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2 Table of Contents 21 Unison Mode Emulation
22 Nested Multiple Subtractors
3 Foreword 22 Atmospheric Pads
3 Music Theory in Reason 23 Special Effects
3 A (Really Basic) Introduction to Music Theory 23 Doubling Effect
4 The Note 24 Ping Pong Delay
4 Note Pitch 24 Multi-Tap Delay
4 The White Keys 25 Distortion Stack
5 The Black Keys 25 Compressor with Side-Chain
6 Octaves, Semitones, Cents and Steps 26 Reverb Delay Compensation
6 Scales, Chords, and Melody 26 Resampling Phrases
7 Notation and Sequencers 27 Song Mastering Configuration
8 Beats and Tempo 27 Reason EQ
9 Measures
9 Time Signatures 28 Matrix Pattern Sequencer
10 Quarter Notes 28 Mixer Gating
11 Fractional Note Durations 29 Tempo Synchronized LFO
11 Triplets 29 Auto Panning Mixer
12 Rests 30 Rotational Panning
12 Sequencer Resolution and Quantization 30 Matrix Controlled Panned Delay
13 Dynamics 31 Synchronized Filter Sweeps
13 Crescendo 31 Pattern Controlled Filters
13 Further Study
32 Wire and ReWire
14 Programming Subtractor Synthesizer Patches 32 Multi-Channel Audio Cards
14 Getting Started 33 External Mixing
14 Types of Sounds 33 Audio Interface Bus
15 Analog Bass 34 ReWire
15 Synth Pad 34 Host and Slave
16 Filter Sweep 35 ReBirth Input Machine
16 Synth Stab 35 ReWire Slave Mode
17 Lead 36 ReWire Bus
17 Synth Hi-Hat 36 ReWire Information Online
18 Synth Bass Drum
18 FM Bell Tone 37 Addendum
19 Sound Effect 37 Monitor Placement
19 Patch Creation Advice 37 Monitors vs. Headphones
38 Testing the Mix on Different Systems
20 Subtractor Synthesizer Effects 38 Ambient Noise
20 Subtractor Modulating a Chorus/Flanger 39 Sound Card DSP
20 Subharmonic Generator 39 Organize ReFills
21 Envelope Modulation of Both Oscillators 39 Organize Songs in a Project Folder
39 Backing Up Files
Note Pitch The common reference to notes starts with C and proceeds
as follows:
The first aspect of a note is pitch. The easiest way of
understanding note pitch is to think of Reason as a keyboard
instrument like a piano or keyboard synthesizer.
When the pattern of whole notes repeats again at C, this A scale is a set of consecutive note pitches on the keyboard.
interval of keys is called an octave. Think of the oct as the The series of 8 whole note pitches C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C is called
Latin root for "eight". And when you reach the eighth whole a major scale. The series of 12 semitones (white keys and
note, you have gone up one octave. black keys) going from C to C is called a chromatic scale.
In the physics of sound going up one octave is the equivalent Three or more notes with different pitches played
of doubling the sound frequency, and going down one simultaneously is called a chord. Chords create the
octave is equal to half the original frequency. A common framework of a composition because they outline the
frequency for tuning is called A-440 which is the note pitch harmonies and changes in mood of the song. When the word
A having a frequency of 440 Hertz, or cycles per second. harmonize is used, it usually means that a note pitch fits in
Going up an octave would be the note A with a frequency of as one of several notes within a chord.
880 Hertz, and going down one octave would be 220 Hertz.
A melody is where several notes are played consecutively in
A semitone is the interval between two keys on the time. Typically, a melody is a harmony of the chord
keyboard. Going up from C to C-sharp is a semitone. Going progression or within the harmonic scale of the chord
up from E to F is a semitone, and going up one octave is 12 progression.
semitones because there are twelve notes in the octave.
Example File: Sub01-MCF.rns Each time the Kick Drum is played, this Subtractor will add
nice low frequency fullness to the kick. Adjust the Pitch to
match the tuning of your track, and use the mixer EQ to cut
the high frequency artifacts.
Example File: Sub02-SHG.rns
Connect Subtractor Mix master outputs to the ECF-42 Insert two RV-7 Reverb Modules between the Chorus
inputs Audio Outputs and the Mixer Inputs.
Use the tool tips to find the Subtractor Envelope Filter Connect the CF-101 Output R to a RV-7 input Left and
settings, then set the ECF envelope settings to the CF-101 Output L to the other RV-7 Input Left
same settings. Including the Env. Amount. Connect on RV-7 output Left to the Mixer input Left and
Find the Filter Freq and Resonance settings and set the Other RV-7 output Left to the Mixer Input Right
these on the ECF-42 Adjust Dry/Wet settings on both RV-7 modules to 46
Duplicate another sequencer track and assign it to the This dedicated signal processing group will add a rich stereo
ECF-42 dimension to the original monophonic output of the
On each of the Subtractors, Set the Filter Freq settings Subtractor patch. The combination of the Chorus and Reverb
to 127 and Resonance to zero and Filter Envelope create the spacious stereo effect. The next section will look
Amount to zero. at more ways to use combinations of the signal processing
devices together.
Example File: Sub06-ASP.rns