people who already know how good Pulverisor etc are

First off, i guess this is a heads-up to those who haven't updated yet, that there's a new version. I recently got 14.0, and only barely started exploring. I stumbled upon "Reason Drums" instrument today and was really impressed by the options for dynamic, realistic sounding drums. I'm going to the Reason website to see what else is new (or at least new to me...before I signed up for 14.0 after a long music break, i think my last version was Reason 2 or 3), but i thought I'd start a discussion. Honestly, I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the possibilities for now, I wish i had more free time to live in the Reasonspace!

Sounds And Effects has announced that, for the first time in their 20 year history, they have released free products.

One for Reason Studios Polytone 'The General for Polytone,' 129 presets, and one for the Europa wavetable synth 'Festival for Europa,'  119 presets, which also includes 3 new wavetables.

https://soundsandeffects.com/free.html 

Hey everyone, Reason team here.

As you probably know, Reason Free is out. 15 devices, free: Combinator, Europa, Kong, ID8, Monotone, Scream 4, The Echo, Audiomatic, RV7000 MkII, MClass Maximizer, Scales & Chords, Pulsar Dual LFO, Spider Audio/CV, MIDI Out.

Download: https://get.reasonstudios.com/reasonfree

We want to see what people actually build with it, and show what’s possible with the 15 included devices, so we’re running a combinator contest!

Three categories

• Best Overall: straight craft award
• Best First Combinator: genuinely your first one, just say so
• Most Unhinged: broken, chaotic, barely usable. We want these.

How to enter

Post a video of your Combinator with audio on Instagram. Tag u/reasonstudios in the post and use #ReasonFree, and make sure your account is public or it won't show up for us.

Own Reason? You can still enter, just stick to those 15 devices.

Prizes

10 finalists get Reason merch and their patch included in an official free sound pack. 3 category winners get a year of Reason+ and the LANDR Ultimate Plugin Bundle.

Content Closes September 21, 2026.

Is there a way to open my reason files that were created on Reason 5?

It’s probably something that I’m looking over, but I can’t figure out how to generate chords in key.

So I’m starting in generate mode (not listen mode) trying to write a simple chord progression that I can use to build additional parts and progressions. But when I set it to a particular key and generate chords, it almost always selects chords that are out of key. I have modality set to zero. I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong.

I keep starting from scratch, setting the key and monitoring the output through and scales and chords and the resulting chords are never in key.

Is this just something simple that I’m missing?

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 on BopOps before September 2nd.

Listen to the current playlist here

8 months ago, when LANDR's takeover of Reason was first announced and people were crying that the sky was falling, I made the following predictions:

• Reason will continue to be improved and updated, including some new QoL improvements.
• Reason+ might no longer be offered [I give it 50/50 odds], but will be rolled into LANDR's "Pro" subscription tier (or perhaps a new higher tier) [of this I'm almost certain]. This would be a good thing, as it would get Reason into the hands of tons of new users who could fall in love with the DAW. It would also help incentivize Reason Studios to focus on more QoL improvements to make Reason more producer-friendly.
• Reason 14, at least, will still be available standalone. Hopefully they all will.

Seems like these predictions were mostly correct, though instead of Reason+ being rolled into LANDR, parts of the LANDR subscription were instead rolled into Reason+ (with no price change!)

Things that have happened in the past 8 months that I didn't predict:

• Reason perpetual (and upgrades) got cheaper
• Reason made a free version (I actually thought they should do this years ago, but didn't expect it to happen)

With the establishment of Reason Free, I would love to see all REs that do not come with Reason Free be added to the shop, so Reason Free users could purchase everything, and also those who have any version of Reason would get the REs that come with their version for free—they paid for these REs, after all. It'd be a really cool upgrade model if QoL upgrades were free for upgrades, but you'd have to pay if you wanted the new included REs. This would also let them honestly market Reason Standard as "a €2500 value!" or something like that. (Someone did the math and figured out that the Reason 11 Suite upgrade contained some €1300 in bundled REs alone.)

(For those interested, you can see the OP here: https://www.reddit.com/r/reasoners/comments/1q6cmri/hot_take_landr_acquiring_reason_might_be_a_big/)

Seems like they focused this release on the free Reason Rack, the DAW part is mentioned literally in one sentence on the website not even in the FAQ on the release page.

So I've decided to check it out. You get not only the free Rack but the whole R14 DAW with new sequencer features, dark mixer, track panel - everything. Of course you don't get any stock plugins except the free ones announced but if you have any free or paid REs, they are already there. And all of them are HD graphics. And all your VSTs are there too. Having all of that and Combinator2 is pretty good freebie to play around, to make some sounds etc.

The only 2 limitations are: you don't have any stock REs there except released with free version, and you have 16 tracks limit.

Too bad i don't have many REs but I would love to play with my The Legend and Friktion in HD plus Players and all free REs i got, making some Combinators etc. I had R+ with 12 and 13 for some time so it's not too alien for me, but I'm sure there are people who only briefly demoed new version, now can actually try new features for as long as they'd like, its proper "Demo" now with saving and exporting.

Fellow R11 R10 and earlier users might appreciate to play with their paid REs in HD for sound design and save samples for later use in r11 or other DAW.

Reason Free is downloaded and installed as R14 with full library including Orkester and Factory sound banks. Testing further seems like you can drag and drop any sample WAV, aiff, rex loop into audio track as a sample. I'm not sure if samples available to anyone or because I have R11 and logged in.

Hi, I’ve just returned to Reason after a long time away and am having lots of fun with the Players.

I was wondering, is there a way to have one Chord Sequencer send the chords to two different synths at once?

I’ve been trying for ages and can’t work it out.

Thanks

A hobbyist trying to save some space in Reason 12 - I generally save one rACK UI click this way (WHAT A WIN - LOL )as each Combinator can remain open in this setup, without having to visit the autobahn of scrolling or clicking twice to open a combinator fully to the devices. I know there are lots of other options, but I mainly build tracks this way in R12 for the moment. Only thing I find a bit annoying/sad is the compact (wheel) for Pitch/Mod not fitting properly inside the small 1 units bar for the Combinator.

A question, has the Configurator system changed in reason 13/14 ? just curious

Hello, I use Reason, Waveform, LUNA, & Ableton. I like different features from each. However when recording guitar in Reason every time the pick strikes a note or chord I get a harsh sound along with the tone almost like nails on a chalkboard. Does anyone know what might cause this?

It's a tribute to D-Jahsta.

Hi to all the newbies looking to get started with Reason. I’m selling my full license for version 14 (DAW + Reason Rack).

Why? I want to focus entirely on Ableton and specific VSTs, and I collect money for new tools.

How much? Send me a PM if your are intrested and we talk about the price. It will definitely be cheaper than the current market rate.

I’ll only respond to PMs, not comments in this thread.

Happy music making!

Just started working on this one last night.

#JesusDied4DubstepToo #Reason14IsLife

Friend got a kick seeing patches such as Dimension Maggots and Creepy Breathing

As the title suggests, I am looking to sell my Reason 13 & 14 license. I upgraded to version 14 from version 13 so as far as I know, the new owner, gets version 13 too.

Price is $200.

Paypal only.

Thank you!

So i'm using a focusrite 18i20, recording with the xlr mic inputs, plugged in via usb-c directly into my pc. they're fairly random when they show up but its definately in the recorded tracks and not just a playback artifact.

my pc is actually a 5 year old (beefy) gaming/development laptop, i7-11800H, 64gb ram. 2tb ssd storage. nothing amazing by todays standards but not garbage either, i wouldn't have expected it to have syncing issues...so i'm wondering if this is user error rather than a tech issue.

thoughts?

The way Europa processes user samples is simply indescribable. I feel like some kind of Alan Wilder from Depeche Mode. I throw impacts, explosions, screams, ambient sounds, drum loops - basically anything - into it, and then all you have to do is set the appropriate octave and configure the envelope controlling the Shape parameter to turn it into a tonal instrument that retains a lot of the character of the original sample...

This is incredible, and it’s only a fraction of what Europa can do. And then there’s the Grain Sample Manipulator, which can work its magic on material created with Europa and produce absolutely amazing results.

I can’t even walk to the store anymore without hearing potential instruments in the sounds around me. There’s no turning back now.

I’m glad I’ve joined the train of people who are fascinated by this synthesizer. Europa is truly one of a kind! ♫

here's some classic 2000's trance made in Reason 13 with Thor. finished song coming soon!

Backstory… I jam with friends with all live instruments, some midi from time to time. But we record each session.

I record drums audio directly out of a Roland TD-17kvx. I would like to use the usb midi out and use addictive drums with that.

The problems is there’s no Roland edrum usb/midi profile for Reason.

If I use addictive drums without reason it works perfect. But if I use AD2 within reason it interprets everything terribly. Like my hi-hat foot controller controls the velocity of my kick drum.

I think I need a guide or advice to remap the drum midi profile in reason, or on the drums.

Thoughts?