ReCycle+Reason QuickStart

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Change the tempo of a groove without altering its pitch and vice versa! , Change the feel of your grooves, or quantize them! , Create endless variations and fills out of a single loop! , Total Loop Control

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2.1


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DDDDTable of Contents


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TABLE OF CONTENTS2

3 Introduction

4 About this manual4 Before you start...

5 Tutorial 1: ReCycle basics

6 About this tutorial6 Tutorial 1: ReCycle basics

11 Tutorial 2:Using REX files in Dr. Rex

12 About this tutorial12 Reason basics13 Tutorial 2: Introducing Dr. Rex

19 Tutorial 3: Using the REX editor

20 About this tutorial20 Tutorial 3: Using the REX editor

25 Tutorial 4: Using REX files in the NN-XT

sampler

26 About this tutorial

26 Tutorial 4: Using REX files in the NN-XT sampler

35 Tutorial 5: Automating parameters

36 Tutorial 5: Automating parameters in Reason


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1 DDDDIntroduction


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INTRODUCTION 4

About this manualThis Quick Start manual is intended to serve as an introduction to ReCycle 2.1and the included software Reason Adapted for ReCycle.

The manual is based on a series of hands-on tutorials using example files.

You will be guided step by step through various typical operations and proce-dures, in order to familiarize you with the basic features of both ReCycle andReason Adapted for ReCycle, and how they work together.

The tutorials require no previous experience of either program, but both pro-grams have to have been installed and configured to play back audio.

Even if you are familiar with one or even both of the programs, this Quick Startmanual may still provide useful information as some more advanced features aredescribed as well.

Have fun!

It might be convenient to print out the manual, to save you fromhaving to switch back and forth between applications when follow-ing the tutorials.

Mac OS vs. Windows

The documentation is both for the Mac OS and Windows versions of ReCycle/Reason Adapted for ReCycle. Pictures show the Macintosh version but thingsare identically titled and positioned in both versions.

Sometimes, a key command is different in the two versions. This is indicated likethis: Hold down [Option] (Mac) / [Alt] (Win) and...

Everything said in the manual applies to both platforms, unless explicitly statedotherwise.

Before you start...DDDD First install both programs on your computer.

See the ReCycle Operation Manual for ReCycle installation nstructions, andfor Reason Adapted for ReCycle, simply launch the installer and follow the

on-screen instructions.DDDD Then configure both programs so that they can play back audio on

your system.See the ReCycle Operation Manual and the Reason Adapted for ReCycleGetting Started document for information regarding audio configuration.


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2 DDDDTutorial 1: ReCycle basics


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TUTORIAL 1: RECYCLE BASICS6

About this tutorialThe aim of this tutorial is to introduce you to the basic operation of ReCycle. Re-Cycle is a loop utility program that can be used in various different ways, but themost common use is to create sliced loops that can be played back perfectlyat any given tempo in other music applications.

The tutorial will take you through the following basic steps:

DDDD Loading and playing back an audio file in ReCycle.

DDDD Slicing the file using ReCycle.

DDDD Saving the sliced file as a REX2 file.

Ready? Lets ReCycle!

Tutorial 1: ReCycle basicsLoading and auditioning audio files

1. Double-click the program icon for ReCycle to launch the program or

if the program is running, select Open from the File menu.The Open Sound File dialog appears.

2. Navigate to the ReCycle + Reason - Quick Start Guide folder onyour program CD and open it.

3. Open the Audio Files sub-folder and select the file Drum Loop1.WAV and click Open.You will be asked whether you want the Left Locator to be moved to the firstSlice point. Click Yes. Another window appears stating that the Effects can-not be heard yet. We shall fix this shortly, so click OK to continue.

The ReCycle window consists here of the following basic elements:

Waveform Display

The Envelope Effect Toolbar

Status Bar

Left Locator Right Locator

Horizontal Magnification

Thumbnail Overview VerticalMagnification


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3 DDDDTutorial 2:Using REX files in Dr. Rex


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TUTORIAL 2:USING REX FILES IN DR. REX12

About this tutorialThe aim of this tutorial is to show you how REX files can be used in the Dr. RexLoop Player included with Reason Adapted for ReCycle.


DDDD Loading the REX file into the Reason Adapted Dr. Rex device.

DDDD Auditioning the file in Dr. Rex Loop Player.

DDDD Processing the file with various Synth parameters in Dr. Rex LoopPlayer.

DDDD Editing individual slices.

DDDD How to create MIDI track data to play back the file from the se-quencer in Reason Adapted.

DDDD Altering a melodic loop by changing the pitch of individual slices.

Reason basicsWhen Reason Adapted opens you will find the following devices in the rack;

A Mixer

3 Dr. Rex Loop Players

1 NN-XT sampler

1 RV7000 reverb unitEvery new Song document will contain exactly these devices - it is not possibleto create new (or to delete) devices in Reason Adapted for ReCycle.

At the top of the rack is the Hardware interface which handles ReasonAdapteds communication with your audio hardware. At the bottom of the rack isthe track list with a track for each device in the rack, the sequencer window andthe transport panel. To access all the devices you have to scroll the rack view.

Transport panelTrack List Sequencer window

Rackscrollbar

The Rack

with variousdevices


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TUTORIAL 2:USING REX FILES IN DR. REX 13

Tutorial 2: Introducing Dr.RexLoading and auditioning a loop in Dr. Rex

1. Double-click the program icon for Reason Adapted to launch theprogram.

The Dr. Rex and NN-XT devices are both capable of playing back REX loops. Inthis tutorial we will use Dr. Rex - a dedicated REX player - to play back the loopyou just saved.

2. Locate the Dr. Rex 1 device in the rack.

The device names are shown as vertical tape st rips on the far left side of the mainpanels.

3. Click on the Browse Loop button to open the browser.

4. Use the browser to locate the loop you just saved in ReCycle andclick Open to load it into Dr. Rex.You can listen to the loop before loading by using the Preview function in thebrowser.

! If you skipped the first tutorial you can load the same file - namedDrum Loop 1. rx2 in the Audio Files folder of the ReCycle + Rea-son - Quick Start Guide.

! Loading a new REX file will replace any currently loaded file.


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DDDD Once loaded, you can check out the loop by using the Preview but-ton.

It will play back repeatedly in the tempo set on the transport panel until youclick the Preview button again. If you change the tempo, the loop tempo fol-lows. One of the key features of REX loops is that they play back perfect ly atany tempo.

5. Set the tempo to around 105 bpm, the original tempo of the loop.

Changing the tempo on the Transport panel.

Applying various Dr. Rex synth parameters to theloop

For now lets stick to using Preview mode to audition. Lets tweak the sound ofthe loop using some of the Synth parameters in Dr. Rex. Proceed as follows:

! Note that none of the operations described in this tutorial (or any

other editing applied to a REX file using Dr. Rex) will alter the orig-inal loop in any way. Changes made to a loop in Dr. Rex are insteadsaved with the current Reason Adapted Song.

1. Start loop playback by clicking the Preview button.

2. Try adjusting the Transpose knob below the waveform display.

As you can hear, this adjusts the pitch of the entire loop in semitone steps.Turning the knob clockwise raises the pitch and vice versa. You can also ad-

just this parameter directly by clicking the keyboard in the waveform display.

3. Try lowering the Decay (D) slider in the Amp Envelope section.

Lowering the Decay will gradually shorten the end (decay) portion of eachslice. This can be used to tighten up a loop by removing room ambience.This parameter is essentially the same as Envelope Decay in ReCycle.


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4. Try adjusting the Freq and Res sliders.

The entire loop is passed through the filter section. The filter parameters al-ter the frequency content in the loop, thus changing the overall timbre.

Below the Filter section you can find the LFO section. A LFO (Low FrequencyOscillator) can be used to add cyclic modulation to a parameter. Lets modulatethe Filter frequency with the LFO:

5. In the LFO section, click on the Dest button so that the Filter indi-cator lights up.

6. Set the LFO Amount knob to a value around 65 (12 oclock posi-tion).You should now hear the filter frequency parameter being modulated by theLFO. If the effect isnt very noticeable, adjust the Filter Freq and/or raise theRes parameter slightly.

DDDD You can set the LFO modulation rate with the Rate parameter.

DDDD If you activate the Sync button in the LFO section the LFO rate

will be synchronized to the song tempo, in one of 16 possible timedivisions.In sync mode the Rate parameter is used to set the time division.

7. Stop playback by clicking the Preview button again.

Editing individual slices

All of the previously described synth parameters are global, i.e. they affect all theslices in the loop equally. But you can also edit individual slices of the loop in Dr.Rex. Lets take a look at how this is done:

DDDD By using the Slice knob located below the waveform display youcan select an individual slice. A selected slice is indicated by beinghighlighted in the waveform display.This can also be done by clicking directly in the waveform display.

Selecting a slice.

DDDD If you hold down [Alt] (Win)/[Option] (Mac) and click on a slice inthe waveform display, the slice will play back.

DDDD You can use the 4 parameter knobs Pitch, Pan, Level and De-cay below the waveform display to alter how a selected slice playsback.

The Pitch parameter allows you to change the pitch of the slice, Pan allows youto position the slice in the stereo field, Level adjusts the volume of the slice andDecay allows you to shorten the slice.

! If you adjust any of the parameters listed above, these will be lost ifyou load a new REX file. All Dr.Rex panel settings are stored in the

Song. You cannot directly apply panel settings to another REX file!


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The To Track function

Up until now we have used the Preview function to audition the loop. This is notthe real way of playing back REX loops. If you want to use the loop in a contextwith other devices you first have to create MIDI notes in the sequencer that willplay back the slices correctly. This is done using the To Track function:

1. Select the sequencer track connected to the Dr.Rex 1 device.

When you select a track, the device connected to the track is automaticallybrought into view in the rack.

2. Set the Left and Right Locators to encompass 4 bars.For example, set the Left Locator at 3.1.1 and the Right Locator at 7.1.1.

3. Click the To Track button on the Dr.Rex 1 panel.

Now, the program will create a note for each slice, positioned according to the

timing of the slices. The notes will be pitched in semitone steps, with the firstnote on C1, the second on C#1 and so on, with one pitch for each slice. If thearea between the locators is longer than the loop length, the loop notes will berepeated to fill out the loop. In step 2 the locators were set to encompass 4bars. As the loop is exactly 1 bar long this means that the loop will be repeated4 times.

4. Activate playback in the sequencer by clicking the Play button onthe Transport panel.Reason will now play back the notes on the sequencer track. These in turnwill play back the slices in the Dr.Rex device, in the correct order and withthe original timing maintained.

! Note that if you have created sequencer notes from a REX file, you

cannot load a new REX file into Dr.Rex and play it from the existingtrack. Well, you can, but it will not play back properly. If you havecreated notes in this way, and want to change the REX file, first de-lete the notes, then use the To Track command again afterhavingloaded the new REX file.

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Altering a melodic loop

Lets try altering the pitch of a few individual slices in a melodic loop:

1. Select Open... from the file menu.The Song Browser appears.

2. Navigate to the Song Files folder (inside the ReCycle + Reason -

QuickStart Guide folder) and select the Example 1 Song.A 2 bar bass loop is loaded in the Dr. Rex 1 player. Track data has alreadybeen created.

3. Click Play to audition the loop.

4. Stop playback.

5. Use the Slice knob to select Slice 3.

6. Use the Pitch knob to transpose the Slice 3 pitch up 3 semitones.You can always audition a slice by holding down [Alt] (Win)/[Option] (Mac)and clicking on it in the waveform display.

7. Using the same general methods, select Slice 5 and transpose thisdown 7 semitones (-7).

8. Finally, select Slice 7 and transpose this down 4 semitones (-4).

9. Play back the loop to hear the result of the pitch change!The first bar contains the altered pitches whereas the second bar is un-changed, for comparison. This is just one method of many that you can useto alter how a loop is played.

10. Select Close from the File menu and select Dont Save in the dialogthat appears.If you for some reason wish to save the Song, it might be a good idea to saveit under a new name so that the tutorial file may be used again. This appliesto all the following Song files used in the Quick Start tutorials.

In the next tutorial we will take a look at how you can edit notes using the Rex ed-itor in the Reason sequencer.


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TUTORIAL 3: USING THE R EX EDITOR20

About this tutorialIn this chapter we shall take a look at the REX editor in Reason Adapteds se-quencer. Here you can perform all sorts of editing on the notes playing the REXslices; from creating subtle variations to completely scrambling the loop.

This tutorial is meant to give you a basic understanding of how the MIDI notescreated with the To Track function can be edited in the sequencer. It shouldnot be seen as an general introduction to editing notes in the sequencer.

Tutorial 3: Using the REXeditorIn this tutorial we will make some alterations to a loop in the REX editor to illus-

trate a few of the possibilities.

Transposing notes

One of the most obvious things you can do in the REX editor is to reorder theplayback of the slices. This can easily be done by transposing notes.

1. Select Open from the File menu to open the Song Browser.

2. Locate the Example 2.rsb Song file in the Song Files folder andclick Open.The Song opens. It has sequencer data on two tracks, with one of the tracksmuted. This is indicated by the red X in the Track list.

3. Start playback by clicking the Play button on the Transport panel.

You will hear a 1 bar drum loop (repeated twice in the sequencer) played bythe Dr. Rex 2 device. As the Loop function is activated on the Transportpanel the area between the Left and Right Locators will repeat until playbackis stopped.

4. Stop playback by clicking the Stop button on the Transport panel.

You can also use the Spacebar to start/stop playback.

In the following steps of this tutorial we shall use the REX editor to alter the loopin various ways.


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5. Make sure that the track connected to the Dr. Rex 2 device playingthe loop is selected.You select tracks by clicking on them. The selected track is indicated by adark border.

6. Click the Switch to Edit Mode button above the track list.This switches the view from Arrange mode to Edit mode.

Edit mode is now selected. The REX lane should now be visible in the mainsequencer window. The loop is repeated twice and contains 15 slices. If you

cant see all the slices you can resize the sequencer window by dragging thedivider between the sequencer and the rack.

Drag the divider to resize the sequencer window.


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The REX lane shows the notes playing the individual slices as boxes. In the areato the left the slice numbers are shown in a list with the first slice at the bottomand the last slice at the top. If you point and click on a slice number in the list thecorresponding slice plays back. The notes are arranged to play the slices lin-early, from slice #1 to slice #15 and then start over.

Now lets try a few simple tricks!

Click with your mouse on Slice #7 in the Slice list to the left to audition it. Do thesame thing on Slice #12. As you can hear Slice #7 is a kick drum, and Slice#12 is a snare. For sake of example, lets make the note playing Slice #7 playSlice #12 instead. Proceed as follows:

7. Click on the note playing Slice #7 in the first bar, to select it.Selected notes are indicated by a darker color and a handle which can beused to alter the length of notes.

8. Now right-click (Win) / [Ctrl]-click (Mac) the selected note and se-lect Change Events... from the menu that appears.

The Change Events dialog.

In the first field Transpose you can transpose the selected note up or down.Transposing notes usually means to change the pitch of a note. But in the REXeditor, transposing will instead move a note up or down so that it will play a dif-ferent slice.

9. Enter the desired semitone transposition value (in this case 5) intothe Semi field.In this example we wanted the note playing Slice #7 to play Slice #12 in-stead, which means that we need to transpose the note up five semitones.

10. Click Apply to the right of the Transpose value field and close thedialog.


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11. Play the loop and you can hear and see that the note that beforeplayed Slice #7 has moved up so that it now plays Slice #12.

By using the same general method - selecting notes and transposing them usingthe Change Events dialog - you can reorder the playback order of the slices butstill retain the inherent timing of the loop.

Using the Alter Notes function

Lets look at another way of reordering the playback of the slices. Here we willuse the Alter Notes function to randomly reorder the notes.

This is great way to create instant variations, again without losing the timing andrhythmic feel of the loop!

1. Click on the track connected to the Dr. Rex 1 device in the Track listto select it.The view changes in the sequencer window to display the notes playing theslices loaded in the Dr. Rex 2 device.

2. In the Track list, click on the red X so that it disappears.The track is now unmuted.

3. Mute the track playing the Dr. Rex 2 device by clicking in the Mcolumn so that the X symbol appears.

4. Switch back to Arrange mode by clicking the Switch to ArrangeMode button above the Track list.

5. Select the second group of notes between the Left and Right loca-tors by clicking on it.This will select all the notes in this Group. When you create notes using theTo Track function, they will be grouped. A sepearate group is created foreach repeat of the loop.

6. Switch back to Edit mode (see step 6).

7. Right-click (Win)/ [Ctrl]-click (Mac) on one of the selected notesand select Change Events... from the menu that appears.

8. In the Alter Notes section of the Change Events dialog, click the

Apply button next to the Amount field.

9. If you now play back the loop you can hear that the loop has beenaltered, but the basic timing and rhythmic feel of the loop is re-tained!The amount of randomness was in this case set to the default value 40%.We also selected all the notes in the loop - but you could of course also useAlter Notes on just a few selected notes.


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TUTORIAL 4: USING REX FILES IN THE NN-XT SAMPLER26

About this tutorialThe NN-XT device included with Reason Adapted is an advanced sampler withmany unique features. Amongst many other things it can play back REX loopsand it is this particular feature we will focus on in this tutorial chapter.


DDDD Loading the REX file into the NN-XT.

DDDD Auditioning slices.

DDDD How to create MIDI track data to play back the file from the se-quencer in Reason Adapted.

DDDD Selecting slices and edit focus.

DDDD Applying Synth parameters.

DDDD Applying Sample parameters.

DDDD Using Groups.

Tutorial 4: Using REX filesin the NN-XT samplerLoading a REX loop as a NN-XT patch

1. Select New from the File menu.A new Song document opens. If had another Song open, close it withoutsaving it or save it under new name.

2. Locate the NN-XT in the rack.

3. Click on the Browse Patch button to open the Patch browser.

4. Use the browser to locate the REX2 file Clavinet.rx2 in the AudioFiles folder.

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Selecting slices and edit focus

DDDD You select slices by clicking on them, either in the sample list to theleft or in the Key Map display itself.Selected slices are dark blue. Hold down [Shift] and click to select severalslices.

The pointer is on the slice with edit focus.

When selecting slices this way the last slice you click on always has a thicker,light blue border. This is the slice that currently has edit focus.

DDDD When you select one or more slices, the Synth parameter settingsfor the slice with edit focus is shown on the NN-XT panel.

When you load a Rex file, all slices are automatically assigned to the sameGroup (more on Groups later).

DDDD To select all the slices in the current Group, click in the G columnto the left of the list of slices.

Click here to select all slices in the Group.

Applying NN-XT Synth parameters

In the NN-XT, one, several selected or all slices can be affected by the Synth pa-rameters. This is a powerful feature if youre into tweaking the sound of yourloops.

Try filtering a few slices:

1. Select the first two slices in the loop.The first slice is always mapped to the C1 key.

As we mentioned before, the panel settings now shown applies to the slice withedit focus, but any parameter change applied will affect both selected slices.


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Multiple Sample parameters 5 Adjust the Play mode Sample parameter so that BW is shown in


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Multiple Sample parameters

We will only describe one of the multiple Sample parameters; the Out param-eter. The other Multiple parameters deal with velocity and crossfading which wewont go into in this Quick Start manual.

DDDD The Out parameter lets you route one or several selected slices toother outputs.

For example, this enables you to add different effect processing to certainsounds in the loop, seeRouting slices to different outputs.

Ok, lets try a few practical examples of using Sample parameters:

Reversing the playback of a slice

Reversing slices can produce interesting effects. In this example we will reversetwo slices in a loop to add some variation (Select Close from the File menu toclose the current Song document and select Dont Save in the followinging di-alog unless you wish to Save it):

1. Select Open from the File menu.

2. Browse to the Song Files folder and select the Example 4.rsbfile.The NN-XT is loaded with a 2 bar drum loop, and note data to play the loophas already been created on the Track.

3. Click Play to listen to the loop, and then stop playback.

4. Select Slice 4 in the Sample list.The slice numbers are shown after the slice name in the list.

5. Adjust the Play mode Sample parameter so that BW is shown inthe display directly above the parameter knob.

6. Repeat steps 4-5 for slice 20.You may have to scroll down the view to select slice 20.

Click here to scroll the view.

7. Now play the loop again and you can hear how the reversed slicesadd variation to the original loop.Stop playback, but leave things as they are and continue.

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Routing slices to different outputs

Well use the same Reason Song for this example, so we can just move along. Inthis example we will route the Ahh sounds in the loop to separate outputs andadd a reverb effect to them:

1. Hold down [Alt] (Win)/[Option] (Mac) and click slice 10 in the sam-ple list to the left.

As you can hear this slice is the Ahh sound. Click on it again without press-ing [Alt]/[Option] to select the slice.

2. With slice 10 still selected, scroll down the sample/slice list untilyou can see slice 22.

3. Press [Shift] and select slice 22.Now, both Ahh sounds are selected.

4. Adjust the Out parameter so that it reads 3-4 above the param-eter.

5. If you play the loop you will hear that the Ahh sounds are missing,leaving two gaps in the loop.Stop playback.

Up until now we have not dealt with the other half of the Reason rack - that isthe back.

6. Press the [Tab] key or select Toggle Rack Front/Rear from the Op-tions menu.The rack is flipped around to reveal the back of all devices in the rack, withcables connecting devices to the Mixer.

7. Scroll the rack view so that you can see the back of the NN XT mainpanel and the back of the Mixer.

8. Click and hold on NN-XTs Audio Out 3 connector and quickly movethe pointer away from the connector.You are now holding a virtual cable!

9. Continue to keep the mouse button down and move the cable up to 10. When the Mixer Input 3 is red, release the mouse button.


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the channel 3 Left input on the Mixer (sse picture below).

Click, hold and drag here...

...and move the cable to the Mixer channel 3 left input.

The NN-XT Outputs 3-4 are now connected to the Mixer channel 3!

11. Press the [Tab] key to view the rack front again.

12. Adjust the Aux 1 Send knob for Mixer Channel 3 to about 12 oclock.

The Send is connected to the RV7000 Reverb effect, which in this example hasa ping-pong delay program loaded. The Send 1 can be used for each channelin the Mixer to apply reverb. The higher the Send level, the more noticable theeffect.

13. Start playback.As you now can hear, the Ahh slices are affected by the RV7000, but theother slices are not.


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4. Hold down [Shift] and select slices 2, 4, 6, 9, and 12. Using this method, selecting slices that belong together becomes much eas-i Y till l t i di id l li i th G j t b f b t t


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5. Pull down the Edit menu and select Group selected Zones.

6. The selected slices (or Zones) have been moved to the new Group,and have been placed under the other slices in the original Group.

ier. You can still select individual slices in the new Group just as before, but toselect all of them is now a simple matter of clicking once in the G column!


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Tutorial 5: Automating The NN-XT is playing a Clavinet loop, Dr. Rex 1 a bass loop and Dr. Rex 2 adrum loop


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Tutorial 5: Automatingparameters in ReasonIn this final tutorial we will show you how you can easily automate any parameterin Reason Adapted for ReCycle. Proceed as follows:

1. Select Open... from the File menu.

2. Locate the file Example 7.rsb in the Song Files folder and openit.Two tracks are muted in the Track list - leave them as they are for now. If youare eagle-eyed you may also have noticed that certain parameters have agreen rectangle around them. - the same applies here, dont change any-thing.

3. Click Play to audition the Song.Here we have three of the loops we have used in previous tutorials playing

together over 21 bars. You dont have to listen to the whole Song, theloops are just repeated.

drum loop.

In this example we will automate the Amp Envelope Decay parameter for Dr.Rex 2 device. The basic method we will use is to physically move the param-eter while recording, so make sure that the Dr. Rex 2 panel is visible in therack, and that you know where the Amp Envelope Decay parameter is lo-cated on the Dr. Rex 2 panel.

This is the parameter we will automate - make sure you automate the parameter for Dr.Rex 2 and not one of the other Dr. Rex devices!

4. Select the track connected to Dr. Rex 2.

To automate parameters for a device, MIDI In has to be activated for the Trackconnected to it, regardless whether you have a MIDI interface connected or not.

5. Click in the In column for the Dr. Rex 2 track so that a MIDI symbolappears.

10. Now play back and keep an eye on the parameter we just auto-mated.


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appears.Now you are ready to record automation for the Dr. Rex 2 device.

6. Click the [1] key on your numerical keypad so that the position isset to the Left Locator.

7. Click the Record button on the Transport so that it lights up.

8. Click Play to start recording.Move the Amp Envelope Decay parameter slider down gradually, until thedrums sound like biscuit tins, and move the slider gradually up again.

9. Press Stop to stop recording.

Click the [1] key again on your numerical keypad to reset the position.

mated.As the Song plays back, the slider will move, following the exact movementsyou just recorded! The parameter is surrounded by a green border to indi-cate that it is automated.

You can use the same basic method to automate any parameter in Reason. Nextwe will look at an example where several parameters are automated:

11. Click on the two red X symbols in the Track list to unmute theseTracks (the X symbol should not be shown).

12. Using the same method, mute the track playing Dr. Rex 2.

13. Then scroll up to the Mixer and click once on the Mute button forchannel 1 so that the green border disappears and the button turns


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g ppred.

14. Click the Stop button and then start playback and listen the wholeway through.

The Song starts with 4 bars of just the bass loop, then the clavinet comes in, andfinally the drum loop is gradually filtered in to the mix! This was all done using au-tomation in the way we have described it.

DDDD To automate Mixer parameters you select the track appropriatelynamed Mixer Automation and record your actions.

The mute on/off status for the mixer channels connected to the NN-XT (clavi-net) and the Dr. Rex 2 (drum loop) have in this case been automated.

This concludes the ReCycle + Reason Quick Start Guide. Hopefully, you willhave gained some insight into the possibilities of both applications, as well assome practical user experience!

As you continue to delve deeper into ReCycle and Reason Adapted, dont forgetto consult the respective documentation that came with the package.

We hope you will enjoy working with your new software!

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