This screencast tutorial will show you how to run instruments from Reason 4.0 on individual tracks in Pro Tools 8. The way we do this is to use the built in Pro Tools plug-in, Rewire. Rewire allows you to map the channels in the Reason interface with your tracks in Pro Tools. This is a true killer combination for music production. Using Reason with Pro Tools gives you the utmost flexibility to create, mix, and master your songs beautifully.
Instruments and Tracks
In this tutorial demonstration, I create a simple tune using three instruments from Reason: A grand piano with the NN-XT, a spacey pad sound using the Thor synthesizer, and a drum track from Dr. Rex. I then route these three instruments to their own tracks within Pro Tools 8.
The first two instruments, the piano and the pad are mapped to Pro Tools instrument tracks. This means they record as MIDI information and I can use the Pro Tools MIDI editor to arrange, correct, or add to the track all within Pro Tools. For more information on using MIDI, check out this two article series:
- MIDI and Songwriting: How it Works, What You Need To Know
- MIDI and Songwriting: Enhance - Don’t Hinder Your Creative Flow
The third instrument, the drum track from Dr. Rex was routed into a Pro Tools audio track. This was done using a bus from the Rewire track into a new audio track. Then the output audio from the Dr. Rex module is recorded as a waveform in the Pro Tools audio track.
Over to You
How do you use Reason with your DAW of choice? What’s your method to maximise your creative flow, without getting too tied up in the technical aspects?
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04/1/2009
10:02 am
John Radcliff
Thank you!! I’m new to midi, so this is going to help me a bunch!
05/12/2009
10:55 am
Whatnot
1,000 thanks for this… Reason > PT was a mystery to me before I watched it.
05/12/2009
10:55 am
Whatnot
1,000 thanks for this… Reason > PT was a mystery to me before I watched it.
08/22/2009
8:07 pm
swamy
Good video. I think it will definitely help the beginners and boost some confidence in working with Reason 4 along with Pro Tools. Keep up the good work.