Reason Tutorial - Vocoders as effect control units

[DiscoHunchback]

You sir are brilliant! Great idea! Thanks for not keeping it secret!

[oddacorn]

I just got Reason a few days ago, and I'm learning a TON from your videos. This one is way cool. Here's something to add to this setup:

Add a SubTractor into the Combinator and hook up the output from LFO1 to the Shift input on one of the Vocoder units. Disconnect the audio output from the synth. Now you can get cool effects by playing with the LFO1 settings. It sounds nice with a fast LFO rate on the delay vocoder and only a few frequencies allowed through.

[machinalabs]

Brilliant!!!! I forgot for a while how friggen powerful and useful the vocoder is for so many things besides vocoding. XD

[jjmanman77]

BRILLIANT VIDEO THANKS MATE

[ziend33]

great tutorial..thanks mate ;)

[anacrusis68]

New Zealand Represent

[RodHullIOnceWasHim]

That is slow feckin' awsome...!!! Thanks loads...

[dragoimihai1]

hi ace great vid can you do a tutorial about eq duking in reason i made a setut a few weeks ago with vocoder as an eq i just played with the wires ang got something like a mastering or whatever rack was that it equalized the wole mix automaticaly... every frequency was like almost equal , you are the best cheers

[drat250]

cool tutorial! Thanks for sharing.

[alexandroszou]

Nice one mate

[ObsidianSnowNG]

Woah. Never would have thought to do things this way. Thanks a lot, Acepincter!

[KJEboys]

dude....i'm lost!

[ObsidianSnowNG]

It helps if you actually do it as you watch the video.

[iorixs]

this gives me cross eyes, all those wires, buttons, dials, plugs, leads, consoles ....

[searske]

Yo from auckland whats up whats your studio like beats?

[carbilicon]

your name is like 'a...sphincter'.. you know that, right?

[KapitanoUK]

"your name is like 'a...sphincter'.. you know that, right?"

Yes, I think he knows that. It's one of those "joke" things you might have heard about.

[ned316]

yeh like

Mianus...

:P

[BRAKESUK80]

yeah.lol

[UKENZIE]

gR8

[spaterseed]

Great vid. Thanks for making it. I went a long time without even knowing what the vocoder was for. It turned out to be for everything.

[wtdurling]

Nice Tut. I am in AK. Would be cool to run through some things with you at some point. Do you have AIM?

[asapee222]

hey! from auckland, glendowie!!

thanks for the tip!

really helpful =)

[AussieDolla]

i used a reverb in a similar way...u mentioned that inserting in that spot was not ideal...where would be the best place to insert the reverb to minimize muddiness whilst giving it that dirty feel?

[nikiwonoto]

it's a really good tutorial, i believe, unfortunately i'm still very newbie in all these things. and you talked kinda too fast for me to follow. it's not you though, the problem is in me. heck, i even unfortunately still don't understand how to "wire this & wire that" at the back of the Reason's rack! :(

so let alone to create such cool vocoder-effect like this (i'm sure it'll be a LOTS of wire-this-and-wire-that, which i'm still very confused & don't know where to start!)

man i suck...

[becolt]

What a great, extremely customize-able idea. Thank you.

Ohh! You could route a matrix or rpg-8 to this, in line with one device and get some serious stuff, I love it.

[bitterboyblue]

i love it

i would never have thought of that

your tutorials are as cool as your name

thats a compliment :)

[epicpolyphony]

I use Reason 4 to make vocal trance, and im interested in using a vocoder, but every time i try to use it, it makes it so that you cant hear the individual words.. instead, i end up getting an interesting instrument.. do you have any idea of what i can do to use the vocoder, but still be able to understand each individual word of the vocal?

[AcePincter]

Make sure you use a short short decay. Also, if you aren't getting enough harmonics to render your voice properly, make sure your carrier signal is rich enough - try using chords - or distort it a little bit. Sine waves don't work so well for vocal carriers.

[rnbsteenstar]

could you just do the effect to your vocals ith the effect without a need for a synth carrier?

[eRealist]

can the vocoder be rewired from a track in protools? in other words not having to import the vocal.

[luxienai]

How do I get wave files in here to play along with the vocoder?

[AcePincter]

toss your wav files into an NN19 or NNXT sampler. Just make sure you choose "Browse Samples" instead of Browse Patches. Use the NN19 as either your source or modulation channel on a vocoder.

[luxienai]

you're awesome bro!

can I can sound like GlaDOS!

[AussieDolla]

cool..

[AussieDolla]

u dun sound like a kiwi...

[AcePincter]

No, I'm from the states but I been here for half a year now.

[antilect]

@AcePincter In fact, he DOES sound a bit like a WIKI though, right? ;D

[abzg1]

i'm gettin reason 3.0

but all this wiring looks scary to touch! lol

so how would i kno wat to touch coz the manual is borin

[AcePincter]

Touch everything! You can't break the equipment. And watch lots of my tutorials :)

[abzg1]

k kl, thanks

[spacemanvector32]

Yeah man, reason is a great musical investment, you can't screw anything up besides maybe your head, anything you can think rude to mellow can be had. It will teach you about signal flow quickly, it looks way more complex than it is. Good job on all your stuff Ace.

[evfan42]

excellent sir, you are a master, I will be indulging myself on the rest of your videos

[mechanismtrance]

thats such a good idea, i never thought of that before, i only ever did that with compression.

your a gun!

[AcePincter]

I can't tell if that's a good or bad thing to say!

[Threshroge]

It sounds good.

[Akademiksbeatz]

you earned ur self a subscription

[esebarreto]

Hello you tube this is acepincter... hehe

That song sounds rather familiar, props man!

[sine0]

Nice one mate, keep the vids comming, ive learnt so much with your tuts and its great that you share your knowledge. there are many questions i have about reason and digital audio creation and i will probably throw a couple at you. Making my songs sound larger and more vibrant on the audio spectrum, and mastering is my main hitch which i think needs focusing on by you !

[AcePincter]

Mastering is a big topic, but the web has great resources. Just remember to think 3D - sound is (left/right , high/low, and near/far) in your audio space. The trick is just to make all your instruments fit into the space without crowding each other out. Also, the trick is to listen to your mix on a bunch of different speakers to check your EQ and levels. Unfortunately Reason doesn't use VST, but if you have the option to use a VST plugin, check out Firium, by Elemental Audio.

[deckhead23]

Great job ! Thanks for sharing!

[monstermash9]

Another great video. Thanks for posting these. They are SO helpful! Do you have any plans to do any videos on Thor? Thanks again, and keep up the excellent work!

[AcePincter]

Only if propellerheads thinks me valuable enough to provide me with a free copy of 4!