With Reason’s Grain device you can create the same sort of lively sounding hihats as on the old Linn LM-1 drummachine. I’ve created it as a free download.
Author Archive | Marco Raaphorst
Tchad Blake tells the story behind Latin Playboys at NAMM
Mixing engineers Tchad Blake and Andrew Scheps did a session at winter NAMM 2020 at the Mix with the Masters booth. A super interesting conversation.
The lively Drum Modules of Reason’s Kong
On many drummachines, hardware and software, a drumhit at a certain velocity level will result in a predictable sound. So every time you hit that drumsound at the same level exactly the same sound will be produced.
My Tape Sync for BBC/PRI
A job for the BBC/RPI was a good reason to jump out of bed.
Reason 11 from Reason Studios
Yesterday Propellerhead announced Reason 11. It comes with some cool new features and new rack devices.
Keynote-speaker for De Podcastshow @ Pakhuis De Zwijger
On 11 July 2019 I will be the keynote speaker of De Podcastshow which will be held at Pakhuis De Zwijger, Amsterdam. I will focus in particular on the changes that the podcast has caused in our media landscape.
De-esser for Ableton Live (free download)
The Multiband Dynamics device in Live is a great tool for de-essing a signal. So I made a super simple to use De-esser in Ableton Live 10 and which can be downloaded for free.
A new phase for Podpraat
Since February 2017, every Friday evening at 8 o’clock, I send out the newsletter Podpraat filled with interesting news about podcasting for podcast fans and makers. This week Podpraat grew into a new Dutch service from Melodiefabriek: Podpraat – help with podcasting.
Kuassa Matchlock review
The Kuassa Amplifikation Matchlock amp simulator tries to mimic Fender amps. How good is it?
Reason Compact 2.0 and Reason 10.4: from scratch ideas to full arrangements
Propellerhead has released Reason Compact and Reason 10.4, offering new ways to make music.
Price changes for my Reason ReFills/patches
I have lowered the prices of 80s, Rockmen, Boutique Amp and Combi Manifesto 1
New single The Record Man – Unpopular music
Song Credits: Unpopular Music (Scott/Gaulke)