http://www.peff.com/journal v4.0 a 12 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:30:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you’re not too hungover from the Cinco de Mayo Weekend festivities and want to learn a bit more about Reason 4.0, then come down to the SF Producers Conference on May 3rd. The event will be at the Pyramind Facilities and we will be getting started around 11:30am. ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2008/04/24/producers-conference-in-san-francisco-may-3/ Line6 has asked me to put together a refill for their “Expand Your Reason Rack” promotional offer which features free Reason 4 Refills. Originally a collection of Thor patches was planned, but I decided to focus on a theme, specifically, Thor’s Step Sequencer. The result is a motley ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2008/04/02/thor-step-sequencer-systems/ Don Larsen, retired pro baseball player, is noted in the record books for being the only pitcher to throw a no-hitter in a World Series. As the starting pitcher on the NY Yankees roster, Don pitched his “Perfect Game” against the Brooklyn Dodgers on October 8, 1956. You ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2008/03/29/the-perfect-game-project/ Brian Nottingham sent me some excel spreadsheets that contain the file names of every patch in the Reason 4.0 Factory Soundbank. One of these spreadsheets even includes comments and descriptions. This was a massive undertaking - a data entry marathon of sorts, and Brian is generously offering the ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2008/03/28/brian-nottinghams-reason-patchlist/ The Ulysses project with Goh has been on hold until we can get back into Tiny Telephone, so he decided to print a new run of his first album “Daylight Savings”. Despite being swamped with another major project, I took on the responsibility of trying to deal with the ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2008/03/20/cd-production-madness/ Reason 4.0’s ReGroove Mixer is an amazing way to experiment with note timing and exploring rhythmic patterns. It’s no secret that the Akai MPC series of drum machines are legendary for their feel and some even speculate that the vintage devices have more character than the new ones. ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2008/02/15/mpc-3000-regroove-template/ The Computer Music Reason 4 special edition is out and apparently available in North America. I contributed a couple of articles to this issue including one version of the granular effect combinator patch. Many thanks to Jeff Bradley, who helped with the REX loop programming article. You can find ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2008/02/06/reason-4-the-unofficial-guide/ I’ve been up in San Francisco for a couple of days working on the mixdowns of Goh’s album - which is now titled “Ulysses”. We’ve been at Tiny Telephone Studios where this project has taken an interesting twist. We’ve decided to bounce a majority of the tracks ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2008/02/01/goh-ing-analog/ My NAMM report is still on hold until I can finish up a few outstanding projects. I wasn’t in the best of spirits during the week leading up to annual Music Manufacturers Convention, but I’m certainly glad I went. The first day there was not without a bit ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2008/01/29/thoring-in-my-sleep/ The annual NAMM convention is going to be a bit different for me this year. I’m slated to present at the Propellerheads booth along with Josh Mobley (Neoverse). We’re going to have a little live demonstration of MPR4. I’ve also put together a little Live PA remix ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2008/01/15/getting-ready-for-namm-2008/ Goh Nakamura and I have been back in the studio to do a few mixdowns of his new album. After weeks of editing and some last minute rerecording of his songs, we made it back to the Hangar. We have some drum tracks from a session recorded earlier ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2007/12/30/reamping-drums/ The Music Production with Reason 4.0 DVD has been available for about a month now directly from Groovebox Music’s website, but it’s just now making it into stores… namely the Prop Shop! This should make it easier to obtain the boxed version for people in Europe! Naturally if ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2007/12/24/music-production-with-reason-dvd/ I have a couple of articles published in the January 2008 issue of Electronic Musician Magazine. One article discusses some of the important keyboard commands that make using the new sequencer more efficient. Some important notes about effectively using the ReGroove Mixer, and some cool RPG-8 tricks. ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2007/12/22/electronic-musician-reason-40-articles/ Over the weekend I switched hats to indulge in some serious vintage analog style recording at the Hangar Studios in Sacramento. I’ve been to this facility many times, but this was the first time I’ve had the pleasure of working in the space. For over a year now, ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2007/11/21/recording-session-with-goh-nakamura/ Dan Engelbrecht and Peter Sjöllen were in California last week for some programming workshops on the apple campus. I managed to catch up with them a couple of evenings to hang out and enjoy some nice dinners. The three of us went out to one of my local ... http://www.peff.com/journal/2007/11/16/visit-with-the-propellerhead-programmers/