Do you have $30 or so to spare? Fancy some more Reason goodies? I found out recently that Robb Neumann of the “Reason: Patch a Day” blog has closed down his 4 year project to provide patches for Reason Users. Shame! The good news is that The Refills Are Still Available In addition to four ...…
I have been using Propellerhead’s Reason software since Version 4.0 Now with the recent release of the latest version of Reason, here’s a great video demonstration by James Wiltshire of “The Freemasons” about the new parallel processing feature in Reason 7.0: Buy Propellerhead Reason 7 from Amazon.com Buy Propellerhead Reason 7 from Amazon.co.uk Incidentally, you ...…
I just found out that The Loop Loft founder Ryan Gruss has released a drum loop pack featuring Simon Phillips. Simon has played with some of the best musicians in the world, including The Who, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Mick Jagger, & Toto. I saw him play with Jeff Beck back around 1980 when I ...…
I am delighted to say that there is a brand new FREE Scanned Synth Pro 2 Reason Refill now available containing 30 of Humanoid Sound Systems Lead Designer John Proctor’s favourite patches available for download from Propellerhead’s website. The refill was compiled with the kind permission of John Proctor and features a collection of 30 ...…
Hi Neil, About a month ago you helped me enable hammerhead rhythm station to work on my computer, I’m having a really hard time getting hammerhead to work on audacity. If you know a link or a way to create a plugin that would be awesome. By the way I am very computer inept, so ...…
A while back I found a couple of really useful sources of information for getting a good sound from a bass drum. The first was an extract from Jeff Ocheltree’s DVD “Trust Your Ears”. He talks about using felt strips on both bass drum heads of John’s Ludwig Green Sparkle kit around 1:45 to “focus ...…
Neil’s General Buying Tips: I am a self confessed gear nut and an obsessive bargain hunter. With that in mind, the following tips are tried and tested methods I have developed and personally used to save me tons of money. And you can too if you adopt them – Read On…Most of the examples here ...…
John Bonham of Led Zeppelin is undoubtedly my favourite drummer of all time. If you want to create a recording that sounds like John Bonham is playing on it, how would you go about it? Note: Only legal, non copyright infringing ways of doing this will be discussed here. Boxed versions of commercial software may ...…
Here is a list and links to the best Midi drum files and loops I have found so far on the internet. If you find any others I should know about, then please let me know in the comments section or via Facebook Thanks! A) FREE MIDI LOOPS (NO PURCHASE NECESSARY) 1) GrooveMonkee http://www.groovemonkee.com/en/free-midi 2) ...…
Thw winner of the contest is Vanja Medugorac, who correctly identified the answer to Rob’s Quiz question (along with all the participants who went into the draw) : “There’s a famous drum piece that Frank Zappa wrote for his drummer Terry Bozzio. Can you name the song?” as: The Black Page Vanja wins a copy ...…
Ever wanted a drumming living legend to play on one of your music productions? Then look no further...Buy Simon Phillips Session Tracks from The Loop Loft here:
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