Subtractor is back
It was some time since I last saw a new refill for Reason’s Subtractor synth, but here you go
Ax is a set of patches for the Subtractor synthesizer within Propellerhead Reason. The collection showcases the Reason Device which echoes the classic designs of analog synthesizers and fuses them with features ubiquitous in modern instruments.
The sound set is divided into 6 categories. “Bass”, “Lead”, “Pad”, and “Piano” (one-shot, tonal sounds) each contain 10 patches, “Drums” consists of 30 patches which cover all drum kit components, and “Inharmonic” is comprised of 30 patches which are further divided into two subcategories “Sustaining” and “Non-sustaining”.
The 0.4 MB download includes 100 .zyp files.
Pricing and Availability:
Ax is available now for $24.99
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Propellerhead releases ReBirth for iPad
Well after the launch of ReBirth for iPhone I guess it was just a matter of time before it should appear on iPad as well, perhaps we will find Reason there soon as well
Propellerhead Software today released Rebirth For iPad (App Store link) – the original virtual techno music studio, reincarnated for the iPad.
The world of iPad music software has really heated up in the last month, and ReBirth For iPad demonstrates that another major electronic music software manufacturer is taking the platform seriously. It follows on ReBirth For iPhone – which was interesting as a proof of concept, but ultimately fiddly in use because of the iPhone’s screen size.
Here’s what Propellerhead has to say about ReBirth For iPad:
Propellerhead Software’s legendary Techno Micro Composer has been resurrected and customized for the iPad.
ReBirth faithfully emulates dance music’s three backbone devices: The Roland TB-303 Bass synth and the Roland TR-808 and 909 drum machines. Combine these with FX units, fully featured pattern sequencers and a gorgeous-looking interface and you’re ready to make killer tracks on your iPad.
Share your music with friends on Facebook, Twitter and more using the built in sharing features.
ReBirth For iPad is $14.99.
Features:
- 2 x TB-303 Bassline Synthesizer with pattern sequencer – The original Acid House and Techno bass synth. Unrivaled power, unmistakable sound.
- TR-808 Drum machine – Roland’s sub-heavy 1980 beat computer. Instant hip-hop.
- TR-909 Drum machine – The go-to beatbox for everything House and Techno. Press play and you’re dancing.
- Tempo-synced digital delay – Bouncy and hypnotic, always in time with your music.
- Compressor with threshold and ratio – A bare-bones compression unit for added beefiness.
- Distortion unit with amount and shape – Raw and rugged distortion for that extra edge. Works wonders with any 303 bassline.
- PCF effect – Pattern controlled Low-pass / Band-pass filter – a tweaker’s delight.
- Mixer – Device specific mixer sections with pan, delay sends and FX switches
- Mod support – Includes 7 original user mods with alternative sound sets and graphics
- Sharing features – Share function with easy publication of songs to Facebook, Twitter and other social networks.
Here’s some acid performance
Parallel Processing in Reason
The Props has yet another good tutorial out on parallel processing
The War of the Roses, the Cold War, or the Pepsi/Coke War… all these have come before us but we are currently locked in a much tougher battle known as “The Loudness War.” Producers everywhere are fighting with everything they have to out-blast each other on the radio, in clubs, and iPods earbuds around the world.
When you want to “go nuclear” in the loudness war, your best weapon of choice will be something known as parallel processing. It adds punch, bass, or crunch to your tracks while maintaining audio fidelity at the same time. This week I’ll show you how to do parallel processing in Reason/Record.
Comping Takes Together in Record
The prop guys delivers yet another high quality tutorial in music production
It’s nearly unimaginable to think about early music recording. Musicians had to record their songs in one take direct to wax/acetate records. 100 copies of an album meant recording 100 flawless takes for every musician playing together! Compare that to today and Record 1.5’s “Comp Editor.” You can cycle through recording, doing take after take after take, choosing the best parts of each, and stitching them together into one flawless performance. This week I’ll show you how.
Stretch to tempo in Reason/Record
The Prop guys continues to deliver good tutorials on their gear, here´s the latest one featuring “stretch to tempo”
The new “stretch to tempo” feature in Record 1.5 (AUDIO+MIDI) and Reason 5 (MIDI only) means that it’s easier than ever to take a WAV loop off your hard drive and bring it into your session – quickly employing Record’s excellent stretch algorithm along the way. In case you’re new to waveform editing and sample stretching, this week I’ll show you how it’s done. It’s easier than you may think and the production possibilities become vast.
Automation Clip Toolbox
A new tutorial from the Propellerhead labs, this time focusing on automation
Whenever I’m working on music, one thing that I’ve had in my personal bag of tricks is an “automation clip toolbox.” Basically, it’s a palette of controller data curves and waveforms which can be applied to automation lanes like level, pan, filter cutoff, etc. Thanks to the new “stretch clip to tempo” function (Option+Drag for Mac or Control+Drag for Windows) I can resize these automation clips to whatever speed I want. This week I’m giving this toolbox away and showing you how to use it. These clips will breathe new life into an otherwise static pad or provide the creative spark for a new idea entirely. Enjoy!
File download: propellerheads.se/stuff/JB34.zip
Propellerhead: Record Drum Takes volumes 1, 2 and 3
Propellerhead Software have announced the immediate availability of Record Drum Takes volumes 1, 2 and 3, which they describe as big league rock and pop multitrack drums played by skilled session drummers for Propellerhead’s brand new recording software Record. Here’s what they have to say…
Record Drum Takes builds a steady foundation for any rock or pop creation.
Each Drum Take ReFill arrives in Record song format with two separate three minute backing tracks of live drumming, organized in classic song form with intro, verse, chorus, bridge and breakdown, fills and variations. Alt Rock comes with hard-hitting, American drums with lots of attitude inspired by alternative and college rock, Folk Rock brings a large, warm sound, with plenty of room, while Dry Indie provides two classic, laidback, dry and distinct indie pop drum tracks.
The differently styled tracks in the Record Drum Takes ReFills all come as multitrack recordings, allowing users to freely shape the drum sound by adjusting the levels of the independent kick, snare, hihat, room, ambient and other microphones. Cut across all eight drum tracks to arrange and rearrange once the drum sound has been mixed to perfection. Play along to the RDT drum arrangements, or paste them into an existing song. The entire drum mix will follow right along, and utilizing Record’s automatic time-stretch, Drum Takes instantly adapts to the song’s tempo.
Included with the ReFill are also multisampled versions of the kits, for adding that extra snare or crash cymbal right where it is needed.
Although recorded using state of the art technology in a professional recording facility and performed by an experienced drummer with an unmistakable feel for music–the playing in these ReFills is sparse and to the point: a perfect foundation for any alternative, pop or rock production.
Pricing and Availability:
The three Record Drum Takes ReFills Alt Rock, Folk Rock and Dry Indie are available exclusively for download through Propellerhead’s web shop today, at EUR €29 / USD $29 each.
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Vocal tuning in Record
Propellerhead introduced the new Neptune Pitch Adjuster in Record 1.5.
This tutorial, via Propellerhead, takes a deeper look at Neptune.
Topics covered include how to:
- correct to scale
- correct single notes via MIDI
- use the Voice synth and
- the transpose function.
Reason 5 and Record 1.5 finally revealed
So what´s new:
Analog synthesis, physical modeling, sampling, REX loops, support sound generators, effects, flexible routing, multiple hit types and more. The Kong Drum Designer is not your regular drum module. It’s the drum module focused on letting you get exactly that drum sound you’re after.
Kong has 16 pads and 16 drums. Build your drum sounds based on any of the nine different drum modules. Flavor the sound with 11 support generators and effects. Program automation, create alternating groups and let Reason’s powerful sequencer control the beat.
Reason 5 ships with a sound bank with a generous supply of kits for Kong across a wide variety of styles.
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Modules at a glance
Synth Bass Drum
From hard knocking kicks to long booming ones, the analog modeling kick drum can do them all.
Synth Snare
The synth snare drum is based on tone, harmonic and noise. Short and snappy or long and noisy. You decide.
Synth Hi-Hat
This module has four different hit types that can be spread out across the pads: closed, semi-closed; semi-open or open.
Synth Tom Tom
If your fondest memories in life include a musical backdrop of those ubiquitous tom tom breaks in 80s ballads, then this module will make your eyes misty. With its range of settings, this module can produce a wide selection of percussion sounds.
Physical Bass Drum
Built on physical modeling, this module generates organic sounding kicks with flexible settings for tuning, size, beater characteristics and more.
Physical Snare Drum
This module has four hit types (center, position 1, position 2 and edge) to generate a very natural sounding snare drum. It comes with settings for snare tension, bottom and top pitch and more.
Physical Tom Tom
This model has settings for size, tuning, stick and more, making it capable of sounding like a wide range of tom tom-like drums.
Sample player
The NN-Nano is a multi-layered sampler & sample player that lets you build drum sounds by layering samples. You can create layered sounds or use velocity settings to create velocity switching between samples.
REX player
Nurse REX is an extremely versatile loop player. You can use it to trigger an entire loop from a pad, in sync of course, or use it to play a selected slice only. You can assign one loop across several pads and set the REX player to trigger chunks of slices – still in sync: instant breakbeat bliss!
Support Generators
The support generators can be added after the drum module in the signal flow. They can add noise or tone to the sound if you need a little extra to get the sound you’re after.
Noise
Adds noise to the sound.
Tone
Adds tone – from the lowest sub to ear-piercing high notes.
Effects
Kong comes with a selection of nine effect modules to help you shape your sound. Being Reason, you can of course also route external effects into Kong, or use Kong as an effect module.
How to use external hardware with Record
Propellerhead guru James Bernard returns with the latest in his series of 52 weekly videos on getting the most out of Reason + Record, this time looking at how to use external hardware with Record:
If you’ve got a hardware effect device that you just love… maybe it’s a lo-fi effect you can’t live without… or maybe it’s a Lexicon 960L… you can wire these effects into Record’s FX sends and Inserts to process audio tracks and devices. This week I show you the literal “ins and outs” of using external FX with Record and how to make them a permanent part of your song for exporting and archiving.
See the Propellerhead YouTube channel for the rest of Bernard’s series.
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