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Reason’s classic ReCycle is updated, free, and more useful than you might think
ReCycle, the sample/loop manipulator by Reason Studios, has a refreshed new look – and now it’s free. The REX format works everywhere from Ableton Live to Pro Tools to KORG Gadget. Also – wait, did its name start as a reference to a 1993 Disney instructional video?
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The beauty of wind organs, and how to make one yourself out of recycled materials
The acoustic principles are the same as wind instruments (and pipe organs). But there’s something eerily beautiful about wind organs – and they’re easy enough to make. bassling from Australia sends in this how-to from Australia, to get you started. There, of course, it’s fall, meaning this could be viewed in the “spooky Halloween” territory […]
Peter Kirn - April 20, 2021
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Reason 7’s New Tools for Slicing, Stretching, Retiming Audio: Q&A, Tutorial Vid
Far beyond the simple sampling that first appeared in hardware, slicing, re-timing, and stretching audio keeps getting more sophisticated, manipulating recorded sound in musical ways. But a lot of the popularity of this technique traces back to Propellerhead and their ReCycle tool. By bringing together smart digital slicing with its REX file format for loops, […]
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