I wondered if there are more people like me that try to make rock music on a (MIDI) keyboard and using Reason to do so. I got it to sound pretty decent and wrote some tuts on how I did it. Hope there are more of us out there. Maybe we could get some discussions and technique sharing going?

I'm actually planning on doing a few rock tracks in the near future. Reason has an excellent collection of bass guitars and power drum kits, and I'm sure it's got a few nice lead guitars as well, although I still prefer the real thing

I just picked up a brand new Stratocaster the other day, and I'm hoping to lay down the base track in Reason, and then record the guitar on top of it.

Speaking of Stratocasters, I really like the StratPack2 ReFill... Good for some pretty nice leads if you don't have access to "the real deal" in terms of hardware "axes"...

Yeah, I've done a fairly nice rock track in reason. It definately can be done. I'll have to go and look at that re-fill now, because reason lacks good guitar patches...

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I haven't really made a "rock" song per say, but I have used rock elements/instruments to give a rock sound to a song. I agree with Lem, guitars are not easy to come by, at least good ones....bass has been easy to work with, as has keys...there are good drum kits/samples, but to get them to sound "live" and not static takes a little more work than just programming in a pattern, at least for my taste.

PS - Where did you find that stratpack 2 refill Bath, I can't find any info on it anywhere...

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It's available for free from the ReFill section at http://www.combinatorhq.com

I think it was made in 2005 or something, but I actually like it and it works like a charm with Reason 5.

In order to access the download section you have to register but thats also free.

Oh, ok....I'm registered with them...thanks!

Dose

Hey guys-

I don't say I enjoy "Rock" programming, but I am a fan of Deathcore and Metalcore drum programming. Typically I'll load a heavy hitting sample into Dr. OctoRex, keeping only the bass and snare. It's cool, too, programming in a very low BPM (50-75), giving much more room for quick 32nd note fills. It makes a great foundation track for practicing guitar.

I think it's on page six of the refill download section.

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I think so too... Or you can type in "stratpack" in the search-box.