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How do i get midi from Bassline Generator to send to a new channel with a diff vst like Juno? I've selected MIDI from "Reason Rack" and in the second drop down where it says Pre FX and Post FX, it doesn't have a "Reason Rack" option for me to select. Thank you!!!
@@OscarUnderdog Yes, i'm using the Reason VST Rack in one channel, but when I go to the new midi channel there isn't the second "Reason Rack" option in the drop down. It just says Pre FX and Post FX. Am I missing something with the way the Bassline Generator is routed in the back of Reason?! Is there a missing step where I have to route the output into a combinator or something?
Does it make a difference whether I'm using the Reason+ subscription or if I've purchased the Reason 12 for the full price? I just paid for an annual subscription. Do I need to purchase Reason 12 at full price to unlock this feature?
@@OscarUnderdog Great video. I have been struggling for a number of hours trying to get this to work with the Ableton instruments (Anxious Woofer, a few others), Is this possible using the same technique? Similar to the above question, when I do the routing I don't have the Reason Rack option as the second dropdown. Unfortunately, also a newbie for Ableton. I've selected Reason Rack from the AU plugins. Thanks. Brian
Hey Oskar from Underdog - I've been making music for over 20 years now, very unsuccessfully I must say but with a lot of passion. I must have watched years' worth of tutorials by now mainly because it gives me the great illusion of being as good as you guys teaching us as after all it's easy straightforward when you do it. Having become a pro in tutorial watching I can confirm that you're doing e pretty f....ing respectable job with your vids. So, bottom line all this text for saying thank you and keep on publishing so that in my next life I can spend some of my 20ies and 30ies playing my own techno bangers in clubs around the globe - hopefully before we manage to burn down or suffocate this planet, but I'm diverting from the topic :-D. Cheers!
@@OscarUnderdog Thanks as much - and I shall correct from Oskar to Oscar, how did I miss that the first three letters of your name of course are referencing an OSCillator. Cheers
Off topic Oscar but your music theory video was the best i've ever seen. I've watched a lot of them cos for some reason it just wouldn't stick, but you have a gift for explaining things in a sort of chronological way / one step at time kinda way, if you know what I am saying. Keep up the good work my brother
Oscar that tune at the end is out of this world! Absolute banger! I'm rewatching this video over and over again. This is by far THE BEST Ableton channel on RU-vid. Respect!
i absolute agree, there is a lack of such good sequencer tools in ableton, the mono-sequencer is nice but not really stable...so this looks like an incredible fast and useful tool with it easy iteration and groove capabilities ! looks great !
Regarding the dancing of you in front of the monitor and on your stool: In dance school (yes, I am a dancer) we call some rtyhm so fancy "you can dance them on your stool!" So ... no worries! 😀 All the best and keep on making those great educational AND entertaining videos! 🙂
Actually used this trial version today and used the midi to a guitar library and it sounds dope af! Like it makes riffs bouncy groovy riffs. It's incredible I'll definitely be buying the full version cos the trail version is limiting
This is a great idea. I’ve used Reason since version 3 but never loved it as a standalone DAW. Always had it rewired into Ableton or Pro Tools. Never thought of using the plugin version for it’s sequencers. I have a couple of hardware sequencers (very spoiled in that regard) but even though I’m alright on keys, sequencers like what Reason has generates so many more ideas
One cool sequencer that is free if Reason is out of your price point is Stochas, which has a lot of power on being probabilistic, meaning you can make it a % chance for it to play the note.
Great video! I've watched quite a few about the Bassline sequencer in Reason. This is the first I saw that was clear enough so I could understand how I can use it. Will def give it another try now.
this was really inspiring...for someone who cannot play an instrument, this seems like a great way to churn out ideas you can build off. pretty sure im going to have to get this plugin...ugh. lol.
Great video - and very nicely presented. Reason's Players are amazing. IMO, Reason's biggest selling point. The Quad Note Generator, for instance, is a noodler's dream. The flexibility to connect just about anything to these various players blows the whole thing so wide that you might never get beyond one amazing idea - this happens to me all the time. Reason just does stuff and off I go on some new unexpected musical adventure. And I'm not into EDM - my thing is ambient chill (like Wavestate's slowly evolving, dreamy, syncopated sounds). Reason+ with its suite of Players has answered my prayers. I agree - Reason Studios need to push these Players much more - and hopefully develop the possibilities for auto-generated music and beats even further. It's addictive.
Hey! Just upgraded from Reason 11 to 12 including a few Addons as the bassline gen. Have to prepare for some testing in two weeks but afterwards I´ll be so happy to play around with these tools. Can´t wait! Thanks for your inspirational clip.
Hello Oskar 👋... I started producing music with Reason and I loved the Matrix Pattern Sequencer even then. At some point I switched to Logic Pro X and when I heard that Reason instruments and effects can be used as a plugin as well as all MIDI players, I had to think simply upgrade the old license and love having this opportunity for creativity. Although Logic also has a very good step sequencer, the players in the Reason range are ingenious tools for quick results.
@@hdj808 Hi here, it is interesting tool!!! Do you know please if the BASSLINE GENERATOR is working independently for any DAW //logic X Mac OS// without REASON STUDIOS? Or you have to use only through the Reason Studio? Thank you for your reply
Thanks for sharing the sequencing ideas…. Cadence with cord generation especially. I never thought of using scales&chords to correct the output of step sequencers following a chord progression. I always thought of it as correcting live manual recordings but I hated the one in Reason because it omits notes that define the character of certain modes. What you’ve demonstrated might be the best application for using scales&chords in Reason. I’ll be sure to plug your video in my comments during their next livestream.
Wow this is great. I've had this for about a year and a half since I started on FL Studio. I almost deleted this since I don't use it but this helped with some good ideas Thanks.
I've never had any use for a sequencer except for programming drum beats (which I don't really do anymore since I only make Hardstyle) but it is really dope.
Thanks for this awesome video Oscar. I'm just getting into making music and discovering what tools and techniques are available to spark creativity. This is the first of your videos I've watched but I subscribed straight away as you have a very natural way of tutoring. By the way, my favourite beat is the one at 4:56 in the video! Thanks again.
That thing sounds like it writes better basslines than I do. And I'm sure there's similar programs for drums, and everything else. I'm mentally preparing for the day when my retired mother plays me the hit EDM club banger she made for shits and giggles with a few mouse clicks.
well, you could kinda call m4l native nowadays, but i get it. the m4l mono sequencer is top notch if you want a straight forward tool, such a great sequencer.
0:50 When I bought my first hardware sequencers in the early 2000s I didn't realize that electronic music was just a series of loops. I thought it was all sequenced out or played live, all of the time. I got the Bassline player today from Reason and can't wait to see what it can do.
@@rubendariorodriguezdaza2034 yeah, it’s kinda annoying that R12 just came out and this is released a month or two later and not as an update or free upgrade
Hi, I bought Reason+ on the strength of this tutorial, and I'm loving the Bassline Generator plug-in in Ableton. I am new to using Ableton and am working through tutorials (Production Music Live and also Oscar's brilliant 'Foundations' course. I am having a problem with Baseline Generator Plug-in. If I find a bassline I like, I arm a track, hit record and then it records in Ableton, as in this tutorial. However, later on in the song I want to bring in a slight variation of the baseline. I copy it to a second channel in Reason, create the variation, and record using Ableton. The problem I am having is that, even though I am recording to a different MIDI channel in Ableton (to where the original baseline was recorded), it is overwriting the original baseline, meaning that after recording the second one I now have two baselines that are exactly the same and that are both the new variation. The original bassline that I recorded is gone in Ableton, replaced by this new variation. Can anyone explain why this has happened and how I can avoid this so that I can record multiple variations of the same basslines (using Reason Baseline Generator) in Ableton without them overwriting each other? Much appreciated, and sorry if this is confusing.
Is what you're referring to maybe abletons "overdub" setting? Double check that first! Otherwise just copy the 1st clip to a safe place somewhere to the right of your composition...
This vid has got me really excited. I love creating music but I tend to program or bang keys until I get something I want. I'm shy of using Max for Live as I have had so many experiences of crashing projects when used. I've got some stalled projects where this can get me going again. I've seen Stochas mentioned in the comments. Are there any recommendations for VST3 sequencers that work in the same way as the Reason example? I particularly like the idea of influencing between on and off beat play. Chord and scale control would be a bonus.
So glad I got Reason 11. For 99 bucks a year it's a pretty sweet deal. Highly recommend it to everyone! I mainly produce in Ableton Live but the racks in Reason... oh man those racks are awesome.
after watching the Reason Channel on this, its not bad, but the biggest issue for me is that it only has 128 on and 128 offbeat patterns (which u can alter almost infinitely) I have a better option: Using an independent sequencer (I LOVE Hy-Plugins HySeq32 vst, which is free and has a random option, which makes literally infinite basslines. Also, it has midi controls which u can assign to the CC of ur synth to further sculpt the sound dynamically, say to a filter or to some effects. It's way better if u ask me, and u can use it in reason, or in ur fav DAW. EDIT: there's two versions of HYSEQ32, one is free one is paid. both are incredible vst sequencers. the free version is almost beyond perfect for basslines because its ur bass line doesn't need to be *that* involved, but still, HYSEQ32 gives u MORE than this Reason basslines generator.
@@bigmamashouse what i do is set my scale ( that's built in the sequencer, so u don't have to use an external scale tool, +1 for hyseq32!) Randomize my bass notes, length, probability, octave and velocity, also tie and mute functions, all built into the sequencer, then set my playing rate, 1/8 or 16ths. Then randomize. Let it run for a few bars, recording the midi it spits out,boom. Now I just set a bar or two and try out the resulting baselines with my beats. I can do this all day. And don't forget about the CC it can spit out with its lfos, it has two of them, crazy. Assign them to anything on ur bass synth or even to the controls on ur sequencer Did i mentiom it's fucking free????
@@wwlittlejOfficial To be honest, I only found the paid version, but that doesn't matter. I will definitely try the demo - the concept sounds promising. Thanks again for the tip!
I want to get this. I saw that it was $69 but then when I went to buy it its telling me that I need to also buy a more expensive Reason software. I just figured that this could be used to plug into Ableton. A bit of a kick in the nuts as it looks like a very very cool plug in.
Yes, you will need the reason rack vst plugin but you get an absolute ton of incredible devices included in the price, you also get the fantastic ability of modular cables so you can create your own devices by hooking things up to each other within a combinator.
@@Bhodisatvas Yep. Reason+ is your best bet here probably. Then you get the DAW and the VST plugin for Ableton which includes all 79 of our plugins/devices, including of course Bassline Generator.
@@Bhodisatvas Thanks for the reply. I'm a beginner that is working my way through the Production Music Live Everything Bundle. This is on my radar for sure... maybe I'll get drunk and over Xmas get trigger happy. Really was sold by Oscar's coverage of this plug in, sounds phenomenal.
I’m slightly confused, if someone could help me please. To get the Reason Rack you have to buy the full studio? Or is the Reason Rack an available as a separate VST? 😅
No need to route it from another channel to the instrument in Logic Pro like you have to in Ableton Live. I love how you can insert these players directly on the Instrument Track as a MIDI FX insert inside Logic. All DAWs should be like that. I think Repear does it too from what I've heard..
