Reason??

colourful days

Hi,
Does anybody here know how to use Reason from Proppellerheads? I got the latest version along with the M Audio Ozone midi controller and finding it very difficult to get dtarted. I thought it would be straight forward enough, but the user manuels are crap. Anyone :rolleyes:

Doctor J

It's a huge program so I found the best way to get into it is piece by piece - ie, play some of the sample songs which come with it and just isolate ReDrum for example, just mess about with it and try and understand it, then do the same for Dr Rex, Subtractor, etc

Just be patient with it. If you can understand what the individual parts do, then understanding the whole is a lot easier.

There is a reason tutorial file out there somewhere... goes through it fairly well, tis hard to find though.

daram

I know how redrum work, and i can get funny sounds out of the other bits. Buts thats about it. I always had huge latency issues when using it anyway.

Anima

Where did you people get this program may i ask?

Helix

reasons easy to use, just play around with it for a while and youll be laughing

youll need the instructions tho to get your head around switching from sqeuencer to arrange pages

John

feck manuals, I'm going the whole trial and error path

Helix

some things youre not gonna find out throught trial and error

youll either need someone to tell you, or read it in the manual

manuals are great for simple reference guides. look up what you wanna do in the glossary, go to the page, find out how to do it, close manual

Doctor J

Pulse do courses on Reason, might be worth checking out if you want to get the most out of it

http://www.pulserecording.com/college/news.asp

Helix

pulse are brutal

avoid at all costs

Quatre Mains

I found I got on much better after printing out the online tutorial stuff rather than alt-tabbing all the time. Reason is a bitch

monkey tennis

It can be a lot to get your head round in the beginning, but in the end, all that complexity means more control and more creative possibilities!

deevey

Also advsied to check out reason station, its a great resource for tutorials / track downloads (in .RNS format) and general help.

Its invaluable to see how other people get a desired effect, theres a huuuuuuggeeee, amount of reason files up there that you can download and de-constuct.... great if your more of a "watch-and-learn" then a "read-and-do" person

daram

I love how noone replyed in anyway as to where they got their copy of reason?

Helix

that wasnt the question tho

clearz

Nobody pays for their music software but im sure if someone started making money from the software they are using they would pay then.

Amazon have a couple of OK to good Reason books.

Also I have a copy of The Reason Tutorial available from propellerheads website lying around someware.