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Arpeggiating Dr. Rex Loops
 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2004-12-05 23:41 [#01416950]
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Anyone else ever play arpeggios through midi to record
slices of drum loops in Reason? I'm wondering if others
have had luck with this technique? Or if I'm just tempted
to do it 'cause I can. What do ya say?


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2004-12-05 23:49 [#01416956]
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Done it, had some luck.

Additionally, I like using the lfo's on the pitch with
really fast beats... it really makes it sound glitchy. On
slow beats, if you program it right, it can sound like
record scratching.


 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2004-12-05 23:53 [#01416960]
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I am a big fan of the Dr Rex, actually.
I can make my own arpeggios with my synth, so it's kinda
cool to play those at different tempos and record into
Reason that way. Experiment with it a bit like that.

I also like making beats on my synth, recording and
recycling, then sampling through the Dr Rex. This is much
better than having midi drums and matching the kits (i make
my own sounds or modify existing ones 95% of the time).

I don't want to sacrifice control for randomization though.
This is my concern, I don't want it to sound too much like
guess and check, and I fear that I am biased against that
thinking since I know what I'm doing 'cause I programmed the
arpeggios. :|


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2004-12-05 23:58 [#01416963]
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Ummm... personally, I find randomness to be way overrated.
If you could program it to sound random, but program the
pitch of the different 'random' sounds so that they
harmonize, that is much better. And that takes more skill.

Personally, if it wasn't for the rex player, I wouldn't use
reason. If anyone knows a similar program that works just as
well, but is a vst, let me know.


 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2004-12-06 00:01 [#01416967]
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Oh, I don't mean random for the sake of random. :) I mean
something like how, say, Venetian Snares has a sort of
randomness to some of his work, that it doesn't fall into
patterns that are easily recognizable the way something like
early Aphex and Autechre does, but not something so random
that it loses all rhythm like some of Merzbow's extreme
stuff.


 


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