REASON Basics: Making a Redrum Beat

These first few days we will be learning the basics of using the music production program, Reason. For those of you who have taken this class before, this will give you a chance to catch up on anything you may have forgotten.

1. Open Reason
2. If you don't see a mixer: go to the CREATE menu and select a Mixer 14:2
3. Set Tempo to 98 bpm. You should see the tempo on the bottom of reason near the play button.
   
4. CREATE: Redrum Drum Machine
5. Click on the Folder Icon in the bottom right hand corner of the Redrum.
6. From there click on the Reason Factory Sound Bank:Redrum Drum Kits:Hip Hop Kits: Hip Hop Kit 07
7. Push SELECT on Sound 3. Click on Boxes 5 and 13
8. Push SELECT on Sound 5. Click on Boxes 1 and 11
9. Push SELECT on Sound 1. Click on all the boxes
10. Congratulations! You have made your first beat!
11. Now Click on Pattern 2 and create your own beat with a Clap or Snare, Bass Drum, and Hi Hat.
12. Remember start with a Clap (clp) or Snare (sn) on 5 and 13
13. And put your Bass Drum on 1 and a few other boxes (but not boxes 5 or 13).
14. Put your Hi Hat (HH) anywhere.
15. Now let's save the beat.
16. Go to the File menu and click SAVE.
17. When the window pops up, go to your folder you created that should have your name on it.
    
18. This is where you're going to save your beats.
    
19. Name the beat (your name's) first beat.
20. Click Save.
21. Now that you have made this drum beat, try to start a new drum beat with any tempo between 80-110bpm.