Combinator
Articles
The Combinator – Reason’s Deadliest Weapon by Eric Shafer
Reason’s Combinator is a very interesting tool. It is all too tempting for new Reason users to use the Combinator as simply another instrument in which to load patches. In reality, the Combinator is far more than that, and has the ability to be the most powerful tool available to you in Reason. You may be a bit skeptical, but in this tutorial, I’m going to prove to you that the Combinator is truly Reason’s deadliest weapon.
Building Combinator Patches by Simon Price
In the build-up to the launch of Reason version 3.0 (see review in the last issue of SOS), Propellerhead Software released pictures and basic information about the update’s largest single addition: the device known as the Combinator. The weeks following saw the Props’ web site host one of the most heated debates ever seen on a music software web forum. Everyone understood the Combinator’s functionality: it allows collections of rack devices to be compacted into a single device. The problem appears to have been a failure of imagination on the part of some forum participants who couldn’t see the huge new power and potential this single device brings to Reason.
Solving Problems With the Combinator by Derek Johnson
I’ve recently been having a play with Obsession, one of eLab’s themed loop collections based around a nicely-specified eight-track REX-loop player plug-in. It offers a file-saving system lacking in Reason’s own Dr:Rex, and the way a user’s own REX loops can be imported got me thinking how nice it would be to have a similar dedicated multitimbral REX device insideReason. The thought quickly developed to: “But I can make one!”
Layered Instruments by Combinator HQ
This is one of the simplest tutorials to start with. In fact, this is itself is exactly what the Combinator is designed for. For the veteran Reason 3.0 user, this is a tutorial that can be easily skipped. But, if you are new, it is worth following along to gain a better understanding of the device.
Chord Combinators by Combinator HQ
If the various instruments of your patch are the “vehicles” of your patch, then these devices are Highways and Interstates the’ll be traveling on. In the pre-planning process, these devices are to be given heavy consideration to what is needed to accomplish your goals. Each of these devices has benefits and restrictions in comparison to each other. Let’s simply discuss the three for a minute:
Videos
Combinator Basics WMV Tutorials by Combinator HQ
The Combinator is a really valuable addition to the long list of Reason devices. I have personally found that creating new devices that are of use to my music and others equally rewarding as the creation of the music itself. Through these tutorials, I am going to try to apply the methods of which I have become comfortable in making patches and the different approaches to makeing patches. Every day there is a new concept I think of and think how I’m going to go about doing it.
Combinator Modulation Routing in Reason 4
An introduction to the possibilities available with modulation routing inside a Combinator device in Reason 4.
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