• What is REASON
  • Digital Music & sound design studio
  • Midi : Musical Instrument Digital Interface
  • Instruments & effects concepts
  • Racks
  • Glossary (Signal, Signal Flow, knob, fader, mute, solo, Patch, Sample, Aux send/return, automation, Clip, Frequencies, Sampler, Reverb, Delay, wet/Dry, Patching,
• Creating our first loop
  • Mixer + Rex Loop (Creating devices, Naming devices, Loop browsing, Finding files, Preview & To track)
  • Mixer explained (Faders, Panning, Mute, Solo, EQ, Master, 0 level)
  • Minor Patching (Tab for back rack, automatic patching, Left for mono patching, switching patching) Creating an additional device and its patches
  • Creating an aux send/return, patching to a device (shift add)
  • Rack Signal Flow
• Transport
  • Play, Stop
  • Speeding our song tempo
  • Loop On/Off
• Saving options
  • Saving the loop
  • Saving Song information
  • Opening the session again
  • Exporting loop as audio
  • Exporting song as audio
  • Aiff (Audio interchange file format) by MAC VS WAV (IBM)
  • Sample Rate , Bit depth
  • Dither ?"(90 db), Sample rate (amount taken per second, Bit depth (quality resolution)
• Connecting a Midi Controller
  • Preferences section of Keyboard
  • Adding Keyboard
  • Assigning Master Keyboard
  • Adding a keyboard outside the manufacturer's list
  • Playing a midi controller
  • Playing a midi controller
  • Deselecting a midi controller and assigning as master keybaord

SESSION II

• Sequencer Window
  • Relation between sequencer and Rack
  • Track area of the sequencer
  • Left Locator & right Locator
  • Left/Right locator, End locator
  • Using the tools
  • Opening a lane parameter
  • Zoom in , Zoom out
  • Move, Cut, Copy Paste, Drag regions
  • View modes of Sequencer Window (+shortcuts)
• Sequencer Edits
  • Exploring writing data using Redrum in the sequencer
  • Drum set explored (kick , snare, timbales, tom, floor tom, Hi Hat, cymbals�)
  • Bar & 32-measure concept
  • Writing our first data
  • Snap , Click Track
  • Opening a write parameter using the pencil tool
  • Copying the Redrum pattern already created
  • Move, Cut, Copy Paste, Drag data (bar-1/2bar-1/4bar� writing options), Undo
• Redrum Explained
  • Browsing for drum patches, browsing for drum samples
  • Writing methods in the Drum step sequencer:
  • Writing note in the sequencer window
  • Writing in the 16 note sequencer
  • Recording data
  • Mixing in the Redrum using volume, pan
  • Extending our drum patterns to >16

SESSION III - SAMPLE BAD INSTRUMENTS

• NN-XT
  • Creating drums using NN-XT
  • Browsing for drum patches (Db Simple drum pattern demo)
  • Piano role explained
  • Triggering sounds using midi controller on NN-XT
  • Setup of Midi controller
  • Creating instruments using NN-XT
  • NN-XT patches explained
• NN-19
  • Browsing for instrumental Patches
  • Understanding Sample layout in Piano Key role
  • Recording outside Reason
  • Initialize Patch on NN-19
  • Adding recorded sounds on NN-19
  • Adding sample to NN-19
• First Instrumental Loop
  • Redrum for drums (Patterns explained)
  • NN19 for Base (Velocity explained)
  • NN-XT for instrument
  • Snippets from Dr Rex samples
  • Reverb Aux Send/Return

SESSION IV

• Brief Synth Video explanation
• Type of sound waves
• Substractor
  • Patches explored and explained (Mono Vs Poly)
  • Brief Substractor explanation
• Malstrom Synth
  • Brief Malstrom explanation
  • Malstrom Patches
• Thor
  • Thor explained
  • Thor Patches
• Basic Matrix Pattern Sequencer
  • Note, Gate self connect
  • Handling Matrix

SESSION V - SAMPLING

• Sampling in NN19:
  • Initialize Patch
  • Loading a sample
  • Root key, Tune, Level & Loop explained
• Sampling in NN-XT
  • Initialize Patch
  • Loading a sample
• Basic Rewire
• EQ
• PEQ-2 Band Parameter
  • MClass Equalizer
  • EQ Uses
    • Sweeping for Frequencies
    • Cutting Frequencies
    • Masking
    • Electronic effects
• Using Vocoder as EQ band control

SESSION VI - AUTOMATION

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  • Automation explained
  • Automating through Recording
  • Automating through keyboard
  • Automating Through Sequencer window parameters
  • Pattern automation
• Reverb
  • Reverb explained
  • Exploring Types of reverb patches
  • Wet dry, MIX
  • Creating a walk on stage effect using reverb and automation
  • Delay
• Delay Explained
  • Steps in Delay
  • Feedback in Delay
  • Dry/Wet
  • Uses of Delay
• Extending our initial Loop with an intro and an outro
  • Redrum pattern automation
  • Aux Send return
  • Effects on instruments

SESSION VII 

• Distortion:
  • Scream four distortion
    • Exploring patches
    • Damage control
    • Patching scream 4 in mixing
  • Fold back distortion
    • Distortion Amount
    • Digital distortion explained
  • Unision
  • Chorus
  • Flanger
  • Phaser
• Placing effects on our first song

SESSION VIII

• Listening session, Identifying effects and
• Effects patching Explored
• Combining multi patching
• Different Patching Using Audio merger splitter
• Creating multiple effect of the same Sound source
• Basic Mixing Ideas, tips and trick
• How does the mix sound in real life. Mastering Patches
• Final MIX
• Mixing tips