Drum Envelopes on Reason (or any other sequencer)

scius · 5th October 2006

There's a switch for each drum on the Redrum that controls the envelope.

Which do you more commonly use, the square looking drum envelope button on the Redrum, or the one that falls off?

I usually use the second one as it seems to sound more natural. But the square envelope gives it some thump. I've tried layering one kick and one snare with a square envelope over one kick and one snare with a natural envelope and had some good results.

Just curious what kinds of uses you people have gotten out of this thing.

g_real · 5th October 2006

It depends a LOT on the track and the drum samples you're working with. Playing with envelopes can either help you remove unwanted elements (a hi-hat coming in after a kick, for example) or it can be a tool for tone-shaping and layering etc. Or you can get freaky with them too and f*ck the sound up totally. But a cool thing I usually do with the decay control in Reason is set it to soft decay and automate the control, especially with kick & snare, which is a way of getting a close emulation of the global decay function on the SP-12.

Obviously if it sounds good to you, do it.

5th October 2006	#1
scius Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 167 Thread Starter	Drum Envelopes on Reason (or any other sequencer) There's a switch for each drum on the Redrum that controls the envelope. Which do you more commonly use, the square looking drum envelope button on the Redrum, or the one that falls off? I usually use the second one as it seems to sound more natural. But the square envelope gives it some thump. I've tried layering one kick and one snare with a square envelope over one kick and one snare with a natural envelope and had some good results. Just curious what kinds of uses you people have gotten out of this thing.

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5th October 2006	#2
g_real Gear Head Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 33	It depends a LOT on the track and the drum samples you're working with. Playing with envelopes can either help you remove unwanted elements (a hi-hat coming in after a kick, for example) or it can be a tool for tone-shaping and layering etc. Or you can get freaky with them too and f*ck the sound up totally. But a cool thing I usually do with the decay control in Reason is set it to soft decay and automate the control, especially with kick & snare, which is a way of getting a close emulation of the global decay function on the SP-12. Obviously if it sounds good to you, do it.