Reason 4 Tip - Exporting Multiple Reason Instruments as Seperate WAV files

**altsounds** · 06:46 PM

Technology is awesome but sometimes it is just a little much. Trying to get your head around Reason is one thing but then trying to get your head around Re-wire and integrating that with your DAW is a completely different beast altogether.

Why would you want to do this anyway you may ask? Well Reason is great for what it is, but you can't really mix within reason. Sure there's a mixer and mastering tool, but compared to the flexibility of VST FX within a DAW it is rubbish.

If you are the sort of person that just wants to get it done now then this quick tutorial will show you how to get separate audio files out of Reason for each instrument for later import into your DAW of choice. And it's way easier than you thought.

As Propellerhead haven't put this functionality in themselves you have to do it the ghetto way. Simply start with the first instrument and click the S next to it to solo it. Check all you hear is that one instrument and then in Reason click File > Export Song as Audio file and name the file appropriately i.e. Bass1

Repeat this for each instrument, and in some cases each multiple track of an instrument. If you've used Re-drum you might want to do this for every entity i.e. Kick, Snare so that you can have full control of these items at a later date in your mix. When working with lots of Re-drum entities this can take a while but it is well worth it afterward for the mix control you have.

Once all of your instruments have been exported as separate files open up your DAW and then import those audio files into a new project there. Make sure you make the DAW project the same BPM as the Reason project so that everything can stay on grid. Now you can add vocals and whatever else on top and get yourself a really banging new tune! Simple as.

Who needs re-wire?

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robinrenwick · Comment Posted on: May 23, 2009, 06:55 PM

"although to be honest to get better quality productions you should be outputting Reason into a DAW so that you can process each individual item with various VST FX (compressors, EQs etc). You can do this either with Re-wire or by soloing each track and exporting it as a WAV file and then importnig it into your DAW. Without doing this step your mixes will always be shallower cause Reason just doesn't give you the mix control you need."

thought i would move this to here. jeepers you write fast!!!

you are right.
it is something i knew could, and probably should be done.
i am not sure if it was laziness, ignorance or some sort of expectation that the master would end up being loud enough for most ears....

i will have to have a rethink now.
i do like how life and its lessons can do that.....
for my next work i will definately take on board your advice.....

altsounds · Comment Posted on: May 23, 2009, 08:59 PM

Ha! My comments to you inspired this thread. So well done on the moving, that was defo the right thing to do.

Imagine the control of being able to effect up, EQ, compress and mess around with the sounds of everything. Take a kick for example, you can make it clickier to stand through the mix or boom it up to give thud. These days I sometimes uses tones not because I like how they sound but because I know how they will sound once I have worked my magic on them. I love that, taking one thing and making it completely different.

Get yourself some DAW software and work on one track like I am suggesting and you will LOVE the outcome so much more. I use Sonar 8 which is awesome but you can use whatever you want.

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Reason 4 Tip - Exporting Multiple Reason Instruments as Seperate WAV files

So that you can import them into your DAW of choice without having to worry about re-wire

May 23, 2009, 06:43 PM

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