Bass Line Quiz

Today we will have a quiz covering what we learned this week, bass lines and moving the Octave switch down on the Matrix.

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Set Tempo between 70-110 bpm
4. Create a Redrum.
5. On Pattern 1, make a 16 step drum beat using a Clap, Snap, or Snare, Bass Drum, and two sounds from the Hi Hats, Percussion Hi, Percussion Other, FX, or Glitch.
6. Copy the Pattern to Track between the loop points L1-R3.
7. Move your loop points to L3-R5
   
8. Select Pattern 2 and make a 32 Step Drum Beat.
9. Copy the Pattern To Track and move the loop point L back to L1.
10. Create any one of the"Soft Synths" (Combinator, Subtractor, Malstrom, NN19, or NNXT)
    
11. On The Soft Synth, click on the folder in the upper corner.
12. Go to the Patches Folder in Reason Factory Sound Bank and select a Bass for your Soft Synth.
    
13. Create a Matrix so that we can hear the sound coming out of the Soft Synth.
14. On the Matrix, move the Octave down, on the left from the keyboard, from 3 to 2.
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16. Now, turn the Volume down on all the notes except the first step.
17. Create a rhythm with the steps on the Matrix that is similar to your Bass Drum.
18. Change the pitch of the notes on the Matrix to make a Bass Line.
19. After you have your bass line and you are happy with the sound, move the Right Loop Point to R3.
20. Copy Pattern To Track.
21. Now, move your Right Loop Point to R5 and your Left Loop Point to L3.
22. On the Matrix, move from Pattern 1 to Pattern 2.
23. On the Matrix, change the steps from 16 to 32.
24. Now, turn the Volume down on all the notes except the first step.
25. Think about which steps you used in Pattern 1, in Pattern 2 you want to use similar steps but make a different Bass Line.
26. When you have your bass line sounding good, Copy Pattern To Track.
27. Move your Left Loop Point to L1.
28. Create a Dr. Rex, load in a Dr. Rex Percussion Loop and select To Track.
29. Save your beat as (Your Name) Bass Line Quiz
30. Email your beat to mrprice@ccpaedu.com