Koshdukai's Music(al) Reason(ing)

How is Control Voltage emulated in Reason ? What are the differences when compared with real CV ? Are there any extra features we get when using virtual CV ? Any limitations if you compare it with hardware CV? Can it make me a cup of coffee ? All this (well, almost!) is covered by the latest CV tutorial  series at RackExtensionReview : CV in Reason : Getting them basics right - Part 1 CV in Reason : Getting them basics right - Part 2 ...and after these, we can start "doing stuff" to and with CV ;) ...and yes, Reason 7 can make you coffee,  just find a Coffee machine with MIDI in or... ask your nearest Arduino/Raspberry Pi ?expert friend to help you out!

A new site about Reason and Rack Extensions with News, Reviews, Tutorials and Forums was born today. On the welcoming post , we can read: «Considering so much has happened, so quickly on the Rack Extension front during the last 16 months or so, I don’t feel like online journalism has kept up with this rapid growth.  There isn’t really a definitive source for info, reviews and just general discussion on this amazing new Reason plugin format.  That is the goal of of RER – we want to be your first choice for reliable and entertaining RE news, reviews, interviews, and tutorials.» So feel free to check the RER  Forums , the excellent first Reviews  (more on the way) and the upcoming Tutorials , currently focusing on "Control Voltage" aka CV  with more subjects to come in the future. This first CV oriented tutorial series starts out by exploring all the different ways to control a Reason rack device . Some of those will be revisited in future tutoria...

Reason 7 is finally here. I guess some of the new features are too obvious and simple to understand why they are so great. Channel bus/groups, parallel channels ad-infinitum, Spectral EQ controlling the good "old" channel EQ, audio auto/manual slicing and quantizing, the list goes on... there's even a bonus Instragram-like audio "toy" that... is no toy at all when in the proper hands ;) But the thing that many were also waiting for years was Reason ability to output MIDI from the sequencer in a proper, easy to configure, easy to use and easy to understand way. External MIDI Instrument Reason 7 finally brings us the "little" External MIDI Instrument rack device (EMI for short). Obvious use? Play your hardware synths :) ...old, new, vintage, digital, analog, mono, poly, big or small MIDI controlled audio generating gadgets, your OP-1's, your... iPad synth apps... even your 2nd laptop running any MIDI playable music app ;) Not...

Reason 7 MIDI OUT (to finally play/control hardware/software instruments/devices) Audio slicing (almost ReCycle style) Audio quantization (make those MIDI instrument recordings tight and more...) Convert sliced audio clips into REX loops Spectrum Analyzer (floating, resizable window) Visual EQ (over the Spectrum Analyzer) Group mixer channels (remember the "P-LAN" at the back?) Parallel channels (audio through to another Mix Channel) Imports " your music library and web formats " audio ( mp3 ,  wma ,  m4a , etc...) Enhanced Factory Sound Bank ( new loops and drum kits ) The new Audiomatic Retro Transformer effect ( ? ) Reason Essentials  2 FREE upgrade for existing ReE owners Audio slicing (almost ReCycle style) Audio quantization (to make those external instrument recordings tight) Convert sliced audio clips into REX loops Imports " your music library and web formats " audio ( mp3 ,  wma ,  m4a , etc...) ...

Q4 : Is there a place where I can simply pick the Remote templates I need for the Rack Extensions that I own and edit it to work with my own controller ? A4 : Yes, here:  Rack Extensions: Remote Map Scopes list   A Propellerhead User Forum (aka PUF)  A ReasonTalk thread mainly dedicated to keep an updated list of the correct Company and RE IDs to be used in the Scope lines in the .remotemap files. As an added bonus, it's also slowly turning into a Remote Template repository for the released Rack Extensions (as much as I and any other volunteers are able to keep adding templates to it). Q5 : How do I use a "Remote template" ? A5 : Ok, try these steps: 1 ) Find the .remotemap file you're using for your MIDI controller by checking these paths on your system: on Mac OSX: Library:Application Support:Propellerhead Software:Remote:Maps on Windows: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Propellerhead Software\Remote\Maps which usually translates to: on Windows Vista or W...