Introducing Beat Map, the Algorhythmic Drummer (with Mike & Keys)

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Beat making and Reason go hand in hand! And today, we are thrilled to announce Beat Map, a brand new Player that will change the way you approach drums. We sat down with Grammy-nominated producers Mike & Keys to talk about Beat Map and here’s what they had to say.

[@PaulOrtiz]

Really cool video - Beatmap is fast becoming a go-to for me, even as someone who loves programming drums. Also I want whatever that first melodic sound was!

[@soundbankzmusik4749]

Man this whole video is a vibe!

[@danaadalaide5648]

I've been using this for melodies, just assign different notes for a synth instead of drums!

[@CarolineJones1994]

This is great info to know because I was just wondering if it worked for melodies as well

[@TyGreenGoblin]

Beat map is beast and can be used for way more than drums.

[@gerrymcmillan8507]

So, did you add it to your list?

[@atomsapart]

Ok, I have to admit, this sounds like it would make an amazing starting point

[@Freedomstyler]

Beat map is dope, i had to first learn how to program high hats through spider, then dual arpeggio, but beat map makes for more enjoyable journey when creating .

[@devilsadvocate269]

What if I don't feel like like looking all over the map for a certain beat? Here's my suggestion: create "Home Lock Position" button. Create microphone icon. Press it and say something like "trap beats near me". Then voice similar to Ryan's voice says, "I found some trap beats near you". 😂

[@RyanHarlin]

Did I just become Clippy, the paperclip mascot in Word? "It looks like you're composing a banger. Would you like some drums?" :D

[@slowpokejpg]

I don't know, voice controlled services like that are giving me the heebie jeebies. Befire you know it, it would spy on you and send the data to an AI. Then the AI calls the fire department thinking your house is on fire, just because your beats are lit af.

[@devilsadvocate269]

@@RyanHarlin stop, Ryan. I miss Clippy. 😢😆

[@gregserenade6653]

🤣🤣🤣

[@CarlitoBTS]

Yassssss 😂

[@wrekabuddy]

D'know why Beat map didnt grab me at first. Trialed it for a month...could'nt feel it. Skip forward a couple of months, gave it another shot via Subcriptions. Now Beat map along with Dr Octo are my beat making go-tos. A couple of suggestions; The ability to change time signature would be good eg. 3/4, 6/8 etc etc. Like someone else said, "matching the signature of your Daw's transport". Also being able to save "snap shots" of cool rhythms you come across would be coOL.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Copy the midi to track then turn off beat map and then cut chop or do what ever with the midi.

[@johanjanvier6774]

Beatmap is amazing, Reason is dope!! Thank you a lot!!!

[@Dumiso]

Use with Klang or other instrument patches for some awesome rhythmic sounds

[@UltimateMoralizer]

Beatmap is revolutionary. I love it!

[@joshschoerner20]

Every so often something comes along that changes everything. This is it.

[@DissiNotRA]

Elegant review .... Working on mine looking like that soon! :) Still by absolute favorite update! Much love ReasonAmbassadorGang!

[@slakk5093]

Not sure about this, watch this, then go watch a Mr.Bill masterclass video. Creativity on a whole other level.

[@aczibcultur]

Absolutely right

[@aczibcultur]

In fact I don’t think I would be able to automize drum patterns so harshly. It wouldn’t feel good to do it that way.

[@CrownSuave]

Listen to Victory Lap 🏁 Album is on a whole other level👑

[@DanielD.mp3]

on the contrary: i think mr bill would be excited about this and use it to take it to the next level

[@v1o]

This video is less than three minutes long. How can you compare that to a music production masterclass?

[@LossLeadas]

i normally make drums from pads using kong...but i still use this plugin on kong! let me tell it comes up with dope ideas when you creative block

[@itamarbiton8888]

Amazing ! I hope you uploaded more videos tips and tricks, because i think reason is number 1 sowftwer products

[@ShelLuser]

Now all we need is a fractal designer within Reason ;)

[@bananaboy87]

Damn! Does anybody know the song title? It’s very nice man

[@CarlitoBTS]

I’m feeling that drum beat. It’s like a reggaeton and dancehall type vibe.

[@toptenrecords5992]

dancehall 100

[@mlp1776]

garbage

[@URRBANELEKTRO]

Well done, now update the GUI !!!!

[@atomsapart]

I was starting to think that "America Reacts" and Scenic videos were the new normal. Whew.

[@81deaths]

The beat was superb 🔥💯

[@akaNoMe]

Which synth is that they using at first? The pad sound

[@gpr4eva]

Kool tool!

[@AdamAllen]

That track tho... 🔥

[@brodysdaddy]

Is this included with Reason 11 or a rack extension?

[@gothicvillasgaming]

Yes it is

[@marcushlm]

It's a player device. I'm using in Reason 10 right now.

[@willembb2938]

Hi Reason! I have the reason 11 intro version, which upgrade do I need to upgrade directly to the suite version? Thanks!

[@kennydoomster]

reason studios is fantastic but i do find their lack of merchandise (tshirts and mugs and stickers etc) quite disturbing!

[@monogramadikt5971]

back in the early days they used to have all that kind of merch im pretty sure. maybe back then there was a smaller user base and it was more hassle then it was worth to keep doing ?

[@ernestwilliams6616]

Don't Call it a come back!!! This is bringing me back into making beats in Reason!! This will cut out a ton of mouse clicks!!

[@HOTMiSCHiEF1]

Was hoping for an infomative video.

[@RyanHarlin]

Hey Tommy, check out channel. I made a whole walk-through tutorial also for Beat Map! :)

[@Trustytrevor]

When you're finished sooking

[@leslie1526]

Genius

[@UltimateMoralizer]

I love Beatmap. It’s really revolutionary!

[@adenthedesigner7584]

so how do you get the pattern from beat Map into your sequencer as MIDI?

[@ReasonStudios]

"Send to Track" in Reason standalone and MIDI Out in Reason rack plugin. There's a new tutorial about the plugin method on our channel. /ryan

[@ManuinTexas]

Reason Studios Yes, but it isn’t working in Logic Pro X.

[@aljay9622]

I was sent an email asking what i would like to see in reason...frustrated i deleted the email. 20 years been asking for vector based rack so i can enlarge the well made plugins. your eyes arnt meant to burn when making music? make the rack full screen please.. have a 3 piece symbol like abletons 2 piece selector (arangement and session view) but make yours 3.. first one=full screen rack second one full screen midi editor with keyboard on the side.. 3rd one selects full screen arrangement view, like abletons arrangement view.. ..also it might be better to have the plugin or rack that is associated with each track separate so when you click on a track you get only those plugins that are used on that track, not all 500 in a row running down your screen. also please make rebirth part of reason, that acid sound is still cool to me. if i had a choice i would take away the option of being a plugin for other DAWS and make the arangment view in reason look more like the other DAWS.. sorry if i sound rude or stupid, i would like to use reason again it brings back good memories,thats the only reason im writing.

[@SoupTubeTV]

These dudes are legendary 💯

[@bbigd0]

"R&B" record ... now that's funny. It's a lotta Grooovy Thangs, but R&B ? Hardly

[@jaeheda1]

carribean drake rnb

[@marcoiung]

Where are the eletronic music productors?

[@monogramadikt5971]

producing electronic has never been easier, any dummy can get a tune going now days , cant be long until you open a daw, select a tempo and push a single button and the daw will make and finish the whole track for you, no human creativity needed at all lol

[@KingpinRonin]

"Band in a Box" has been around for years, and machine learning can already do this too. I can hear in movies when they've been using BIAB, actually.

[@monogramadikt5971]

@@KingpinRonin i still hold out hope there will be individuals that always push things a little further than anybody else could ever anticipate, but those types of people and the genius they bring to the world are more often than not overlooked by the masses and only get discovered by later generations who can recognize how far ahead of everybody else they were.. most people embrace mediocre and familiar more than anything innovating and new lol

[@forestsunset9617]

"Reason give me a beat", "OK what kind?", "Trap". "Reason give me a bass", "OK what kind?" "Funky". "Make the track sound like old records and give it a jazzy feel". "OK, Reason is printing your sound file, please take a tea break". "Thanks Reason, I'll upload this to my music producer youtube channel, sure that will get me more views and advert revenue". --- the future of electronic music.

[@wizmos74]

That's why since 90s music dies. Everyone's now musician,producer,studio engineer all in one.

[@monogramadikt5971]

@@wizmos74 which isnt necesarily a bad thing, people with strong musical vision no longer have to compromise their ideas to suit other people they would have been forced to collaborate with prior to this new technology arriving on the scene

[@busywl69]

lol

[@todosmiros8119]

PROVING that our people have become a ONE FINGER EFFORT of CRAP... RIP BLACK MUSICIANS......

[@PytoX]

Has big screen in front of him and uses laptop monitor 🤣

[@j.lindback]

As it's never turned on we don't know if it's working or not. And regardless the only thing that matters is what comes out of the speakers, and that sounds great.

[@reddmusiclab]

I know I’m gonna catch some flack for the following comment but it needs to be said. First, we got rid of drummer for dum machines and beat makers and now, we’re getting rid of beat makers for computer programming. Are we even artist and musicians anymore?

[@DuckAlertBeats]

People seem to love this stuff but it's crazy really when you think about it

[@lotsofpieces9012]

Using a DAW for anything else than mastering/mixing real instruments is of course a huge middle finger to 'real' musicians. But then again; not all of us can be masters of all the instruments that go into a proper tune.

[@lucid484]

It isn't replacing. Think of it as inspiration to make something better. Sure you can let the module program a drum groove and leave it. But anyone who wants to make their own music will record it to midi and change notes, adjust the pattern etc. It's great for people who know synths and melodies but aren't good at drums. Just like people who can program a sick drum groove but don't know chords or how to program synths. Just like how some giant producers use only presets and others make every sound from scratch. All that matters to you as a listener is that when you sit back and close your eyes, do you enjoy what your ears are hearing. Who cares how the medium that makes it to your ears was made.

[@dougroyce5784]

Not sure why people like you see things like this as a negative. I dont get it. 🤔 What's different than using samples or midi files or programming a sequencer? Wack music can still be made with this one device just as great music can. It's just a tool. If you have a drummer ready to go at the drop of a hat to do different styles and you have great mics, mic-ing techniques and a great console; that's great for you. But some of us dont. People said similar things about drum machines and drummers still have yet to cease existing. Again. It's just a tool. You can choose to use it or not. But at the very least I'm sure you'll have some inspiring fun playing with this beat map device.

[@reddmusiclab]

Hello everyone, thank you for bringing up a great discussion. Hopefully, I can cover everyone’s point thus far. 1) A DAW is nothing more than a modern day tape machine. It’s probably a Giant Middle Finger to the recording industry but not musicianship. Think about it, if you’re a home recording artist, you may invite as many or as little musicians to record into your DAW as you want and contribute to YOUR musical ideas and expressions without having to worry about paying additional session time in a commercial studio. 2) Unfortunately, we’ve been in this situation before, where we say, we’re not replacing, we’re using it as tools and we end up replacing it anyway because human beings at our core are pretty lazy and only interested in getting from point A to B as fast as possible with the least amount of work as possible. And I’m sorry Steven to call you out, but this is how we’re getting to the current music situation we’re in. As listeners, all we want is to hear a beat in the background but never really sit down and LISTEN! to what the artist, musicians, producer, etc... are trying to convey. Then, after a few plays, we dispose of the music like FastFood wrappers. By the way, wasn’t FastFood supposed to be for special occasions and treats, or when pressed for time? Yet now we consume more FastFood than ever. But the listener is not the only one to blame, the artist and producers too, we just make lazy one liner songs, lazy beats and call it a hit. No wonder Listeners are disposing of our music. 3) Lastly, I am an Electronic Musician myself because I don’t have a room for a full drum set or piano or the funds to buy a butt load of vintage synths or modern synths for that matter. But at the end of the day, I play or program that beat. I play and record that piano line or bass line or synth line at the risk of not being liked by others. And there my friends lies the issue. We fear failure! None of the great beat makers started great, it was by TRIAL & ERROR that they became great. But they never stopped learning the craft they were attempting to hone in. But here we are telling ourselves, my beat is not that great, here Beat Map, I’m done trying, you do it Beat Map! That road will never lead us to victory let alone greatness. I’ll leave you all with one last thought and analogy. For those around my age of 35. Remember, video games in the 90s? A kid would have to visit the friend’s house, interact and play together, learn how to take turns if more than 2 friends got together, form teams and figure out who was good at what at that point in time. But as technology and communications advanced, we all began staying home, losing interactions, bonds, influences, etc... Remind you of anything? In commercial studios you’ll see a team of people gathered around working off each other, influencing and inspiring the production. But most of us bedroom producers, won’t even have a friend over to explain what we’re doing or listen to critique. Instead, here Beat Map, you do it. Please continue the discussion. Thank you for reading.

[@ManuinTexas]

No more reggaeton and/or Trap...please!