Drum samples, and Recycle too.

[Cell 2Dee]

So I'm new to Reason, only been fucking with it a couple weeks, if that. I don't like the drum samples that are standard in Reason, and I don't yet know how to do anything different, so what I did today was just opened FL Studio and got single drum sounds on each note, saved the pattern as wav, imported it in to Recycle. Then I put markers in on Recycle before and after each sample, saved it and imported it in Reason using Dr Rex. Is there an easier way to get new drum sounds or should I just keep doing this?

Another thing is, I've been chopping samples with Recycle, and it takes forever. Does anybody know of any easier ways than opening up the wav, placing markers at each point on the grid and then saving the rex file? Also, how long is the sample that you guys normally open in Recycle? I chopped five 20 second sections out of a track in Cool Edit and opened each one in Recycle. Is this too long to get good results when you're back in Reason?

 

[The Arkitekt]

I'm pretty sure ReCycle has automatic chopping based on certain parameters. I'm not a Reason user though so I guess wait until someone else replies.

 

[djjumpinjoe]

I use sound forge to chop drums ..... I would open a loop then highlight the kick drag it out of that wav and drop it outside that wav and it will create a new wav and then i would just save that and so forth and so on ...... Also it has been along time since i used reason but i think there is a open or import button some where on that redrum machine where u can import sounds .... you would tell it what folder and u can access drums from that folder ..... so if u had a folder with kicks u can open that folder on the redrum on the first track then next track u can open snares and so forth and so on ...... Hope some of this helps .....

 

[Shonsteez]

Some of the stock sounds that can be loaded into the NNXT sound pretty dope. Check those out too.
I think the redrum works great with a midi-controller. Without one just penciling in the hits or using the step sequencer can be really stale and unmusical.

The DRRex is cool, but if you use it for drums your basically just using a premade drum break even if you rearrange the slices. (but if you use it in the same manner as the NNXT or Redrum then its all gravy.)

Plus the Redrum lets you do cool shit like gate sounds together - essentially the same process of adding numerous sounds to one pad on the MPC...Annnnnnnd, the Redrum has CV gating.....Control Voltages can be triggered via different sounds and can change the dynamics of your kit entirely...Def check that stuff out if your new to reason.