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Propellerheads Reason ElectroMechanical 2 ReFill

ElectroMechanical 2 ReFill is a collection of multisamples, patches and song files designed to bring the sound of those hard-to-find, easy-to-love vintage keyboards into your Reason rack. Our main focus when creating this ReFill has been on realism; the keyboards used were carefully recorded using both vintage and state-of-the-art equipment, but rather than try to make these old beasts sound squeaky-clean and sonically perfect, we have embraced the flaws, quirks and errors that make up their very soul.

The result is a set of Reason instruments that are stunningly authentic and a joy to play. So here it is, the ElectroMechanical 2.0 ReFill, in all its warm, fuzzy, realistic glory. The ElectroMechanical 2.0 ReFill is available as a free download to all registered Reason 3.0 users. Enjoy!

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Featured instruments:

Wurlitzer EP100: Wurlitzer EP100 (Tube Fleckstone Model 100)
Right up there with the Fender Rhodes is the legendary Wurlitzer, a pick-up based electric piano introduced in the early 50’s. This model, the EP 100 “Fleckstone” model, was made in 1953 and has full piano length action. The Fleckstone’s “woody” signature sound can be heard on numerous Beatles albums, as well as on tracks by Ray Charles, Donnie Hathaway and the Rolling Stones, to name but a few. So If you need the “birth of rock-n-roll” model, this is the one. All the early Wurlitzer models featured tube circuitry amplifiers, and this one is no exception. The patches use two velocity layers to capture all this, and the EP100’s vibrato effect can be accessed and adjusted from your mod wheel.
Wurlitzer EP200: Another Wurlitzer piano. The Wurly sampled here - an 80’s edition of the classic EP200 model made popular in the 60’s and 70’s - is very accurate and has that warm, soulful sound to it. Which has translated really well to the multisampled version. Try finding another set of Wurly samples this musical and playable… As with all pickup based instruments, hum and noise are to be expected, but us purists know that these artifacts shouldn’t be edited out completely, the Wurly would sound less alive without them. The modulation wheel on your master keyboard adjusts the amount of vibrato.
Fender Rhodes MK I (tubed): The Fender Rhodes is the predecessor to the MK II, and very similar in sound and appearance. Which is why we chose to record this one using a Fender Twin tube amplifier, for that thick, growling quality. The inevitable amplifier noise adds to the overall impression - this is for real! Every third key has been sampled here, using eight velocity levels plus release samples.
Rhodes MK II: The Fender Rhodes piano is the mother of all electric pianos. This particular model - a 73 keys MK II Stage Piano - weighs in at a healthy 60 kilos, lacks the Wurlitzer’s vibrato feature, and has some pretty crude tonal controls, but its rich, warm sound is what matters. And that’s the sound we’ve tried to reproduce here. Play hard for extra grit. This Mark II was sampled directly from the instrument output, with no extra Bass Boost or treble added. The sound is comprised of four velocity crosswitched layers: extremely soft, soft, medium, and loud (hard), allowing for plenty of variation and expression.
Hohner Clavinet D6: The Hohner Clavinet with its staccato sound and slightly nasal tone is best described as: Funk. This string instrument was originally designed to be an electric version of the 17th century Clavichord, but after Stevie Wonder released Superstition, all hope of ever using this Keyboard for chamber music was forever lost.
Our D6 was multisampled in eight velocity layers, with release samples to boot! Four Mother patches are available, one for each of the Clavinet’s microphone settings, representing the switches labelled A, B, C and D on the original instrument. This gives you four combos: AC, AD, BC and BD. The mod wheel controls the tone color on all Mother patches. Loads of possibilities, loads of authenticity.
Hohner Pianet T: The Hohner Pianet is a pretty low-key little instrument. Significantly smaller than the average Rhodes or Hammond, the Pianet has no volume control, no tonal controls and no mains connection. All you do is plug it in and play away. The soft, muffled tone sounds like a cross between a Wurly and a jazz guitar and is created by plastic suction pads plucking the reeds inside. This Hohner Pianet T model was sampled in two velocity layers with release samples that make this instrument sound very lifelike.
Hammond Model A: No vintage keyboard collection is complete without a Hammond, the Don of all electric organs. Hammond organs used a tonewheel system for generating their sound, and a set of drawbars for controlling tone and harmonics. Multisampled here is the Hammond Model A from 1935, a huge mass of wood and technology that was Hammond’s first release. The A’s were popular among the gospel musicians of the 50’s and 60’s, so if you’re into that sound - or just into Hammonds - give this one a try. Three different drawbar settings were captured - low, high and full - and if you crank up the modulation wheel a 122 Leslie (all tubes of course) from 1946 awaits.

What’s new in ElectroMechanical 2.0?
ElectroMechanical 2.0 is basically ElectroMechanical 1.0, but with added presets and Combinator patches that let you take full advantage of the unique new features in Reason 3.0. No new samples have been added to this collection, but the new content more than makes up for that, trust us; ElectroMechanical 2.0 features a wide selection of brand new combination instruments, all created for Reason’s new Combinator device. The new Combi patches use sampled sounds from this Refill, but also from Reason’s huge factory and Orkester soundbanks, giving you whole new combination instruments in whole new categories. ElectroMechanical 2.0 is fully compatible with song files created in ElectroMechanical 1.0, the “multi-setup” files featured in EM 1.0 have been converted to Combi patches, allowing users of EM 1.0 to sprinkle some Combinator magic on their existing tracks.

ElectroMachanical 2 Refill Contents:

NN-XT Instruments: Patches for Reason’s NN-XT Advanced Sampler. Each of the featured instruments have a dedicated folder containing a number of NN-XT patches. These patches are your instrument “presets”, and are divided into three categories: Mother Patches, variations of the Mother Patches and Tweaked Patches:
Mother patches
These patches are basic, no-frills patches designed to sound as true to the original, untreated instrument as possible.
Variation patches
These patches are, you guessed it, variations of the Mother patches, but with a touch of NN-XT’s filtering and modulation magic sprinkled on top.
Tweaked
More artistic than authentic, the Tweaked patches use NN-XT’s sound sculpting tools to tweak and warp the instrument samples, sometimes beyond recognition.
Demo Songs: A number of expertly executed example songs that should give you an idea of just how lifelike, funky and downright good the ElectroMechanical instruments can sound. You can download the ElectroMechanical demo songs here and find out.
Combinator Patches:A Combi patch lets you open up elaborate chains of Reason units - instruments, effects, pattern sequencers, you name it - in Reason’s new Combinator device, all in one go. When a Combi patch is opened, all sounds, settings and routings saved with the patch are instantly loaded, allowing you to load up complex instruments - such as an NN-XT Rhodes running through three delays and a MalstrÃ¶m filter - in just seconds. The files called Multi-setups in ElectroMechanical 1.0 have all been converted to the Combi patch format.
Use the wheel!
Whenever you can, try playing around with your master keyboard’s modulation wheel to see what lurks under the surface; the majority of the instruments in the Refill have some type of effect - vibrato, tone color, Leslie - that can be controlled via the mod wheel.

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Cruisin Down El Meco (Mp3 File)
Last Minute Blues (Mp3 File)
Miss Da Meanin (Mp3 File)
Pleasant Insanity (Mp3 File)
Slow Gospel (Mp3 File)
Smooth Perpetrator (Mp3 File)

Credits
All material in this ReFill are developed by and licensed from Chris Griffin, New York USA and SampleTekk, Kumla Sweden:
www.syntheticmess.com
The website of Chris Griffin. This website is almost as devoid of information about Chris as this page but you can at least check out some of his impressive work.

www.sampletekk.com
SampleTekk is a Swedish company run by the Gigastudio veteran Worra. SampleTekk’s goal is very simple: To bring you the absolute best in multisampled instruments.

Photos by BÃ¶rje Svensson, XL-Studio and Mark Vail, author of Vintage Synthesizers and The Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B, photos courtesy of the Audities Foundation, www.audities.org.
Supervised and edited by Kristoffer Wallman, Propellerhead Software.

About Propellerhead Software
Propellerhead Software is a privately owned company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Formed in 1994, Propellerhead has created some of the most innovative new music software (ReBirth, ReCycle and Reason) and technology standards, including ReWire and the REX file format, which are used extensively in all kinds of music production. Propellerheads’ ReBirth program was the first virtual emulation of vintage analog gear - a trend that now dominates the music software arena.