Operation Manual

THE REGROOVE MIXER
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Groove Settings
A groove patch consists of a groove template, which contains timing and dynamics in-
formation extracted from a performance, plus a collection of Impact parameters,
which determine how strongly the groove patch applies the template settings. This
section discusses the settings on the Groove tab in the Tool window, which is where
all the Groove Patch settings are viewed and edited.
Groove Channel
The Groove Settings display one mixer channel at a time. To select which ReGroove
channel is currently displayed, select it from this pop-up (or click the Edit button for
the channel in the ReGroove Mixer).
Groove Patch Name
This shows the name of the groove patch currently loaded into the channel. If no
groove patch is loaded, then no name appears. Click this area to bring up a list of the
patches in the current folder, just as with device patches in the Reason rack. This area
duplicates the functionality of the Groove Patch Name area in each channel of the Re-
Groove Mixer.
Groove Patch Load/Save
These buttons allow you to load and/or save groove patches, just like device patches
in the Reason rack. ReGroove patches have a .grov extension. To learn more about
the types of groove patches included with Reason, see page 107.
Groove Patch Length
This displays the groove's length, which is import for determining how often the
groove repeats.
D In general, if you apply different groove patches to different note lanes, you'll
want their lengths to be multiples of one another.
For example, if one ReGroove channel uses a 4-bar groove, you might want to use
4-bar grooves on other channels or, perhaps, a multiple (such as 1-bar, 2-bar, or 8-
bar grooves).
You can, of course, mix and match grooves with non-standard lengths, but you
need to be aware of how these grooves will interact. For example, if one channel
used a 3-bar groove and another used a 4-bar groove, the groove pattern would
actually repeat every 12 bars (3-bars times 4-bars).
Groove Patch Time Signature
This displays the groove's time signature and should, in most cases, match the time
signature of your sequence.
D In general, if you apply different groove patches to different note lanes, you'll
want them to share a common time signature.
You can, of course, mix and match time signatures to create polyrhythmic grooves,
but you need to be aware of how these grooves interact. For example a 6/8 groove
will shift notes in a radically different way than a 4/4 groove, so applying them si-
multaneously may or may not sound the way you expect.
Timing Impact
This determines the extent to which timing information embedded in the groove tem-
plate affects the position of your notes. A 50% setting means that notes are moved
halfway to the positions defined in the groove template. 100% means they are moved
exactly to the positions in the groove, and 200% means they are moved just as far
past the groove template positions.
D This parameter works in conjunction with the ReGroove Mixer's Groove
Amount fader, which can scale back the groove's timing impact.
For example, if the Groove Amount fader is set to 100%, then notes are moved by
the indicated Timing Impact amount, but if the Groove Amount fader is set to 50%,
then notes are moved by only half the Timing Impact amount.
These are the original notes in your sequence.
These are note locations stored in a groove
template. A Timing Impact = 100% moves
your original notes to this location.
A Timing Impact = 50% moves your original
notes only halfway to the template's note
location.