Usher's "Yeah" Produced by Lil Jon

Today we are going to remake the melody from the song Yeah, which is in C minor. I'm going to show you how to do the melody. And then I want you to listen to this instrumental and figure out the drum beat.

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Set Tempo to 104 bpm.
4. Push the Click Button on the Transport.
   
5. Create a Subtractor.
6. On the Subtractor, click on the folder in the upper left hand corner.
   
7. Go to Reason Factory Sound Bank: Subtractor Patches: Mono Synths: 80's Dance Ld.zyp
8. Change the loop points to L1-R3
   
9. Now we need to play the melody on the keyboard.
   
10. In the first bar, the notes are C, G, C, Aflat.
11. In the second bar, the notes are C, Aflat, C, G.
12. Practice playing the melody with the click.
13. Once you feel comfortable with the melody, record it.
14. Quantize the part you played to 1/16.
    
15. Create a Redrum, we want to recreate the drum line so listen to the instrumental at the top of this lesson.
    
16. What sounds are they using?
17. What boxes do the sounds go on?
18. One hint, the pattern is 32 steps.
19. When you have figured out the drum beat. Create it and Copy the Pattern to Track.
20. Save your beat as (Your Name) Yeah
21. Let me hear it.