New to Reason - which RE's and/or instruments for most fun, depth and useful experimentation?
- gkillmaster
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I'm just now getting into Reason and really love their players and instruments. So far I've gotten Algoritm and Complex-1 (which I love)
Would love to now which other instruments or REs I can look at that are powerful and provide for a lot of experimentation and more unusual sounds for sound design. My music is kind of a cross between industrial and Martin Denny so the more unusual the better.
Thanks for any advice on what to look at first.
Greg K.
Would love to now which other instruments or REs I can look at that are powerful and provide for a lot of experimentation and more unusual sounds for sound design. My music is kind of a cross between industrial and Martin Denny so the more unusual the better.
Thanks for any advice on what to look at first.
Greg K.
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I'd suggest you spend a while getting to grips with Thor, it's a very flexible bit of kit that's easy to understand.
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Using Reason since version 3 and still never finished a song.
Using Reason since version 3 and still never finished a song.
- gkillmaster
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Thanks, I do have experience with other music making platforms like Bitwig and Reaktor. I do appreciate the advice cause I hadn't thought about looking into Thor but I think I will now. Maelstrom is really interesting too from what I've been hearing.pushedbutton wrote: ↑25 Jan 2022I'd suggest you spend a while getting to grips with Thor, it's a very flexible bit of kit that's easy to understand.
Using VCV Rack 2 Pro as VST))) Already prepared Combinator 2 pack for it.
Yes.. why not?) Modular world into Reason rack.
So, all of us - Reason users, from time to time find something interesting in old classic devices, and various 3rd part REs.
Experimentation in Reason rack - is about regular discovering something new and re-discovering something old.
Yes.. why not?) Modular world into Reason rack.
So, all of us - Reason users, from time to time find something interesting in old classic devices, and various 3rd part REs.
Experimentation in Reason rack - is about regular discovering something new and re-discovering something old.
You want the Ekss Gristleizer.gkillmaster wrote: ↑25 Jan 2022I'm just now getting into Reason and really love their players and instruments. So far I've gotten Algoritm and Complex-1 (which I love)
Would love to now which other instruments or REs I can look at that are powerful and provide for a lot of experimentation and more unusual sounds for sound design. My music is kind of a cross between industrial and Martin Denny so the more unusual the better.
Thanks for any advice on what to look at first.
Greg K.
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... trializer/
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Europa, Grain and Parsec are pretty deep and very powerful as well, and Friktion is something entirely different from everything else.
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- gkillmaster
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Thanks! I really appreciate this. It's a possibility for sure. Nice to know about the Combinator pack.turn2on wrote: ↑25 Jan 2022Using VCV Rack 2 Pro as VST))) Already prepared Combinator 2 pack for it.
Yes.. why not?) Modular world into Reason rack.
So, all of us - Reason users, from time to time find something interesting in old classic devices, and various 3rd part REs.
Experimentation in Reason rack - is about regular discovering something new and re-discovering something old.
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Wow! fantastic! Kind of thing I was hoping to find. Thanks so much! Checking it out now.MrFigg wrote: ↑25 Jan 2022You want the Ekss Gristleizer.gkillmaster wrote: ↑25 Jan 2022I'm just now getting into Reason and really love their players and instruments. So far I've gotten Algoritm and Complex-1 (which I love)
Would love to now which other instruments or REs I can look at that are powerful and provide for a lot of experimentation and more unusual sounds for sound design. My music is kind of a cross between industrial and Martin Denny so the more unusual the better.
Thanks for any advice on what to look at first.
Greg K.
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... trializer/
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I like granular synthesis for the more sound-designy sounds. Grain is fine, but to me feels like a conventional subtractive synth with an unusual oscillator. My preference for granular is Proton. More interesting control (albeit an interface that takes a little learning), and a vast collection of presets.
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... celerator/
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... celerator/
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Described as a 'distortion synth', Iridium has a unique sound and a simple UI. I like the grind and grunge that it produces.
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... ion-synth/
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Thanks! Looks great.huggermugger wrote: ↑25 Jan 2022I like granular synthesis for the more sound-designy sounds. Grain is fine, but to me feels like a conventional subtractive synth with an unusual oscillator. My preference for granular is Proton. More interesting control (albeit an interface that takes a little learning), and a vast collection of presets.
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... celerator/
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Keep an eye on sales, Skrock tends to give away some of their synths during sales. I got this one for free that wayhuggermugger wrote: ↑25 Jan 2022Described as a 'distortion synth', Iridium has a unique sound and a simple UI. I like the grind and grunge that it produces.
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... ion-synth/
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I am interested and would like to hear more, please send me all your brochures
Lots of good suggestions here but I would recommend one FX unit that often gets overlooked: Sunder Amplitude Splitter
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... -splitter/
Does what it says on the box: splits the signal into amplitude bands (rather than frequency bands), hi middle and low. Each band can be sent out to its own separate channel and treated with other FX, plus it has plenty of its own parameter modulation possibilities. Deceptively simple concept but it's full of surprises, and you can get some wild sounds going, particularly with beats, drum loops & other dynamic sources
Also two extremely cool (and free) VST synths you might not have discovered: Sinnah and Noisetar https://nusofting.com/plugins/sinnah/ https://nusofting.com/plugins/noisetar-freeware-synth/ - I won't bother crapping on about them, just check them out on the website. They're quite unusual and great for experimental sound design
Noise Engineering have some great REs for industrial type stuff, I particularly like their "reverb tail generator" Desmodus https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... /desmodus/ and their berserk distortion unit Ruina https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... ion/ruina/ . Noise Engineering also have some nice free synths, check the shop
Finally check out Blamsoft VK-2 which is a giant roaring analog beast of a synth. Flip it around, start hooking oscillators up to each other, instant Merzbow
Could go on all day but that'll do for now. Please enjoy my own weirdoid Martin Denny stylings
It's a pity nobody recommended Zvork's Oberon synthesizer yet. If your music tends towards industrial, there isn't any synth that does metallic timbres quite like Oberon does them. It's also a synth that rewards experimentation.
I made a refill for it a couple of years ago, I'll just drop the demo's here, they give a pretty good impression:
I made a refill for it a couple of years ago, I'll just drop the demo's here, they give a pretty good impression:
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Quixotic Sound Design: http://www.quixoticsounddesign.com
Europandemonium Refill: https://gumroad.com/l/YxIGB
Quixotic Sound Design: http://www.quixoticsounddesign.com
Europandemonium Refill: https://gumroad.com/l/YxIGB
Agree. I bought Oberon in a sale just because I had GAS and it really is one of the good ones.Auryn wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022It's a pity nobody recommended Zvork's Oberon synthesizer yet. If your music tends towards industrial, there isn't any synth that does metallic timbres quite like Oberon does them. It's also a synth that rewards experimentation.
I made a refill for it a couple of years ago, I'll just drop the demo's here, they give a pretty good impression:
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- gkillmaster
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Thanks for the heads up on this one! Doesn't seem like the sound examples do it justice but I'll trial it for sure.huggermugger wrote: ↑25 Jan 2022Described as a 'distortion synth', Iridium has a unique sound and a simple UI. I like the grind and grunge that it produces.
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... ion-synth/
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Thanks a lot. This does seem like a good one. Going to trial this. I have gotten great results messing with drawing my own waveforms in Virsyn IOS apps.Auryn wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022It's a pity nobody recommended Zvork's Oberon synthesizer yet. If your music tends towards industrial, there isn't any synth that does metallic timbres quite like Oberon does them. It's also a synth that rewards experimentation.
I made a refill for it a couple of years ago, I'll just drop the demo's here, they give a pretty good impression:
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I'm surprised there isn't more mention of Aggregate Music System. Seems really deep and complex. I'm so curious about it. Going to give it a trail run today. Hope I can grasp it enough to get an idea whether it's useful.
If you’re getting the industrializer you might want to check out the multi fx bundle:
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/bund ... fx-bundle/
If you’re looking for synths you might enjoy these:
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... nthesizer/
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/bund ... th-bundle/
Most of my REs are focused on experimental electronics, lofi, retro and undergound styles, if you want to save the trial period for later you can see most of them in jam/demo videos at my YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/user/ekss1983
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/bund ... fx-bundle/
If you’re looking for synths you might enjoy these:
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... nthesizer/
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/bund ... th-bundle/
Most of my REs are focused on experimental electronics, lofi, retro and undergound styles, if you want to save the trial period for later you can see most of them in jam/demo videos at my YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/user/ekss1983
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