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Reason for Guitarists Like You’ve Never Seen Before

May 4, 2012 Line 6 General, Propellerhead Reason & Record Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Piper

As a guitarist and a Reason user, I am a huge fan of producing guitar tracks with Reason. Recently, I saw a video that demonstrated this in a way that blew me away, and I wanted to share it with you. Watch as guitar pro Jared Meeker walks you through recording, multi-tracking, soloing, and generally wailing on his custom Reason guitar tones, controlled by Line 6 FBV Shortboard™ MkII.

Want to try these tones yourself? Jared has provided every patch he shows in the video’s 4 songs, plus Propellerhead decided to add a few of their own favorites from James Bernard, Mattias Häggström Gerdt, Ryan Harlin, and Gary Bromham, to create the free  “Strum and Thumb” mini ReFill! Download it here.

But wait, there’s more…

Reason Essentials

Just thinking of getting into computer recording? Did you know that for a price too low to print, Reason Essentials gives you unlimited audio tracks, unlimited virtual instrument tracks, plus Line 6 amp models in an easy-to-use software made for recording your ideas fast? I recently made the following video, and I really enjoyed producing the guitar tracks using Reason Essentials. In fact, all the audio in the video (including the voiceover) is a single Reason Essentials project. I recorded all the electric guitars by plugging directly into the instrument input of my Propellerhead Balance audio interface, using the Line 6 amp tones that come standard with Reason Essentials. Check it out!

Getting a Little Deeper

Sure, you can use the great sounding presets and get a totally professional recording that way, but if you want to go deeper – you can do that too! In the next video, Propellerhead’s product specialist Mattias Häggström Gerdt shows you how to build a great sounding custom guitar amp set-up in Reason. I picked up some cool ideas watching this:

Finally, Propellerhead’s product specialist James Bernard follows up Mattias’s guitar amp combinator video by showing you how to build a great sounding custom bass amp combinator in Reason. Again, I thought I knew everything, but James showed me something new!

Creating a custom Nashville-tuned guitar with the James Tyler Variax and Workbench software

Mar 15, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a comment
Posted by seanhalley

Variax Workbench software – the ultimate tool for creating custom instruments. Variax Workbench is the librarian software that now comes free with the James Tyler Variax. Since the manual for it is imbedded into the software itself, and the software doesn’t have an offline mode (meaning that you can’t run it without a Variax connected [...]

How The James Tyler Variax Saved a Film Scoring Session

Feb 17, 2012 Line 6 Tips & Tricks 2 Comments
Posted by seanhalley

The James Tyler Variax saved a film scoring session with its ultimate tuning flexibility.

How to Record a Song – Part 6: Mixing and Mastering

Feb 10, 2012 Line 6 General, Propellerhead Reason & Record Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Piper

Get a taste of mixing and mastering in Reason 6 as Line 6′s Propellerhead Product Specialist Matt Piper finishes up his “How to Record a Song” video series!

Backstage and on the Road: Johnny Starbuck Discusses 30 Years of Life as a Roadie for The Rolling Stones (Part 2)

Feb 3, 2012 Line 6 General Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Miller

Being a roadie or tech for a band is not easy. Being a roadie for arguably one of the greatest rock and roll bands ever in my mind is just plain frightening but that’s exactly what Johnny Starbuck has done. Johnny has been traveling as a roadie with The Rolling Stones for over 30 years [...]

Backstage and on the Road: Johnny Starbuck Discusses 30 Years of Life as a Roadie for The Rolling Stones (Part 1)

Jan 27, 2012 Line 6 Spotlight Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Miller

Being a roadie or tech for a band is not easy. Being a roadie for arguably one of the greatest rock and roll bands ever in my mind is just plain frightening but that’s exactly what Johnny Starbuck has done. Johnny has been traveling as a roadie with The Rolling Stones for over 30 years [...]

What it Takes to Stage. Your Revolution.

Jan 20, 2012 Line 6 General Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Miller

It happens every year here around late summer. I’d say August. The excited whispers and anticipation throughout the offices at Line 6 are usually a tell tale sign. What’s it going to be like this year? Will any new products be unveiled? What room will we have? For Line 6, the annual NAMM (National Association [...]

Going Mobile with Line 6 at CES

Jan 13, 2012 Line 6 General Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Piper

Line 6′s first year at CES features live music, including a surprise performance by Jordan Rudess on Mobile Keys™!

Artist Spotlight: Jake (cloudchair)

Jan 6, 2012 Line 6 Artists Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Angela

Japanese guitarist Jake, known as a core member of experimental rock band Guniw Tools and alt rock band Super Soul Sonics, has been relying on Variax® modeling guitars for several years as his main tools to create the “six-string soundscapes” in his solo project, cloudchair. The tonal variety afforded by his Variax® 500 quickly grew [...]

Integrative Care for Musicians: Upper Extremity Injuries

Dec 16, 2011 Line 6 Tips & Tricks Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Angela

The Rock and Roll doctor is in. Dr. Ricky Fishman, San Francisco, CA-based Chiropractor and veteran bass player is uniquely qualified to evaluate and treat the challenges that musicians face. Back pain due to hauling gear, repetitive stress injuries due to hours of playing – the “Musician’s Chiropractor” has seen it all. Visit Dr. Fishman’s [...]

Alligator: 3-band Rhythmic Gate Effect

Dec 9, 2011 Propellerhead Reason & Record Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Piper

“Man, when you were demonstrating Alligator, I kept hearing ‘ch-ching, ch-ching, ch-ching!’ in my mind as I imagined how much music I could make quickly and easily using that device!”

Behind the Scenes with Co-Founder Michel Doidic

Dec 2, 2011 Line 6 Spotlight 2 Comments
Posted by Line6Angela

Michel Doidic, co-founder of Line 6 with Marcus Ryle, reflects on the company’s founding and its pivotal product introductions. Line 6 is the industry leader in digital modeling technology, and has been the pioneer in bringing a host of modeling products, both hardware and software based, to musicians worldwide. In the following Q&A, Michel Doidic [...]

The Echo: Living, Breathing, Musical New Delay Effect in Reason 6

Nov 18, 2011 Propellerhead Reason & Record Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Piper

One thing that I have wanted for a long time in Reason is a new delay effect that I could play like a musical instrument. One that could get all the grungy vintage analog and tape delay effects, with infinite feedback (filtered of course) that would react to changes in delay time just like an old analog effect. In Reason 6, Propellerhead has given me that and more in the form of The Echo!

12 Delays, 4 Bands, 1 Stompbox Modeler: Keigo Oyamada (aka Cornelius) on M13

Nov 11, 2011 Line 6 Artists Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Angela

As a member of Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band and support guitarist for re-united Yellow Magic Orchestra, Keigo Oyamada (known as Cornelius for his one-man project), has been using M13 Stompbox Modeler as the core of his guitar rig. He just finished playing with YMO at the Hollywood Bowl for the first time since YMO’s [...]

Puliveriser Demolition – The new way to shred your sound in Reason 6

Nov 4, 2011 Propellerhead Reason & Record Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Piper

The first time I used Pulveriser, I did not read the instruction manual. I simply put it on a drum loop, twisted a couple of knobs, and immediately my drums went from “ok drums” to “totally bad ass twisted evil awesome drums.” At that moment I knew: We are going to hear people using Pulveriser on a lot of music from here on out! Never before have I used a sound processor that made it so easy to drastically improve the sound of my drums, vocals, and bass sounds.

Deep Dive into the Effects of the POD HD Multi-Effects Processors: Stereo Delay

Nov 1, 2011 Line 6 Tips & Tricks Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Miller

It’s been a little while since my last Tips & Tricks blog post, but it’s good to be back exploring some of the effects in POD HD multi-effects processors! We’re well on our way through all 19 delay models in these bad boys, but we still have a few more to go. About the Stereo [...]

Propellerhead Balance with Reason Essentials

Oct 14, 2011 Propellerhead Reason & Record Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Piper

Balance is the new USB 2.0 bus powered audio interface from Propellerhead. Reason owners and Record owners who purchase Balance receive a free Reason 6 Upgrade download. Balance is the only audio interface specifically designed to work with Propellerhead Reason. It also works with other pro audio apps, as well as iTunes, Windows Media Player, and more.

Reason 6 Upgrade!

Oct 1, 2011 Propellerhead Reason & Record Leave a comment
Posted by Line6Piper

Find out what’s new in Reason 6! The Reason 6 Upgrade will update any registered full version of Reason or Record to Reason 6!

Employee Spotlight: Rich Renken, Artist Relations/Customer Advocate

Sep 23, 2011 Line 6 Spotlight 1 Comment
Posted by Line6Angela

1. How did you come to work at Line 6? I met a super-cool cat who works for Line 6 named Darrell Smith and learned that he was a killer keyboardist and musician. On a project I was engineering and mixing, we hired him to play keys. We became good friends and he and I [...]

POD HD Multi-effects Get Extra Models and More with Free v1.3 Firmware Update

Sep 9, 2011 Line 6 General 3 Comments
Posted by Line6Miller

Welcome to our 100th blog post! When we asked our Facebook friends what they thought our 100th post should be about, “more info on the POD HD v1.3 update” was a popular response. Well, ask and ye shall receive! Dive deep into v1.3 with Line 6 DSP guru Kris Daniel and find out what’s behind [...]