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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. .