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A creative, intuitive, yet powerful approach to sound design and music production
Reason 13 represents the most inspiring evolution of this music-making powerhouse, featuring significant workflow enhancements, an expanded sound library, and a range of exciting new Rack devices. This version introduces a beefed-up sound bank, improved tagging and filtering capabilities, an overhauled Sequencer, and brand-new devices such as Polytone and Ripley Space Delay, alongside a wealth of valuable new tools.
As both a powerful DAW and plug-in, Reason allows you to integrate your favorite Reason Rack instruments, effects, and devices into any DAW. Reason 13 includes both the plug-in version of the Reason Rack and the standalone Reason music production software, complete with all the features you know and love. Longtime Reason enthusiasts will immediately recognize the new possibilities, while newcomers are in for an exhilarating experience. Prepare to elevate your music production to new heights with Reason 13.
What’s New in Reason 13?
Reason 13 takes your creative process to the next level with an expansive, multi-gigabyte sound bank library, now enhanced with fresh patches, samples, REX loops, demo songs, and song-starter templates. Finding the perfect sound has never been easier, thanks to the upgraded Browser, which now includes powerful tagging and filtering capabilities. Even experienced Reason users will be impressed by the completely revamped Sequencer, featuring a new split interface and numerous workflow improvements. The new Polytone dual-layer synthesizer brings warm, analog-inspired textures that will inspire new ideas, while the Ripley Space Delay effect adds vintage-style delays and reverbs to your sound palette. Reason 13 also introduces three new tools designed to streamline common tasks, ensuring a smoother and more efficient music-making experience. Plus, a series of sleek user interface refinements give you even more reasons to love Reason 13.
Everything at Your Fingertips
Reason 13 makes finding the right sound effortless. All content, including sound banks, Reason Studios devices, and Sound Packs, is now categorized and tagged for quick access. Additionally, you can easily tag anything that isn’t pre-tagged. The enhanced Browser allows you to filter search results by name, type, category, tag, and more. Simply type what you’re looking for, and the Browser will offer suggestions or let you filter by category and tag to find your next sound. With these streamlined features, Reason 13 ensures your creative flow remains uninterrupted.
Significant Sequencer Enhancements
The Sequencer has always been at the heart of Reason’s creative environment, and with Reason 13, it’s better than ever. The redesigned Sequencer now features a split interface, introducing a new Edit Area where you can fine-tune your details without losing sight of your overall arrangement. Workflow improvements like enhanced zooming, layout adjustments, and quick access to editing features make the Sequencer more intuitive and efficient than ever before.
Reason: A Powerhouse DAW
As a standalone DAW, Reason offers an incredibly powerful virtual studio designed for fast, intuitive, and creative music production. Its open architecture and flexible cabling system have earned it a dedicated global following. Unlike other DAWs, Reason’s logical workflow and beautifully responsive graphical interface replicate the experience of working in a professional recording studio, complete with racks of exceptional gear. Whether you’re a seasoned engineer or new to music production, Reason’s user-friendly environment makes it easy to dive in.
With comprehensive sequencing, seamless audio recording across unlimited tracks, and an extensive library of built-in instruments, effects, and utilities, Reason allows you to craft beats, build your unique Reason Rack with VST plug-ins and Rack Extensions, and mix on a legendary modeled large-format console.
Instruments included with Reason 13:
- Polytone Dual‑layer Synthesizer
- Mimic Creative Sampler
- Europa Shapeshifting Synthesizer
- Grain Sample Manipulator
- Klang Tuned Percussion Instrument
- Pangea World Instruments
- Humana Vocal Ensemble Instrument
- Radical Piano — advanced acoustic piano
- Monotone Bass Synthesizer
- Rytmik Drum Machine
- Kong Drum Designer
- Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
- NN19 sampler
- NN-XT advanced sampler
- Malström graintable synthesizer
- Dr. Octo Rex loop player
- Redrum pattern-based drum machine
- Subtractor analog subtractive synthesizer
- ID-8 songwriter’s toolbox
Included effects:
- Ripley Space Delay
- Quartet Chorus Ensemble
- Sweeper Modulation Effect
- Master Bus Compressor
- Channel Dynamics
- Channel EQ
- RV7000 MkII advanced convolution reverb
- The Echo high-quality delay & tape echo
- Softube Guitar amplifier with amp and cabinet modeling
- Softube Bass amplifier with amp and cabinet modeling
- Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
- Alligator triple channel pattern-based gate
- Pulveriser distortion, compressor, and envelope follower module
- Synchronous Effects Modulator
- Neptune pitch corrector and voice synthesizer
- Audiomatic Retro Transformer
- MClass 4-band mastering EQ
- MClass Dual-band stereo imager
- MClass Stereo compressor with sidechain input, soft-knee mode and CV out
- MClass Maximizer with look-ahead and soft clip
- RV-7 digital reverb
- DDL-1 digital delay line
- D-11 foldback distortion
- ECF-42 envelope-controlled filter
- DF-101 chorus/flanger
- PH-90 phaser
- COMP-01 compressor
- PEQ2 2-band EQ
- BV512 vocoder with 4 to 512 bands and equalization
- UN16 unison
Player MIDI effects and utility devices:
- Combinator
- Scales & Chords
- Dual Arpeggio
- Note Echo
- RPG-8 Monophonic Arpeggiator
- ReGroove Mixer real-time groove console
- Matrix pattern-based sequencer
- Pulsar Dual LFO
- 14:2 mixer w/ EQ and effects send/return
- 6:2 channel stereo line mixer
- Spider Audio Merger & Splitter
- Spider Control Voltage Merger & Splitter
- MIDI Out device
Features:
- Factory sound bank library includes all-new patches, samples, REX loops, demo songs, and song-starter templates
- Improved Browser (updated with tagging and filtering capabilities)
- Sequencer updated with a split interface and a bevy of workflow enhancements
- 3 tools designed to simplify common tasks for a smoother music-making experience
- Eye-grabbing user interface refinements
- High-resolution graphics with zoomable, resizable window
- VST plug-in support: add any instrument or effect plug-in 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 Wi-Fi
- Unlimited audio recording and instrument channels
- High-quality real-time time stretch & audio transpose
- Pitch Edit mode for polishing your vocal recordings
- Audio slicing and audio quantizing — 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 WAV and AIFF to MP3 and more
- Real-time sample rate and bit depth conversion allow for importing any audio into Reason without issues
- Multicore support and 64-bit compatibility make Reason fast and powerful on any computer
- Self-contained song files make moving projects between computers and collaborators as easy as moving a single file
- Advanced modeled mixing console with complete channel strip for every instrument and audio channel
