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Massive updates outfit musicians with new instruments, a groundbreaking new sequencer mode, pitch correction and voice synthesis, live sampling, signature patches and much more.

Stockholm, Sweden (August 25, 2010) – Propellerhead Software today released for sale worldwide the biggest overhaul to its Record – Reason application family to date. These highly anticipated upgrades to Reason 5 and Record 1.5 introduce new instruments, effects, sequencing, sounds, patches and more for composing, beatmaking, loop-mangling, vocal treatment, songwriting, remixing and music production.

The new Kong Drum Designer and Dr. Octo Rex loop player extend Reason’s instrument arsenal to help musicians get phenomenal sounding rhythms, drums tracks and beats. Reason 5 and Record 1.5 add a whole new take on sequencing: Blocks—build songs parts like patterns and string them together for lightening fast arranging with the ability to freely go back and forth between pattern and linear modes. Neptune, a pitch correction tool and amazing voice synthesizer, turns less than perfect performances into great ones in no time.

Simply play new harmonies on a MIDI keyboard for instant backing vocals. Live sampling into all sample capable devices means any musician can use samples in a new and playful manner, discovering the lost art of creative sampling. The Expanded Factory Sound Bank, doubling in size, plus added signature sound designers’ patches, inspire new arrangements and compositions. Multi core optimization, an on-screen keyboard and tempo scaling of clips top the list of additional improvements. Read the rest of this entry »

Recycle! must be one of the main tools of choice for the loop maker. I couldn’t imagine making loops without the use of it. Recycle! 2.0 let’s you make stereo files while the former versions only allow mono files to be sliced and processed.

If you want to make files for the Dr.Rex loop player. You need to use Recycle!

Recycle! is a very cool and super handy loopslice tool with wich you can do amazing things. There are several ways of getting a loop to be sliced in the right way. In this tutorial i’ll explain you how to slice up a loop and make it ready for the Dr.Rex loop player.

Recycle! must be one of the main tools of choice for the loop maker. I couldn’t imagine making loops without the use of it. Recycle! 2.0 let’s you make stereo files while the former versions only allow mono files to be sliced and processed. Also a new addition to 2.0 are the effects. There’s a transient shaper (compressor), the envelope and the equalizer. These tools are very handy to tailer your loop right to perfection. The compressor is very handy to make your loops sound louder while maintaining the level. You can also get really over the top effect processing out of it suitable for creative shaping of your loops.

Slicing a loop
When you have a loop that you want to use in the Dr.Rex (or cubase etc, etc) you need to have it sliced to take full advantage of the effect of the REX format (Rx2 when using Recycle! 2.0).

Almost any loop can be sliced by Recycle! As long as it has some sort of rhytmic element in it. When you want to REX a loop exsisting out of legato played strings or something you will find it very hard to slice the different notes. Read the rest of this entry »