Quote Originally Posted by DJ Ze MigL
Hey T,
Check this out... the post I was talkin about m8.
members.shaw.ca/stu.macQ/index.htm
Wow! That's pretty damning - and it explains everything. The lack of the ability to create a tight groove AND the harmonic distortion...

Bleh!

Luckily I was weaning myself off Reason anyway.


quantization noise is always there and everywhere digital but the amounts can b grater or smaller thus more noticeable or less... and aalthough a tiny fraction percievable not overwelming (so it wouldn't b so sso harsh... still some 8 bit stuff sound really sweet... some people still swear by they're 12 bit samplers ...)...

main prob here is a slight error (not constant) in phasing at sample level (probably responsable 4 most of the very slight quant. noise) and freq. reprodution generating the probs heard...
Quantization noise won't be a problem unless the bit depth falls below 16 bits at any point, really. The phasing issues you're talking about (looking at the article) cause the interpolation of incorrectly placed samples to distort the waveform and create new frequencies - hence harmonic distortion. The incorrectly rendered square wave had a slight dip at one end... This would create extra high-frequency and mid-range information in the output. As these inaccurate renderings were stacked, the harmonic distortion would build up... Creating the clarity problems you hear with most 'pure reason' tracks.

Which neatly matches up with my own theories. I was wondering how that distortion got there... What a pain in the arse! I like the way Reason fits together...

Cheers for pointing me there Z! :)

try using reason only 4 it's instruments (the less processes u run thru the prog. the better u'll have yer sound I reckon).. do all the mixing on another more acurate source (eq each sound 2 the fundamental freq.s.. try 2 use a good eq. plug in)...
Yeah, sounds good to me.

*sigh*

T*