Comments on: Beat Repeater Combinator Tutorial

Comment on Beat Repeater Combinator Tutorial by: blacktiger

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:41:42 +0000

Fantastic beat-mangling going on here! I’m still getting used to some of the unpredictable curves, but that’s what makes this project fun. Either that or I’ll have Mark give me drum lessons if we want to scare everybody: “Look out! Rick’s got a drum!”

Comment on Beat Repeater Combinator Tutorial by: Peff

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:08:44 +0000

mark: Thanks for the correction. You could use the spare routing slots at the bottom of the routing list in Reason 3.0. I also forgot those acoustic loops were new in Reason 4.0

meow : theoretically using the Gate CV should work, however there’s an issue with the Matrix Gate CV which doesn’t fully work in this case. The maximum value of a Matrix Gate CV signal is 126, and when you modulate a the mute button with a rotary, the mute will not engage until the rotary value is 127. That’s why I suggested the dual matrix configuration rather than a single. If you want to make the single matrix version work in the way you recommended, double the gate cv value by merging it with itself. Split the signal, then merge two of the split CV signals and route it to the rotary controlling the gate and delay feedback.

Comment on Beat Repeater Combinator Tutorial by: meowsqueak

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:52:12 +0000

Great little tutorial - a similar style to your excellent “Power Tools” book.

A simple improvement on your “second matrix” idea is to use the Gate CV to modulate the Combinator “Feedback/Wet/Dry” rotary (use 0 or 100%) and use the Curve CV to modulate the “Delay Time” rotary. This way you can trigger the repeat and change the delay within the same Matrix.

Comment on Beat Repeater Combinator Tutorial by: hanssm

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:09:01 +0000

Terrific tutorial - very very helpful in understanding the mechanics of beat repetition - thanks for that. I now predict for myself a period of terrible audio experiments before hopefully emerging on the other side a bit wiser.

Comment on Beat Repeater Combinator Tutorial by: mark tarlton

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:05:56 +0000

Thanks for making this tutorial Peff. It was a little confusing at first to build the Repeater in Reason 3 because of step 11 since you can’t reassign buttons and rotaries like you can in R4, once I remembered how to do it the old way it was a piece of cake. Also step 17… that Rex file isn’t in the R3 factory sound bank.

This is one of my favorite EFX combinators at the moment