I've recently been reading through Computer Music magazines (Future
publishing) excellent 'Reason 4 the Unoffical guide' special eidtion.
In it I was reading about how useful it is to have Combinator patches
containing useful device set-ups & routings that you can easily recall
at any time. Of course most people already know about this stuff but
it occured to me that I don't actually do this! If I want a vocoder
patch I usually start from scratch creating & hooking up the devices.
I'm quite happy doing this so it's not a chore. But it would obviously
be quicker & easier to have a particular set-up stored as a Combinator
patch.

From this I thought up the idea of having a 'Tools' Refill that would
contain useful device set-ups all connected & ready to go. It could
save time for seasoned users but it would also be excellent for
beginners who want examples of this kind of thing. It would also
contain utility patches. I've come across several of these since the
advent of Reason 3.0 - Someone came up with a nifty spectrum analyser
patch using BV512's. I've also seen things like mono check Combinators
& other useful tools.

I think it would be a great idea to have a Refill containing all of
these kinds of patches. The more the merrier, if they fit the bill,
but I think quality over quantity should be the focus in order to keep
the Refill as useful & proffesional looking as possible. So I'd be
looking for contributions of any patches you think might fit the bill.
Don't worry about skins - if you don't come up with your own skin then
maybe somebody else to contribute in this way.

I've created a folder in the files area called 'REASON TOOLS PROJECTS'
where any patches that you think could be relevent can be posted.
I'll manage the project by consolidating the patches. If a patch get's
chosen to be used, but doesn't have a skin, I'll post looking for
'skinners' to create one. Finally I'd like to keep some sort of
update/progress report & make this available periodically so people
can see how it's coming along. I'll post this in the form of a PDF or
image file.

All contributors will of course be credited in the project & if
patches are sourced from people not directly involved then wherever
possible they will be credited to. Infact, since there are already
stacks of freely available patches out there, that will be relevent to
this project, it would be useful to upload these to the REASON TOOLS
PROJECT folder as well.

Please post any thoughts you have on this. Maybe you know of a similar
Refill that's already out there? If that's the case then we'll make
ours better ;-)


Here's a short list of the kind of patches I'd like to include in the
Refill;

Common routing set-ups (e.g. Vocoder patches, Side-chaining)
Utilities (e.g. Spectrum analysers, mono check)
FX chains (e.g multi-tap delays, complex processing chains)
Special processing (specific effects e.g. vinyl crackle, analogue warmth)
Mastering & finalising (final stage processing patches)