FP2 is one of the first refills to take advantage of Reason 3's hugely expanded possibilities, opening the doors to true synth creation and analogue instrument emulation. Flatpack 2 has an even greater wealth of raw element samples, drums, rich textures and ambient soundscapes, perfect for both music production and sound design. The Flatpack 2 Refill is built largely around 4 new instrument concepts constructed within Reason's Combinator environment, and because of the endless programming possibilities, you'll find numerous variations of the following shells:
Kilburn is our framework for re-creating classic synths. We've sampled and looped the raw waveforms from our favourite synths, then carefully copied the signal path and modulation options, filter and LFO ranges, etc. from the original instruments. Combinator's fully modular environment, and assignable programmable front panel system, allows us to create far more accurate emulations than any standard sampler could manage.
Boxmoor is our Combinator-based drum machine. Our starting point was inspirational drum machines like the Korg ER-1 and Elektron MachineDrum, but with the added flexibility of design afforded by the Combinator. Boxmoor offers improved sound and real-time control compared to the original ReDrum instrument.
Rex Dex is a collection of rex-based loop players. Rex Dex brings incredible control and new life to loops in Reason, with several tricks up its sleeve for mangling and transforming your rex loops. Of course, we've produced a collection of new loops to use with this Combi, in addition to all your favourites from Flatpack One and any other refill.
In addition to these main areas, there are lots of brand new effect unit devices built in Combinator that make up our FP2 Outboard collection. There are also all the usual individual instrument patches and kits you'd expect to keep you inspired.
Flatpack 2 is entirely self contained, but the modules can also be used to add new life and possibilities to the instruments, samples, and kits in the original FP1. For example, we have 3 band Rex Dex players for playing FP1's Hi/Mid/Lo categorised loops. If you're new to Reason or to the work of Flatpack Productions Limited, feel free to download some freebie demos from our site. The Lapjockey work ethos is grounded in high production values, quality, and innovation, and raising all laptop music production to professional levels; you don't have to take our word for it as our press pages archive the accolades and critical acclaim which we continue to work hard for.
Flatpack on the Reason Factory Sound Bank
Our work on Kilburn for Flatpack 2 laid the foundation for part of the material in the Raw Waveform Sample section on Reason's Factory Sound Bank. For example, Flatpack produced Reason 3's SH101, Minimoog, Prophet, SQ80, and CS80 sampled components.
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