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Trance Lead In Reason
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Effects Part 1
Adding
effects to synths is an absolute must, especially in Reason. This brings
everything out to the front, widening and brightening the sound. You cannot get
‘big’ sounds without effects, so now you are going to hook up some effects to
this synth.
44. Left Click the Show Devices button on the Combinator.
No musical
reason for that, they were just in the way.
45. Right Click the Combinator and create a CF-101
Chorus/Flanger.
Flangers
copy an input signal, replicate it, delay the new version, mix it with the
original and then modulate it with an LFO. They create the rasping swirling
effect we know as flanging. They also help to widen the stereo image. Now you
will use a flanger to widen the sound of this synth.
The delay
knob sets the time lag between the original (source) signal and the delayed
(copied) version.
46. Set Delay to 19.
This
setting brings the source and delayed signals quite close together.
The Sync
Enable Button synchronizes the Flanger’s built in LFO to Reason’s master tempo.
47. Turn
on the LFO Sync Enable button.
The Rate
Knob sets the speed of the modulating LFO.
48. Set Rate to 2/4.
The Mod
Amount Knob controls how much of an effect the modulating LFO will have on the
flanging. Low mod settings tend to be more useful than high mod settings, which
scramble the sound.
49. Set Mod Amount to 16.
A delay unit
takes the input signal and delays it by a specific time. You may then mix the
delayed version with the original and create an interesting effect. Adding
delay is necessary for bringing interest to most synth sounds. The theory of
operation is similar to flanging, but delay times are often much longer and
without modulation, the sound is much cleaner.
50. Right Click the Chorus/Flanger and create a DLL-1
Digital Delay Line.
The Dry/Wet
knob sets the mix between the dry (source) sound and the wet (delayed) sound.
51. Set Dry/Wet to 10.
You set it
to 10 because you do not want too much delay in the signal, the primary notes
must still be the most prominent.
This
display shows how many steps you will delay by.
52. Set Delay Time to 2 Steps.
The 2 step
setting brings a little slapback, when you play a note, the sound will quickly
slap back at you.
The
Feedback Knob controls the amount of times the delayed sound will repeat (the
number of delays).
53. Set Feedback to 68.
This is a
medium feedback, it will work when using the synth standalone, but if you are
using the synth within a track and feel the sound is too muddy then you may
want to reduce this setting somewhat.
54. Set Pan to -41.
Panning
the wet signal slightly left.
Even
though you have a delay unit hooked up the sound still feels a bit thin. This
is because Reason’s delays are only mono delays, if you want to create a stereo
delay you need to employ two units.
55. Left Click Delay1 and create a second DDL-1 Digital Delay Line.
56. Set Dry/Wet Balance to 11.
57. Set Feedback on Delay2 to 68.
58. Set Pan to 44.
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