Reason

We revisit Reason’s venerable virtual analogue, Subtractor.

Reason 12.5 introduces full support for and integration with VST3 plug‑ins.

Join us as we delve into the hidden mysteries of the Kong drum machine.

Reason’s new Player device specialises in the often overlooked art of sequencing chords.

A new Rack Extension could be all the vocoder you’ll ever need.

Create your own custom GUIs in the new Combinator.

We dive into the newly improved and expanded Combinator.

There are now two ways to buy Reason, but whichever you choose, v12 is an essential upgrade.

There’s more to Reason’s new Mimic creative sampler than meets the eye...

We check out Reason’s high‑res new look.

We consider three different approaches to running a tracking session and comping takes in Reason.

Introducing Reason+ and the Algoritm FM synth.

Reason is more than capable of traditional multitrack recording. So here we consider how you might run a full tracking project.

We explore a couple of ways to add analogue warmth with the Reason Mixer.

We delve deep into The Echo, Reason’s versatile delay effect.

Reason has two completely different systems for configuring MIDI sources. We unpick some of the confusion around this to find the best ways to sequence and play Reason from external devices.

We look at what you can do with Reason's new MIDI Out Rack device.

Reason version 11.2 now lets you drag MIDI clips into Live from three of Reason's MIDI-based devices: the Redrum drum machine, the Matrix step sequencer and the Dr Octo Rex Rex-file player.

No rhythm? No problem! Reason's new BeatMap device has got you covered...

We take another look at Reason's endlessly useful Combinator.

We show you how to use Reason as a plug-in within Ableton Live.