User manual PROPELLERHEAD REASON 5

[. . . ] Operation Manual Version 5 Operation Manual by: Fredrik Hylvander Anders Nordmark, Scribe The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Propellerhead Software AB. The software described herein is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to any other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Propellerhead Software AB. All other commercial symbols are protected trademarks and trade names of their respective holders. [. . . ] The upper half of the menu contains Voice section destinations, and the lower half contains Global section destinations, as well as the Step Sequencer, CV and Audio outputs. 5. Select "Osc 1" from the menu and then "Pitch" from the submenu. This means that Osc 1 pitch is now assigned to be modulated by LFO 1. Click in the top row Amount column to the right of the Source column, and move the mouse pointer up and down to set an Amount value. Both positive and negative Amount values can be set (+/- 100%). D If you now play a few notes you can hear the oscillator pitch being modulated by the LFO to produce vibrato. But the vibrato will be constant, which you probably don't want. This is solved by assigning a Scale parameter, which allows you to assign another parameter to control the modulation Amount. THOR POLYSONIC SYNTHESIZER 433 7. Pull down the "Scale" column pop-up in the top row. A pop-up menu appears listing all available Scale parameters. The upper half of the menu contains Voice section parameters, and the lower half contains various play and performance-oriented parameters and the Global Envelope, as well as the Step Sequencer, CV and Audio inputs. Select "Performance" from the menu and then "Mod wheel" from the submenu. This means that Osc 1 pitch is now assigned to be modulated by LFO 1, and the amount of modulation is controlled by the Mod wheel. How much the Scale parameter controls the Amount is set using the "Amount" column for the top row (to the left of the Scale column). 9. Click in the top row Amount column and move the mouse pointer up and down to set an Amount value. Both positive and negative Scale Amount values can be set (+/- 100%). To fully control the LFO modulation so that there is no vibrato when the Mod wheel is set to zero, set the Amount to 100%. 10. The modulation routing is now complete! You now have full control over the vibrato modulation by using the Mod wheel. · How much modulation will be applied when the Scale parameter is set to maximum is governed by the Source to Destination Amount parameter. · How much the Scale parameter controls the modulation is set with the Scale Amount parameter. · To clear any assigned modulation routing you can use the "CLR" button to the right of the corresponding bus. 434 THOR POLYSONIC SYNTHESIZER About the three modulation routing types As described in the tutorial, the principal operators of the Modulation bus routing system are as follows: · You have Modulation Source, Modulation Destination and Modulation Amount parameters. · Optionally, you have a Scale parameter controlling the Modulation Amount, and a Scale Amount that governs how much the Scale parameter controls the Modulation Amount. There are three different types of modulation routing busses available in Thor: D You have seven "Source ­> Destination ­> Scale" routing busses. These are the seven rows in the left half of the Modulation section, as covered in the tutorial. D There are four "Source ­> Destination 1 ­> Destination 2 ­> Scale" busses. These are the four top rows in the right half of the Modulation section. This works after the same principle but the Source parameter can affect two different Destination parameters (with variable Amount settings) and a Scale parameter that affects the relative modulation Amount for both Destinations. D Lastly, there are two "Source ­> Destination ­> Scale 1 ­> Scale 2" busses. This means that a modulation Amount can use two Scale parameters. An example: You have the Mod Envelope as Source and Oscillator Pitch as the Destination (Amount set whatever you like). As the first Scale parameter we use the Mod Wheel (Amount set to 100 so that no modulation is applied when the Mod wheel is at zero), and LFO 1 as the second Scale parameter (Amount set to whatever you like). When you move the Mod wheel, the pitch modulation amount will be modulated by both the Mod Envelope and LFO 1 simultaneously. THOR POLYSONIC SYNTHESIZER 435 Modulation Sources - Voice section The following parameters can be used as Voice section modulation Sources: | Parameter | Description Voice Key Voice Key lets you assign modulation according to notes. There are 4 modes selectable from the sub-menus: · Note - this is keyboard tracking. If a positive Amount value is used and the destination is filter frequency, the filter frequency will track the keyboard, i. e. · Note2 - this works similarly to Note but within a repeated octave range. if Note2 modulates Amp Pan the pan position will move from left to right within an octave range then start over. If you play chords normally over the keyboard the effect will be that notes are randomly spread across the stereo field. [. . . ] Octo Rex 549 Drum Assignment (Kong) 599 Drum Edit Mode (Note Clips) 143 Drum Output (Kong) 604 Drum Room Reverb (Kong) 626 Dub On Instrument Tracks 104 Dub Button (Transport Panel) 91 Duplicate Devices and Tracks 208, 745 Dynamics 581 F Factory Sound Bank 215 Fade In/Out (Edit Sample Window) 275 Fast Forward Button (Transport Panel) 91 Favorite Lists (Browser) 224 FFT (Vocoder) 664 File Formats 235 Filter Dr. OctoRex 565 Effect Device 696 Malström 455 NN-19 485 NN-XT 538 Subtractor 391 Filter (Kong) 628 Flam (Redrum) 582 Flanger 685 FM 389 Folding/Unfolding Device Panels 35 Follow Song 774 E ECF-42 Envelope Filter 696 Edit Menu 744 Edit Mode For Automation Clips 136 For Note Clips 136 Edit Remote Override Mapping 316 Editing Buttons 35 Buttons (Multi Mode) 36 Display Values 36, 37, 38 Faders and Sliders 34 Knobs 34 Effects Creating 228 Empty (Default Song) 761 Enable Keyboard Control (Remote) 321 Enable Loop Playback (Dr. Octo Rex) 561 Enable Pattern Section 585 Enable Pattern Section (Redrum) 583 Enter Arrange Mode 775 Enter Edit Mode 775 Envelope Controlled Filter 696 Envelopes 396 EQ Mixer 14-2 371 Parametric 704 RV7000 Advanced Reverb 652 Eraser Tool 85 Explode 162 Export Loop as Audio File 258 Export MIDI File 255, 742 Export REX as MIDI File 743 Export Song as Audio File 258 Ext Mod (Subtractor) 404 External Effect (Kong) 634 External Sync Offset 337 G Gate About 238 Programming in Matrix 711 Routing 245 vs. CV 712 Gate (Matrix) 706 Gate (RV7000 Advanced Reverb) 653 Gate mode (Redrum) 587 Get Groove From Clip 757 Global Shuffle 290 Go To Left/Right Locator (Transport Panel) 92 Go To Track for. . . 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