“The reason to purchase Reason 8, was the announcement of the Boutique Amp refill. A Fender Stratocaster stood in a corner gathering dust.”
Archive | January, 2015
Boutique Amp ReFill 1.5 update now available!
Boutique Amp ReFill for Propellerhead Reason has been updated to version 1.5. This is a free update for all Boutique Amp ReFill owners.
Propellerhead Reason inducted into the TEC Hall of Fame
Propellerhead Reason was inducted as the youngest product in the TECnology Hall of Fame. Next to among others Otari MTR-90 24-track recorder, the ARP 2600 synthesizer and the Fender Rhodes electric piano.
Da Da Da
As a sound designer I explore interesting sounds. I study them and try to reconstruct them. In this post I examine the rhythm sound of an old Casio VL-1 and reproduce it in Propellerhead Reason software.
Focusrite introduces interfaces with extremely low latency
At NAMM 2015 Focusrite has introduced its new Clarett Thunderbolt interfaces with extremely low latency: below 1ms!
A STEREO Amp! [Boutique Amp]
The Softube Amp Rack Extension doesn’t come with a manual so I had to discover this myself: Although you may use a MONO input, Amp will always produce a STEREO sound.
Boutique Amp ReFill is released!
Boutique Amp ReFill for Propellerhead Reason gives you access to the classic sounds of Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Billy Gibbons, Angus Young, Brian May, Steve Lukather and many more.
Taking it into the streets: Propellerhead is closing its forums
A few days ago Ernst Nathorst-Böös, CEO and founder of Propellerhead Software, blogged ‘An end of an era‘: On January 22nd (2015) Propellerhead is closing our forums. When we shipped ReBirth in 1997 we were one of the first companies in the business to start up direct communication with our customers. Mind you, this was […]
How the Colombian army sent a hidden message to hostages using a pop song
Where are those protest songs? There is enough reason to write those but we all seem too busy making money. Is music really providing nothing more than a momentary superficial piece of entertainment? Not without coincidence I came across this interesting story. A story about how the Colombian army used a hidden morse code in a pop song for […]
Ice Music [disquiet0157-a-little-ice-music]
disquiet0157 assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something of it. Here’s what I came up with: I recorded the sound with my Sony D-50. Then imported this short audio track in Reason and made a few copies of the sample (creating looped versions and shortened versions). Added these samples to […]
The core devices in Reason you need for mixing
Today this guy, Graham Cochrane, who runs a website called The Recording Revolution posted a blogpost about uninstalling plugins which you don’t need: ‘The Studio Detox: Uninstalling Plugins You Don’t Need’. For example several types of EQ, or compression. Ask yourself: how much types of EQ or compression do I really need? Although I am a […]