a general question about a ReFill that aparently you used to be able to get - but can't anymore. I believe it was the AKAI clear mountain drums, aparently it was really good - just wondering if there is somewhere where you can still get it from that would be appreciated. Also i've been mucking around with Reason 3 for a bit and started to use the synths which I had previously not used in 2.5 and i'm just wondering the pro's and con's or differences between using a Malstrom and a Subtractor, I find using Malstrom to be easy but my synths all sound basically the same no matter how much I alter them.
Hy Bound Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 I would also like to know if I can get the AKAI drums from someone. As for whether a malstrom or subtractor is better: They are basically two different kinds of synthesis, which, just as any other synthesizer, makes them have a similar sound, no matter what oscillators you use. However, Malstroms are better than subtractors for making complex sounds with crazy modulations going on. It also (to me) has a more processed, guitar amp-sound on average. However, you can make just about any kind of sound with the malstrom; it just depends on how well you use the parameters. Subtractors use a simpler way to make sounds and are therefore good at bass and other kinds of relatively simple, but strong sounds. But it all depends on how you use the different LFOs and such to give you a completely different sound and you can still make some pretty complex sounds with it. FX modules also change a lot of what makes both of them sound all alike, which is my main way of changing their sound. EDIT: wow, I really didn't write that well... My bad.
Veilon Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 I have a problem. Whenever I import a midi in reason, I lose all my tempo track (or conductor track). The only parameter remaining is the first tempo that appears to be the tempo for the whole song. How can I make the tempo change for some parts only?
Argitoth Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Reason = nono tempo change Reason can't do tempo changes. But, you could time warp the midi. Select notes --> RIGHT CLICK in sequencer --> Change Events --> Scale Tempo --> Apply Make sure you have the notes selected correctly and only use this process in your final stage of composition, it will be impossible to correctly quantize after you scale the tempo. Create backup files just in case.
Argitoth Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 This question I've answered like 4 times now. I know this.
Veilon Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Actually, I thought there was a simpler, smarter and more efficient way to do it... This is just pain in the ass and really hard if you have a lot of tempo changes on several tracks.
Arcana Posted October 14, 2005 Posted October 14, 2005 Actually, I thought there was a simpler, smarter and more efficient way to do it... This is just pain in the ass and really hard if you have a lot of tempo changes on several tracks. You can also: 1) use different song files. Export to different wavs and concatenate the wavs together. 2) Use Rewire into a host that supports automated tempo changes.
Argitoth Posted October 14, 2005 Posted October 14, 2005 and concatenate the wavs concatenate? wha... eh? concatenate?... What are you talking about? The guy is using midi signals; you have a good idea though, just use a rewire host to do tempo changes. What's with the concatenating of the wavs mumbo jumbo? THAT WORD DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
sgx Posted October 14, 2005 Posted October 14, 2005 and concatenate the wavs concatenate? wha... eh? concatenate?... Get a dictionary?
Malcos Posted October 14, 2005 Posted October 14, 2005 http://www.answers.com/concatenate&r=67 You know the word 'join' would have simply done the trick. Then again, I learnt a new word, so thanks!
Arcana Posted October 14, 2005 Posted October 14, 2005 http://www.answers.com/concatenate&r=67You know the word 'join' would have simply done the trick. Then again, I learnt a new word, so thanks! Malcos is a man of action!
btangel Posted October 16, 2005 Posted October 16, 2005 can you load those free SF2 samples (say squidfont orchestra) into the NN-XT of reason 3.0? I read earlier in the thread that VSTs wouldn't work in reason, or are they the same thing?
sgx Posted October 16, 2005 Posted October 16, 2005 Yeah, the nnxt loads soundfonts. VST's are something different.
k u n g f u c h i c k e n Posted October 16, 2005 Posted October 16, 2005 Someone really needs to put all these tips toghether so people wont keep asking.
Bren Posted October 16, 2005 Posted October 16, 2005 Someone really needs to put all these tips toghether so people wont keep asking. I agree. I also think it would make more sense to have a Reason 101 forum, as well as one for FLStudio. With the way things are set up here, I think its simpler just to do a google search for "Reason Tutorial"
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