Live Performance Tutorial (using Reason)
Synopsis
This demo shows how to use InTime™ to control the tempo of another program running on the same PC in a live performance. We recorded a live jam session with a drummer, playing into InTime™, which in turn controlled the tempo of Propellerhead’s Reason loop-based music creation software. A second musician controlled the sounds of Reason, while a third improvised a piano part.
The drummer’s tempo controlled the overall tempo of the performance. We improvised for a minute or so at a steady tempo. Then the drummer began to gradually increase the tempo, while the other players increased the intensity of the sounds in Reason, and the intensity of the piano part. After the climax, the drummer quickly drops the tempo back to near the original starting tempo.
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Topics
- Working with drums
- Live performance
- Tempo tracking
- Improvisation
- Controlling another program running on the same PC in real time
Equipment & Software
- MIDI Drum Kit (Roland V-Drums or, acoustic kit with triggers)
- InTime Tempo Tracking System™ (Version 1.0.5)
- A loop-based music creation program (Reason 1.0)
- A MIDI Patch Cable driver (MIDI Yoke)
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