Thursday, March 20, 2008

Busta Rhymes Turn It Up

Today we are going to remake a beat that Busta Rhymes used. We will be loading in our own sounds from the folders at the top of the Redrum, Making Two Patterns, and Copying Them To Track.

  1. Open Reason
  2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
  3. Set Tempo to 102 bpm
  4. Create Redrum
  5. In Sound 1 on the Redrum, load Clap (clp_beltram) and put it on 7 and 13.
  6. In Sound 2 on the Redrum, load Bass Drum (bd_boomer) and put it on 1, 4, 5, and 11.
  7. In Sound 3 on the Redrum, load Percussion Hi (sh_brat) and put it on boxes 7, 8, 9, 11, and 13.
  8. Now change your pattern to Pattern 2.
  9. In Sound 4 on the Redrum, load Snare (sd_optical) and put it on boxes 7 and 13.
  10. In Sound 5 on the Redrum, load Bass Drum (bd_brassic) and put it on boxes 1, 4, 5, and 11.
  11. Select Sound 3 on the Redrum and put it on boxes 7, 8, 9, 11, and 13.
  12. Now, select Pattern 1. Move the "R" on the sequencer to 5. Right Click on The Redrum and Copy Pattern To Track.
  13. Now, select Pattern 2. Move the "R" to 9 and the "L" to 5. Right Click on The Redrum and Copy Pattern to Track.
  14. Click on the Pattern button on the Redrum
  15. Save your beat as "Turn It Up"
  16. Listen to the original What sounds does Busta Rhymes have in his song that you don't? Leave your answer in the comment section.

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