Reason News: Good & Bad

Right so I was browsing around the built-in Reason effects this evening (in truth I didn't know half of them existed) and I was totally excited at the stuff that I found. All kinds of glitchy shit! Then my heart sank a little. There's quite a few that slice&dice sounds in a temporal manner like the way my new Combinator patch meaning that what I've done is kinda obsolete. I say kinda because while they are similar (and probably easier to use) mine still takes a slight different approach. Plus I didn't find anything that can produces a kind of "granular slur" in real time. Plus, plus, getting your hands dirty with DIY effects is never in vein :)

Right so here's a sample of mine like I promised ages back. This is one of the first things I did with it and it's not all that exciting. It's been deliberately processed dryly to highlight the rhythmic effect. It's just an 8 bar phrase looped over and over. The first 8 bars are as is, then the rest (12 second mark) is processed through the Combinator patch. I'm twiddling with a few of the knobs (steady!) as it plays out; Mainly the filter on the bass, then messing around with the rhythm pattern, and finally bringing up the pad chords (which are also going through the Combinator). You can hear the granular effects throughout but I've marked one in case you're lost.

Remember, it's all in real-time in Reason!