Thursday, April 24, 2008

T.I. Rubberband Man Melody

The song Rubberband Man by T.I. and produced by David Banner uses a melody based off of the C MAJOR scale. Let's recreate the melody and then add our on drums.

  1. Open Reason
  2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
  3. Set Tempo to 82 bpm
  4. Click on the "Click"
  5. Create a NN19 Digital Sampler
  6. Click on the Folder in the upper left hand corner of the NN19.
  7. In the Patch Browser, click Reason Factory Sound Bank: NN19 Sampler Patches: Organ: Organ1Perc.smp
  8. Practice the melody I showed you how to play.
  9. When you feel comfortable with the melody, record it.
  10. Go to the Windows Menu and select the Tools, using 1/16, apply the quantize.
  11. Now, create a Redrum and make a 32 step drum pattern using a Clap, Bass Drum, Hi Hat, and Percussion. Make sure you put the sounds on appropriate boxes!
  12. On the Redrum, Copy Pattern To Track and Click on the Pattern button.
  13. Save your beat as T.I.

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