Propellerhead Announces Reason 10

Published on Sep 20, 2017 Propellerhead

And the official press release:

"6 new instruments, 1 effect and over 3GB of samples and loops mark the biggest content update ever for Reason
Stockholm, Sweden, September 22, 2017 – Propellerhead Software today is thrilled to announce Reason 10, the biggest content update ever for Reason owners. Built on an award-winning legacy to make musical dreams a reality, Reason 10 features two massive brand-new synthesizers, three new live-sounding organic instrument devices, a top-notch acoustic piano, creative modulation device, and 3GB of cutting-edge drum loops and samples.

'Great-sounding instruments and effects inspire musicians to create more and better music. With Reason 10, not only have we delivered some of the best-sounding instruments we’ve ever created, the result is the biggest upgrade we've ever done,' said Mattias Häggström Gerdt, Propellerhead Product Manager. 'I'm particularly fond of the new synths, Europa and Grain, that set a new standard for what's available in the box. With the two new synths, a plethora of sampled instruments, drums, loops and much more — we can't wait to hear what music makers are going to create with Reason 10.'

Reason 10 includes two brand-new synthesizers: Europa Shapeshifting Synthesizer and Grain Sample Manipulator. Europa is a dynamically generated wavetable synthesizer with extreme flexibility. Apply a wide range of modulation to the waveform itself, to start with. Add advanced spectral filtering, harmonics processing and even draw your custom waveforms. And the best part: despite its deep synthesis powers, it’s still surprisingly easy to use. Grain opens up the world of granular synthesis for Reason users with immense sonic power and an inviting interface. Drop any sample into Grain and explore the endless sonic variations you can create with Grain’s selection of algorithms, ultra-flexible modulation, routing and effects.

In collaboration with Soundiron, Reason 10 includes three new sampled instrument collections. Klang Tuned Percussion includes 10 high-quality sampled melodic percussion instruments, perfect for spicing up modern pop and electronica. Pangea World Instruments includes 11 world instruments, adding a unique flavor to any genre of music. Humana Vocal Ensemble is a collection of choirs and solo vocals, perfect for a human touch or a bombastic film or game soundtrack.

Reason 10 also now includes Propellerhead’s acclaimed Radical Piano instrument and Synchronous Effect Modulator – previously only available as Rack Extensions via the Propellerhead Shop. Radical Piano is an authentic, flexible, and bendable piano instrument that provides sounds for every situation and every song. Synchronous will bring your music to life. Create quick sidechain effects or draw your own LFO curves to control filter, delay, reverb, distortion and level.

In addition, Reason 10 comes with over 3 GB of sample content in Reason Drum Supply and Reason Loop Supply. These ReFills include a wealth of new drum samples and loops, from vintage drum machines to the sounds of the future.
View the Reason 10 video announcement here.

For details, see propellerheads.se/Reason10Announcement.

Pricing and Availability
Reason 10 is available as a direct download from Propellerhead’s website or from an authorized dealer.

Reason 10 will be available for purchase worldwide on October 25, 2017, at the following suggested retail pricing:

Reason10 USD $449 / EUR €405
Reason Essentials 10 USD $129 / EUR €120
Reason 10 Upgrade (from any previous Reason version) USD $129 / EUR €129

Propellerhead is offering a grace period for customers who purchased Reason 9 on or after September 1, 2017. Purchasing and registering a qualifying product today makes users eligible for a free upgrade to Reason 10 instantly when it becomes available."

Roland D-50: The Definitive Sound Design Synthesis Demo

Published on Sep 18, 2017 Cro w

"Had to be done... couldn't stand having this sonic wonder be represented by the plethora of mostly atrocious demos on YouTube.

So... here's an hour of cosmic euphoria from the stellar D-50.

To be ABSOLUTELY CLEAR - this is ONE patch at a time. NO OVERDUBS/MULTI-TRACKS WHATSOEVER. This is all from the STOCK PCM ROM. I did not "burn" a special ROM or whatever, nor am I aware that's a possibility - if it is, I'd sure like to know about it!!! This is the potential lurking within the D50. The factory presets and "signature" sounds that shame the real truth of the D50 are completely repulsive in my opinion.... seriously, fuck Fantasia.... and Native Dance?!?!? Yikes.
99.9999% of the transient waves in the D50's ROM are absolutely useless, and not one is used in my patches. The otherworldly sound of the D50 come from the aspects I have never been able to come remotely close in replicating; they are 1) the manner in which the pitch envelopes warp and sonically tear the PCM waves.... the artifacts and Nyquist frequencies that appear like audio phantasms from a terrifying heaven. 2) The experimental synthesis concept that wouldn't appear again for years after the D-50, and it revolutionized everything to this day - the first time Virtual Analog was implemented in a poly synth. The D-50 generates square and saw waves. These get combined, layered, etc. with the PCM waves in the partials of the patch. Thats's it... just 2 waveforms compose the oscillator section of the VA part. And very primitively. But the metaphysical witchcraft of the D50's "pulse width modulation" is magic; I don't mean that allegorically - I'm convinced there's like eye-of-newt or some shit in this thing. 3) The filters... come on... alien technology for sure. Nothing is as weird and awesome as those. I personally feel that there is NOTHING about the D-50 that sounds remotely "analog." And that's another excellent attribute of it, because it sounds all its own and still is huge, spacious and completely warm. The distortion in the signal path is the perfect level of saturation. Things just blend and smear absolutely right. 4)The EFFECTS. Not at all because they sound anywhere near what they claim to be, or are excellent in accuracy, because they are not. It's because they are essentially spatial, wave and frequency modifiers that wouldn't be seen in synth context until many years down the road as "imaging, spatial exciters, air, metalizer, etc." The reverbs are not typical of what you would expect from something called 'reverb.' They are the space in which dark matter lays.... so get a Roland Boutique D-50 the minute that are available, and Roland - you can forward royalties to my PayPal account. Thanks."

The NDLR - a PAD demo with easy to see and hear notes

Published on Sep 21, 2017 Conductive Labs

"Here's a demo of the PAD feature showing how the notes get played. We are using Arturia's 'Piano V' soft instrument running on Win10. The NDLR is connected to the PC directly.

Typically I like to use strings, pads, & FXs for the PAD voices, but in this video we used easy to hear notes and a 'live' piano keyboard so you can hear and see exactly which notes are being played."

See the Conductive Labs label below for more.

Randomized polyrhythmic beats with Stochastic Groovesizer

Published on Sep 21, 2017 rudeog

"Customized firmware on the Groovesizer that allows multiple simultaneous time signatures and randomized beats to play on any midi equipped drum machine (in this case the Korg EMX). This firmware was developed along the same lines as a VST plugin I developed called Stochas which is for currently available via audiovitamins.com"

Audulus Eurorack Expert Sleepers ES-8 Demo

Published on Sep 21, 2017 audulus

"In this clip, Audulus is sending both audio and control voltages out through the Expert Sleepers ES-8 from an iPad. The patch is sequencing a bass and lead sound as well as a drum kit. The pad is filtered by the Doepfer SEM VCF and the bass is distorted and mangled by the STG Soundlabs .mix, the Erica Synths Fusion Tube Mixer, the Pulp Logic Spring Reverb 1U tile, and the Rossum Electromusic Evolution VCF.

For more info go to http://www.audulus.com and http//forum.audulus.com"

Bach Prelude on DIY Eurorack Modular

Published on Sep 21, 2017 Richard Moore

"First recording from my Mutable Instruments clone eurorack modular synthesizer.

Still have some power supply noise to sort out..."

eurorack ambient #1 | nonorder

Published on Sep 18, 2017 nonorder

"Ambient track for eurorack.

Sequence:
Make Noise Maths
Mutable Instruments Shades
Penrose Quantizer

Modulations:
Make Noise Wogglebug
Mutable Instruments Peaks
Soundmachines LS1

Sources:
Mutable Instruments Rings
Music Thing Radio Music

Mixer, Filter and Vca:
Future Sound System MX1
Pittsburgh Filter
Intellijel uVca II

Effects:
Ladik Timbre
Mutable Instruments Clouds
Digitech Obscura Altered Delay
Boss RV-5

*Video: iPhone SE, Audio: RME Fireface UFX"

FUZZ - Drum loop into the Occult Fuzz.

Published on Sep 20, 2017 darkpoem9

"Occult Fuzz: electronic design and 'acid' etching artwork made by hand by Atheus...with the help of Satan." Drums are Elektron Analog Rytm.

https://atheus.bandcamp.com

The SQK-01 - Arduino digital/analog FM synthesizer

Published on Sep 21, 2017 DrummingEvil

Playlist:

1. the SQK-01 - Arduino digital/analog FM synthesizer - Part 1

"A bit of a basic video to show the progress I've made on my synthesizer build so far! Part 2 will be more of an actual video, probably will make that when I've added the filter and such."

2. the SQK-01 - Arduino digital/analog FM synthesizer - Part 2

"Now that the digital and analog sections of the synthesizer are complete I show off some of the things it can do.

CrazyRhythm: http://evilturtle.nl/store/plugins/crazyrhythm.html

I forgot to re-tune the thing before recording (it was still using the old samplerate tuning words) so it is not tuned to A = 440Hz, but otherwise it is of course IN tune so no difference there :P"

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