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.

Explore a two-module modular synthesizer interface, using patch cables to define custom signal routing between oscillators, filters, envelopes, and effects, ending in the output mixer, reverb, and master.

Explore essential patching in Reason Studios Propellerhead by learning how to connect and manage cabling, including show cables, pitch routing, gate and envelope to output mixer, and safely disconnecting cables.

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.

learn how two identical oscillators form the sound, route pitch via the key input, and modulate pitch, frequency modulation, and amplitude modulation with an lfo, noting linear vs logarithmic behavior.

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.

Isolate oscillator 3 adds a versatile third oscillator that can couple with oscillators 1 and 2 or function as an lfo, with pitch, shape, range, and modulation inputs.

Explains the noise module as a self-contained oscillator with noise types, color and rate controls, and mixing options, including sink for pitch sync and a white-noise output.

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 shaper module, a saturate/distortion unit that adds harmonics, and route it before the filter for shaping before filtering; modulate amount and symmetry with an LFO.

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 lpg module by using two low pass gates as envelopes with attack and release, routing gates and triggers, and modulating the filter for percussive effects.

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 envelope module shapes audio over time with attack, decay, sustain, and release, triggered by note on/off, and how to modulate volume, filter, or pitch.

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.

Explore the scale and amp module by reading audio inputs, blending sawtooth, pulse, square, and sine waves, and using multiplication to morph waveforms across three outputs.

Explore the output mixer with three outputs, each with volume and left-right panning, using an envelope for gated modulation; add white noise and pan modulation via the LFR.

Sync and route LFO and clock signals to modulate a filter, adjust rate and waveform length, and explore multipliers to create gated square-wave outputs.

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.

Explains quantized control from an external CV source to a step sequencer, routing a CV into a filter and linking sequencer timing with precise quantization for dynamic parameter modulation.

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.

Reconstruct the Canada patch by tracing the signal flow from oscillators and noise through the mixer and filter, then tune envelopes, gates, and modulation via the function module.

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