upgrade from

• Reason (version 1-11)
• Reason 11 Suite
• Reason Student/Teacher
• Balance with Reason Essentials
• Record

Make music your way - plugged in or standalone
Reason’s Rack of legendary synths, instruments, and effects can now be used in your favorite DAW with the Reason Rack Plugin (VST3/AU/AAX). Reason 12 includes both the plugin version and the standalone Reason music production software so you can make music the way you like.

New in Reason 12

Updated Combinator: Custom panel size, background colors, backgrounds, and controls.

Mimic Creative Sampler: Quick and immediate triggering, chopping, and manipulation of audio.

High Resolution Graphics: Hyper realistic devices and zoomable windows for improved workflow.

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

Please note: Reason 12 requires Windows 10 (64-bit) / macOS 10.13 or later (64-bit).

Product description 

Buy this upgrade if you own any of the following products:

• Reason (version 1-11)
• Reason 11 Suite
• Reason Student/Teacher
• Balance with Reason Essentials
• Record

Note: Reason 11 Intro, Reason 11 Lite, Essentials, Reason Limited, and Reason Adapted owners should get the Reason 12 Upgrade for Intro/Lite.

Features

Instruments

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

Effects

• Quartet Chorus Ensemble
• Sweeper Modulation Effect
• Master Bus Compressor
• Channel Dynamics
• Channel EQ
• RV7000 MkII Reverb
• The Echo
• Softube Amplifier
• Softube Bass Amp
• Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
• Alligator Triple Filtered Gate
• Pulveriser Demolition
• Synchronous Effects Modulator
• Neptune Pitch Adjuster
• 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
• PEQ2 Two Band Parametric EQ
• UN-16 Unison

Utility devices

• Combinator - Major Update
• RPG-8 Monophonic Arpeggiator
• Matrix Pattern Sequencer
• Pulsar Dual LFO
• Mixer14:2
• Line Mixer 6:2
• Spider Audio Merger & Splitter
• Spider CV Merger & Splitter

Player MIDI FX

• Beat Map Algorhythmic Drummer
• Scales & Chords
• Dual Arpeggio
• Note Echo

Sounds and patches

• Huge factory sound bank with more than 29000 device patches, loops and samples - Major Update

Reason music production software 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

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