From Raw Chord Progressions to Full Songs with Chord Sequencer

It's no secret that Reason's Chord Sequencer Player MIDI effect makes creating great chord progressions easy, fast, and even fun! But the right combination of chords is just the first step on your way to a full song. In this song cook-up, Ryan shows us how he goes about customizing Chord Sequencer presets to inspire full songs. He'll be showing how to add dynamics to your progressions, modify and customize chord voicings and performances, as well as some VERY useful control voltage cabling tricks that can take your chord progression from a single instrument to the driving force behind a full song's production! If you've already got Chord Sequencer, you'll want to update to version 1.1 to get these latest features.

Contents of this video:

0:00 - Intro
1:58 - Adjusting whole-chord velocity
4:18 - Copy/Paste Chords
6:05 - Altering Chord Voicings
7:31 - Individual note velocity
9:08 - CV cable to bass line
10:19 - Plucktown, USA!
13:49 - Adding vocals & vocoder chords
16:32 - Outro

[cmdkaboom]

Give this guy a raise man.He's funny.He drags into the videos and gives you so much knowledge

[ldandco]

The quality of this video just elevates even further the product, namely the chord sequencer

[jordimoraguesmassanet]

Ryan, your videos are the best. Concise, well-produced and memorable. I'm going through your older tutorials and tricks, which are tremendously useful. You're my Reason teacher :)

[compteprivefr]

More videos like this please, of showing how to use these Reason workflows to make SONGS like you just did here, instead of showing them in a vacuum.

[Kaitain]

Can we please get a video that is 10 hours of Ryan raving in a dark room?

[Sol_Keez]

We need a Reason Chord Sequencer community lol... More chord progressions ... Love this!

[PhilipGarciaReacts]

Whenever I work in Reason, I hear Ryan's voice! I went through different DAW phases throughout the years. But I have to say that because of Ryan's personality and fun engaging videos - Reason is my number 1 favorite for life!

[DJWILDTV]

Ryan videos is one of the few things related to Reason that never disappoints, lately.

[Citizen-Ken]

As usual, Ryan’s video is not only educational but incredibly inspiring. Bring back the livestream for a new season!

[jazzsong]

Ryan’s videos are my favorite: educational, practice oriented, and so full of humor (your rave costume is absolute genious). Think I’ve learned as much of Chord Seq as an 3 hour class. Was missing you here, man! 🙌🏻👏🏻🎉

[joshuaaustin]

I didn't realize just HOW much I missed Ryan's videos (nod back to Super Neat Beat Cheat Sheets). The shorts are good, live is good, but these are GREAT! Thank you Ryan!

[LukeAWarren]

This was absolutely incredible. So much immediately usable info packed in here.

[ContentScientist]

This is the best way to do incredibly complex chord progressions....I will study tremendously!!!!

[usedusermoser]

Yeah Ryan is back with amazing tuts 🎊 🎉. More footage of Ryan the dancer 🕺 please

[Dangerousdaze]

I think this is one of the most impressive tutorials of *any* DAW I've ever seen. Seriously. It's a fantastic showcase of Reason presented by an incredibly talented musician, and it leaves you eager to drop a quick comment before firing up the product and having fun. You've really made my Sunday. Cheers!

[ProdbearUK]

Great additions to the player. Very nice rave gear too Ryan! I like the small point updates on the devices 🙂

[jnbtravel]

This is the most inspired I’ve felt in a long time watching this episode.

[LoneGRoEnt]

Ryan, you went crazy with the wiring. Wow. Didn't know you could do all that. Wouldn't have even imagined it.

[LoneGRoEnt]

9:50 Wiring bass notes of the sequencer. That is sick... Love it.

[damienb]

Has to Be 1 of the Best Jobs in The World!
Cheers Mate 🍻 !!!