Reason Studios Reason+

It's A Plugin And A Daw

Whether you feel most at home in Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Logic Pro or FL Studio, Reason is the perfect expansion to your favorite DAW. Get thousands of instruments, devices, effects, loops, samples and presets right inside your preferred workstation.

If you prefer to make your music in Reason (just as many of the world's best producers do), you can rest assured that you will always have what you need. All updates are included in Reason+ to keep you sounding fresh!

Sound Packs

Sound Packs are music-making building blocks to inspire you and speed up your creative process.

Every week Reason releases new Sound Packs by world-class sound designers. Imagine the simplicity of samples but with added flexibility and creative possibilities. You are never limited to the sounds they offer – you can always make them sound like you.

Instruments And Effects

With over 70 instruments and effects included in Reason+, you'll never be stuck for inspiration again. Reason gives you synths, strings, percussion and even choirs! Use them individually or layer them for endless musical possibilities.

Included Intruments:

• Algoritm - Many iconic sounds of the 80s were created using FM synthesis, but why stop there? With Algoritm Reason has ramped up that technology, so you can create the iconic sounds of the 20s.
• Complex-1 - Complex-1 is a modular synthesizer from Reason Studios, bringing the quirks, freedom and sonic depth of modular synthesis to to your Reason Rack.
• Dr. Octo Rex - Versatile and flexible loop player that turns static loops into playable musical instruments.
• Europa - From stacks of buzzing sawtooths to shimmering sonic explorations, Reason’s monster synth has you covered.
• Friktion - Create string parts that are far closer to real-life bowed instrument performances than you could ever get with any sample library.
• Grain - Grain uses every sound you’ve already got to make every sound you’d ever want. There’s dust in the wind, sands in the hourglass… and now grains in your samples.
• Humana - Give your music a human touch with the sound of Humana’s selection of choirs and solo voices.
• ID8 - A songwriter’s best friend. When all you need is quick access to your most used instruments, ID8 is there for you.
• Klang - Glockenspiel, music box, wineglasses and a whole lot more. Great for adding an organic touch to your productions.
• Kong - 16 pads of complete inspiration. Use samples, synthesis, physical modeling and effects to build the drum machine of your dreams.
• Layers - Layers is a virtual collection of sought-after synthesizers from the 80s and 90s, re-imagined in a modern, creative instrument.
• Layers Wave Edition - Add the legendary Waldorf Wave synthesizer to your Reason Rack. Layers Wave Edition brings you the sound of the mighty Waldorf Wave in a modern, easy to use and abuse package.
• Malström - Fusing the best parts of granular and wavetable synthesis, it has a sound like nothing else.
• MIDI - Play and control any instruments and devices from the Reason Rack.
• Mimic - The art of sampling is constantly evolving. Mimic Creative Sampler brings modern sampling techniques to the Reason Rack for the modern beatmaker and producer.
• Monotone - Tailor-made for deep basslines, this is exactly what you need to add that rumble and punch to your low end.
• NN-19 - Quick and easy sampler with an intuitive workflow and plenty of real-time modulation capabilities.
• NN-XT - Play gigabytes of rich and complex, multi-layered instruments from the Reason sound bank. Or sample and build your own!
• Objekt - Synthesize reality with Objekt, a physical modeling synth for new and unique acoustic sounds. Discover the character of organic instruments and real-world materials. Dynamic, playable, and easily customizable.
• Pangea - Plucked, pumped, blown or strummed, these instruments from around the world will add a new dimension to any style of music.
• Parsec 2 - Parsec Spectral Synthesizer brings the futuristic sound of additive synthesis to the Reason Rack.
• Processed Pianos - Processed Pianos is the perfect piano package for all Reason users who want to explore and play around with new sounds.
• Radical Keys - Radical Keys brings you three classic keyboard instruments in a great-sounding package: the Rhodes Mk1, the Wurlitzer and the Pianet-T.
• Radical Piano - The premise is simple. The results are stunning. Reason gives you three basic pianos paired with the technology to make an infinite number of your own.
• Reason Drum Kits - A collection of expressive and playable acoustic drum kits, recorded in legendary studio spaces, using a mix of vintage and state-of-the-art recording equipment.
• Reason Electric Bass - A powerful Rack Extension that delivers everything you need to easily create dynamic, responsive, believable bass lines in Reason.
• Redrum - Reason’s drum machine. If you like the classic pattern based machines from the 80s, then this one is for you.
• Rytmik - Modern and sleek drum sounds in no time — Rytmik is where beatmaking starts.
• Scenic - A cinematic dream machine of atmospheric sounds, textures and powerful performance controls.
• Subtractor - Warm, straightforward and easy to use. Subtractor is most Reason users go-to synthesizer.
• Thor - Semi-modular instrument with God-like synthesis power. Build your sounds from 50 years of collected synth history.
• Umpf Club Drums - A next-level dance music beat creation device that delivers everything you need to make banging electronic beats in Reason.
• Umpf Retro Beats - An innovative drum machine packed with old-school sounds and grooves from the 80s and 90s.

Included Effects:

• Alligator - Applying pattern control to gating, filtering and envelope shaping, the Alligator will happily chew any audio passing through its jaws into a completely new sound.
• Audiomatic - Apply your desired flavor of yesterday to your music. VHS, Vinyl, Tape and many more — take your pick!
• BV-X - BV-X Multimode Vocoder is a modern take on the classic vocoder effect. It just got easier than ever to take your vocals in a new direction, even if you can’t sing.
• BV512 - Capable of far more than just robotic voices, a vocoder is a great tool when you want to modulate one sound with another.
• CF-101 Chorus/Flanger - Widen your sound with this combined Chorus and Flanger.
• Channel Dynamics - Use the subtle compressor, expander and gate from Reason’s studio-grade mixer anywhere in your signal chain.
• Channel EQ - The legendary modeled EQ unit featured in countless platinum recordings is now its own rack device.
• COMP-01 - A straightforward dynamics processor from Reason’s original set of effects.
• D-11 Foldback Distortion - Reason’s original distortion unit may look small next to Scream 4 and Pulveriser, but can still mangle a sound.
• DDL-1 Digital Delay Line - Straightforward delay line with easy-to-automate parameters makes this a favorite for special fx processing.
• ECF-42 Envelope - A gate triggered filter for dynamic filtering effects. Or simply a standalone filter unit.
• Master Bus Compressor - The ready-for-radio bus compressor from Reason’s mixing console is also available as a rack device.
• MClass Compressor - Designed to add punch and definition to your Reason tracks, this single-band compressor sounds simply amazing.
• MClass Equalizer - A 4-band, professional level mastering EQ with a transparent sound and precise sound sculpting features.
• MClass Maximizer - An advanced mastering tool designed to maximize the volume of your Reason tracks, without crushing them or introducing other unwanted artifacts.
• MClass Stereo Imager - No mastering suite is complete without a tool for controlling the stereo image to allow individual treatment of high and low bands.
• Neptune - Gently nudge your vocalist's into key, or go all T-Pain on your vocals. Neptune is also a powerful real-time vocal synth.
• EQ-2 - Cut and boost your signals at just the right frequencies with this dual band EQ.
• PH-90 Phaser - Put motion in your sounds with the PH-90, Reason’s original phaser.
• Polar - Polar is an old school harmonizing and pitch-shifter effect with a host of modern tricks up its sleeves. Use it for classic harmonizing, stereo-widening, and realtime pitch-shifting, or experiment with buffer looping and audio freezing to create otherworldly effects.
• Pulsar - A CV modulation effect that uses its two LFOs to control parameters in Reason’s other instruments and effects.
• Pulveriser - Combining compression, distortion, filter and modulation, the Pulveriser is a beast of a processor that makes just about anything sound… better.
• Quartet - Spice up your sound with four flavors of chorus and ensemble effects. From classic vintage chorus to the unique sound of granular ensemble.
• Rotor - Meticulously modeled on the Leslie 122, Rotor brings the sound of the classic rotary speaker design from the 1940's to the Reason rack.
• RV-7 Digital Reverb - Simple but effective reverb unit capable of room simulation and weird effects.
• RV7000 MkII - Very easy and straightforward to use, yet sophisticated with multiple reverb models, including an advanced Impulse Response reverb.
• Scream 4 - A multimode sound mangling effect that will do anything from gentle tape compression to full-on sonic mayhem.
• Softube Bass Amp - Clean solid lows? Nasal presence? Wildly distorted? Whatever sound you're after, Bass Amp can deliver.
• Softube Guitar Amp - Oozing with attitude and featuring a fistful of amp and cabinet models, this is one amp that will never let your down.
• Sweeper - Add more color with this high quality, multi-talented phaser, flanger and filter unit with expansive dynamic modulation options.
• Synchronous - Create quick sidechain effects or draw your own LFO curves to control filter, delay, reverb, distortion and level. Make your sound evolve, change and loop over time.
• The Echo - A multi-talented echo effect mixing the perfection of digital delay with the warmth and character of vintage tape echo units.
• UN-16 Unison - Fatten any sound with this unique effect that mimics the Unison effect found in analog synths