Reason 11 What's new in Reason 11

Introducing Reason Rack Plugin

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Reason Rack Plugin Studio One
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Introducing Reason
Rack
Plugin

Bring Reason’s synths, instruments, effects and sounds anywhere you want with the Reason Rack Plugin. Your favorite Reason instruments can now be used in your favorite DAW, complete with the free routing and great sounds you’d expect from Reason.

Available as a VST3/AU plugin today

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Production Next level flow

Learn more about the numerous tweaks to Reason’s workflow and new rack devices.

Reason 11 New devices

  • Quartet Chorus Ensemble
    Quartet Chorus Ensemble

    Spice up your sound with four flavors of chorus and ensemble effects. From classic vintage chorus to the unique sound of granular ensemble.

  • Sweeper Modulation Effect
    Sweeper Modulation Effect

    Add more color with this high quality, multi-talented phaser, flanger and filter unit with expansive dynamic modulation options.

  • Master Bus Compressor
    Master Bus Compressor

    Reason’s trusted ready-for-radio bus compressor can now be applied anywhere in the rack.

  • Channel Dynamics
    Channel Dynamics

    Use the subtle compressor, expander and gate from Reason’s studio-grade mixer anywhere in your signal chain

  • Channel EQ
    Channel EQ

    The legendary modeled EQ unit featured in countless platinum recordings is now its own rack device.

Reason 11 New workflow features

Reason 11 Reason Suite

Reason 11 comes in three flavors: Reason Intro ($99), Reason ($399) and Reason Suite ($599). If you want it all, the brand new Reason Suite is a formidable collection of instruments, effects and other music making tools–more than 70 devices in total! It’s all of Reason’s instrument and effects and 16 extra Rack Extension plugins from Reason Studios in one unbelievable package at an unbeatable price.

Already a Reason user?
Owners of Reason 1-10 or Reason Teacher/Student can upgrade straight to Reason Suite for just $249/€249 when Reason 11 is released.

Announcing Scenic Hybrid Instrument

New instrument: Scenic Hybrid Instrument is a cinematic dream machine of atmospheric sounds and powerful performance controls. Scenic is included in Reason Suite and will also be sold separately ($99) on its release on September 25.

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Introducing Reason Studios

Reason Studios new logo

Farewell Propellerhead, hello Reason Studios

Why, you ask? We’ve always been about turning the world’s music dreamers into music makers. We wanted to clearly show our commitment to providing the best music making experience, guiding and inspiring people to keep creating. And, the world really knows us for Reason. Reason Studios better encapsulates our mission. So this isn’t a course change into some new and scary territory. It’s about staying closer to the thing we love: Reason.

Over the coming weeks, you’ll see us changing to Reason Studios wherever Propellerhead has shown up— places like on our website, Facebook, Instagram and the like. Don’t worry, all your old links will still work. While the name and logo change, the people here remain as dedicated as ever.

Foire aux questions Reason

Is there a grace period?
Of course! If you purchase or upgrade to Reason 10 today (actually from August 1, 2019), you will receive a free upgrade to Reason 11 at release on September 25. Buy Reason 10 Intro now, and you will get Reason 11 Intro on September 25.
You can upgrade from any previous version of Reason to Reason 11 for $129 / €129 or to Reason 11 Suite for $249 / €249. Please note that there's no grace period or pre-order for Reason Suite.
Any DAW that supports VST3 or AU plugins can run Reason Rack Plugin. We have specifically tested Reason Rack Plugin with the latest versions of Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro X Studio One, Cubase, Reaper and Bitwig. If you want to ensure compatibility with another host, please download a Trial to evaluate.
Yes, with Reason 11.1 there is an AU version of Reason Rack Plugin.
The extra devices that you get with suite are Scenic Hybrid Instrument, Complex-1 Modular Synth, Umpf Club Drums, Umpf Retro Beats, Reason Electric Bass, Reason Drum Kits, Processed Pianos, Layers Wave Edition, Layers, Parsec Spectral Synthesizer, Radical Keys, Polar Dual Pitch Shifter, Rotor Rotary Speaker, PolyStep Sequencer, Quad Note Generator, Drum Sequencer.
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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, program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space
  • Mac OS X 10.11 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 DAW host with VST3 support is required
  • For using Reason as an AU plugin, a DAW 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, program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space
  • Windows 7 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 DAW host with VST3 support is required