ID8 Instrument Device

Introduction

The ID8 Instrument device is a synth module packed with great sounds - ideal for quickly creating nice complete arrangements. The sounds have been extracted from various Reason devices and ReFills to guarantee supreme audio quality.

The Sounds

The ID8 contains 36 presets divided into nine categories, with four sounds in each category. The categories are these:

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Piano

The Piano category features a grand piano, an upright piano, a dance oriented piano sound and vibes.

•	Electric Piano

The Electric Piano category holds two classic electric piano sounds plus a digital FM type piano and a Clav.

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Organ

The Organ category contains two classic tone-wheel organ sounds, one transistor organ sound and a pump organ.

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Guitar

The Guitar category sports an acoustic steel string guitar, a clean electric guitar, a half-acoustic jazz guitar and a dulcimer.

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Bass

The Bass category features one fingered and one picked electric bass, an acoustic upright bass and a synth bass.

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Strings

The Strings category holds orchestral strings, arco strings, a small string section and a choir sound.

•	Brass-Wind

The Brass-Wind category features Fat Brass, Brass Section, French Horns and Flute.

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Synth

The Synth category contains two classic monophonic synth lead sounds and two characteristic polyphonic pad sounds, one with fast attack and one with slow.

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Drums

The Drums category sports four extensive combinations of drums and percussion instruments aimed at different musical styles. Each “drum kit” contains between 53 and 65 different instruments, so there is plenty to choose from!

See “Velocity mapping” for information about the velocity mapping of some of the sounds.

The ID8 and Standard MIDI Files

The ID8 device is used by default when you’re loading a Standard MIDI File into the Reason Essentials sequencer. For every MIDI track in the imported file, you will get an ID8 device loaded with a sound that resembles the original sound. This serves as a starting point to be able to play back the imported MIDI file. However, you could of course change sound or replace the ID8 with another instrument device afterwards.