Making music in Reason Studios Reason is easy to get started with, yet as deep as you want it to be. Create, compose, mix and finish your music. Reason will help you along the journey, from inspiration to mixdown.

Sound Like You

The Reason Rack is one of the most powerful and flexible sound design and beatmaking tools for your music. It’s a virtual studio rack packed full of instruments, synthesizers, drum machines, sound-shaping effects, Player MIDI effects, and mixing tools which come together to make your sound possible.

What's new?

Mimic Creative Sampler Mimic is a fun new sampler for the modern beatmaker and producer. Designed for quick and immediate triggering, chopping, and manipulation of whatever audio you throw at it.

		Updated Combinator Combine your favorite devices, choose a panel size, change the background color, add a custom background, and the perfect set of controls to build your dream machine.

High Resolution Graphics Geek out on crystal clear hyper-realistic devices in the Rack and adapt Reason to your workflow with the new new zoomable interface.

		Faster browser With a new faster browsing experience you can easily find all your devices, samples and patches, and stay in the creative flow.

New look, new sounds		Meet the Rack

A new look, a new sampler and a whole new way of dialing in your sound, Reason 12 is all about leveling up the creative potential at the heart of your music-making experience.		Get to know Reason and, more importantly, the devices that make up Reason's Rack – from the synths, samplers, effects, and MIDI Player effects.

Virtual Studio Rack

At the heart of Reason is a virtual rack where you craft your own sound using Reason’s synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, and other organic instruments – along with a large collection of audio and MIDI effects to shape both your sound and even the notes you play on your keyboard.

What is the Rack?

If Reason was a song, the Rack would be the hook. It is the creative sound design playground where you can combine instruments, effects and other devices to find just the sound you are looking for.

Reason 12 - the perfect expansion to your DAW Plug a huge supply of premium synthesizers, sampled instruments and effects into your favorite DAW. Reason 12 adds the Reason Rack Plugin–a VST3/AU/AAX version of the legendary Reason Rack with all its devices, creative sound design, modular routing and a huge library of loops, sounds and samples.

		Your dream rack is here Create any sound you want by dragging instruments and effects to the Reason Rack. Everything is automatically connected for you in a logical top-to-bottom flow. Start with an instrument. Add an effect by dropping it under the instrument. Add a MIDI Player effect by dragging and dropping to the top.

Sound supply For quick access to amazing sounds, find what you need in among thousands of synth patches, sampled instruments, loops and sounds created by world-class sound designers. You’ll find patches for specific devices or Combinator patches that combines any number of instrument and effects to deliver just the sound you need.

		Patch cord paradise Scary to some and strangely alluring to others, the backside of Reason’s rack is where you can go all-modular with the free routing of audio and control voltage signals. Control synth filters from envelope followers, control panning with LFOs or split up the audio signal to create huge sonic landscapes with parallel processing. If this isn’t your cup of tea, don’t worry. You can make music in Reason without ever diving into cable-town.

Compatibility



Reason’s rack, instruments, effects and sounds are all included in Reason Rack Plugin, while sequencing and mixing is left to the host DAW.	Drag MIDI clips directly from Redrum, Dr. OctoRex etc to your sequencer.	Reason Rack Plugin is available as a VST3 plugin (macOS/Windows), an AAX plugin (macOS/Windows) and an AU plugin (macOS).

Can I use the Rack?

Yes, you can. The Rack is available as a creative sound design plugin for VST/AU/AAX formats. That means you can use it inside any music production software. So you don’t have to break up with anyone to hang with us.

Virtual Studio Rack

Instruments

Inviting, easy to use and with a sound to die for: Reason’s instrument is the true stars of the Reason experience.

Mimic Creative Sampler NEW
Grain Sample Manipulator
Radical Piano
Europa Shapeshifting Synthesizer
Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
Rytmik Drum Machine
Klang Tuned Percussion
Pangea World Instrument
Humana Vocal Ensemble
Monotone Bass Synthesizer
Kong Drum Designer
NN19 Sampler
NN-XT Advanced Sampler
Malström Graintable Synthesizer
Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player
Redrum Drum Computer
Subtractor Analog Synthesizer
MIDI Out Device
ID-8 Instrument Device

Player MIDI FX

Beat Map Algorhythmic Drummer
Scales & Chords
Dual Arpeggio
Note Echo

Utilities

Combinator MAJOR UPDATE
RPG-8 Monophonic Arpeggiator
Matrix Pattern Sequencer
Pulsar Dual LFO
Mixer 14:2
Line Mixer 6:2
Spider Audio Merger & Splitter
Spider CV Merger & Splitter

Effects

From the easy and straightforward to the esoteric and downright complex, Reason comes with all the effects you need.

Quartet Chorus Ensemble
Sweeper Modulation Effect
Master Bus Compressor
Channel Dynamics
Channel EQ
The Echo
Pulveriser Demolition
RV7000 MkII Reverb
Softube Amp
Softube Bass Amp
Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
Alligator Triple Filtered Gate
Synchronous Effects Modulator
Neptune Pitch Adjuster
BV512 Vocoder
Audiomatic Retro Transformer
MClass Equalizer
MClass Stereo Imager
MClass Compressor
MClass Maximizer
RV-7 Digital Reverb
DDL-1 Digital Delay Line
D-11 Foldback Distortion
ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter
CF-101 Chorus/Flanger
PH-90 Phaser
COMP-01 Compressor/Limiter
PEQ-2 Two Band Parametric EQ
UN-16 Unison

Sounds & Patches

MAJOR UPDATE

Huge sound banks with more than 29000 device patches, loops and samples

Reason Standalone Features

VST plugin support: add any instrument or effect plugin to Reason’s rack
Delay compensation makes all signal paths play in perfect, phase-locked sync
Opens songs and synth patches made in Reason Compact - the free pocket music studio for iOS
Rack Extensions lets you expand your collection of instruments and effects from Reason Studios and 3rd party developers
Support for Ableton Link: effortlessly sync Reason and other link enabled apps over WiFi
Unlimited audio recording and instrument channels
Fully featured high-precision multitrack sequencer with Blocks mode and audio comping tools
High quality realtime time stretch & audio transpose
Pitch Edit mode for polishing your vocal recordings
Audio slicing and audio quantize—correct the timing of your audio recordings
Convert recorded or imported audio in the sequencer into REX loops for further sound manipulation
MIDI instrument output—control synths, samplers and keyboards from Reason's sequencer
MIDI clock output—sync hardware to Reason
Advanced exporting—export your separate mixer channels as individual audio stems, including effects and tempo track
Live sampling on all Sampler devices
Remote mapping to external MIDI controllers and hardware control surfaces
Supports all major file formats—from wave and aiff to mp3 and more
Realtime sample rate and bit depth conversion allows for importing any audio into Reason without issues
Multicore support and 64-bit compatibility makes Reason fast and powerful on any computer
Self-contained song files make moving projects between computers and collaborator as easy as moving a single file.
Advanced modeled mixing console with complete channel strip for every instrument and audio channel

Reason as a studio

From your first beat to your next album, Reason is the music production software that helps you nail those ideas when inspiration strikes. Easy to get started with, yet as deep as you want it to be, Reason’s intuitive music making gadgets and professional production tools will get you off the ground and keep you occupied for a long time to come.

Rack

At the heart of Reason’s music-making environment is the rack. All instruments, effects and utilities are accessible in the rack for immediate tweaking. And for experimental-minded, turn the rack over and access the modular-style routing of audio and control voltages made possible by Reason’s virtual cables.

Sequencing

Record, edit, arrange. Simply connect your MIDI controller and start making music—no setup required. Capture MIDI performances and automation, or draw in notes with the mouse. Whatever suits your workflow, Reason's sequencer is fast, flexible and fun. Keeping with Reason’s famous ease of use, Reason's sequencer still comes with all the editing features you need. If your playing is too tight—use the ReGroove Groove Mixer to add more human feel.

Recording

Record your audio with ease. From a simple vocal take to a full band recording session, the recording workflow is easy and fast. No dialog boxes to break your flow. Need to nail a tricky performance? The comp editor helps you stitch multiple takes together to a perfect take. You can even record first and pick a tempo later. Reason’s legendary project-wide time stretch will change the tempo of your entire song without any audible artifacts.

Mixing

Reason gives your tracks that big studio sound right out of your computer. Faithfully modeled after the famous SSL 9000k* analog mixing desk, Reason's mixer comes complete with flexible routing, full dynamics, EQ, advanced effects handling, full automation, groups and parallel channels, and the famous master-bus compression. The spectrum analyzer window and visual EQ makes it easy to fine-tune the sound of your tracks from anywhere in the program.

Audio Editing

With your audio safely recorded in your project, Reason can help you polish your tracks to perfection. Slice Edit helps you correct the timing problems in your recordings, from subtle tweaks to hard quantize. Reason’s Pitch Edit can quickly correct the pitch in a vocal recording and gives you detailed control over pitch, time and articulations in the performance. And the best of all: It sounds good. Really, really good!

Sampling

All sample players in Reason are also samplers. Hit the sample button on the instrument’s panel and start recording straight into the selected instrument, bringing the lost art of creative sampling back again. All samples can be trimmed, edited and normalized in Reason’s built-in sample editor.

Blocks

Intro, verse, chorus–if that’s how you think about your music, then Blocks might help you build your songs. Create your song’s discreet parts and use Blocks as a very fast way of creating a musical structure for your song. With the basic arrangement laid out, you can see the contents of the blocks and create variations and mute individual parts, or add further musical elements on top.

REX

With REX loops you turn concrete-rigid loops into musical modeling clay, letting you change tempo, pitch and timing independently, and remodel the groove to suit all your musical purposes. Playing them back in Reason’s Dr. Octo Rex even lets you deconstruct the loops and create fills and variations that recorded loops can’t provide. Reason can turn audio recordings into REX files on its own, but for expert level control you might want to try ReCycle.

Requirements

System Requirements

macOS

Fast, stable internet connection
Intel or M1 Mac with multi-core processor
4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended for large ReFills or Rack Extensions)
5.5 GB free system disk space required, plus 20 GB for optional content. Additionally, program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space and additional space for cached graphical assets
macOS 10.13 or later (64-bit)
Monitor with at least 1280x768 resolution
CoreAudio compliant audio interface or built-in audio hardware
MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended
For using Reason as a VST Plugin, a host with VST3 support is required
For using Reason as an AU plugin, a host with AUv2 support is required
For using Reason as an AAX plugin, Pro Tools 12 or later is required

Windows

Fast, stable internet connection
Intel or AMD multi-core processor
4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended for large ReFills or Rack Extensions)
5.5 GB free system disk space required, plus 20 GB for optional content. Additionally, program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space and additional space for cached graphical assets
Windows 10 or later (64-bit)
Monitor with at least 1280x768 resolution
Audio Interface with ASIO driver
MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended
For using Reason as a VST Plugin, a host with VST3 support is required
For using Reason as an AAX plugin, Pro Tools 12 or later is required

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Sound Like You

What's new?

Mimic Creative Sampler

Updated Combinator

High Resolution Graphics

Faster browser

New look, new sounds

Meet the Rack

Virtual Studio Rack

What is the Rack?

Reason 12 - the perfect expansion to your DAW

Your dream rack is here

Sound supply

Patch cord paradise

Compatibility

Can I use the Rack?

Virtual Studio Rack

Instruments

Player MIDI FX

Utilities

Effects

Sounds & Patches

Reason Standalone Features

Reason as a studio

Rack

Sequencing

Recording

Mixing

Audio Editing

Sampling

Blocks

REX

Requirements

System Requirements

macOS

Windows

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