Using the Matrix Pattern Sequencer in Reason

Reason’s Matrix Pattern Sequencer is often overlooked, but it provides a great way of extending the sequencing capabilities of your software. Hollin Jones shows you how.

Of all Reason’s modules, probably the most often overlooked is the Matrix Pattern Sequencer. This may be because it doesn’t actually generate sound, so it can’t be played directly from a MIDI keyboard. It is, in fact, an incredibly useful tool capable of performing a multitude of functions. It works by sending different types of CV (control voltage) signals to other modules. What it basically gives you is a kind of step sequencer within Reason. Hardware sequencers tend to have step buttons to enable you to program certain values at different points in a sequence. This is what the Matrix does, but it’s different in two fundamental ways: firstly, you can create as many separate step sequencers as you want; secondly, the output of the Matrix doesn’t have to control just the pitch of a note, but can be routed to any one of more than 100 different parameters.

This feature first appeared in Music Tech Magazine issue 23
Filed under Software Workshops, Reason Tutorials

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