How to Build a Stereo, Filtered Delay Combinator in Reason

Recently I have been using Record and Reason (combined) as my main production platform. Im finding it to be a great environment to work in. Obviously I have a few gripes, but Record is still in its very early stages.One thing that always struck me about the application was its lack of a serious stereo delay unit. Although the advanced reverb and standalone delays are great, I felt I needed something with a little more firepower to use in my projects. Of course delay u

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Making Your Microphone Placement Work – Basix

Miking up an instrument isnt an easy thing. Its not like a digital camera where you point towards what you want to capture and then click. Super cool vacation photo! You might not end up with a great photo, but you can certainly make it better afterwards. Not to offend photographers, but in audio, if [...]

Quick Tip: Lock Your Chords to Your Groove

Its easy to lock some piano chords to a drum beat or groove of your choice by using a few simple tricks. Well make a simple beat, paint in some piano chords and then lock them together so they groove together by side-chaining. Side-chaining has been talked about extensively, but this trick is a good [...]

How to Use Reason 4’s Spider CV Merger & Splitter

The ability to split and merge different sources of audio using the Spider Audio unit is useful indeed, but its the Spider CV unit that really allows users to explore new ideas and ways of manipulating sound. Lets take a look at using this device to totally change the sound of our instrument devices.Step 1Create a new project, and set up a Subtractor, a Dr:REX, a Spider CV Merger & Splitter and a Thor synthesizer, in that order. When you create the Spider CV unit make sure to hol

Looping Track Automation in Logic Pro

In this tutorial Im going to show you how to loop Track Automation in Logic Pro without having to physically copy it. This technique can be a real time saver as re-editing your copied Automation data for a loop means you have to re-copy the parts again! Not any more folks!!!IntroductionA while ago Ryan Leach wrote an article called Spice up your Loops by Automating EQ. There were a couple of comments asking if there was a way to loop the automation. I left a comment p

Quick Tip: Freeing up your CPU with Logic’s Freeze Track Function

For many laptop users, the amount of plugins that are used on a mix can suck the CPU power dry. You might have 24 tracks of audio recorded on your laptop and after inserting the 15th SSL Waves plugin..computer says no. Luckily, for us Logic Pro users, there is a really great function to free up your CPU power while still using as many plugins as you can.Freeze Your TracksIf you are running low on CPU you can turn on the freeze track function and freeze those tracks that have