I would like to make some guitar songs but I'm new to Reason and I'm not sure how to do anything guitar wise, what do I use and how? Any good tutorials for this eh?

I wanted to make something like this. I hope Reason has a way to make guitars sound like this(and songs).

salvationsource. com/intro.mp3

^^fix the space after the dot.

Hi, welcome to the forum. Sorry, but you can not record your guitar or any thing else into Reason. Reason is midi. You can, record your guitar into a DAW (digital audio workstation) and then import it into Reason. But, really that's not the best way to do it. What you need is a DAW for audio and then you can rewire Reason into the DAW. That way you get both audio and midi. I can't tell you the best DAW to get. There's a lot of them. A lot of folks here like Ableton, but there's Sonar, Cubase, Pro Tools, Logic, Dp for Mac and on and on.... Google some of these. Also, Youtube has a lot of tutorials for Reason.

Joe

Well, reason is suppose to be good but I cant find the right piano sound, even with reason pianos, their just too soft. I cant find a good way to make me own refill of the piano i have connect to my pc. and now it seems it sucks with guitar things. fl studio seems to suck with guitar things also, if I do a G5 power chord on my guitar then put it into fl studio, which u have to use the piano keys for it, it sounds rly wrong. all i wanna do is make full piano/guitar/string songs but it seems all these programs arnt any good.

i guess i just have to get the podxt for my guitar and record my piano into a program then edit them together. seems these programs cant give ppl what they need without this hard and long way of trying to figure it out, going through different programs with the rewire crap that never works for me. idk..

i just wanted to make a song like this, the piano, guitar and strings(which all suck also), listen to song #5 insecurity, and it starts at 17 seconds.

http://www.myspace.com/scarson45

Well, what you need is a good recording program, then you select what Reason samples to use. I'm sorry, but I disagree with you on the pianos and strings. They sound good to me and the professional keyboard players who record in my studio. Now I have and use the refill pianos. They are like $100.00. There's some combinator strings that sound very good to me, can't recall the name of the patch. I record with a Mackie HDR and the D8B board. I get very good sounds using Reason for pianos,drums, horns and strings. Maybe Reason isn't right for you, maybe you should look elsewhere.

BTW I really liked Heart on Fire. The demo was good also. You guys have real talent. I've been in this business many (too many) years, and I can say that your music is the best I've heard on this forum. I've heard many people on this and many other forums and I usually don't comment. You know, "Can't say something nice don't say anything." Keep it up. I'm not easily impressed, but I am in this case. You guys should be future stars, Reason or not!

Joe

I agree, reason can have very good quality sounds, especially since you can expand your library with refills.

But wait a sec, joe that means you don't like my music......

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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SG,

I don't recall ever hearing your music. Post some and let me hear it, or send it pm. I usually don't listen to most posted on here because most of what I hear is heavy synth stuff, and that's not my style. I'm not saying that it's bad, just not my thing. If your music is as good as the advice you give on this forum, then it's gotta be pretty damn good. I've learned a lot from your postings.

Joe

I always try to help out as much as I can. You contribute alot also, and share tips I didn't even knew exist.

And I figured as much, i hardly ever post my work on here, only a couple of times and it was some of my sampled work. I'll shoot you a pm, and send hiphop track (still in it's early stages though)

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my work? none. i can't make anything i like, but I don't really try my hardest i'm getting back to it though.

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Titan, I don't recall hearing any of yours either. But I'll say the same for you that I said to SG, if it's like your advice, then it's gotta be damn good. I've learned a lot from you too. Now if I can just learn how to sustain the note without holding......Oh well, you know.

SG, I'll be waiting.

Joe

Joe I already sent the pm.

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