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Music Production: Fundamentals of Using Reason 12

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About Music Production: Fundamentals of Using Reason 12

Fundamentals of Reason Intro

Getting Started - Transport Controls

Setting The Tempo

The Browser

The Main Working Area

Configuring The Workspace

The Mixer Deeper Dive

The Rack Deeper Dive

The Sequencer Deeper Dive And Conclusion

Adding Devices - Chapter Overview

Create New Project

Device Category Review

Adding an Instrument

Channel Strip and Note Lane

Adding an Effect

Deleting a Device

Playing with Parameters

Preset Selection

Other Ways to Create Devices

Intro to Audio Routing

Insert Effect

Insert Effect Audio Routing

Advantages to Insert Effect

The Combinator an Introduction

The Combinator Audio Routing

The Combinator Advantages and Conclusion

Adding Midi Manually Chapter Overview

Create a Synth to Create a Note Lane

Set Loop Points

Toolbar Basics

Keyboard Shortcuts

Create a Blank Midiclip

Clip Editing

Adding and Editing Midi Notes in a Clip

More Editing Features

Editing Velocity

Sound Design While Looping

Making Midiclips For Drums

The Folly of Using Combinator Note Lanes for Drums

Using Step Sequencer For Drums

Resetting your Zoom View

Joining and Splitting Clips

Chapter Conclusion

Recording Midi Performance Chapter Overview

Midi Keyboard Support

Confirming Reason is Using Your Keyboard

Auditioning Sounds

Visual Confirmation

Choose A Instrument To Record

Auditioning Patches

Setting Record Arm Ready

Click Track Pre Count In

Capturing a Midi Performance

Quantizing and Editing Performance

Overdubbing a Performance

Create a New Note Lane

Renaming Note Lanes

Lesson Summary

Importing And Editing Audio Chapter Overview

Importing Audio Clips

Editing Basics

Fade In Out Handles

Setting Levels Of Individual Clips

Non Destructive Editing

Transposing Audio Clips

Intro To Audio Clip Editors

Slice Editor

Time Stretching An Entire Clip Automatically

Time Stretching Entire Clips Manually

Adding Effects To Audio Clips

Lesson Summary

Recording And Editing Audio Chapter Overview

Audio Device Settings Intro

Select Your Device And Driver

Sample Rates

Buffer Size And Latency

Activating Inputs And Outputs

Recording With A Microphone Intro

Plug In Your Mic Into Your Audio Device

Add a Mix Channel Sequencer Lane For The Mic

Record Arm And Monitoring

Select The Mic Audio Input

Turn On Pre Count And Click

Recording the Mic

Listening And Editing The Recorded Audio

Sound Designing The Recording

Recording An External Synth Intro

Setting Up A Midi Out Device

Add A Midi Clip To The Midi Out Device To Trigger The Synth

Add A Mix Channel Sequencer Lane For The Synth

Select The Synth Audio Input

Record Arm And Monitoring the Synth

Recording The Synth

Lesson Review

Automation Chapter Overview

Manual Automation Intro

Choosing a Parameter To Automate

Creating an Automation Clip

Drawing in Automation Points

Adjusting an Automation Curve

Setting the Default Value of a Parameter

Recording Automation With a Mouse Intro

Enable Automation Record Arm

Recording in the Mouse Automation

Recording With a Midi Keyboard Intro

Choosing the Parameters to Automate Pt2

Assigning the Midi Controller Knob to a Parameter

Recording with the Midi Controller

Automation with a Utility Intro

A Brief Overview of CV

Add a Utility that Generates CV

Connecting CV Cables

Combinator Overview

Assigning a Combinator Control to Another Device

Lesson Review

Players Chapter Overview

Player Introduction

Add Players to Instruments

Add Players to the Top of an Instrument

Using Scales as an Example

Using Chords as an Example

Using Send to Track Button

Using Dual Arpeggio as an Example

Combining Players

Players that Generate Midi Information

Using Beat Map as an Example

Using Players in Unintended Ways

Combining Players Pt2

Lesson Review

Combinators House Keeping Chapter Overview

Setting Track Colours

Setting The Colour Of A Combinator

Changing Combinator Backdrop

Showing and Hiding Devices

Adding Synth Layers Pt1

Adding Synth Layers Pt2

Adding Effects To A Layer

Duplicating Automation For A Layer

Lesson Summary

Arranging and Exporting Lesson Overview

Making an Arrangement

Exporting a Song

Exporting Individual Tracks

Course Conclusion

What You Will Learn?

  • Welcome to the Fundamentals of REASON.  This course will go over the fundamental features and functions of the Reason Digital Audio Workstation software.  Over the next 4 hours I will show you the most important aspect of how to use Reason so you can get to work as quickly as possible..
  • Subjects include:.
  • This course will systematically take you through each topic in a clear and concise manner, breaking the subjects down into easy to understand pieces.  You will be able to immediately implement each topic with each lesson building upon the next..
  • This class is perfect for:.
  • While this course is primarily aimed at beginners, if you are a seasoned pro using other DAWs this course can still serve as a quick primer on the main principles on how to use Reason.  Each topic is listed and clearly labelled as its own short video. This should make it super easy to find the topic you are after if you want a quick explanation on specific subjects..
  • About Me:.
  • Also please checkout the course description for a link to download the example project used in this course as well as the Combinator Backdrops that will help you keep your Reason projects nice and organized.  .