Lapjockey Flatpack Vol.3 Reason ReFill

is the latest in the award-winning series of Refills for electronic music producers and sound designers.
Reason 4 Ready, FP3 has been in development almost as long as the Reason 4 Factory Sound Bank, and is designed entirely for Reason 4. No surprises then that the Combinators make full use of the new sounds possible with Thor and RPG-8. The enhanced Combinator, and Thor's deep CV routing capabilities have also been used to gain a new level of control of patches.

patches are hybrid synths built from multiple Reason devices. In most cases, the “oscillators” are special NN-19 patches that use very short, looped waveforms sourced from classic analog synths. There are several different designs. In the sounds marked as [mono], three of the NN19 oscillators are stacked up and routed through a Thor. The Thor’s filters and envelopes are used to shape the sound. In the polyphonic patches, individual NN-19 and Thor sound sources are combined to create rich new sounds. There are also sounds which use the RPG-8 arpeggiator, and classic analog sequencer sounds using Thor's sequencer.

uses a library of longer samples, combined with Element sources and Thors, to produce long, evolving pads and soundscapes. As well as a source of unusual layers and textures for music tracks, Darwin is a sound design tool for generating atmospheric sound beds for film/TV. Most Darwin patches feature a crossfade knob on the front panel that blends two different sonic textures.

is a drum machine built in Combinator, featuring both sampled and synthesised sound sources. A Redrum provides 10 sampled hits, while 4 Thors generate the synthetic sounds in real time. The Thor sounds can be muted or enabled from the Combi front panel. Another Thor can be found at the top of the Combi, with panel controls for adjusting Delay and Chorus effects.
To sequence drum patterns with Boxmoor II, you can use both Redrum’s internal sequencer, and the step sequencers found on the Thors. You can also play all the sounds in Boxmoor II from a MIDI keyboard, and record drum performances to the main sequencer. The keys in the octave C0-C1 play and alter the synthesised sounds. Keys C1-C2 play the sampled drum sounds.

family of Combis are loop players, beat generators, and live groove boxes. The raw material is a library of REX loops, split into Music and Beats categories, and further separated by where they sit in the frequency spectrum. This enables the loops to be layered up, as in the Triple Dex patches. The REX DEX II patches allow REX loops to be added to a Reason song without having to use the sequencer or Dr Rex’s Preview button. The Play/Stop button on the Combi front panel will start or stop a loop, quantised to the next bar, regardless of how long the loop is. The Interleave Combinators cut together any two loops using automated crossfading, and shuffle the slices, creating endless loop variations. Use the loops in Flatpack 3, your other Flatpack ReFills, or any other REX library.

- 4 Combinator Construction Shells
- 300 Prebuilt Combinator Patches
- 175 Thor Patches [Including Thor INIT sounds offering starter patches for classic synthesis
- 100 NN19 Patches
- 220 REX loops
- 30 Redrum Kits
- 440+ Drum Samples
- Requirements: Reason v 4.0 or higher

Thor Inside
Flatpack 3 showcases Thor in several areas:
- Thor Sounds FP3 includes a library of straight Thor patches.
- Synth Starter Patches Thor is a deep modular synth. We've provided a collection of starting points that will let you create your own sounds using a variety of classic synthesis techniques.
- Combinators Thors are used in many of our Combi patches alongside sampled material - a 'best of both worlds' approach.