The unthinkable has finally happened: Reason 6 users can now record audio! Yes, it's the real deal and one process you may not be all that familiar with. Hollin Jones is armed and ready to go.
Creating Combinators in Reason 6 provides a custom mix of your own sounds in one 'box', and allows for all sorts of wizardry and creativity. G.W. Childs brings it all together for Hip-Hop lovers.
In the first article of our mammoth 6 days of Reason 6 Hub extravaganza, Mo Volans dives into one of the best music-making packages ever and explores what's changed and whether it's improved...
Making stylized line-art or shape-art style images is normally the domain of Illustrator. However, Photoshop can be used to good effect. Toby Pitman outlines this stylized creation process.
If you're fond of advent calendars then '6 Days of Reason 6' will appeal to you. To celebrate the release of Reason 6 we're publishing at least one Reason 6 article every day for 6 consecutive days!
While Mac OS X is easily accessible for beginners it contains many little tricks that advanced users can take advantage of. Mike Watkinson shares his Mac OS X snapshot shortcuts and Terminal tips.
Getting that big-screen Hollywood film look, like in Transformers 3, is very possible in Final Cut Pro X. David Smith delves into FCP X's Vectorscope and Waveform Editor to great effect.
Maschine is fast becoming the real successor to the much-loved MPC. In this tutorial Mo Volans gets hands on with Maschine and explains just what makes it stand out from the crowd...
Whether you use the built-in or 3rd party audio filters, Premiere provides an intuitive way to apply and control their parameters. Hollin Jones sounds out the basics in Premiere.
What do you get when you combine Brazilian rhythms based on Samba & Bossa Nova, a traditional western drum kit & a professional drum programmer? Toby Pitman hits the spot in this essential tutorial.
Abelton Live is so much more than a live performance tool. It's a serious studio DAW and one of the first ports of call for G.W. Childs when it comes to designing sounds and FX.
Much has been said about the radical new version of Final Cut Pro. So how does it compare to Adobe's Premiere Pro? David Smith contrasts how both NLEs deal with effects and filters.
Almost every major music single release gets the remix treatment. In the Final Part of this "How to Remix" series, Mo Volans explains the mastering and delivery process for the final remix.
Hidden under its hood, your Mac has powerful accessibility options that are useful for all. In this quick tip, Mike Watkinson communicates his love of the built-in Text to Speech options.
Most Absynth users are so blown away with its capabilities as a software instrument that they pass over using it as a powerful effects processor! Gary Hiebner explores the other side of Absynth.
Omnisphere by Spectrasonics is arguably one of the most amazing virtual instruments ever made. Although it comes with a huge number of patches, Toby Pitman has created 10 exclusive patches to use!
Ableton Live is arguably the most exciting audio application on earth to use as a beat mangling device. In this quick tutorial, Mo Volans gets scrunching and twisting with Ableton's built-in FX.
Deadmau5-style pitch tricks, beats and sounds is all the rage. Learn how to recreate the organ sound from Deadmau5's dance floor filler, Ghosts n Stuff, in Propellerhead's Reason.
Apple's FCP X ruffled more than a few feathers upon its release by omitting certain 'Pro' features. So what does this new free update (10.0.1) include? Is FCP X ready for prime time?
In the second part of this Hub series, Peter Schwartz removes the shackles of confusion that many Logic users still have regarding Link Modes. Learn how to make the different link modes work for you.
Pro Tools has come excellent arrangement, editing and composition tricks up its sleeve. One of these, Region Grouping, can be a real timesaver. Mike Watkinson explains the what, why and how.