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Reason is a powerhouse music creation tool that lets you get the music in your head out into the world, quickly and enjoyably. Record audio on unlimited tracks, create beats, play virtual instruments from a powerful, expandable rack, and mix down on a superb SSL-modeled console. Sweetwater musicians of all genres use Reason by itself, or slaved to another DAW via Rewire. Now Propellerhead raises the bar - again. Reason 8 rocks a redesigned interface that's faster, sleeker, and even more inspiringly intuitive. Drag and drop anything, anywhere. Nail that perfect sound instantly in the new, always-open browser. Explore new guitar amp and speaker models from Softube. Supercharge your creativity with Propellerhead Reason 8.

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Reason 8.3 is the latest update to Reason 8. A free update for all Reason 8 owners, the latest version brings a convolution reverb to Reason and several workflow improvements.

• RV7000 mkII The new version of Reason's cornerstone reverb effect is a fully featured convolution reverb.
• Zoom to Selection Move quickly from birds-eye view to close-up. A real time-saver when editing and arranging!
• MIDI in the Rack You can select what device receives your MIDI controller input directly from the rack.
• Browse where you are! Call up Reason's browser from where you work!

• Streamlined look and feel
• Drag-and-drop: as intuitive as it gets
• Redesigned browser: always open for inspiration
• Softube guitar amps and cabinets

Hardcore Reason fans have an ongoing love affair with the look and feel of the program. Reason's virtual-rack paradigm was ground-breaking when introduced in 2000, and it still is, today. Being able to hit the tab key and flip the rack around to throw audio and control voltage patches is a stroke of software-design genius. But there's always room for improvement, right? For Reason 8, Propellerhead went back to the drawing board, keeping all that we cherish, but streamlining the user interface so that it's easier than ever to navigate and customize your workspace. Windows blend seamlessly, and there's less visual clutter to distract you from job one: making great music.

Drag-and-drop is one of those features you don't know you need until you've used it. Once you have, you know it's the shortest distance between the sound you hear in your head, and what you record. Reason 8 now offers that immediacy, with drag-and-drop functionality thoroughly integrated throughout the program. Drag patches to instruments, instruments to the sequencer, audio to your track list. It's fast and intuitive. And speaking of intuitive, Reason 8 now lets you double-click to add notes, and double-click to delete them.

Another time-saving feature in Reason 8 is its new, always-open browser. You know that finding the sound you hear in your head is a time-sensitive operation, and mousing through nested menus tends be a distraction when you're following your muse. Reason 8 fixes all that. Nailing the right sound in Reason 8 has never been easier, because the redesigned browser is like an open book: always open for inspiration - and always right where you need it. What's more, tracks are now named after the patch you load. Talk about a time-saver!

Already a well-known plug-in manufacturer and developer of Reason rack extensions, Softube now takes up permanent residence in the Reason rack with a stable of incredible-sounding amplifier and speaker cabinet models that will make your guitar and bass parts come to life. But don't stop there! Crunch up that EP. Make that Thor patch wail. After all, many of keyboard legend Jan Hammer's screaming synth leads benefited from being plugged into a seriously overdriven tube stack. Experiment. Have fun. Be creative!

• Record audio to unlimited tracks and mix on a superb SSL-modeled console
• Onboard synths: Thor Polysonic Synthesizer, Subtractor Analog Synth, Malstrom Wavetable Synthesizer
• Beats and loops: Kong Drum Designer, Redrum Drum Computer, Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player
• Samples for playing and tweaking: NN-XT Advanced Sampler, NN-19 Sampler, D-8 Songwriter's Toolbox
• Guitar and bass amp and cab models from Softube and Line 6
• Rack Extensions open up your Reason rack to an ever-growing selection of great instruments and effects
• Amazing onboard effects, including:
  • Pulverizer Demolition compressor/distortion/multimode filter/modulation
  • Alligator three-channel pattern-based gate
  • The Echo advanced stereo delay
  • Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
  • BV512 Vocoder
  • Neptune Pitch Adjustor
  • Audiomatic Retro Transformer
  • RV7000 Advanced Reverb
  • RV-7 Digital Reverb
  • DDL-1 Digital Delay Line
  • D-11 Foldback Distortion
  • ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter
  • CF-101 Chorus/Flanger
  • PH-90 Phaser
  • UN-16 Unison
  • COMP-01 Compressor/Limiter
  • PEQ-2 Two-band Parametric EQ
  • Spider Audio Merger & Splitter
  • Spider CV Merger & Splitter
  • MClass pro level mastering effects: Compressor, Equalizer, Stereo Imager, Maximizer
• Matrix Pattern Sequencer, RPG-8 Arpeggiator, Combinator
• External MIDI Instrument Device lets you easily integrate Reason with your external MIDI hardware
• Audio Quantize automatically slices your recording into single notes or hits
• Level and pan controls conveniently available in the rack
• Easy subgrouping and parallel processing
• Onboard spectrum analyzer gives you instant visual feedback on your selected channel or bus
• Expanded sound bank and generous audio-import formats
• Audio transpose function lets you change the key of your piece without re-recording
• Supports Propellerhead's cloud-based music making and collaboration service
• Seamlessly move ideas between the free iOS apps Figure and Take (available from the App Store) and Reason