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Sound Like You

Subscribe to Reason+ and get the tools to sound like nobody else.

All You Need – One Subscription

• Weekly inspiring sound packs
• 70+ legendary instruments & effects
• Plugin rack for creative sound design
• Up-to-date Reason software

What's included?

Inspiring Sound Packs

Get inspired by weekly sound packs with musical building blocks that go well together. All sounds are created by world-class sound designers in the Reason Rack – so you can change them any way you want.

Legendary Instruments and Effects

Reason's 70+ instruments and effects have been used to make countless hits – and countless unique sounds. By combining them any way you want in the Reason Rack you can really control your creative expression.

Rack Plugin and Reason

The Reason Rack is a sound design playground that can be used as a plugin with any other music production software. But Reason is also full-fledged music production software where you can record and edit. As a Reason+ subscriber you always have access to the latest version with all available updates.

The Rack and Reason

Wanna add some personality to the music you make in Ableton Live, Apple Logic, FL Studio or Avid ProTools? Just use Reason+ with the Rack as a plugin.

But if you prefer to make your music in Reason (like many of the greatest producers in the world do) you can rest assured that you will always have what you need to be original and sound like you. All updates and major upgrades are included in Reason+.

New in Reason 12

A new look, a new size and new Rack devices for creative sample manipulation, Reason 12 is all about leveling up the creative potential at the heart of your music-making experience. The brand new Mimic Creative Sampler approaches sample manipulation as a musical reimagining of audio samples that can be both inventive and even fun! Bringing together the best audio technologies from Reason Studios’ history of groundbreaking DSP and sample-slicing, Mimic includes automatic transient slice detection which easily chops up a sample into individual notes or drum beats. Time-stretching samples can be done using Reason’s legendary stretch algorithm, along with new granular and tape modes to explore.

Mimic Creative Sampler

• Mimic is Reason’s brand new premium instrument for creative sample manipulation
• Advanced time-stretch and pitch shift algorithms
• Experiment with granular synthesis controls
• Automatic transient slice detection chops up samples for fast sample juggling and flipping
• Onboard filters and effects geared specifically for adding color, grit, and character to your samples

All New Combinator

• Reason’s Combinator has been updated for highly customizable front panel designs
• Combine instruments, effects, and modular devices inside the Combinator however you like
• Use the new Editor to design custom front panels with your own layout of knobs, buttons, faders, and graphics
• Combinators can now include other Combinators inside
• Updated Combinator programming features make customized macro controls, and the sounds that enable more advanced, powerful, and inspiring

Improved Browser

• Reason’s browser has been updated for instant search results while you type
• Search results categorized, showing devices, presets, samples, folders, etc. 
• Search the current folder your in or all locations at once now

High Resolution Graphics and Scalable Window

• ALL Reason Rack devices are now in glorious high resolution
• Every 3rd party Rack Extension add-on ever made now supports high resolution graphics now
• Reason scales automatically to fit your own monitor’s resolution and pixel density
• Change the zoom level manually to make the Reason window smaller or GIANT to fit your own taste

Take Your Music Anywhere

The Reason platform extends beyond the Reason software. Music is made in any number of settings and situations and Reason can be there for you when you need it.

Start your song ideas on Reason Compact for iOS and finish them on your computer. The same instruments are available on your phone and on your desktop so you can flesh out the production with all that Reason can offer.

Use your favorite Reason instrument in other music production software with the Reason Rack Plugin, a VST/AU version of the Reason Rack

Jam in perfect sync with your Ableton Live using friends. Reason supports Ableton Link to stay wirelessly on the beat tougher with any number of Link-enabled computers, apps or devices.

Sound Packs

Put a little whoosh in your boom!

Sound Packs are music-making building blocks that can inspire you and speed up your music-making process. Every week Reason Studios release new booms and blips by world-class sound designers. Sound Packs offer the simplicity of samples but add another level of flexibility and creative possibilities. You are never limited to the sounds on offer – you can always make them sound like you.

Sometimes a boom needs more whoosh. Because Sound packs are fully configured instrument and device patches in the Reason Rack, you get immediate and full creative flexibility. In other words – you can easily add as much whoosh as you like.

Instruments & Effects

Use your ears!

These instruments and effects are all included in Reason+. You can combine them any way you want in the Rack to create the perfect sound for what you want to express. Some of these may look complicated at first – but don’t worry. Nothing can break. Just use your ears and try stuff out!

Europa - Shapeshifting Synthesizer

A wavetable synth at heart; Europa is the most powerful, most modern and biggest sounding synth for your next track and the many more to come. The heart of Europa is its three spectral wave engines, where waveforms are loaded and warped through traditional wavetable sweeps and spectral waveform modifiers. Add to that a set of unique spectral filters, customizable envelopes, fantastic effects and more and you’ll be ready to realize that Europa isn’t just the greatest synth to arrive in Reason. It’s the greatest synth to arrive. Period.

Thor - Polysonic Synthesizer

Where other synths use one specific form of synthesis and one single filter, the Thor polysonic synthesizer features six different oscillator types and four unique filters. What does this give you? An unstoppable monster of a sound generator, Thor utilises synthesizer technology from the last 50 years. With its unique selection of oscillator types and filter designs, the Thor Polysonic Synthesizer is a veritable synth museum. But there’s nothing dusty about this instrument. Thor may have one foot in history, but its sound is pure future.

Monotone - Bass Synthesizer

For all the bass heads out there, here’s Monotone: a monophonic supply of speaker rattling low-end. Monotone has a deep and big sound but is inviting and easy to work with. No hidden menus or cryptic controls. Everything you need is at your fingertips when you want it. Monotone is also the bass synth in Reason Compact for iOS. Start your basslines on Reason Compact and scale up your production on your Desktop – Monotone seamlessly integrates into your workflow.

Subtractor - Polyphonic Synthesizer

Similar in layout of the analogue flagship synths of the early 80s, the Subtractor makes it easy to create anything from warm pads to rumbling bass. A unique feature of the Subtractor Synthesizer is the oscillator phase offset. By using this feature you can create complex waveforms by subtracting or multiplying a waveform with a phase offset copy of itself. This analogue type polyphonic synthesizer is based on subtractive synthesis, the method used in classic, analogue synthesizers.

Kong - Drum Designer

Kong Drum Designer is not your regular drum module. It’s the drum module focused on giving you exactly that drum sound you’re after. Kong has 16 pads and 16 drums. Build your drum sounds based on any of the nine different drum modules. Flavour the sound with 11 support generators and effects. Program automation, create alternating groups and let Reason’s powerful sequencer drive the beat.

Radical Piano - Advanced Acoustic Piano

Radical Piano will change the way you use pianos in your music by allowing you to imagine a piano in a real space and set about creating it yourself through intuitive controls. Based on a custom blend between sampling technology and physical modelling algorithms, Radical Piano affords songwriters, producers, and sound designers an unprecedented level of control to craft a realistic piano that is 100% unique.

MIDI Out - Device

Play the sounds of your favourite hardware synths and beat machines within the Reason Rack. Sequence and automate your MIDI gear in Reason's sequencer, play in new ways with Players, or control any MIDI parameter with CV cables from any rack device.

When using Reason as a VST3/AU/AAX plugin, the MIDI Out Device communicates directly with the host. Build your own custom MIDI rack using Reason's devices and control any other plugin or external hardware in your DAW of choice.

The Complete List of Reason+ Instruments

• Friktion - Modeled Strings
• Europa - Shapeshifting Synthesizer
• Thor - Polysonic Synthesizer
• Monotone - Bass Synthesizer
• Subtractor - Polyphonic Synthesizer
• Kong - Drum Designer
• Radical Piano - Advanced Acoustic Piano
• MIDI Out - Device
• Rytmik - Drum Machine
• Redrum - Drum Computer
• Dr. Octo Rex - Loop Player
• NN-XT - Advanced Sampler
• NN-19 - Sampler
• ID8 - Songwriter's Toolbox
• Grain - Sample Manipulator
• Malström - Graintable Synthesizer
• Klang - Tuned Percussion
• Pangea - World Instruments
• Humana - Vocal Ensemble
• Scenic - Hybrid Instrument
• Complex-1 - Modular Synthesizer
• Parsec 2 - Spectral Synthesizer
• Umpf Club Drums
• Umpf Retro Beats
• Reason Electric Bass
• Reason Drum Kits
• Processed Pianos
• Radical Keys
• Layers Quadrasonic Sample Player
• Layers Waves Edition

Effects

Sweeper

Add more colour with this high quality, multi-talented modulation unit with expansive dynamic modulation options. Sweeper offers three separate stereo modulation effects: phaser, flanger and filter. The pristine-sounding phaser offers up to a whopping 40 stages for some extreme phasing sounds. The Flanger excels at the sweeping sounds you’d expect from it while the filter section is the oversampled filter from Europa with nine filter modes. To breathe life into the effect, Sweeper has a modulator with a looping envelope, an audio follower and audio trig to modulate just about any of Sweeper’s settings.

Master Bus Compressor

Reason’s trusted ready-for-radio bus compressor is now available as a rack device. The sound is identical to the Mixer’s master bus compressor, but the rack unit offers expanded CV control, dry/wet settings and the ability to apply the compressor magic anywhere in your signal chain. How would your drum mix sound with its own Master Bus Compressor?

The Echo

The Echo is an advanced stereo echo bringing together the brilliance of modern delays with the organic sounds of analogue circuitry and old-school tape machines. The Echo is equal parts pristine stereo delay, sound sculpturing toolbox, and playable performance effect. Add Delay, colour, modulations and triggers to your Rack. The Trigger and Roll modes let you play The Echo as an instrument, creating stutter and repeat effects on the fly.

The Complete List of Reason+ Effects

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

MIDI FX & Utilities

Scales & Chords

Add scale awareness to your instruments with Scales & Chords. Select your key and scale from a list of common and not-so-common scales and your playing will always be in key. Turn on the chords button and have Reason add one finger chord magic that fits right with your music. With controls for chord colouring, number of notes, inversion and more, you have a very helpful harmonic tool at your disposal.

Beat Map Algorhythmic Drummer

Beat Map is a new Reason Rack Extension that generates notes in a fast, fun, intuitive way. Designed primarily for drums, Beat Map takes away some of the complexity of writing great beats by using algorithmically-generated patterns to come up with unexpected and interesting results.

The Combinator

Combine, layer and mix instruments and effects to create rich, production-ready and performance-friendly sounds that can be loaded up in an instant.

The Complete List of Reason+ MIDI FX & Utilities

• Pattern Mutator
• Scales & Chords
• Dual Arpeggio
• Note Echo
• Beat Map Algorhythmic Drummer
• Drum Sequencer
• Quad Note Generator
• PolyStep Sequencer
• The Combinator
• Pulsar Dual LFO
• Matrix Pattern Sequencer
• RPG-8 Monophonic Arpeggiator
• Mixer 14:2
• Line Mixer 6:2
• Spider Audio Merger & Splitter
• Spider CV Merger & Splitter
• Mix Channel
• Audio Track

System Requirements

macOS

• Fast, stable internet connection for installation and registration
• Intel Mac with multi-core processor
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended for large ReFills or Rack Extensions)
• 4 GB free system disk space required, plus 8 GB for optional content. Additionally, the program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space
• Mac OS X 10.11 or later (64-bit only)
• 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

Windows

• Fast, stable internet connection for installation and registration
• Intel or AMD multi-core processor
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended for large ReFills or Rack Extensions)
• 4 GB free system disk space required, plus 8 GB for optional content. Additionally, the program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space
• Windows 7 or later (64-bit only)
• Monitor with at least 1280x768 resolution
• Audio Interface with ASIO driver
• MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended