Reason Studios has announced Reason 14, a major update to their flagship DAW that features an all-new Track Panel, Rack per Track architecture, and the RV-9 Reverb.
It’s currently available as a beta release.
Here’s what’s new in Reason 14:
- The new Track Panel provides a full overview of devices, signal chains, send levels, and panning for the selected track—reducing the need to move between views. Combined with Rack per Track, which gives each track its own dedicated Rack column, navigation becomes more immediate and intuitive
- Reason 14 introduces important updates to the sequencer, including:
- Track Folders for better organization
- Looped clips for faster arrangement and editing
- Improved piano roll editing, including velocity handles
- Another key feature in Reason 14 is RV-9 Reverb Station. RV-9 combines algorithmic and convolution techniques to deliver richer, more detailed spatial effects. It includes a full range of reverb types—from realistic spaces and hardware to unique granular and spectral algorithms—along with modern features such as shimmer, ducking, and integrated EQ.
- Other updates include:
- Dark Mode Mixer.
- MIDI note chase.
- Automatic tempo detection for imported audio.
- Updated Factory Sound Bank ,with over 900 new drum samples and new patches.
- An updated Rack Extension SDK, with improved interface capabilities.
Availability:
Reason 14 is available now as a public beta. See the Reason site for details.
Not much new for Rack Extension users, but I want to know what this means: “An updated Rack Extension SDK, with improved interface capabilities.”
Looks a good update (but they need to stop putting Polytone in pictures, its so Fugly next to the more modern GUIs)
I loved Reason so much, but they screwed themselves with delaying VST support so long.
I remember how for the longest time they held off, on the premise that a badly written VST could crash the DAW and users would blame Reason rather than the VST. They relented when technology and programming techniques got to the point where they could sandbox the VST running in Reason such that if the VST crashed, it would only be the VST that crashed and it would not take Reason down with it. I, for one, am glad they got that sorted out. They also worked out how they could provide the kind of back-panel interconnectivity to VSTs that native Reason devices and rack extensions already provided. The modern Reason rack is almost a modular synth system all on its own.