Tutorial | Aug 12, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

In this Sound Design tutorial, GW Childs reminisces about love, life and music. In the process he shares how to use Reason to create the guitar section from Lil' Wayne's sultry classic, 'How to Love'.

Tutorial | Aug 09, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

Getting fatter basses in Reason became a lot easier when Thor was introduced. But there's a more old school method to getting distinctive, bigger bass sounds. G.W. reveals his tricks of the trade.

Tip | Aug 01, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

There are a number of approaches to working with CPU-guzzling plugins in Logic Pro. In this quick tip article GW Childs IV runs through Logic's freeze function and when to use it and when not to.

Review | Jul 30, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

Good Vocoders can be hard to come and even harder to use. Find out how the TAL Vocoder sets itself apart from the rest of the crowd in this quick review by GW Childs IV.

Tutorial | Jul 27, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

Audio ambience is crucial in both the audio and video world! In this tutorial GW Childs IV, veteran video game sound designer, shows his secrets behind using Reason as an ambient machine!

Tutorial | Jul 25, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

GW Childs IV is back with part 4 in the MPV Hub's Reaper Series. Setting up Rewire mode in Reaper between Reason or Ableton can be a little fiddly. In this tutorial you'll learn how to make it work.

Tip | Jul 21, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

Whether you are a new or accomplished musician, learning how to work with MIDI is essential. GW Childs explains the basics of MIDI Quantisation and how to tighten by the timing on your recordings.

Tip | Jul 20, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

We all dream of being smarter, more charming, more perceptive, etc. It's in our DNA to want to improve and become better than what we already are. Subliminal audio could help you achieve this!

Tip | Jul 16, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

One of the most overlooked tools in Reason has to be the LFOs present in synthesizers like the Subtractor, Malstrom, Thor, etc. GW Childs take a closer look at the available LFOs in Reason.

Tutorial | Jul 10, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

Many musicians have a MIDI Synth lying around gathering dust. Still in love with its analog sounds? Want to sample its sounds into your software sampler? Redmatica's AutoSampler 2 holds the key.

Tutorial | Jul 04, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

Let's face it, some of the most popular instrument plug-ins out there these days are some of the biggest system hogs you'll ever encounter. Let me list a few...

Tutorial | Jul 02, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

You may have heard me rant about this before: the fact that there are people who like using loops and people who don't. I'm not going to get into that again, I've done it before...

Tutorial | Jun 30, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

In the last Reaper tutorial, we covered hardware MIDI devices, and Monitoring. In this tutorial, we'll be setting up Virtual Instruments and FX. Because we need both of these...

Tip | Jun 25, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

Clean & pristine sound is the Holy Grail of music production. But Lo-fi productions have that much more character and help your music stand out from the digital crowd.

Tip | Jun 23, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

Trance beats are not that difficult to produce, let's face it. Why? Well, they are 4/4, 16-beat, it's a generic 4 on the floor drum beat with the snare on the 5 and 13, and kick marking every bar.