52 Reason / Record Tips - Week 38: Using Neptune for Sound Design

After watching the first two Synth School videos you've probably realized that the entirety of synthesizer sound design is simply about taking a basic sound wave and reshaping it with basic tools like filters, amp envelopes, phase, other oscillators mixed in, etc.

You understand the basics of synthesis and have mastered the Subtractor, you've learned about the Malström's unique "graintable sythesis" technique, and now all you need to know to master the Malström is to understand its special filters, shaper, and mods. T

In this tutorial, we're taking a deeper look at the Neptune Pitch Adjuster. We'll see how to correct to scale, to correct single notes via MIDI, how to use the Voice synth, the transpose function and more.

Getting a vocal performance right means so much more than hitting the right notes at the right time. Sometimes you get that almost perfect performance with perfect feel and presence, but the singer might have missed a few notes. That's when Neptune can save the day. Neptune is an advanced pitch...

Propellerhead's product specialist Mattias Häggström Gerdt shows you how to use the Combinator to access more modulation options in Reason's synths and how you can control this with CV. More possibilities for making interesting, evolving sounds is just inside the Combinator!