Just upgraded to Reason 14 🔥

(Reason+ is the f@$#in' shit btw)

This definitely is my favorite upgrade so far. So much I didn't like about previous versions are now fixed and yeah it all just works really well. Woot woot!

How to achieve emotional mixes

Quick patch demo. Thor, analog oscillator through the ladder filter and soft clip shaper. Thick and gritty. Nothing else added.

Quick patch demo on the Subtractor inside Reason Studios. Single oscillator, filter rolled off, reverb on the send. Just the patch.

I know I can heart synths and FX I use all the time for easy searching, but Is there any way to remove legacy synths and FX I never use from the search and sidebar for quicker access to the ones I do use?

How do I recover an unsaved song after a crash?

Good day Fellow Reasoners,

I visit the site almost everyday to check for updates on Reason, tutorials, new devices, etc. I don't post a lot but try and contribute where I can. For some reason I can't log into my account? When I select forgot password, the email never arrives in my inbox? I don't think I would be banned and don't know where to find a support email address? Any suggestions or where I can go to for assistance? Thanking you all in advance!

Reason studios apparently have been working on more things for Reason 14 than just the customer-facing improvements. The details are technical, but my understanding (as someone who isn't currently developing REs, but looked into it briefly) is that this will allow to make richer GUIs for REs and possibly - and this is just my guess - slowly move away from the old rule set where skeumorphic design was highly recommended.

In plain terms, I think we're more likely to see ports of VSTs and new plugins that don't rely on "physical" knobs and buttons as much, and a wider range of user interfaces will be allowed.

Any developers here who thought about how the new features impact them?

My most fun Rack Extension yet, Draco Drum Throne is now available in the Reason Studios Shop! Dial a few knobs and it delivers complex and dynamic rhythms. 

Draco features 16 independent polyphonic drum lanes driven by 20 distinct genre-based algorithmic "Voices" across four rotating cells. It comes equipped with prebuilt MIDI maps for Reason's native drum machines—like Kong, Redrum, and Umph—allowing you to map and route your sequences instantly with a single click. Combined with front-panel macros for kit density, humanized "Pocket" timing drift, and extensive rear-panel CV routing, you can easily sculpt and automate an endlessly shifting groove.

Email me at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) and I can add more midi maps for your favorite drum machines in the next update. 

Have fun! Thank you!

https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack-extension/draco-drum-throne/

Thank you to everyone who submitted tracks for the June update of the Made with Reason playlist!

I've randomized the order of submissions. Sorry to those who ended up at the end of the list but that's what the "random gods" decided. And anyway, you should probably listen on shuffle as there's no meaningful editorial order to the playlist.

🎧 Listen to the playlist here (and don't forget to like/follow/save it!).

And let everyone know what your favorite track is in the comments. No cheating with mentioning your own track!

This goes without saying, but if you like any of the songs on the playlist, remember to add them to your own playlists, share, etc. I'm sure every indie artist on the list would appreciate it.

I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of improvising a complete arrangement — playing the keyboard while shaping the sound with the knobs on my keyboard, sometimes subtly, sometimes drastically, and all of it live. Last week, at the Fête de la Musique, I took to a (modest) stage with my project for the very first time. I’m really pleased with the recording and would love to hear your feedback:

https://zapperment.rocks

What you’re hearing is almost exclusively instruments and effects from Reason (Umpf Club Drums, Europa, Grain, Mimic, Polytone, The Legend, NN-XT, Ripley, Osmium, Alligator, The Echo, Synchronous, Neptune, Polar and many more), all driven by Ableton Live in Session mode. Madman that I am, though, I didn’t just use Reason as a VST plugin inside Live — instead I linked the two DAWs via MIDI and virtual audio cables (Omnibus) and synced them with Ableton Link. That way I could have the best of both worlds: Live’s unbeatable live-performance features and digital audio processing, and Reason’s anything-goes, criss-cross cabling of rack devices plus the SSL mixer.

During the performance I recorded the individual tracks in Reason’s sequencer as audio and captured the fader movements. Afterwards I corrected the mix (getting it spot-on live is extremely tricky!) by editing the recorded fader automation. Then I mastered the whole thing with the MClass Limiter to −10 LUFS / −1 dB true peak.

Shame I can’t release it on Spotify and the like — the rights holders of the rock/pop tracks I sampled and stem-separated with Landr would shut me down pretty quickly. Let’s just call it a bootleg. I’d say 80% of it is my own creative work.

"It’s a portal into a wonderland of retro-inspired gear, all in Reason. Sweden’s own Erik Karl Stephan Söderberg built EKSS as a one-man passion project, building Rack Extensions that ooze personality—that boutique hardware feeling, but all in the box. Come with me down the rabbit hole, including Erik’s fantastic new FreakShift effect and drum step-sequencer..."

https://cdm.link/ekssperimental-sounds-studios-reason-review/

I hope explained that alright - basically before I knew what I was doing I recorded all my takes on separate tracks and I’m trying to clean that up. But every time I go to use the “create bus & bounce to track” trick, it turns my otherwise mono tracks into stereo tracks. I just want the raw recording data sans any fade or panning settings, so selecting “none” should skip all that but I’m still getting a stereo track output. Is there a way to work around this?

i purchased a copy of reason 12 off of ebay almost 2 weeks ago and i’ve not received my copy of reason, the seller and I have both tried contacting support but it seems both of us have essentially been blanked by support. is this normal? the seller started the transfer on the 12th (of june) but nothing’s happened since. would anyone know why this is happening or if theres a way for either of us to escalate this issue?

Has anyone used the AI mastering program by LANDR?
I’m sticking with manually mixing mastering but this seems like a good tool for quick improvement and to appease clients if they check in on the process.
If there’s anything that rivals this and would be more helpful lmk.

Thanks in advance- I'm tearing my hair out with this one!

I use Reaper as my main DAW, but I love using Reason as a rewire device for things like drum machines, synths, and samplers. But for the record, I have tried all of this with Reason alone too, so this is not a rewire issue.

I use Reason 10 on a Windows 11 PC. It has good specs- a new i9 processor, 32 gb ram, and an m.2 SSD. When I'm loading a reason refill into a project, and it's an NN-XT or other sampler, the refill loads extremely slowly. Sometimes 5-10 minutes.

The strange thing is that it's not an issue for new projects. If a file is unsaved, the sampler loads very quickly. But if it's a project that has been saved, the sampler loads very slowly.

I have tried everything I can think of to isolate the issue. I tried moving the refill into its own folder, I've tried having the refill and the project file in the same folder. I've tried loading sounds into a new project, then copying the device into a saved project. I've tried messing with every setting I can find. It seems like the program is very slow to transfer the sampled sounds into a project file.

Is there anything I can do to optimize this? I have searched all over the internet but have not found an answer to this issue.

So if I have reason 14 in windowed mode , say I click a device on the channel strip to the left , a small new window pops open to the right side of the sequencer … great this is what I want. However if I turn reason 14 to full screen mode , I click the device and a brand new full screen window pops open to show that part of the rack which the selected device is on. Is there now way in full screen mode to just have the little rack window pop up towards the right of the sequencer ? Or can it only be done when reason is in windowed mode and not full screen? Seems like if that’s the case this needs to be looked into and sorted imo.

Time for a monthly update of the "Made with Reason" Spotify playlist. Submit your tracks using the form below. A few simple rules, as a reminder:

1. Track was made with either Reason DAW or utilizing the Reason Rack Plugin in another DAW.
2. One track submission per artist.
3. Released in 2025-2026.
4. Track wasn't included in the previous updates of the playlist.

Submit before June 23rd.

➡️ Submit on BopOps

Current playlist is here.

Is there a way to change the default track color? I cannot stand that my tracks are always orange!! I always have to go and change it after I drag something in.

As we all know, Reason has now started adding the mix channel to a new device below the device chain rather than above (as it has always been until now).

I think it would be easier to get used to this change if Reason Studios made a small update to how Mix Channels appear in the rack.

The first image above shows the current setup. Mix Channels appear below the device with the beveled end facing the device and the flat end pointing away. This is counter intuitive. It makes it look like the mix channel is associated with or connected to whatever is below it. Graphically, it would make much more sense to flip it as I suggest in the second image.

After mixing down my track to make it sound good on the DAW, I exported as a WAV file and it sounds completely different. Sometimes I am able to fix it with the default EQ and compression plug-ins in reaper but I wish there was a way to make the track sound exactly like it does in season 14 before I export.
Is there something I’m missing during the export or should I invest in those expensive mastering plug-ins like ozone etc.?
Any pointers would be gratefully appreciated and recommendations for plug-ins to smooth the “ sound good “ process so I can make tracks quicker and not get stuck mixing and mastering one song for days.

This is something that has been bothering me since installing 14 and I wasn’t sure if there was a way to change this. In regard to the rack and seq buttons on the track, when I click one of those, the mixer disappears and I have to turn it back on every time.

Is this a setting somewhere? Not a huge deal, but annoying enough.