Reason/Record Micro Tutorial - Blocks

In this microtutorial we'll build up a track - starting from an 8 bar loop - and ending with a full song structure all thanks to Blocks, the pattern-based workflow feature in Reason 5 and Record 1.5. Blocks is a quick way to brainstorm, experiment, arrive at an idea and take it to the next level of arrangement and production.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Reason
• Record
• 1.5
• Song
• Production
• Beat
• Making
• Pattern
• based
• workflow
• loop
• creation
• song
• structure
• Blocks
• recording
• software

[Ludwigvoncatman]

I still haven't been able to make blocks... I write them in song, copy and past them to block, and then delete in song, but when I hit play it's still all at once. Can someone help me?

[PropellerheadSW]

@Ludwigvoncatman What do you mean when you say it's still all at once?

[killahkalam]

I use Reason 6, can I transfer music from Song Mode to Block mode? I haven't used block yet, I've had it for a while since Record and Reason 5 but all my songs are done in song mode. I can see why it might be counterproductive to go to blocks when I already have them sequenced but I'd like to use it an assess it's potential. I can't seem to figure it out and can't find the info in help.

[PropellerheadSW]

@killahkalam You copy and paste elements from song mode to a block. If you have, for example, an 8 bar idea in song mode just lasso the 8 bars on all tracks, copy them,, go to block mode to a new blank block, paste them. You can now delete them from song mode and draw that block in their place where they were.

[PropellerheadSW]

@KronosKX That's definitely doable. I'll look into how to do that for you guys. :)

[djs909]

You're clipping!!!! lol. Excellent tutorial once again.

[PropellerheadSW]

@ajabhimanew Actually the track is now a demo song in Reason 6. So everyone can open it up by going to the Demo Songs folder in the Reason 6 folder.

[ajabhimanew]

@PropellerheadSW Its been more than a Year mate !.. Where the track !!!!???

[knightmareofdreams]

say how do i upload a beat i downloaded into reason record i got reason essentials

[Ludwigvoncatman]

@PropellerheadSW That when I push play, everything (drums, octo rex, synth, etc) are all going at once, instead of the blocks I put them in.

[steinafl]

If ur a reason user heres what u do: copy the shit you want in your block. go into block mode and paste it. then thats the block when you return to normal mode

[BuildABergGroup]

I dont know how I managed without blocks before! I love it!