OK,….so here we go!

The first event will be at Dubspot, www.dubspot.com, on Tuesday June
2nd from 7:15-9pm

The event is titled “Malstrom&Combinator – The Sound of Science”

For this event we are lucky enough to be graced bey the presence of Kurt Kurasaki

Kurt AKA Peff , www.peff.com, is a long-time friend and a true master of Reason. Kurt is known amongst ather things as the inventor of the Rebirth Mod. He’s been working with Propellerheads since the late 90’s!….remember Rebirth? Kurt is one of the top sound programmers for Propellerheads and has designed thousands of patches for the Reason Factory Sound Bank and all kinds of Refills. You’ve no doubt used many of Kurt’s patches in your music. Kurt has also written many books on Reason. He resides in northern California and is very excited about the launch of the NYC users group and wanted to be a part of it. So, please take a minute and visit his website….. He constantly posts free Refills and custom patches and information about the Reason and electronic music communities.

For this event he will be taking us on a guided tour of Reason’s very unique and powerful Malstrom – Realtime Graintable Synthesizer. He will be showing us sound programming techniques as well as using it’s audio inputs to utilize it as an FX processor in Combinator patches. I selected this topic for Kurt because I read his book, Power Tools for Reason 3.0, a few years back. Though the book is crammed full of useful information and exercises and examples, the chapter on the Malstrom really stood out for me. Understanding it’s capabilities and being able to program it was a big area of weakness for me, but his explanation and examples made it clear and I’d like him to share this with the group. Kurt has also wanted to “up the ante” by showing how powerful Malstrom is as FX processor inside Combinator patches. This first event is guaranteed to be something special….

The second half of this event will be dedicated to attendee submitted questions, and there will also be raffles for several prizes.

So Here’s how things will work. The event will cost $15 If you are interested in coming, please send an email titled “RSVP” to reasonusersnyc@gmail.com In the email please include your name and email address From there I will send you a paypal request as I would like to keep all of this electronic. This is the way that things will need to be handled as I cannot have money exchanges at the door. Once the transaction is complete, I will send you access to the email drop-box, so you can start emailing me with questions that you would like answered in the second half of the event. You will be put on the guest list and your name will be check off as you enter the front door to Dubspot and entered into the raffles Remember,…cutoff for the drop box is 48 hours prior to the event as I do need some time to sort thru the questions……

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!!!
BLIP-BLEEP

Welcome one and all to the home page of the Unofficial Official Reason Users Group of New York City. This group is dedicated to Propellerhead Reason users and enthusiasts in and around the New York City Area. This is a users group, like no other, that meets for two hours twice a month to provide users with a home, answers to their questions, and a journey into the finer points and details of music production with the world’s most popular music creation software…….Reason.

Roots/Reason for Existence

This group has been created and is conducted by Christopher Petti, former Propellerhead Product Specialist for Line 6 and known Reason guru. Chris has travelled the US demonstrating Reason for trade shows, electronic music shows/events, schools, organized retail demo tours, and his favorite, the Propellerhead Producers Conferences. Chris is an avid electronic music producer/DJ, teaches electronic music production in New York City, and has wanted to start this group/movement in his hometown for many years.

Unique

This is a very unique users group. It is designed to be custom tailored to its attendees. Once the event is announced, you can inform me that you will be attending by sending an email RSVP to reasonusersnyc@gmail.com. Then, leading up to the event, you can send questions/topics that you would like to have covered/answered at the users group that you will be attending. Cutoff is 48 hours prior to event for question/topic submission as I need some time to sort all of it out….

Each event will have a certain main topic for the first hour, such as getting vocals into Reason, making custom Combinator patches, programming Thor, etc. The second hour will be custom tailored to the attendees, opening the floor for questions and discussions. I will also be having guest appearances from other known Reason gurus….

Gathering

These events are not sponsored, hosted, or paid for by any other higher power than myself. In the past these types of events were paid for by a company or hosted by a retail location. I am not looking to push anything on anyone other than information and fun. I am starting this up out of my life-long love and dedication to music and teaching……and my love of Reason! So, in order to keep this going, I will be needing to ask for a $15 entrance donation/fee in order to pay for the space. I will be doing this through PayPal as I need to keep everything electronic. I hate to do it, but it’s the only way to keep a roof over our heads and keep this going…..

So, please take a moment to click on the link and join the Reason Users Group of New York City.

And feel free to visit from time to time to view the event topics and location calendar.

Also please visit my personal music website www.octogram-music.com