Complex -1 - Reason Studios Propellerhead

Explore the patch area in complex-1, view the different types of patches, and learn to run through your patches in this introduction.

Master signal flow in Complex-1 by routing signals from oscillator through filter and shaper to the output mixer, understanding inputs, outputs, and final stage decisions.

Explore the performance panel and portmanteau routing for bend and mod to the filter. In a reset patch, use velocity, gates, legato auto, and random cv to shape sound.

Explore how Reason's front-end CV routing lets you link complex one with other instruments, modulate the filter cutoff with the LFO, and create feedback loops for dynamic performance.

Blend oscillator 1 and 2, sync their pitches, and modulate parameters to create in-tune relationships, hard-sync sounds, and varied waveforms from mixed outputs.

Explore the filter module, routing audio from input to output, with low pass and high pass options, drive and resonance controls, and two modulation inputs for frequency and resonance.

Explore the comb delay module, a short-delayed comb filter with adjustable feedback. Adjust gain, pitch modulation, resonance, and a low-pass filter on pitch, with code pitch routing for dramatic textures.

Explore the LFO module in Reason Studios Propellerhead: set outputs and inversion, mix sine and square waves, patch to a filter and modulation, and use reset timing for precise oscillations.

Explore how the mix module sums two signals, adjusts the mix, and delivers three outputs, using an oscillator and white noise to demonstrate internal mixing.

The lag module acts like a low-pass filter for audio or control signals. Use the lag knob to filter out effects and shape the output before routing to your destination.

Use the reverb module, an insert before the output mixer, with one effect at a time; choose spring, room, hall, or echo, and adjust amount, decay, and top of reverb.

Explore how to configure the step sequencer and note quantizer, drive gates and clocks, reset the sequence per note, and modulate oscillator pitch for coherent pitched patterns.

Explore the function module by combining two oscillator signals with X plus Y and X minus Y to produce a resultant wave, routing through a shaper to output.

Explore patch reconstruction by tracing signal flow from oscillators through shaper and filter, then shape timbre with envelopes, LFOs, and noise.