Digging into the Redrum Channels

For the last few sections of this chapter, we are going to take a look at some of the controls on Redrum’s 10 channel strips. Unlike the Mixer 14:2 (reMix), where each channel is identical, you will notice that Redrum’s channels are slightly different from one another. For a detailed, complete rundown of all the particulars, please see your Reason manual. For now, I am just going to highlight a few of the bits I think you will want to use the most.

Channel 8 & 9 Exclusive

When the Channel 8 & 9 Exclusive button is activated, the sounds on Channels 8 and 9 will be exclusive of each other, meaning that when a sound is triggered on Channel 8, it will be cut off as soon as a sound is played on Channel 9, and vice versa. This is handy for adding realism to hi-hats, where a closed hi-hat is loaded into one channel and an open hi-hat is loaded into the other channel. To get a feel for this, please try the following exercise.