Reason Tutorials

Here is another short reason tutorial related to making 8 bit chiptune sounding patches. This time were going to use the Thor polysonic synth found in reason 4.
The most important aspect of this synth is the use of the step sequencer at the bottom of the Thor, to get something that sounds vaguely authentic you [...]

This tutorial was contributed by our friend luckydatevideos on you tube. Awesome videos and great sound design. A really useful little 9 minute video on how to create that BodyRox Yeah Yeah sound. Its a great sound and this tutorial steps you right through how to make a seriously authentic sounding copy of it. Enjoy.

Don’t get me wrong reason has always had good synths, the subtractor is still one of my favorite bass synths and the Malstrom is still fantastic for edgy goodness and doing evolving pads. The synths in reason were so good in fact that when Reason 4 was announced I kind of ignored Thor and [...]

Everyone’s heard it, or a derivative of it and a lot of people love the sound of the classic “Reese” bass. The reese bass and derivatives thereof have been around for so long now that they are almost as much of a cliché as the 303 acid sound. Yet this doesn’t stop us loving that [...]

In recent years there has been a resurgence in interest in old school, 8 Bit video game style sounds both in “chiptune” music and as another sound style in more general dance and indie music. In this reason tutorial I will show you how to emulate this style of sound using the Thor synth found [...]