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What a day I’ve been having.. ..geesh.. lol…… I had no net connection because Comcast acts up sometimes when it’s raining in my area…. I’m really not into this version of Reason so this tutorial took waaaaaaaaay longer than I thought…..my 12:00pm didn’t show…blah blah and blah

but…. I’m back up and running…yaaay *wipes * brow

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Finally, for all the Reason 4 users; The 1st Dirty South tutorial. This actually brings a lot of the beat making post together. I have covered many things on the site. You have lessons on chord progressions, drum tweaking, and 808 snare rolls. There is also a Reason start up post. I won’t be going over how to add the modules today, it will be all about the beat and how I am going about making it.

I mentioned yesterday how I have saved a start up template for Reason projects using Redrum and effects for that unit only. Although there is no set way to start a track. I will be starting with the drums which seems to be an easy way to begin.

I have my redrum outputs routed to mixer 2. Now I will load a nnxt into an empty channel on mixer2 for the kick. This will allow me to easily do tricks with the pitch and octaves because I can extend the wav across the keyboard.

I usually use my drumkit “The Ms.Tris Mighty Drumkit” (**shameless Plug** )..or other drums I’ve purchased. I will use only preset sounds included in Reason for this tutorial. If you have Reason 4, then you have all the sounds I’m using . The only extra sound is an 808 snr which I have included as a download. For all Fl Studio users who are following this tutorial, you will have to subtitute with sample wavs, vsti, or soundfonts, but you will get an idea for instruments and how to start your beat.

The Set Up

Kicks Used In NNXT Straight From The Reason Soundbank:

Club House Dub Samples: Kick1 for a “knock”

01_Bass Drum Bd_Boomer.aif for the “boom”

01_Bass Drum Bd_Conga.aif for the ” additional knock”

I layer the 3 kicks

Here is the kick I came up with:right click to download

mskick1

HiHat used in Redrum from Reason Sounbank:

Hh_Dubfire

Snare used in Redrum: right click to download

08snr1

Next onto to modules for a few of my other sounds: Remember only drums are loaded into mixer 2 all of my other sounds will go in Mixer 1 channels…

I add a Malstrom for the 1st synth “Lil John Lead” in MIXER 1 channel 1

A Subtractor for a bassline “BacklashBass” in Mixer 1 Channel 2

3 more NNXT in Mixer 1 channels 3-5 for additional sounds. I added “Strings Orch, Organ B3 and Polyfusion II” All of these are from the Reason Soundbank

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I’m gearing up for the first 4.0 tutorials. I’m new to it, but I’m familiar with Reason 3.0.

I save templates for any software I use, so I can get to work right away. I mentioned that Reason 4 has added features, maybe I’ll have to use it more to be blown away by the upgrades….

The steps are basically the same as I explained in the Reason 3 Knockin Kicks Post. This is a reminder to prepare you for the forth coming “Reason 4.0 Dirty South Tutorial” which I’ll be posting later on, or tomorrow morn….

I start with:
Two mixers (pictured above)
I add a Redrum, and route the outputs to Mixer2
I add a few Dr Rex Samplers
Because I am pre-mixing my drums within the software, I add the effects I’ll use for the drums/mixer 2 before I begin the beat

Next I’ll pick a few drum sounds, for example an 808 kick, Snare, and hat. I usually try to tweak my kick and pay attention to it while I’m adding other instruments. At this point, I have only added compression, eq, and maximizer to the drum mixer which looks like this:

Once my drums sound decent I’ll add a few nnxts or malstroms etc and begin the beat making process.

The Reason 4.0 Dirty South Tutorial will be a little on the advanced side. If you have been following the tutorials you won’t have a problem. Those new to the site, take some time to learn the basic way to start up a Reason Song, and of course questions are encouraged. I will be using chord progressions and snare rolls, all the good stuff of todays T.I, Weezy, productions . I’m excited, and to all emcees this will be a free promotional beat download!!~

Happy Beat Making To All
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Hey to all!~

I am determined to learn a few more chords on the guitar before January 1st. I haven’t been up on practicing in a little while. Well now it’s crunch time, and I am ready to roll.

I’m just getting to recent comments for this week, and there is one from the owner of a great site for musicians of all genres.

HowToPractise.Com

I am sure I visited the site before, but today I found a bunch of treasures that I will use in the near future… Stop by and check out the site..it’s hard for me to stop reading, but I have to I prepare for todays vocal session, and Reason 4.0 tutorial…

HowToPractise.Com

Enjoy and Happy Beat Making With Lots Of Practice
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My mpc is Black.. I have seen so many mods over the past year. I’m thinking about doing something to mine. Not soon…just a thought..

This is a skin that will be available from

www.MpcStuff.com

Here are a few videos if you are bold enough to do your own changes:

Needlewerk blue LCD screen MPC1000 modification tutorial

Faceplate Skin Install MPC2000XL MPCStuff.com

Happy Beat Making To All
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Here is the Live Help Chat widget you can use to get in touch with me. I have also added one to the sidebar —->I am usually available on Thursdays 11-4pm eastern timeunless I have a session. Talk to you soon…

If I don’t answer right away I’m probably at lunch..or break…

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A lot of people have asked me how to time stretch in Fl Studio. Time stretching changes the speed of an audio file with out affecting the pitch. This technique is used heavily in hiphop for sampled beats.

There are many software editors that have the function such as Adobe Audition. Fl Studio developers have made it fairly easy, adding a few presets to get you started. I must note that Fl Studio Slicer will also do time stretching, between the two I think this way is easier if you are just getting into it.

Here is a video from Future Producers that walks you through with a very familiar sample:

Happy Beat Making To All
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Hey all!~ Hope your Holiday week was great….mine was, and I had to get right to work immediately after…
The music is rolling full swing again, projects are started for 09, and I’ve been doing vocal sessions :-O… I know….. the vocal recording is a surprise to me as well, but so far so good…

Reason 4

I finally had a chance to figure it out. It’s basically the same as Reason 3 with a few great additions.

Todays post will be an introduction and we’ll get into our first Reason 4 tutorials early next week.

Expert Village Reason 4 Introduction

Reason 4 Basic Tips — powered by ExpertVillage.com

Jason From Propellerheads: Basics/ Set Up Part 1

Jason From Propellerheads: Basics/ Set Up Part 2

Download Reason 4 Demo Here:
Reason 4.0 Demo Download

Happy Beat Making To All
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