Tom Middleton

Tom Middleton has been a driving force in electronic music for the last 20 year. He is the man behind countless releases under guises such as Schizophrenia, E621, The Jedi Knights and many many more. We talked to this veteran about his background, how he learned the craft from Richard D James back in Cornwall, England, and about his use of Reason as his main writing and production tool.

In the interview, we also get a walkthrough of the track Hypnotizer that just came out on Urbantorque Recordings. We'll get to learn some of the Jedi Knight's secret moves and how he uses Reason to build his signature deep sound.

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Recent artist stories:

Cobra Starhip | Dave Spoon | Kevin Teasley & Lamont Sydnor | Claude VonStroke | Mix Master Mike

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Record U

Welcome to Record U - your open Recording university. Record U will deliver tutorials on a wide range of basic recording concepts that should be helpful regardless if you are using Record or not.

Latest article: Part 3 - Tools for mixing: Dynamics

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Artist patch charts

What harp glissandos did Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips use in their film Christmas on Mars? What is Nat Motte of 3OH!3's favorite Thor patch? And what FX sounds did Ruwanga Samath use in his award-winning work on the SAW 4 movie soundtrack?

We've gathered some top artist's, producer's and sound designer's favorite sounds in the first instalment of the Reason Patch Charts pages.

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World Wide Events

There is always something happening in the world-wide Reason community and here is where we list upcoming dates and report past events.

Visit The Producers Conference website for full information and more dates

Product specialist

Propellerhead Software's product specialist James Bernard's own corner of the website is where he shares his deep Reason knowledge, and some pretty twisted sounds too.

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James' latest offering:

JB ReGroove Booster

The ReGroove Booster ReFill contains 66 new patches for one of the exciting new features of Reason version 4, the ReGroove Mixer. The ReGroove Mixer is a great tool for making the feel of your songs less rigid and cold, which can often be the case when using quantization on any sequencer.

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