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Reason 13 is here!

Fredrik
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We're very happy to announce the release of Reason 13, with Reason 13 Rack Plugin!

Reason 13 is available both as a licensed product and as part of the Reason+ subscription.

Please have a look here for an overview of what's new in Reason 13!

 

New Devices

Sound content

  • All sound content included in Reason 13 and Reason 13 Rack Plugin is now categorized and tagged

  • 1000+ new patches, loops, and samples (1 GB of content) 

  • Two new Demo Songs

  • Updated song Templates

General

  • New visual design of the Reason User Interface

    • New top bar with buttons for Device Palette, Browser, Sequencer, Rack, Mixer, and Help

    • Old area headers/dividers replaced with slim dividers

    • Changed all colors in Light and Dark themes, removed Blue theme

  • Ableton Link update

    • Reason now supports Start/Stop sync over Ableton Link

  • MIDI Clock

    • It’s now possible to send MIDI Clock to multiple MIDI Out ports

    • MIDI Clock sent from Reason is now more stable

  • New “Reason Studios” folder in your Music folder for easier organization of your content, including:

    • New ReFills folder to store your ReFills, automatically indexed by Reason’s browser (see below)

    • New User Library folder where patches are saved by default, automatically indexed by Reason’s browser (see below)

  • Improved and re-organized Context Menus

    • Access to new features previously not available on context menu 

    • Re-organized and re-grouped for easy access

    • Some Context Menu options now bring up a dialog window with settings, for example Note Tools > Transpose…

  • The Tool Window has been removed, all features moved to the new Edit Area or context menus

  • Reason Companion app

    • Optional Reason Refills and devices (Drum Supply, Loop Supply, Radical Piano, Klang, Pangea, and Humana) are now handled within Reason Companion 

    • Updated with a new design

Sequencer

  • New Edit Area

    • The Edit Area is visible at the same time as the main Arrange Area and can be re-sized

    • Double-click/Enter to open clip and zoom its contents to fit Edit Area

    • Single-click/select to open clip and scroll to it in Edit Area without changing zoom

    • MIDI notes can now be joined with the Join menu item or [Cmd](mac)/[Ctrl](Win)+[J]

    • New edit mode: Audio Overview Edit, the new default mode for audio clips

    • Razor now snaps to Slice Handles/transients in Audio Overview Edit mode

    • Speaker Tool is now available in Audio Overview Edit mode, for quick auditioning

    • New shortcut: Opening a selected clip in Edit Area is now [Enter] and showing/hiding the Edit Area is now [F8].

  • Edit Area Inspector

    • New area with inspectors for all events in the edit area

    • Moved all applicable Tool Window functions to the Edit Area next to its related Inspector

    • Added “Make Velocity Ramp” to the Edit Area Inspector

  • Zoom improvements

    • Zoom by dragging in the top of the timeline, in both Arrange and Edit Area

    • Pinch Zoom is now possible with trackpads

    • Improved scroll wheel zoom ([Cmd](Mac)/[Ctrl](Win)+scroll and [Shift]+[Cmd](Mac)/[Ctrl](Win)+scroll)

Device Palette

  • Only shows devices and plugins
  • Filter on device categories and formats 
  • All Rack Extensions are now categorized 
  • Device Palette now reads built-in categories for VST3 plugins
  • New shortcut: [F3] to open/close Device Palette, [Cmd](Mac)/[Ctrl](Win)+[Shift]+[F] to open and set focus to text field in the Device Palette

Browser

  • Brand new separate browser with a new design
  • All Locations is now default and shows all browsable files (patches, audio files, MIDI, REX loops) in locations that Reason’s aware of
  • Filter results using any combination of name, category, tag, kind, device type
  • Suggested filters will appear while typing 
  • Category and Tag buttons for quick filtering
  • Browse Focus mode and Add Instrument/Effect/Player now loads an item in the background as it’s clicked
  • Users can edit/add tags to content in the browser by right-clicking items
  • Browser window automatically hides when dragging items outside it
  • Improved Favorite List handling—right-click an item to add or remove it from Favorite Lists 
  • New shortcut: [F9] to open/close browser, [Cmd](Mac)/[Ctrl](Win)+[F] to open and set focus to text field in Browser
  • New shortcut: [Cmd](Mac)/[Ctrl](Win)+[E] to Add Effect.

Bug fixes

  • General fixes and improvements

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