3/5_Exploring the Subtractor/1st inversion (DUE)

Basic
Today we are going to be taking a look at a new instrument in Reason: the Subtractor!

The Subtractor is a kind of instrument called a synthesizer. A synthesizer is an electronic instrument. It lets you make all kinds of original sounds by combining different frequencies together. In general, synthesizers don't sound like sounds you make with traditional instruments (guitars, pianos, trumpets, etc.). Instead, they have the ability to be shaped into lots of different sounds, from really cheesy ones to really deep and emotional-sounding ones.

Today we're going to get familiar with the different types of sounds that you can use with the Subtractor...

First of all, where do you think you click to load new sounds?

Once you've clicked on the folder, you will go into the usual file browser. To find the Subtractor sounds, go to: Reason Factory Soundbank>Subtractor Patches

The main categories of sounds that you can load into the Subtractor are:

• Bass*
• FX
• Mono Synths*
• Pads*
• Percussion
• Polysynths*

The ones with a star next to them are the ones that I consider to be the most important.

So here is your assignment for today:

1. Go to the Pickupdropoff folder and copy the file called Subtractor Practice.rns
   
2. Open the file and listen to the beat. I have created a Redrum and a Subtractor already to get you started.
3. Create a new Subtractors (Create>Subtractor Analog Synthesizer).
4. In this Subtractor, you are going to load a sound that you like from one of the four main categories (Bass, Mono, Pad, Poly).
5. Record yourself playing something that goes along with the part that I've already made. (Hint: if you really can't think of anything to play, try to figure out the notes that I played and just play the same thing with a different instrument).
6. Once you record two parts that you like, use the Pencil Tool to draw a region around the part and start copying those parts so that they end on Bar 9.
7. Now move the L and R markers so that the L is on Bar 9 and the R is on Bar 13.
8. Create a third Subtractor and load a sound from a different category (Bass, Mono, Pad, Poly) than the last one you used.
9. Come up with and record an original melody to go in this section. 
10. Use the Pencil Tool to draw a region around the notes you just played (from Bar 9 9-13).
11. Copy the region so that it ends on Bar 17.
12. Move the markers so that you have the whole song in your loop. Listen to it play back.
13. Save this file as "(your name)_Subtractor practice.rns"
14. If you have finished working with the Subtractors and still have some time left, Mute my Redrum and create a new one. Make a beat that you like better.
    
15. Put the new beat into the Sequencer Window using Copy Pattern to Track.
16. Save it and turn it in to the Dropoff folder (Pickupdropoff>BAVAC>Dropoff>Period 5).
    

Advanced
Please finish and turn in your 1st inversion assignment to the Dropoff folder by the end of class today. Call it your name_1st inversion.