Getting started with Europa Shapeshifting Synthesizer

[@PrimaudiaRecord]

Its always interesting to see the creative taste and workflow of other Europa users, its been my go to synth for deep sound design for years, such a versatile synth and the workflow is nigh on perfect. Dark dub stab is my fav preset of any instrument.

[@so-shiny-music]

Europa is my fav synth in Reason

[@ebelix991]

Спасибо, что есть Reason😊

[@Take_NotesSuperHooverweight]

I love this toy! I think it's amazing especially for club music

[@nueschi]

Brilliant, thank you 👍🏻

[@ChoiceWar]

I really loved Europa, but I switched to Pigments as that one is constantly updated and have more featues. Would be nice to get at least few new wavetables from time to time (yeah, I know I can upload my own but I'm too lazy for that) etc etc.

[@tinnitusuk]

Sadly reason don't really improve existing devices beyond the launch period. Seems very strange tbh

[@soundsfromYYBY]

Sad

[@soundsfromYYBY]

​@tinnitusuk will u pay for it???

[@tinnitusuk]

​​@@soundsfromYYBY depends on the changes made tbh, but having a paid tier would create compatibility issues for RE patches and therefore confusion =not a great approach. But this is academic as history has shown they have little interest in improving REs. What is your take on this?

[@tinnitusuk]

​​@@soundsfromYYBY "sad" .. you what?

[@Artek604]

Europa has so much potential, but it's unfortunate it only has common amp & filter envelopes for all 3 engines. And there's no way to copy settings between engines. Wish those were improved in an inevitable v2, right? RIGHT? :)

[@usedusermoser]

It's coming in the next update, I'm beta-testing right now.

[@Artek604]

@@usedusermoser :D

[@DJAdalaide]

You have the combinator, just have 3 instances of it

[@Artek604]

@@DJAdalaide That's a terrible workflow. And unnecessary.

[@ifiwantyoutofeel]

​@@Artek604not at all 💀💀 just right click duplicate it, and bam 😂

[@pangeapm8253]

Is there any similar physical synth?

[@pokus3357]

Is it possible to make any decent sound in Europa? I'm sick of these digitalic Urshula von der Shwabic sounds...

[@FredKennedyIV]

Agreed.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

You dont like any of the presets?

[@Magnus_Loov]

@@HOLLASOUNDS I think both he and I belong to the same crowd who also think Serum sounds cold and sterile. I mean, they both have a vast amount of functions and possibilities. But I always think the sound coming out is just very cold, sterile and uninteresting. It's as if a sheet of "coldness" is always covering the sounds.

[@phladjki]

I agree that Europa by default doesn’t have dense, organic sounds. It’s very clean and metallic sounding. I believe there are ways to get more organic sounds, but you’d have to be intentional about it and know the tricks.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@Magnus_Loov Are you talking about Serum or Europa? Some Analog hardware guys claim that all digital synths are sterile and sound to clean, however I don't really agree. Should be noted that I dont spend much time doing sound design because the patch I make from scratch usually a preset, already exists that sounds the same or similar and to make it Myself is a waste of time. I find that those who focus on sound design first end up making boring forgettable music, much like a CGI overload movie all looks fantastic but the story is trash.

[@soundsfromYYBY]

I SAY PUT A DICE 🎲 ON ALL INSTRUMENT'S

[@regmonmusic]

Well done. 👍🏽

[@spartahill]

Great video, and thanks for the reminder that these tried-and-true tools remain quite relevant when placed in capable hands. Ordinarily, I might have just hit the thumbs up and not have commented. However, many of the comments that followed left me wanting to say shut the F_ _ _k up and create something. Now, it should come as no surprise that some will read this and be immediately offended, and that’s fine. Everyone else, I suspect that you can relate to the distracting noise of gadget heads whose only function in life is to insult, complain, and hear the sound of their own voice, or in this case, read their homegrown rhetoric. Certainly, there’s a time and place for discord, but sometimes it’s better to say nothing if you haven’t anything constructive to add to the conversation. Specifically, the video is about creatively employing a tool likely already sitting in your toolbox in perhaps a manner not previously considered. Yes, newer and arguably more capable virtual instruments out there have more robust filters, envelopes, scalable GUI, etc., but what would be the point if every tool had the same capabilities as the next? “Necessity is the mother of invention,” so instead of harping on what this and any of the other amazing old-school racks don’t have and can’t do, how about enlightening us on your techniques, workarounds, or even unconventional use of these devices? Finally, again, thanks for the informative episode; thanks to Reason Studio for the continued development of this unique and awesome DAW at a price point that offers loads of value, and to those of you, not just here but across the music-making landscape who share your ideas and support artists and content creators at all levels. Best,

[@partlysimpson5154]

How is this vs thor?

[@Vi_Ta_Lee]

I love Europa. Wanna hear the EDM sound design of Europa? You are welcome to check my shorts. Also the synth is amazing for industrial sound design.

[@zerodub6320]

Very similar to the Spark synthesiser from Native Instruments

[@rjbush7955]

Noticed that too. Take Objekt vs NI Prism from Reaktor.

[@DJElCommandante]

Man... please use a mouse indicator... You lost me at 1:06. No clue how you got that menu and wasn't able to reproduce it since I had no clue where your mouse was at. A real shame, since this instruction vid seemed really promising. Edit: Sorry for sounding rude. Just very demoralizing to see people scroll through this with ease when you are new at it. A mouse indicator makes things so much easier to follow for new people.

[@alexphilipp]

Would be nice to see update of Europa VST for Mac M processors

[@dorsia6938]

I would use reason a lot more if I could resize reason rack. Right now it's reason for ants

[@Artek604]

You can - both as a DAW, and as Rack Plugin

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@Artek604 Yes but the Reason DAW and Rack can not be zoomed individually. I want the rack zoomed and the sequencer zoomed out. Cant do that.

[@Artek604]

​@@HOLLASOUNDSNo, you can't do that indeed.

[@ifiwantyoutofeel]

​@@HOLLASOUNDSi just use macs built in zoom function with keyboard shortcut

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@ifiwantyoutofeel Im on windows and the old XP used to have a zoom window however I dont know where that is on windows 10 or 11. Also that zoomed section would not be HD.

[@DJAdalaide]

Sacrilege, using reason rack plugin on the reason channel

[@TheRocketGrandma]

I love europa, but the sounds deminstrates here was very meh. 😢

[@usedusermoser]

Reason Studios ❤ you. However, you’re dumbing down your content here. You and us deserve better 😅

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Why? Not every user of Reason knows everything about it, It says "Getting started with" IE a beginners tutorial.

[@arothmanmusic]

He says it's an "introductory tutorial" right at the beginning.

[@ezekiele4908]

We want reason 13!

[@SLock3s]

Is this all the content that reason studios can show us? Seriously? This primitivism! Show me how you will control midi in 2024? Are you probably going to show us the work of Subtractor or maybe NN19? These are the higher matters of sound in the 21st century..

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Its aa Europa Beginners tutorial, what do you want Him to do?

[@ifiwantyoutofeel]

Ngl u tweaking 😂

[@SLock3s]

@@HOLLASOUNDS I have no complaints about the musician. He's cool. I have a question for Reason Studios.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@SLock3s They are not going to answer You.

[@GuitarZombie]

much simpler with real insruments

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Like what? A physical synth or a guitar?

[@pangeapm8253]

Is there any similar physical synth?

[@probindemufhoes42069]

I miss the old style of reason videos that were narrated by either Ryan or James Bernard. They were a lot of fun to watch and very memorable

[@scott21113]

Agree. The cast of nobodies they have doing videos from time to time leave me cold. Frank was funny, Ryan - passionate, and James like your friend giving you valuable gear tips. Even Mattias has his moments but he's a little dry, but that might be a Swedish thing.