hi there, just purchased reason and looking at buying a tutrial dvd and was wondering how much is covered in the way of sequencing/programming and track arrangment in this dvd?

hi martin, just ordered the live 6 tutorial dvd, cant wait to see it was just wondering if it covers much in the way of programming and basic sequencing in live, also the mastering side of things eg how and when to use compression/equing etc. basically looking for advice on the above for ableton so any help would be appreciated. cheers

thanks for the quick reply, that would be so good if you could bring out a tutorial sequencing/arrangment + mastering and eq basics in ableton for house music. what other products or tutorials are coming out in the future?

hi there, been using ableton live for 6 months now and just about to purchase reason and was just wondering what the most common way these 2 programs are used together to produce dance music. ive been told to run in rewire and create sounds and loops etc in reason then play into ableton to sequence, arrange/construct and master the track....do you have any tips you could offer for using these 2 programs together?

currently using ableton live on mac osx and purchased reason 3 a couple of months back to use with the ableton program however what im wondering is when i play midi in live in rewire into say subtractor in reason which then bounces back into lives sequencer as an audio file how do you then re record or automate any of the subtractors parametres like lfo, filter frequency etc or is this not possible due to it being an audio file once it goes back into ableton? if so then my question is do i have to make sure the loop is recorded with the correct synth settings befor it comes back across to ableton as i record the loop or would i just create the loops with different synth settings in the reason sequencer then dump it all in live some how as im going along if i decide i wanted to adjust any of subtractors parametres once its recorded into live , this probably sounds like a stupid couple of questions to ask however i am a little confused on how or which is the best to do this as i love the aleton sequencer but the intruments and rack set up in reason definitley make up for what ableton does not have.... ANY HELP OR ADVICE HERE WOULD BE SO APPRECIATED - thankyou

im having issues with any midi hits/notes drawn in sound out when i play it back so i record midi to audio then zoomed in to confirm. what ive just realized is the problem exists using any plugin like massive, fm8, or anything in reason when in rewire, eg when i draw in 4 midi hits on the beat using redrum then record that clip to an audio clip in live i then zoom in on the warp markers to find all the hits are late however when i use impulse everything is spot on? hopefully this will help in narrowing down what the problem is being caused by

yes in any project? im running the latest version of live, reason, the latest driveres for the m-audio fast track pro and the latest software for the novation remote sl.... it is effected when using any 3rd party plugin such as massive, fm8 etc or any of reasons instruments when in rewire, reason plays fine on its own , the midi clip also plays in time without the hits landing late if i use impulse? the way im checking this is recording any of the midi clips to audio then zooming in on the warp markers in the audio clip - the hits all land late for any of the 3rd party plug ins or reason in rewire - ive also just tried programming the midi in reason but the issue is still there.

its when i play the notes back its out by the same amount on each hit? ive tried using external device plug in and also adjusting buffer size as well as track pre/delay and compensation delay....cant really do much at the moment as i have to record the midi to audio then warp to get it sounding tight.

ok ive tried a couple of things to help us narrow this down, first of all ive adjusted the predelay to -13.1ms, (vst in live)if i then drag massive in and draw in 4 16th bass hits on the beat then record the midi to audio with the monitor off on the audio track the hits are on. (reason in rewire) if draw in 4 midi kick drum hits to go across to reason using external instrument plugin on the midi track and have the monitor switched off when i then record the midi to audio the beats from reason are in line with the warp markers also. is this how it should run?

man something so simple, turned out i had the wrong input selected on the audio channel i was recording the midi from, had ext in instead of external instrument channel itself selected . all good now