Synthesizers, samplers, drum machine, ReCycle-based loop player, mixer, effects, pattern sequencer and more. As many of each as your computer can handle. Reason is an infinitely expandable music workstation on a CD-ROM, complete with its own realtime sequencer.

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Less fuss, more freedom - As a Reason user, you can forget about the downsides of music production. Forget malfunctioning modules and confusing connections. Reason's cables don't tangle. Forget about steep learning curves and menus within menus. Reason is so direct you'll learn it in minutes. And forget the tedious process of gathering all the different disks and soundbanks needed to load up a song.
And so is the sound. The audio quality is everything you would expect from the people behind ReCycle and ReBirth. But pristine sound quality is only half the story; the instruments and effects in Reason are loaded with character and attitude. Reason will not just impress, but inspire you.

All the controls you need - 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 - can be recorded and automated in the Reason sequencer.

Need more gear? - In Reason, you will never run out of rack space. 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.

NEW in Reason 3.0:
- It's not an effect unit. It's not a synth. It sure isn't a sampler. It's... all of it. And more. The all new COMBINATOR is a sophisticated device that allows you to build elaborate chains of Reason units - instruments, effects, pattern sequencers, you name it - and save as Combi patches.

- Want big, tight, loud sounding tracks? Need extra stereo width, increased clarity, punchier bass? Say hello to MClass, the new mastering suite in Reason 3.0. MClass brings you four separate pro level mastering units designed to add power, presence and an overall professional feel to your Reason mixes.

- For those of you with a more hands-on approach to making music, the revolutionary Remote technology in Reason 3.0 will be a welcome new feature. True hardware integration!

- With the Reason 3.0 browser, the task of finding and loading sounds and patches becomes just as smooth and intuitive as the process of making good music in Reason.

- Reason's sound palette is getting bigger, better, wider and wilder. The new sound bank in Reason 3.0 adds huge quantities of instruments, sounds and patches to Reason's already massive library. Focusing on carefully sampled musical instruments and useful Combinator setups rather than loops and beats, the new soundbank takes a more playable, more performance friendly direction.

- Line mixing, Combi mixing or regular submixing? Line Mixer 6:2 is a simple but effective 6-channel stereo line mixer. Built primarily for use in the Combinator, the Line Mixer 6:2 handles basic mixing and panning of Combi devices, but can of course be inserted anywhere in Reason: use it for submixing large drum kits, or to add extra mixer channels when Reason's main mixer is starting to fill up. Each of the six channels feature level and pan controls, mute and solo buttons plus an AUX send level control. Need more sends? Extra channels? Just create another Line Mixer.

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* Infinite integration - Reason not only supports all the major audio card standards, has an advanced MIDI implementation and syncs beautifully to external devices; it also integrates with other software applications in ways that will make life a whole lot easier for all you computer musicians out there.

* ReWire MIDI - The new version of ReWire – ReWire2 – also incorporates real time MIDI streams. With two ReWire2 applications connected, you can send and receive MIDI data from one program to the other. Just select a track in your MIDI sequencer, set it to play one of the devices in Reason's rack, and record your performance. Or, tweak a knob on Reason's front panel and record the automation in the other program!
Nothing to install, no settings to make, no MIDI Channels or buses to get your head around, just hit Record and go.

* ReWire Audio and Synchronization - Think of Rewire as the software equivalent of an audio multi cable. ReWire allows you to route 64 channels of audio from Reason into your favorite MIDI Sequencer or audio recording program, for recording or further processing. What's more, ReWire takes care of all synchronization chores, automatically and transparently. Just fire up the two ReWire compatible applications and they will play together in perfect, sample accurate sync. And there's of course no compromise in sound quality. Rewire's audio resolution is extremely high, (32 bit floating point) and it will handle practically any sample rate.

Technical specifications

Windows:
* Intel Pentium III 300 MHz or better
* 256 MB RAM
* 2 GB free hard disk space
* CD-ROM drive
* Windows XP/2000 or later
* 256 color monitor / 800x600 pixels resolution or better
* 16-bit windows compatible audio card, preferably with DirectX or ASIO drivers
* MIDI Interface and MIDI keyboard recommended

Mac OS:
* OS G3, G4 or G5 processor, sufficiently fast to run Mac OS X 10.2
* 256 MB RAM
* 2 GB free hard disk space
* CD-ROM drive
* Mac OS X 10.2 or later
* 256 color monitor / 800x600 resolution or better
* MIDI Interface and MIDI keyboard recommended