Operation Manual

MATRIX PATTERN SEQUENCER
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Programming “Acid Style” lead lines
By “acid style” lead lines we mean patterns that use a combination of Legato and
slide (or portamento) effects to produce the widely used hypnotic “wavy” sound pro-
duced by the original Roland TB-303, and recreated in the Propellerhead Software
product ReBirth. To approximate this typical sound using Reason, proceed as follows:
1. Create a Synthesizer (Subtractor or Malström).
2. Create a Matrix Pattern Sequencer, or if one already exists, set it to an empty
pattern.
3. Make sure that the Note and Gate CV outputs are connected to the synthe-
sizers Sequencer Control CV and Gate inputs, respectively.
4. For Subtractor, select either a Init Patch, or use the “TB Synth” patch in the
Monosynth category of the Factory Sound Bank.
D If you use an Init patch, it is important that you make the following set-
tings:
• Set Polyphony to “1”.
• Switch Trigger Mode to “Legato”.
• Set Portamento to a value around “50”.
5. Create a pattern in Matrix, and keep it playing back.
D If “Tie” (see page 199) now is activated for a step, the note will be tied to
the next and the pitch will continuously “glide” to the pitch of the follow-
ing step.
Please note that Tie should be activated on the note you wish to slide from, and
not the note you slide to.
D If you have several tied notes, one after the other, they will play as one
long legato phrase. This can be used to create “wavy” lead lines with
pitch bend effects.
6. Experiment with different Note, Tie and Gate values.
If you have ever used a TB-303 or ReBirth, you should now begin to get the hang
of how you can create patterns in that particular style by using the Matrix together
with a synthesizer.
✪ Adding a DDL-1 (delay), and a D-11 (distortion) effect device will make it
sound even more “ReBirth”-like, but of course you are also able to get a
much wider range of timbres by utilizing Reason’s other sound and mod-
ulation capabilities.
Triggering Samples
The Gate CV output can be used to trigger samples, either in Redrum or in the NN-19
or NN-XT Sampler.
D Connect the Matrix Gate CV out to the Gate (Sequencer Control) in on
the NN-19/NN-XT or to one of the individual Gate Channel inputs of Re-
drum.
Gate values will now trigger the sample on each step with Gate values above “0”.