Sound making software? (NOT beat making)

[notoriousben3]

Hey all,

So i met this guy recently who makes beats for a living, and he was telling me he just sits around and tries to make cool sounds to plug into his beats all day. The only program i could specifically remember him talking about was the "Sausage Fattener." I have also heard that the "out of the box" sounds that come w/ the programs are generally not that good.

I use Reason 4.0, but are there other softwares that are used strictly for making sounds? What exactly is the deal w/ this "Sausage Fattener" thing?

 

[thedreampolice]

Sausage Fattener is an odd plugin that is lots of fun, You can built a bunch of great sounds in Reason 4 right now. The keys are layering, movement ETC. It takes lots of work and knowledge but it is well worth it. See Sound design.

 

[2infamouz]

I want to get into sound design eventually , but I feel like I'm going to start somewhere that doesn't involve "sausage fattener" lmao. I don't even want to google tht to find out how to get / use it.

 

[thedreampolice]

 

[Formant024]

wanna learn about sound design ? I learned from a juno 106 and later from other gear, hands on controlling is imo the fastest way to learn.

This is a good source though, from SOS's site on just about anything synth related with a lot of in-depth info.

http://www.soundonsound.com/search?url=/search&Keyword="synth+secrets"&Words=All&Summary=Yes

 

[Opium Dave]

if you have reason you already can make your own sounds. just mess around with subtractor or maelstrom. there are lots of stock sounds in reason that are really quite good. you can make the not so good ones better by using reverb, delay, distortion etc

 

[lion-ucs]

Tut on Subtractive synth in Reason with Thor.
This guy explains the oscillators detuning, layering etc
Also its the first of a series.