Propellerhead Reason 10 Essentials

Virtual studio rack

At the heart of Reason Essentials is a virtual rack that builds itself as you create your song. Fill your rack with as many devices as you need to get your sound. Reason Essentials’ legendary instruments and effects cover every need from acoustic and organic to electronic and synthetic.

As you build your rack, everything is automatically connected and routed for you. If you want to dive deeper, turn the rack around and you’ll find yourself in cable heaven! Craft the sound you are after by routing audio and control voltage freely between devices in the rack. Your imagination is the only limitation to what you can build.

Recording

Capture your musical ideas in Reason Essentials’ powerful sequencer. Record and edit audio, MIDI or automation with powerful recording and editing tools. Always in sync with your flow, forever adapting to you and your working methods, Reason Essentials’ sequencer simply gets you there faster.

Record first and pick your tempo later with Reason Essentials’ renowned time stretch. Non-destructively correct the timing of your audio recording with Slice Edit. Or rework, resample or reshape your recordings into something completely new.

Extending your rack

When you're looking for even more creative options, plugins come to the rescue. Expand your virtual rack with new, inspiring instruments and effects created by developers around the world—from modern effects to vintage instruments. Reason supports VST plugins and Propellerhead’s own Rack Extension format. Rack Extensions are full Reason rack citizens, giving you the same fully integrated experience as when using any of the included synths, effects and utilities.

VST plugins will be right at home in Reason Essentials’ rack. Drag & Drop from the browser, use CV with your plugins, add Players, put them in Combinators with Reason Essential’s own devices or Rack Extensions – all the things you expect when working in Reason Essentials!

Sounds

Reason Essentials’ built-in sound bank comes with everything you need to get started with your music making: synth sounds, sampled instruments, drum kits, loops and effects and more.

Features

Included instruments

NN-XT advanced sampler
Dr. Octo Rex loop player
Redrum pattern-based drum machine
Subtractor analog subtractive synthesizer
ID-8 songwriter's toolbox
Combinator, for building chains of instruments, effects, and pattern sequencers.
Included effects

Softube Guitar amplifier with amp and cabinet modeling
Softube Bass amplifier with amp and cabinet modeling
DDL-1 digital delay line
DF-101 chorus/flanger
RV7000 advanced reverb
Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
4-band mastering EQ
Dual band stereo imager
Stereo compressor with sidechain input, soft-knee mode and CV out
Maximizer with look-ahead and soft clip
Modeled mixing console with complete channel strip for every instrument and audio channel

Gain
2-band EQ
4 Send effects slots
Insert effect slot
Master compressor
Other features

VST plugin support: add any instrument or effect plugin to Reason’s rack.
Delay compensation makes all signal paths play in perfect, phase-locked sync.
Supports the Allihoopa music making and collaboration service, with access to an endless supply of inspiring user-created music, backing tracks and performances.
Unlimited audio recording and instrument channels
Rack Extensions lets you expand your collection of instruments and effects from Propellerhead and 3rd party developers
Six instruments included: NN-XT sampler, Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player, Redrum drum machine, Subtractor synth, ID-8 and Combinator
Ten effects included: delay, reverb, virtual amps, distortion, chorus and mastering effects
Modeled mixing console with channel strip for every instrument and audio channel
Rack Extension technology lets users expand their collection of instruments and effects with the devices they want
Fully featured high-precision multitrack sequencer with audio comping tools, slicing and audio quantize
High quality realtime time stretch—adjust the tempo of your whole song, or alter the timing of a recorded performance
Bounce audio recordings to REX loop format, for use in Reason Essentials' sampler or loop player
Remote mapping to external MIDI controllers and hardware control surfaces
Comes with a great factory sound bank, with patches for Reason Essentials devices, samples, and loops
ReWire support
Multicore support and 64-bit compatibility makes Reason Essentials fast and powerful on any computer
Advanced exporting—export your separate mixer channels as individual audio stems, including effects and tempo track
ReGroove Mixer real-time groove console
Matrix pattern-based sequencer
14 x 2 mixer w/ EQ and effects send/return
6:2 channel stereo line mixer
Spider Audio Merger & Splitter
Spider Control Voltage Merger & Splitter
Self-contained song files make moving projects between computers and collaborator as easy as moving a single file.
System Requirements

Mac OS X

Fast, stable internet connection for installation and registration required!
Intel Mac with dual core processor
4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended for large ReFills or Rack Extensions)
4 GB free hard disk space (program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space)
Mac OS X 10.7 or later (64-bit)
Monitor with at least 1280x768 resolution
CoreAudio compliant audio interface or built-in audio hardware
MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended
Windows

Fast, stable internet connection for installation and registration required!
Intel or AMD processor with dual cores
4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended for large ReFills or Rack Extensions)
4 GB free hard disk space (program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space)
Windows 7 or later (64-bit)
Monitor with at least 1280x768 resolution
Audio Interface with ASIO driver