Spyduck  Piano roll. The drums were loops except for that first bit. All the other instruments I had to arrange on piano roll though. Since I don't really know that much about sheet music and scales and keys and whatnot I just kinda had to sit there and do things note by note until I found something that worked. That synth at about 1:45 was kinda funny though. I loaded up a poly synth and turned it into a mono synth with the same piano notes then upped the portmanteau a little bit on the device to get the final effect. A lot of things used in my final products are really a lot of "happy accidents" as Bob Ross would put it. I mess around, try making something obnoxious, and then say "you know what... that actually works"  (May 23, 2012, 13:04 PDT)

s.a. zober  Right, right, right. Happy accidents + (diligence x vigilance) = brilliance. Cool, cool, cool. Let me ask you, where do you, or where can I get good synth samples for piano rolls? I don't know of anything free to play around with. Thanks for the tips, too :)  (May 23, 2012, 14:12 PDT)

Spyduck  As far as samples go, I'm not sure. Quite a few of the synths that Reason uses use patches. Patches are essentially preset envelope, wave type, modulation values, etc. that apply to that specific device in reason. Some of the devices, however, use .wav files for main sample, like the redrum device for example. This is where google is your friend since most DAW's that use a piano roll can do things with .wav samples. The sounds that I use are in the factory sound bank of reason, so they just kind of come with the program. Other DAW's will usually also have their own samples plugged right in. I don't really know of any banks with free samples, however. Though, there's always recording your own if you've got the equipment and the instrument.  (May 25, 2012, 00:50 PDT)

s.a. zober  OK. Thanks, that's a good point. I guess playing with around with sine waves can work too? -sho  (May 25, 2012, 04:32 PDT)

Spyduck  Definitely. If you can find good samples of sine, square, triangle, sawtooth, and noise waves, there's a hell of a lot you can do. Just check out some chiptunes by people like Sabrepulse or Colon Openbracket for proof of that.  (May 26, 2012, 22:01 PDT)

s.a. zober  Cool, thanks for the encouragement. Anything in particular (effects-wise) that I should look at doing to the waves. I noticed that fading in and fading out on a sine makes it sound like a steel drum or glass harmonica -- any other tricks you can think of? Would be very helpful! Thanks.  (May 27, 2012, 06:51 PDT)