| Synthesizers are an indispensable part of the modern | | | | simple ways of synthesizing sounds, and the |
| music sound. Synths are the building blocks for various | | | | Subtractor works based on this design. From my |
| popular musical styles, particularly in electronic music | | | | experience, the Subtractor is good for deep synth |
| production. Even the modern pop sound has benefited | | | | bass sounds, as it doesn't need a large amount of |
| greatly by adding synth elements into the arrangement, | | | | parameters to control. |
| a technique gradually accepted into the mainstream | | | | 2. Graintable synthesis. Properly called granular |
| when Britain was hit with electronic dance music fever | | | | synthesis, it works by taking an audio sample and |
| in the early 1990's. | | | | chopping it up into "grains". These sound grains are |
| Reason as a virtual studio software package has its | | | | then played back using various pitch and volume, |
| own array of powerful synthesizers. 2 of them are the | | | | resulting in a "cloud" sound. The characteristic of the |
| Subtractor device and the Malstrom device. These 2 | | | | resulting sound is then appropriate for use when we |
| synths work based on subtractive synthesis for | | | | want to create rich textures or pads into our |
| Subtractor and graintable synthesis for the Malstrom. | | | | arrangements. |
| Let's look a little at how these two synthesis methods | | | | This is a very short introduction to the synthesizers in |
| work: | | | | Propellerhead Reason. There is still much more to learn |
| 1. Subtractive synthesis. This method of synthesis | | | | about synthesis, if you are a synth-based musician. I |
| creates the sound by removing the harmonics of a | | | | hope this article can inspire you to learn more, or at |
| sound signal, through the use of a filter (hence the term | | | | least experiment on adding synth elements to your |
| "subtractive", because it subtracts). It's one of the more | | | | commercial pop arrangements. |