Crafting vintage soul in Reason!

Go behind the song with Hilton Wright as he shows how he created his new single, "Until The Stars Fade", with Grammy award-winner Kameron Corvet! In this video, Hilton leans on an oldie but a goodie: the Reason Soul School refill. Once the idea starts to take shape, he throws it to Kameron in Atlanta for some pocket guitars and smooth vocals. Upon return, an arrangement ensues with era specific panning. Watch as he uses devices in the Reason rack to process a vintage finish.
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Laying the chorus progression
01:30 - Locking in the drums
05:20 - Verse & pre-chorus chords
06:40 - Bridge organ trick
08:32 - Vocal songwriting ideas
11:47 - Collab with Kameron Corvet
13:21 - Building arrangement around vocals
17:52 - Era specific sonics
19:20 - Master bus time machine
23:49 - Vinyl release! (seven15labs.com/utsfvinyl)
24:03 - Hilton's online class (www.studio.com/hw)
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[@gregserenade6653]

This is what makes Reason the best music software. often misunderstood but never matched in it's ability to inspire and facilitate creativity.

[@player042]

Finally some SOUL on this channel! Great breakdown :)

[@Macacos]

I love Reason, and these sorts of videos just make me love it more. Actually, seeing this, it inspired me to not go so much to VSTs as a first choice, and to try out more Reason Rack devices, such as the M Class ones.

[@BenedictRoffMarsh]

Very wise. Reson devices have a lot of capabilities, esp as you dig into them more rather than just assuming that VST (shillware) has to be better.

[@juicerox]

Great example of how to get the best out of a powerful DAW software instead of spending time in forums and social media complaining about what features he's missing or wants. Reason has always been the most inspiring piece of software I've ever used and I'll be a user as long as its around. Well done Sir! I'll be on the lookout for more of your stuff!

[@Artek604]

I'm not sure what you've seen in this particular video that makes Reason especially powerful or inspiring, in contrast to other DAWs? There's nothing here that's unique to Reason. He even uses Blocks "wrong".

[@oddclod]

been recording tracks for 10yrs on Reason and learned some interesting things here thanks guys great work and lovely song btw i’mma Fw

[@Jaredkfjones]

Love seeing other creators create. We have a similar workflow. Ahh, the joy of creating!

[@touchthatdial]

Great breakdown. I have those Refills and use them all the time, they are excellent. After all these years (I’ve been using Reason since v1) I still come back to Reason to get stuff done. Love it.

[@jnate4883]

Great Video, Shout out from Memphis, TN!

[@ashleyprincewashington2130]

REASON GANG FOREVER BABY🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MrSteviethegreat]

Definitely wish there were more videos like this

[@BenedictRoffMarsh]

I did a lot, more detailed even.

[@PieterLaroy]

Fantastic how it moves from a rough sketch to an incredible song 😍

[@kultan2000]

Nicely done.

[@ricksold88s]

One of the best videos I’ve seen in ages!

[@silverfiltersoundlab]

Thanks for sharing! Enjoyed watching your process.

[@DionteBOOMstudio]

I need to get into using blocks more often. I dabbled when it was first introduced but Im good with just adding labels to clips on the main sequencer.

[@LesaDrones]

Cooooool! Thank you

[@DavidSheltonKCDJUnique]

I use to use Reasons. I see it still is good software. Thanks for sharing your technique using Reasons.

[@Meteotrance]

I use reason since version 4, it was a breeze of fresh air back then and it was always focus on music ready , you choose your loop or instruments or a direct mic recording and you get your song made, without over complexify the process of setup your VST or midi stuff , things other pro soft lack at the time and i start my home studio setup with cubase on Atari St and a bunch of gear when i swap to PC in mid 1999, the VST was cool but the latency was pain in the ass even with asio hardware, Reason make the need of Asio almost an option and a thing of the past even on PC, you plug your USB Midi keyboard and your already to go with a bunch of loop,drum machine sampler and virtual instruments.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

I love a good breakdown so lets go, 😀👍🏻

[@jdotbeats3727]

I just need some great guitar patches in reason by reason. I can't deal with the nylon guitar in the next anymore😢

[@adz19751]

Panning the drumset to the left, was it deliberate as well? I suppose I have heard a few old school records with drums fully panned to the left or right. Great video man.

[@simon_esse896]

Reason Studios is on his way to become the best DAW! Can not wait fot 13! Thanks a lot. 🎼🎸💯🔥

[@Meteotrance]

I hope the sequencer was refresh a bit, so we could handle the swap of time signature more easyli a match mode for recording note by note on 1/8 ,1/4 or 1/16 could help for some arpegiated stuff . I know that the (player) module do the stuff but for me it should be a basic feature of the recording time Line.

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

@@MeteotranceCan you mix time signatures on Resin? For example a single bar of 5/4 within a 4/4 song?

[@Meteotrance]

@@WyattLite-n-inn i do alternate mixed time signature with the tempo automation line and also using the (block) feature of Reason, but when using REX loop or even Redrum it became tricky or impossible, it works only if you have the controle of your midi playing and audio recording, i can also change the tempo speed on the fly with a curve, but some of those was tricky on Reason, on Cubase you can relate on every different time signature on a fly but synchro with some VST is also tricky and became a challenge, on Reason every rack extension module are Sync to the timeline , some stuff can be improved , it's already a nice DAW ...

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

@@Meteotrance Thanks ..

[@tonykendrick]

Put the bass a 32nd to a 64th note after the bass drum hit for a motown back beat.

[@soulchorea]

Audiomatic is my favorite effect of all time. If there was a hardware version I would DEFINITELY buy it (although it would cost 10 Gs and I'd be broke forever after)

[@davidtrig]

How do u like the ball mouse? I can’t get used to it 😮

[@ashleyprincewashington2130]

we need stem separation in reason 13 please

[@Bassmentnoize]

And hopefully one of these days reason will wake up and add stem separation like every other DAW as well.

[@djshmul1]

Worst glide ever 😂😂😂

[@WizardOfAILand]

GREAT JOB!!!!! I'm into RnB and HipHop. I really like Reason for putting down ideas quickly. My problem is in the mixing and the mixer. My basses always sound muddy. I can better sounds with MPC and FL Studio, but Reason seems very hard to mix with the low end stuff. Can you do a tutorial on that???? Thx and keep up the good work,.