10 years after, The Echo is still a marvelous tool!!!

I AM USING REASON 11 NOW AND HAVE NEVER USED ECHO . THIS SHOWED ME HOW AMAZING THIS TOOL REALLY IS. NOW I'M GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY TOOL IN REASON IN A DIFFERENT WAY. THERE IS REAL MAGIC IN THE DETAILS AS YOU JUST POINTED OUT.

Excellent. So much good info. I have heard some say they're "bored" with Reason's default RE, Effects and Utilities, but me thinks they just aren't feeling creatively inspired because there's so much variety to play with. It will take years to master all of these techniques. I'm bound to see each of these videos many times.

Satisfied Reason user since 2005 🔥🔥🔥

Who ever directs/writes these videos deserves a raise, great video as usual!

Propellerhead always funny and DOWN for their customers - other People should learn about customer Support, from this People right here - Matthias responded me personally, in couple of hours, once when I had a Little complain. Propellerhead and the Harrison Mixbus Folks are TOP!

I like propellerhead, a company made by a mix of young talented people and experienced too,with a fresh approach to innovation,like on this tutorial they often make jokes with a funny approach in music creation....but then we find they are very serious in the things that have to be so, like releasing robust software updates with highly optimised code and few bugs, this is quite rare in the industry.

amazing ! just amazing how this was made 9 years ago !!!

I'm really surprised with "ducking" function of this fx. That's great! I used to do such function in a little bit harder way:)

I like how you guys re-did one of the demo songs @3:05 and gave it a wobbly-dubstep feel. Thank you guys.

One of best reason efects and still the best after 10 years

Dies sind mit Abstand die besten Videos, die es gibt. Der Sprecher ist knorke!

This is the device I am most looking forward to in Reason 6. That "keep pitch" button is what I've been wanting for a while. Let's get GLITCHY!

Probably the best new device in ages I think.

dam i love watching these things

I really love all tutorial from propellerhead. It's always make me laugh and learn a lot!

Finally, I found a right DAW to use and learn with awesomesomesomesomesome tutorials...s..s..s..s..

@VitalisCarbone There is a button on the Echo that says "sync." If you press that in, then it will use the tempo information in your song to give you delay times which are musical divisions of a beat. If you unclick it, then you set the time in milliseconds.

That roll mode looks more fun than a human should be allowed to have. Does a lot of the glitchy stuff I used to depend on experimental plug-ins to achieve.

The trig is just fantastic, to simply fade out a heavy beat...

You could do one of two things... right click the Echo in the rack and choose "Create track for The Echo..." and that will make a sequencer track you can arm and record. Or hold down the option key (or alt, I think on Windows) and click the knob or switch you want to record. That will create an "automation" lane for that specific setting in the sequencer and you can record changes or even draw them in with the pencil tool also.

Great learning experience. I may have learned more in 10 minutes than in a year of goofing around with Cubase. I was totally unaware of ducking. And the thing with glitching drums and other sounds is so eye-opening. Now when I hear that stuff on the radio I will have a better idea of how fairly simple it is to create (once you're in the know).

These Micro Tutorials are tremendous! Everytime I see one, I learn!! Plus you guy's are real funny as well. Which is nice.. Keep up the splendid work, & looking forward to No 6.........

They used that little Jinder song! I remixed that!

@ElectrizCity We definitely have some dubstep fans in the office but I personally don't make dubstep and I LOVE using the new devices for the music I make... which is primarily acoustic instruments with a some electronic parts used as enhancements. Pulveriser is wonderful at making instruments sound organic and real. The Echo is total vintage delay heaven. And Alligator adds texture to strings or other basic sounds. But yeah... the dubstep guys will love these, not to mention the new patches!

@Aytac4Ever This goes for everything in Reason - hold down the option key (on a mac) and click on the button or knob you want to automate in the sequencer. A lane will appear in the sequencer for that device and that parameter.

This is an outstanding feature and great tutorial. Thank you.

Massive massive sound.. Loving my Reason 6.5 :c) Its tunes like this that keep raising the bar sonically for the rest of us.

@b92seven The big difference is the way the signals interact with eachother when the slider is part-way across. It's hard to explain until you play with it but dry/wet just fades the delay in and out. The roll slider actually changes the signal that's being delayed by blending the loop side with the original side. Those drum variations I show wouldn't be possible with the dry wet knob. The "fills" that are created happen because of the blending of both signals interacting with each other.

@anosoumusictube Mattias, clearly by "awesome song" he's referring to the blatant U2 ripoff I did!!! ;) Kidding. I've just updated the description with the song info for anyone else who wonders.

I can see a lot of glitch and dubstep fans liking this one! Keep the juices flowing Pheads :D

@NoqturnePL Nothing's ever out of the question. We are always considering what devices and features would best help people make more and better music. Spectrum Analyzers are definitely useful for people who like to get surgical in their mixing and frequency analysis. Some people do this in Reason already with the BV512 vocoder set up as a spectrum analyzer. If you search our forums for more info, you can download combinators people have made. Thanks for the feature suggestion!

granted i always watch these for the educational value, but man the songs you guys use just intice me soo much. like every single time, amazing tracks. love it!

LOL I love the ending!

@JONDASZ You can definitely upgrade from Reason 5 to Reason 6. We have a boxed upgrade you can get at your local store in whatever country you're in or via our webshop.

@asleskig From the question's description it sounds like The Echo is wired up as an insert and not an FX send from the mixer. If that's true, the answer is the wet-dry knob. Turn that way down and your drum beat will come through and then you'll just get that little blend of echo when you press the trig button. Alternatively, add The Echo from the mixer's effects sends and just dial in the amount of echo you want. Också, Jag kan bara lite svenska. Jag är Amerikansk. :)

@PropellerheadSW i've just become love struck by Little Jinder. amazing artist, i haven't left her soundcloud for the past 3 hours ! i think i need to fly to sweeden

roll feature is amazing

Just ordered my Reason 6.5 yesterday. I'm sat waiting, looking out of the Window for the Post Man. I just Can't wait much longer.... He best Hurty up!!! I'm just Too Excited!! ;•)

So you're saying we're like the Ross and Rachel of the music world, you and us? :) Welcome back! "I swear it will be different this time, babe. We won't fight like last time. I'll try harder. I promise. And I won't make you watch Glee with me anymore, either."

man i cannot wait for this to release!!!!.

it is taking for ever for the 30th to come!!!!!

@PropellerheadSW exactly ! it's being faded like a volume knob or cross fader, letting in part of each signal instead of just a quick cut, think of it like the difference between automating a volume fader over time and just hitting a mute button

Okay I got it - can't believe I've spent three hours over something so simple. Thanks for the quick reply though : ) might upload this song once i'm done :P

good job as micro tutorial by Reason's Propellerhead

@krypto1339 No. It's not the same as Dry/Wet. That just blends the balance between dry and wet as a volume relationship. This knob makes the delay and the dry signal interact and change the sound based on the position of the roll knob. It's hard to describe if you haven't tried it but it's nothing at all like a dry wet knob. Those fills, variations, and glitches wouldn't sound anything like that using a dry wet knob.

great video--lots good specifics and a fun vibe. Found this on you tube after looking for info on the prop site--these should be on the front page

The Echo is just amazing!

always great tutorials from these GUYS...GUYs....GUys....Guys.....guys...uys...ys... s... Lol awesome!!!

Great video

i really want my hands on that demo used, sounds really good

@HamsterRapingBastard Congrats on the BoyInABand competition!

I love that chillstep tune.... And I will love reason 6..........

Good stuff! I kind of couldn't afford Reason 6 when I bought it, but I'm so glad that I did!

If you liked the track featured in the Micro Tutorial, the lovely Little Jinder just uploaded it to her SoundCloud account! Just go to SoundCloud /little-jinder/little-jinder-everything

You've made a customer out of me!

Just loved this video! Can't wait for reason 6! Congratulations guys!

I've been waiting for a better echo device. Looks great!

Ahh Frank you're my hero!! I love these micro tutorials and now... I might just HAVE to upgrade to Reason 6... Annoyingly I'd love to get the Balance interface too but seems they dont want to sell a standalone version.

@beatb4heat No Reason 6 will open projects from Reason and Record of any version. Everything is fully backwards compatible. If the project won't open, then some other issue is going on. Sounds like something to ask our support guys about.

Reason 6 is Perfect now ! I will be completely satisfied ! I would of bought it a long time ago for the 30th september. Nice JOB PHSW :) THX

@caffiney33 Have you adjusted the Wet/Dry blend down? The Echo, when used as an insert effect, loads as 100% wet meaning you'll only hear the echoes and not the original sound but adjusting the wet/dry knob. When used in a mixer aux send, the knob can stay at 100% and the blend is achieve by how much you turn up the aux knob.

Nice tutorial guys!

cant wait for 6

I am really counting down the the days September is begining to feel very long...by the way love the video it is always funny take care propeller head

nice work on this one

Finally we can use that "roll mode" effect in Reason! there is Turnado that make something like this..

These tutorials are fantastic. Keep them coming!

actually the best way to do this is to Un-arm the track. Click the small (presumably red) Record button next to your audio track in the sequencer. This tells reason not to record more audio and essentially disarms the track. Make sure you have a sequencer lane for the echo and the automation is armed and red (the small round buttton that has a lfo/squigly line) press record and your set

These videos are really well made - informative and funny!

I want that wobble bass!

Seriously, I love this video - thank you much!

"Uhm yea, Frank, ya know we can add the delay in post production" LOL

The Ducking knob (3:33) adds duck quacks to your music.

I wish you had demonstrated a 'slow down' effect. Only issue I see is that the delay has to be turned all the way up during the entire track just so you can turn the delay down to zero when you want to enact the slow down. Was hoping I was thinking about the device wrong and the demo would show me. Trying to get the slow down effect that is in NI-The Finger.

If you have reason5 you can get the same sound by running the the DDL-1 Digital Delay Line into the MClass Stereo Imager, and adding reverb to taste :-)

the best D.A.W ever...it works faster than ur creativity....reason lover

"We are ready if you are ready!" "Mau Maus bout to set sh*t off!" "Born to roll!"

@Crowmusicuk Do you watch these videos regularly? Propellerheads has always had a sense of humor about their products. Maybe it's not your cup of tea, but I think that you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. Meaning, most folks would rather learn a little (or a lot) about a product and have a little laugh(even if it's a little cheesy) than learn a bunch and have it be dry and humorless. I applaud them and other manufacturers, like Mackie, who realize the value of humor.

Excellent, upgrade is a must.

@pandasecksi Download for what?

Roll mode is a lot of fun.

SICK. Time to upgrade.I think I may have to get a whole new comp for this program however... :-(

omgggggggggggggggggggggggg , have reason 7, cant wait to start producing on it

Little Jinder!

@ethericloopz Definitely will be! /Mattias

I find myself missing the ducking control more than anything else in other delay units, having to set up send with a delay unit and sidechained compressor is way more effort than it should be!

This is probably the 20th time watching this.....

great video. i love reason

Little Jinder - Everything

All I need to do is play my banjo through this and add some purple satin cases to my hypoallergenic pillows and the ladies will no longer resist my moves.

Hahaha, PH you guys are the best, seriously. "I'll be there for youuuu!!"

Awesome now i understand it that bit more ...love it and propellerheads even ..thank you for being awesome guys ...love J

sooo ... cooolll .. Nice one propeller head .. i will upgrade to reason 6 :)

Two.. more... weeks... Must.. endure... I'm glad I asked my local dealer to set one aside for me. Come October, I'll get to work!

Good stuff, thank You.

At first I was skeptical about the Echo, but seeing it in action I must say that it'll save time and processing power (1 set of a beat repeater is fine, but in a full track where there are let's say 5 sets for every instrument + reverb + delays + etc, it can get a bit 'laggy'). Now just make a new version of Recycle that'll have more editing functions and you have my wallet.

you create beautiful music. im inspired

Reason ❤

the video became full-on lovecraftian horror at the end there