Propellerhead Reason 5 – Day 3 teaser
Continuing from yesterday here we have yet another teaser from Propellerhead on their upcoming release of version 5 of Reason and updated Record.
Getting a vocal performance right means so much more than hitting the right notes at the right time. Sometimes you get that almost perfect performance with perfect feel and presence, but the singer might have missed a few notes. That’s when Neptune can save the day. Neptune is an advanced pitch adjuster, audio transposer and voice synth for Record 1.5.
As a pitch adjuster, Neptune will fine tune the pitch of an audio track to help getting your vocal performances just right. Neptune will fix the flat notes with an unbelievable audio quality . You can select a root key and a scale that you want to correction to use, or create a scale that fits your song. And, yes. By cranking the pitch adjustment settings to the max, you can get that effect sound too.
Neptune is also a natural sounding audio transposer. This is a great help if you ever needed to change the key of a song that’s already been recorded.
Perhaps the most creative-sparking function in Neptune is the voice synth. Play your MIDI keyboard and Neptune will create new harmonies from your vocal tracks in real time, or use it without the original voice to completely change the melody of the song. Endless creative options!
Structure your songs using Blocks in Reason 5 & Record 1.5
The second announcement for Reason and Record is taking a stab at structuring your songs in segments like intro, verse, refrain etc using something called Blocks. Blocks lets you sequence your songs using a more pattern-based approach, with the segments of your song as individual building blocks to be laid out in your arrangement.
Start by creating the discrete parts of your song in blocks mode. When you are ready to start building your song, just switch back to song mode and draw in what blocks should play in the dedicated pattern lane. Use one block for the verse and one for the chorus — or build your song around a single 8-bar loop.
Blocks provide a very fast way of creating a musical structure for your song. But the options don’t end there. With the basic arrangement laid out, you can see the contents of the blocks and create variations and mute individual parts, or add further musical elements in song mode.
I think this seem very promising – looks like the Propeller guys got this right!
Propellerheads announces that beta testing of Reason 5 has begun
Propellerhead Software today announced it has started beta testing for Reason 5 and Record 1.5.
According to Propellerhead – Reason 5 will be “the company’s biggest overhaul to its Record – Reason application family so far.”
Propellerhead plans to announce information on Reaason 5 and Record 1.5 each day this week:
- Mon May 24 – Dr.REX octuples into Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player – No matter how you use it—as a pattern sequencer for loops, or to completely mangle your REX’ed audio—it is guaranteed to inspire. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbhaeBRb7NA
- Tues May 25 to be announced
- Wed May 26 to be announced
- Thu May 27 to be announced
- Fri May 28 to be announced
Pricing and availability
The release for all programs is targeted for late summer 2010. Upgrades will be handled by local distributors once new version become available. All prices remain the same, except for Reason for Record Owners, which will increase by €20/$20.
- Record for Reason Owners Sidegrade (includes Reason 5 upgrade) EUR €149 / USD $169
- Reason 5 Upgrade from any version EUR € 99 / USD $129
- Record 1.5 Upgrade from any version free download
- Record Reason Duo EUR €405 / USD $449
- Reason 5 EUR €305 / USD $349
- Record 1.5 EUR €279 / USD $299
Controlling Reason with iPad
Here’s a video showing what you can do if you have Reason, an iPad and TouchOSC. I got to say it damn cool!
Propellerhead Rebirth appears again on iPhone
Surprise! The software that made Propellerhead famous has returned: ReBirth for the iPhone. Who wasn’t amazed to have Roland TB-303s, 808s and 909s on their 1990’s computers? Now we can have it on our phones. It’s $6.99 and you can download it now: click here
“ReBirth is back…In your iPhone! Propellerhead Software’s legendary Techno Micro Composer has been reincarnated. This time around, ReBirth takes the form of a seriously block rocking iPhone music app. Released in 1997 and discontinued in 2005, Propellerhead ReBirth was the first music software to reproduce the sound and behavior of those three classic Roland devices that defined the sound of early Techno and Acid House: the TB-303 Bassline Synth and the TR-808 and TR-909 Rhythm Composers.” – rebirthapp.com
For more info: rebirthapp.com
When alien drum robots attack
Goldbaby Productions has released the ReFill version of When Alien Drum Robots Attack!, a drum and FX sample library.
WHAT IS THIS PRODUCT? Think of this as a drum tool kit with plenty of production ready sounds… plus all you need to create and customise your own.
WHAT WAS USED TO MAKE IT? Everything in Goldbaby’s studio and more! Using a studio full of vintage and new drum machines, samplers, synths, rack effects, vinyl, tape, real drums and perc, field recordings… this product will give you a huge palette of super solid drums and sweet FX.
Included in this product is also an 808 and 909 given the UBK Fatso treatment!
When Alien Drum Robots Attack! features
- 1,516 x 24 bit samples.
- 60 x Rex loops.
- 40 x Battery 3 Kits.
- 40 x Guru Bundles.
- 65 x EXS-24 Patches (in all the format downloads except the ReFill).
- 40 x Combintors (ReFill).
- 40 x ReDrum Patches (ReFill).
- 8 x NNXT Patches (ReFill).
When Alien Drum Robots Attack! is available to purchase for $39 USD (all formats included).
More information: Goldbaby Productions / When Alien Drum Robots Attack!
2for1 April offering at Soundcells
Don’t miss out on this
Soundcells are definitely among the top three Reason Refill producers on the market today, at least if you are in on electronic music
Soundcells has been featured in reviews on this blog before and gotten really high scores for their innovativeness, here is one example:
After listening in on hundreds of different refills for Reason it is quite seldom that I find something that feels totally new and fresh, but I am inclined to change my mind on this one. Sure other refills have been published in this space before but rarely with this amount of breadth. There are not just the traditional CMB files and NNXT files that you have become accustomed to but also a several new live performance CMBs that allows you to actually be very creative on stage. I really enjoyed bringing these up during some live jamming in the studio, and to spice things up there are a several really nice Dr.Rex loops also included – and not just endless variations of the same loop in different pitches and sounds but actually quite a nice mixture of experimental, bass and pure chip sounds – I like 
iPad controlling Reason ReDrum and Record
This Propellerhead Record tutorial demonstrates a TouchOSC drum pad interface on the Apple iPad, configured to trigger a Redrum Drum Machine in Propellerhead Record + Reason.
via PeffTV:
Transport and effect mapping make programming and live tweaking a breeze. Interfaced via wifi and translated to MIDI with Osculator: http://www.osculator.net
TouchOSC: http://www.hexler.net
Propellerhead Record+Reason: http://propellerhead.se
MPC Samples: http://kikbakonline.com
OSC: http://opensoundcontrol.org/I’m no Jeremy Ellis on the MPC, but i wouldn’t want to kick, beat, and elbow the iPad: http://www.youtube.com/user/jeremyellismusic
Check out Kurt Kurasaki’s Peff.com site to see how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Use iPhone to control Reason
dashByte’s dashMIDI (App Store link) is a free iPhone app that enables the control of Propellerhead Reason over a WiFi network.
According to the developers, “If you’ve ever wished that you could start and stop recording without having to run over to your computer, this is the app for you.”
It looks pretty basic, but I guess it could be useful for some of you. If you’ve used dashMIDI for Propellerhead Reason, make sure to tell us what you think about it 
Features support for the following functions:
- Track selection
- Mute
- Solo
- Click
- Fast Forward/Rewind
- Record
- Stop
- Play
This application requires Propellerhead Reason running on an OS X machine & dashMIDI Server running on the same OS X machine.
Visit: dashMIDI
Free REX loop pack of the Casio CT-647
Casio CT-647
Pack Three contains 20 of the Preset drum loops sampled straight from the Casio CT-647 Home keyboard.
All the loops are in .REX format for use in Reason’s Dr. Rex player. However all the loops should load up with no problem in your favorite sequencer or sampler.
Also included in the pack are one shot samples of the kick drum, snare drums, high hats and cymbals, so creating your own drum loops shouldn’t be a problem.
Download Pack Three HERE!!!
Files are contained in a .RAR file for easy downloading.
Enjoy
DATAMASKIN
