Reason Micro Tutorial - Kong's Synth Drums

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Has music just not sounded the same to you since Miami Vice went off the air? Then you're in luck! The synth drums in Kong bring analog drum sounds back to your music. Most analog sounds these days are sampled, meaning the sound you load is the sound you've got. In this micro tutorial you'll see how easy it is to make wonderfully tweakable analog synth drums and assign them to your pads.

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[Iceboy575655]

I hope this isn't a dumb question, but when you played the end result beat, how did you add all those effects and keep it in beat? I'll record kick and snare, but when i try to add hi-hat, it's totally off.. is there someway you can play it bad and make it come out all in beat? Thanks

[PropellerheadSW]

First of all...there's no such thing as a dumb question. All questions are awesome because it means we're all asking questions and learning and getting better. The day we start to suck is the day we stop wondering how to get better. :) To answer you, what you're talking about is called "Quantizing" and if you look at the Tool Window you'll see that you can shift notes after you play them in so that they're on beat. It's too much to describe via youtube but it's in the documentation. Good luck!

[americannable]

kong is nice. does it have 16 level and full level options?

[PropellerheadSW]

do you mean level as in volume controls? Yes it has level control for each pad as well as a master level. Is that what you're asking?

[Hungrybear9562]

Double Rainbow, ha, ha, you used my voice!

[PropellerheadSW]

OMG!!!! HungryBear9562 commented on our video! That's so intense. What does it mean?! :) Thanks for stopping by and watching the vid. We are big fans of the double rainbow video, just like about 3 billion other people on earth who have seen it. :)

[devak451]

"Ya know, if that's like..your thing..."

Frank's tutorials are the best!

[NerveKong]

So when I go to music school will they have reason in the classroom or will they have the other programs?will they let me use the programs I use or will I have to learn logic pro?

[NerveKong]

Propeller head I got the crack version and im letting you know this because I am obligated to let you know this.I plan on purchasing this program when im an adult but I have three questions.

Can Kong Make any drum I can think of?

Can Reason import mp3s now?

How much will this program cost me?

I plan on getting a M-audio midi 88-key keyboard

Fl studio producer edition Disc

Propellerhead Reason Disc

And I plan on going to school for this.

[Carlos Young]

What sort of controller are you guys using in this video??

[RalphyPlague]

Propellerhead give me a street team job!

[ShelLuser]

Why not make a clip in the Reason sequencer, let it loop while playing and then simply add (or remove) notes as you seem fit? Such a clip can be easily (ab)used as a step sequencer too.

[AngeliqueLE]

GREAT !!! I m Logic user for years, this drum assignment is wicked. i m buying reason this afternoon.

[Avizura]

These tutorials are so fun to watch even tho I know most of the things being taught

[Soulab]

That person might mean the 16 Levels (velocity) setting like the MPC has.

[MrAdamJensen]

I've been trying out Kong lately and I can see how to sequence it via a Redrum device but it's a bit cumbersome. Would be nice if Props could introduce a new sequencer for Kong, just as a separate device would be fine.. maybe as a rack extension or maybe an insert like the Nurse Rex thing.. You need two Redrum devices to cover all 16 pads. I tried using a Matrix device but that too would require multiple devices to sequence all the pads. Are there any easier ways to sequence I'm maybe missing?