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What’s good this afternoon? Have you been working on your mixes? I did a lot yesterday. Today I continued, and ran into a little wall. I was listening to a track and could hear one more synth in my head. I already knew which sound I wanted from the Malstrom in Reason. The problem is, I made the beat using Maschine inside Reaper. Now if I could just get that darn rewire to work ..lol I’d be on my way.

I am so glad I went searching the Reaper Resources . I found the best tutorial, and sat for a few hours this morning setting up a template. The best thing about this lesson is it shows you how to Rewire AND send MIDI between Reaper and Reason *yes double smiles for that *

The specific tutorial can be found here:

Tutorials For Reaper | Reason ReWired to Reaper | Track Template

I shall not tell you a lie… this took me a long time to really get it down. I worked through it, pausing the video after each step. Once I added a few modules in Reason and checked my recordings in Reaper, I did a few on my own. I am still working with a few tweaks, but now I can easily load a template and get started.

This really worked for me today. What I liked most is now I can record the entire beat inside Reason, then stream the audio into Reaper. This allows me to correct any midi inside Reason. I find this a bit easier than using Reapers midi editor.

The tutorial is from: http://tutorialsforreaper.com/. Like the name says it’s full of great Reaper videos. Stop by when you have a chance. I’m watching one more before I get back to work. Thanks again to tutorialsforreaper.com/.

If you found this post and would like to know more about Rewiring Reason to other programs, please check out How to Rewire Reason To Various Daws

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What’s up my people? Hope all is well and you’ve been making big beats…

I always love seeing new software in action before I purchase. Here Mocean Worker explains Propellerhead Record using a real remix project he’s working on. A lot “pros” are revealed in this one from the PropellerheadSW Youtube channel ….

Mocean Worker – Remixing with Record and Reason

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Whats up with the pc and the Reason Tutorials?.. lol remember last time something happened to my pc also..

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We stopped yesterday at
Step 6:Add melody

Keeping along with the steps taken in this tutorial I will work on my melody next. ** Chord progressions are free for everyone to use BUT MELODIES ARE NOT** Don’t copy anyones melodies without permission or you risk copyright infringement…

I add the melody using “NNXT-Syn Strings”. After I do an 8 bar melody, I change it for variation 9-16, then a dramatic change for hook 16-24.
I still need to adjust some notes, and mix.. at this point an artist could actually rap to this…

Added melody

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and we’ll continue with…
Step 7:Add a Bassline:
Sometimes I will use the chords first note in the lowest octave for the bassline. For example: If I play chords Am G F Em I will add A,G, F, E in the lowest octave on my keyboard simultaneously with the chords.

Today I will play an additional bass line starting at bar 9-16 for the melody. For the hook bassline I copied the ‘hook chord progression” and erased the chords, leaving just the lower octave notes as I mentioned above.
*sorry the volume is low…had tech problems at this time**
Added bass line

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Here is a picture with suggested places to add changes:

Step 8: Add another melody or harmonic expression

Now I can add more creative ideas to the track. I like this part a lot. I usually improvise and play what I feel here. I also call this part” putting the stink on it” …be creative but try not to over do it..today I will use ” Malstrom-Little Johnny Lead”

Step 9:Begin to mix and add sound effects
Now that I have my composition almost complete I begin to do a quick mix.

I export each instrument into Reaper. I changed them to mono, added reverb on the strings, flanger on the synth, and eq + compression on the kicks.

After I got a decent mix,I added some cool sound effects to add more excitement to the overall movement.

Keep in mind there is plenty room for more in this composition. I could re arrange the melodies in the verses. I could make each verse have a different drum pattern. I could make variations in each hook… there are many possibilities for you when its time for arrangement.

I arrive at a decent composition with these elements:
1. Double time hihats
2. Drum pattern
3. Chord progressions for verses
4. Chord Progressions for hook
5. Variation on my drum patterns
6. Add a Melody
7. Add a Bassline
8. Add harmony line or another melody
9. Mix, Arrange, and add sound effects.

Rsn Tut2 Anvrsy Beat By MsTris .. I could easily lease this today

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Special: Free To Download In Celebration Of 1yr

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Free 2 Download: $00.00

You may distribute up to 1000 copies
on a non-commercial level like net downloads,mixtapes, free promotional giveaways or
use the beat up to 12 months

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Good afternoon all! I hope you enjoyed yesterday as much as I did. I will leave the downloads up until Tuesday. Thanks again for making www.mstrismusic.com a success!

I have family coming over today and we’ll continue with the extra hours of live help tomorrow, closing out the anniversary celebration…

As promised I wanted to make a special “Anniversary Beat” for free download. I thought..perfect timing for our next tutorial! For those new to my tutorials please keep in mind that they are my ‘suggested’ ways of making beats, or ways to get you started. You should always try different techniques until you find some that are right for you…

This tutorial will be pretty extensive so we will work in two or three parts..and even leave you with some homework

We have discussed chord progressions, snare rolls, mixing kicks in Reason, and even arranging verses and bars in a song. We should be ready to roll through easily to a complete composition now.

The most difficult part of Dirty South style hiphop is the “double timing technique”. I guess the easiest way to explain with out confusing you is: I am making a Beat at 73 bpm. All elements of my beat will be placed at 73bpm EXCEPT HI HATS and SNARE ROLLS. This means my chord progressions, kicks, and main snare will be at 73bpm tempo while my hi hats and snares rolls will be 146bpm.

My way of achieving this, is to add hi hats first. I go into the piano roll on my redrum hi hat channel. I select 1/32 for my time signature. This will allow me to double the time placement of my hihats from 1/16 steps to 1/32 steps. I start placing hihats on each line.You will have to zoom in to get your window as pictured below.
1. Add Hihats

You clearly hear the hihats are going faster than my metronome/ click track:**note** I will the leave click track loud so you can hear it over other sounds**

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From here it gets easier if you remember to place all other elements in time with the metronome/click.

Let’s say you’d like to add drums by playing your midi keyboard. Listen to the metronome/click track and add your kick and snare in time with it instead of hihats:

Kick Snare w/ double time hihats

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When we look at this pattern you can see the hihats are placed in faster time signature increments than kick and snare. The Hihats are placed at 1/32 and the kick and snare at 1/16:

OR you can play your chord progression in time with the metronome/click.

For this beat I will be using:

Em l F l G l Am
EGB FAC GBD ACE

which make up an Em chord progression.

You can start with any of the chords to begin your beat. For this example I started with G and F, in time with the click track.

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You now have a foundation to start with. For homework/practice try starting your beat in a small 2 bar section using the above technique, with the following settings.

Then copy and paste your 2 bars another 3 times..

This progression and drum pattern is enough to get a great beat started..we’ll continue tomorrow with some major changes and additions…

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