Bussing and Aux Track Effects in DP

Inserting an effect on an auxiliary track is advisable when you want to apply the same effect to many different audio/instrument tracks. The key to working with any type of audio routing is understanding "bussing."In DP, buses help connect audio tracks and aux tracks together, in any combination. In this example, we’re going to add an aux track to host a reverb plug-in to be used by multiple tracks. Before getting started, open up the "Bundles"...

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Cropping and Resizing Images in Preview

You don't need an image editor to crop and resize images it's simple to do in Preview.  To crop an image, open it and then click the Select button in the toolbar.  Click and drag to create a rectangle around the area you want to capture in your crop.  As you drag the mouse, you'll see the pixel dimensions for the current selection. Once you've made your selection, choose Tools: Crop or press command-K. You can then...

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Discovering Reason

For those of you looking to add some extra spice into your Sound Collage Contest entry or Reason projects in general you should definitely check out the "Discovering Reason" series on the Propellerhead website.  There are tutorials and sample projects to download on advanced and creative uses of common devices such as Dr. REX and Redrum, as well as tips on using the less used and understood devices like the Combinator, Matrix, and Spiders.  There are also 16 articles on "Thor Demystified" because who couldn't use some help with that...

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