Layering and Morphing in Polytone - Reason 13's Flagship Synth

[@brianh395]

My favorite person is back with another awesome demonstration!!! Adam, really wish you were still streaming!

[@adfielding]

Thanks! I wish I had the time, I'd love to come back to streaming in the future but I think it'll be a while off yet.

[@D34D4H34D]

I've been having a blast with polytone, nice vid!

[@Damien-yn4po]

I just upgraded on August 1st. Installed it and just wanted to play with it real quick before I left out for work. And just from me playing around with the 1st patch I loaded … I instantly fell in love with polytone. All I did was played a simple 1 note melody, switched the morph to about 35 percent A Side, added scales and chords, and was blown away by what came out as I automated the morph. It’s like having multiple different tones and rhythms and vibes in 1 sound. I could take this simple chord progression in so many different directions. All that from me just playing around with. I can’t wait until I sit down and actually brainstorm some ideas with it 💯 💪 …. Reason Gang Eternally !!!

[@BRIGGS2710]

Always, some gold nuggets, with Adam. Thx, you : )

[@Mhj-76]

Great showcase thank You! 🎶💜 It's currently on sale with 60% off right now 😊

[@てぃぽぺ]

Awesome! I really loved how you used the Polytone and Tool Suites devices in your demo song for Reason13. It was very inspiring and helpful!

[@adfielding]

Hey thanks! I'm glad you liked it - I had a blast putting that track together, was nice to exclusively use native Reason devices for a change!

[@bLiNdEDM]

Awesome demonstration! Thanks for this! Morph is awesome and is a result of Pelle's genius (also in the clavia nord lead 1) i use morph a lot on the nord ;)

[@Take_NotesSuperHooverweight]

Thank you this video is very educational will have to watch it another couple of times but thank you 😊

[@EkssperimentalSoundsStudio]

Polytone is 🔥

[@johnnybisone3596]

Your rack extensions and videos are great.

[@pestl11]

Simple and awsome. Nice job 👌

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Hello Adam, Good to see You, I was wondering where the rest of the video was after the short the other day, and here it is. Polytone sort of reminds Me of the Korg (or behringer) Monopoly, for many reasons.

[@jenslempke7883]

Polytone layered with Synapse Audio's Antidote RE is my new goto "pop synth". They match so good.

[@rushdown24]

I’m still not paying £200 to upgrade 😂

[@PauLtus_B]

It's 200 just for the upgrade?!

[@buckycore]

Ok, wow..thank you for letting us all know this.

[@rushdown24]

@@PauLtus_B yeah it has been £200 for the last few updates, it use to be £129 I normally buy the upgrade anyway but I will wait till they have a deal this time 👌

[@PauLtus_B]

@@rushdown24 I got a cheaper one too for 12.

[@Take_NotesSuperHooverweight]

The synth is only 59.99 on it's own

[@jasonjbundy]

Fantastic! When are you releasing the refill?

[@Dingdongbillybong]

What if I took 2 existing synths . Put them in a combinator and sell it separatly . Awesome ..

[@dreampopwavestudiob7282]

NICE

[@Take_NotesSuperHooverweight]

It's the best synth reason has created along with the parsec

[@trojanpro]

no

[@Take_NotesSuperHooverweight]

@@trojanpro yes

[@aampofficial-w1c]

Double NOOOOO

[@Take_NotesSuperHooverweight]

@@aampofficial-w1c triple yeeeeees

[@buckycore]

Dude, this is basically the only synth I've been usinf since the upgrade

[@Karl-em6op]

I dunno. I have R12 and am holding off on upgrading because of the unexpectedly high cost - even for long-time users like me. What I hear and see in this video doesn't scream 'must have VSTi'. What Polytone does is done by hundreds of other soft synths, and I'm sure that most of them sound better, too. True, I've paid (sometimes overpaid) for a few of my workhorse synths, but the rewards, in terms of functionality and base sound, have made those costs worth while. That's why they're my 'workhorse' synths. Not gonna buy, for now.

[@jarvisjennings5043]

Upgrade should be 99 bucks

[@trojanpro]

What makes all these synths so different if they can all achieve the same results with modulations and effects? Makes no sense why this is still a selling point.

[@adfielding]

Excluding the obvious point that all synths sound different due to featuring different oscillator/filter/modulation architectures, speaking from my personal experience I found Polytone to be an excellent synth for quickly dialling in sounds that just sound... good. Of course, your mileage may vary.

[@Bastard471]

Anyone else had crashes with 13?? I've had 12. For over a year never crashed once..cant message on Twitter so I left this note...

[@evanmeurer4979]

What operating system are you running on what platform? Mac or PC? I'm running Mac book pro 2017 model with Monterey 12 OS. I have not had any issues.

[@JulioWilson-q4e]

Im Sorry I refuse to believe that Reson just hasent made any of the Akai MPC'S avalible on the platform. I'm a Regliously Loyal Member of the Reason Community. I love the DAW. I figured that I would buy a MPC because I ams a natural Beatmaker at heart. So needless to say I bought an Akai MPC one +. at the time Reason 12 was the newest version avalible. I knew that Reason 13 would soon be avalible. But to no availe Still No MPC Support. Reason PLEASE and any of my Breatheron that shares my frustration. Reason Propellerhead Please give us support for the MPC's .... Thank You.

[@JohnFirkRichards]

Just a note, the combinator is insanely more powerful than this device.

[@taplubambhos2869]

How is this any different than subtractor 😂

[@adfielding]

If you can get a sound like the one at 6:10 out of two instances of Subtractor I'll eat a shoe

[@taplubambhos2869]

@@adfielding 😂. Its a beautiful sound no doubt but subtractor also has 2 oscillators. If not sub than malstrom. Also if you could show me how to get the ben bohmer Diva sound from polytone I'll upgrade instantly i swear

[@adfielding]

​@@taplubambhos2869 Subtractor does have two oscillators, and also sounds completely different thanks to its oscillator/filter/modulation architecture, much like any other synth. That aside - if you use the mix mode with Polytone, that gives you four oscillators. I think we can both agree that oscillator count isn't the sole determining factor in the overall sound of a synth, and you've rather eloquently made my point for me by suggesting I re-create a sound from Diva in Polytone - they're both analog modelling synths, but they sound completely different... much like Subtractor and Polytone.

[@taplubambhos2869]

@@adfielding so you're saying we can't replicate diva sounds from any of reasons synths? :,(

[@adfielding]

@@taplubambhos2869 nothing stopping you from trying. However, what I would suggest is that if you want something that sounds just like Diva, then just... use Diva?

[@theopinions47]

Listen I will stick with Reason 4 and I’m doing just fine. I prefer that over my MPC One Plus or my my Maschine MK2 using Maschine 2.0. I get to just focus on music without all that other nonsense.