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Author: Eric Shafer

Eric Shafer is a music producer and audio engineer from Chicago, Illinois. He has worked on both classical and popular music projects, and is currently composing music for today's top artists and future artists.


Posts by Eric Shafer

The Secrets of Great Sounding Percussion in Reason

Sep 23rd in Production, Reason, Sound Design by Eric Shafer
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Reason is a great program for percussion, particularly with the ease of use of the Redrum drum machine. However, stock sounds won’t always cut it, so in this tutorial, we’ll look at some secrets for turning those stock sounds into unique masterpieces. Of course, these techniques can be applied to virtually any DAW. Continue Reading

Audio Manipulation with Celemony Melodyne

Jul 31st in Production by Eric Shafer
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Celemony Melodyne is a powerful pitch correction tool commonly used by producers and engineers for vocal pitch corrections. Melodyne can also do much more, all while maintaining a professional and convincing sound. Today, we’re going to look at a couple of different ways Melodyne can help you in your next studio project.

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Creating Thor Patches in Reason & Packaging a Refill

Jul 14th in Reason, Sound Design by Eric Shafer
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In this tutorial, we’re going to work through a hands-on workshop and create several Thor synthesizer patches. Then we’ll take our new patches and combine them into a redistributable Reason refill using Reason Refill Packer.

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How to Audition Reason Combinator Blends with Your Keyboard

Feb 16th in Arrangement, Reason by Eric Shafer
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Finding a set of sounds that work well together can be difficult. In Reason, it can be a laborious effort to create a combination of instruments, record some MIDI on each and then play them back. In this tutorial, we’ll look at a trick you can use in Reason to allow you to hear playback from multiple Combinators in real-time from your MIDI controller.

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10 Ways to Enhance Performance In Reason

Feb 5th in Reason, Recording by Eric Shafer
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In this article, we’re going to look at ten things you can do to help maximize the performance of Reason, fix various annoying issues, and avoid CPU strain during heaving automation and interaction with other DAWs.

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Your Guide to Getting Started with Synthesis in Reason

Jan 29th in Reason, Sound Design by Eric Shafer
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A synthesizer is an electronic instrument that reproduces a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies and waveforms. Propellerhead’s Reason features various forms of synthesis, and it’s often difficult for the user to decide which synthesizer to use.

In this tutorial, we’re going to explore the art and the science of synthesis, as well as discuss how Reason’s synthesizers can be used, and in which situations you should use them.

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The Combinator—Reason’s Deadliest Weapon

Jan 21st in Production, Reason by Eric Shafer
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Reason’s Combinator is a very interesting tool. It is all too tempting for new Reason users to use the Combinator as simply another instrument in which to load patches. In reality, the Combinator is far more than that, and has the ability to be the most powerful tool available to you in Reason. You may be a bit skeptical, but in this tutorial, I’m going to prove to you that the Combinator is truly Reason’s deadliest weapon.

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How to Remake Soul Survivor by Young Jeezy and Akon

Dec 20th in Production, Reason by Eric Shafer
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When rapper Young Jeezy went into the studio with Akon to create “Soul Survivor,” the concept behind the song was a dark one. Most evident in the music video (based on the Roc-A-Fella film “Paid In Full”), the song is essentially a story about life on the streets.

Thus, when Tha Bizness and DJ Toomp handled production for the song, they needed to create an instrumental that would live up to that feeling. In this tutorial, we’re going to break down just what made the song feel so dark, and also what sort of elements went into creating a #4 Billboard Hot 100 song.

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West Coast? East Coast? Hip-Hop Explained

Dec 14th in Articles by Eric Shafer
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In the realm of popular music, perhaps no genre has been as popular in recent years as hip-hop. However, hip-hop is hardly a new phenomenon, so in this article, we’re going to take an in-depth look at its history and try to make sense of it all.

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How to Recreate Lil’ Wayne’s Lollipop in Reason 4

Nov 21st in Production, Reason by Eric Shafer
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In 2008, perhaps no song has dominated the charts more than Lil’ Wayne’s Lollipop. Produced by Jim Jonsin, Lollipop is a prime example of how a hit song does not have to be complex; instead, it is a perfect blend of simplicity and catchiness.

In this tutorial, we will look at how to go about recreating this track in Reason 4, and also what helped make it such a successful song.

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