What is Reason?

Making music should be as easy as powering up a computer, loading up a powerful piece of music software, and getting down to business. And it is. Reason version 4 is a virtual studio rack with all the tools and instruments you need to turn your ideas into music. And it's more than just a set of excellent synths and effects. It's a complete music system. Step into the age of Reason.

All-in-one wonder

Synthesizers, samplers, drum machine, REX file loop player, professional mastering tools, mixer, vocoder, world class effects, pattern sequencer and more. As many of each as your computer can handle. Reason is an infinitely expandable all-in-one music production environment, complete with its own realtime sequencer.

Although easy to learn and a breeze to use, Reason is an extremely flexible music system - a system that can be just as complex and advanced as you make it. With sophisticated tools such as the MClass mastering suite, the mighty Combinator device, or the all-powerful Thor synth, Reason will not just impress, but inspire you.

Need more gear?

No problem. Choose a synth, a drum machine, a loop player or any device from the Create menu, and it will instantly appear in your rack, logically patched into the signal chain. And because Reason is designed to go easy on your computer, you can repeat the process until you're more than happy. If you ever wished you had eleven samplers and ten compressors, Reason is definitely for you. And if you have created more machines than you have mixer channels, just create another mixer. The studio of your dreams is just a few mouse clicks away.

Control your controls

Each unit in Reason's virtual rack is edited from its own on-screen front panel. All the sliders, knobs, buttons and functions are right in front of you, ready to be tweaked, turned and twisted in absolute real-time. And all your front panel actions - filter adjustments, pitch bending, gain riding or panning -

Radical routing

A single keypress will turn Reason's rack around, and there you are, in patch cord heaven. Most audio connections are made automatically. When a new device is created, it appears immediately below the currently selected device, and Reason patches it into the system in the most logical way. Repatch by dragging the patch cord plug to the desired connector, or just make a pop-up menu choice. Most devices have one or more parameters controlled by Gate and/or CV. And all instrument devices have several Gate or CV output options. Combine this with easy, transparent patching, and you have connection power approaching that of a fully modular synth.

Check out the devices that come with Reason here.

Academic Purchase Elgibility:

An end user is eligible to purchase academic products if:

             They are a student, teacher or faculty member of an accredited academic institution

             They are a private teacher and a member of MTNA, MENC or a MENC allied ssociation 

             They are purchasing for an accredited K-12 school or college 

Eligibility	Student	School-Affiliate Teachers & Faculty	Private Music Teachers	Schools (K-12 and Higher Ed
Product Type	Academic Version	Academic Version	Academic Version	Educational Version
Verification of Eligibility Required	Current validated Student ID or  Class Registration Schedule	Current validated faculty ID or Letter of Emloyment on school letterhead	Current MRNA or MENC  membership receipt	Purchase Order or  photocopy of school purchasing credit card
Eligible Products	Reason Recycle	Reason Recycle	Reason Recycle	Reason Recycle Rebirth Teaching Music with Reason
Mutli-Pack Purchase Options	NONE	NONE	NONE	5 and 10 license packs for Reason and Recycle