PSychedelic Synths in Reason?

[Psychocell]

Ahoy all!

 

Im trying to figue out how to get really psychedelic synthy sounds. ive used subtractor & maltrom, using their LFO's, Oscilators, Filters..ive even used add on devises like delay, chorus/flanger, etc

 

You guys have any tips? Trying to get soft trippy synths going, similiar to stuff Silicon Sound, Protoculture uses?

 

Thanks

[auryn]

ahhh yes, Reason can be quite hard for such soft sounds, since the reasons synths have a rather dry sound and most psy-style synths use copious amounts of reverb and delay.

 

Try the following: wire a basic malstrom sound through to a RV7000 reverb using the oscillator outputs on the back (not the main out!), use a nice sounding reverb and then wire back into the malstrom (audio in). Switch the shaper to "saturate" and add a tiny amount of saturation. This will soften up the sound considerably. For added effect place a master limiter (reason 3 only) behind the whole thing, and use a lot of soft clipping. Then maybe use another RV7000 or delay, if needed.

 

Furthermore: goa and psy pad sounds often rely on lots of resonant frequencies and harmonics for their trancy effect, so try to cranck up the resonance on the device you're using and find that magic frequency where the whole thing starts floating... if you know what I mean.

 

Good luck

[auryn]

oh and don't forget to cut off all low frequencies from the pad sound (<100-200hz) before putting it into the limiter/sof clipper. Otherwise the pad will get in the way of kick, bass, and other synths and percussion.