by Jeff Dykhouse | Publisher: Total Training | Release Date: November 2009 | ISBN: 00320090123SI

Join Jeff Dykhouse, accomplished recording engineer, veteran Reason user and author of HowAudio's Reason 3 tutorial, as he brings you up to speed on all the new features of Propellerhead's Reason 4.0. This amazing new and improved version comes equipped with a more intuitive Sequencer, a revolutionary groove tool, the ReGroove Mixer, the stunning monophonic RPG-8 Arpeggiator and a synth – the Thor Polysonic Synthesizer – to end all synths. Jeff demonstrates that the new devices and improvements added to Reason 4 will not only inspire you to create great tracks, but they will provide you with state-of-the art innovative ways of doing so.

1. Chapter 1: Reason 4
   • Reason 4 New Features 00:01:38
2. Chapter 2: Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
   • Thor Overview 00:04:50
   • Analog Oscillator 00:02:37
   • Multi Oscillator 00:02:18
   • Wave Table Oscillator 00:03:06
   • Phase Mod Oscillator 00:01:55
   • FM Pair Oscillator 00:04:22
   • Noise Oscillator 00:01:18
   • Filters 00:11:44
   • Filters - Low Pass Ladder 00:03:05
   • Filters - State Variable 00:05:48
   • Filters - Comb 00:01:16
   • Filters - Formant 00:02:48
   • Creating Sound with Oscillators and Filters 00:03:28
   • The Modulation Matrix/Using the Matrix 00:14:42
   • The Shaper 00:03:57
   • The Step Sequencer 00:09:12
   • The Global Output 00:04:10
   • The Controller Panel 00:05:17
   • The Audio Inputs 00:05:19
3. Chapter 3: The New Sequencer
   • Lanes 00:06:30
   • Recording Automation and Lanes 00:02:55
   • Automating Time Signature Changes/Automating Tempo Changes 00:01:43
   • The Tool Window 00:06:11
   • The Tool Window/Devices Tab 00:03:36
   • The ReGroove Mixer 00:14:39
4. Chapter 4: RPG-8 Monophonic Arpeggiator
   • RPG-8 Monophonic Arpeggiator 00:08:31