Reason 14 is here! – Reason Studios

We're very happy to announce the release of Reason 14, with Reason 14 Rack Plugin!

Reason 14 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 14!

New area in the Sequencer that shows an overview of the selected Track in the Track List
Create, move, and delete Effect and Player devices for selected sequencer track
Button for browsing patches for a given device
Button for viewing a given device in the Rack
Button for bypassing a given effect
Send Effect section for quick access to send levels and creation
Mix Channel Fader section for quick access to level, panning, mute, and solo
If there are splits or other parallel signal paths, buttons to toggle between those appear in the Track Panel

New default setting for Rack sorting, can be toggled under Options > Rack Settings > Rack per Track
In this mode, when creating a new audio track or instrument, a new Rack column is also created
When turning Rack per Track on in an existing song, Reason will sort all devices into separate Rack columns

Tracks can now be organized into Track Folders
A Track Folder can contain up to two additional levels of Track Folders
All clips in a Track Folder are represented by a Track Folder Clip. These clips can be moved, copied, and cut for fast arrangement of many tracks at once
Track Folders can be added with the Add Track button at the bottom of the Track List or by right-clicking in the Track List
New context menu options in the Track List:
- Track Folder > Move Selected Tracks to New Track Folder - Add selected tracks in the Track List to a new Track Folder, key command cmd+shift+T (Mac) / ctrl+shift+T (Win)
- Track Folder > Add Track Folder - Add a new, empty Track Folder
- Track Folder > Unpack Track Folder - Unpack a selected Track Folder

Audio, MIDI, and Automation Clips can now be looped
Loop a clip by dragging the top section of a clip left or right to create loop instances
Editing the contents of a loop instance will edit all loop instances
Looped clips can be overlapped by regular clips for quick variations
New inspector values for a looped clip:
- Loop Clips - Checkbox to turn looping off for a clip
- Loop Length - Adjust the length of the looped instance within the entire clip
- Loop Offset - Reflects where the first loop starts in the clip, a selected looped clip that has a masked start position will indicate this in the Loop Offset display in the Inspector
New menu options on the context menu of a looped clip:
- Convert to Single Clip - Converts the looped clip into one unique clip
- Convert to Separate Clips - Converts all loop instances to separate unique clips
- Duplicate Loop Instance - Duplicates the selected loop instance a new, unique clip that is placed on top of the looped clip

All clips now have a new, sleek look
Clips and MIDI Notes can now be resized without first selecting them
Velocity bars now have handles for easy adjustment without switching to the Pen tool
The Pen tool will now remove existing MIDI notes when they’re clicked, rather than add a new MIDI note on top
The Sequencer Edit Area now has a horizontal scroll bar for clearer navigation
MIDI note chase is now available, turn it on under Options > Playback and Recording > Chase Notes During Playback
New context menu option to Minimize Tracks in the Sequencer Track List, key command opt+M (Mac) / alt+M (Win)
Reason will now automatically detect tempo when importing loops into the sequencer
- Support for additional tempo metadata
- If there’s no metadata, Reason will attempt to estimate the tempo if the file is likely a 1, 2, 4, or 8 bar loop
- New option in Settings > Browsing for default behavior when importing audio
  - Stretch to Song Tempo: Calculates tempo from metadata or file length and adapts to song tempo
  - Import as is, enable stretch on clip: Audio is unstretched, but will follow if song tempo changes. Slice and Pitch editing enabled
  - Import as is, disable stretch on clip: Audio is unstretched and will never follow song tempo. Slice and Pitch editing disabled

New default setting, this can be toggled in the View menu: “View Rack in Separate Window”
The Rack window is now floating and always on top
The Rack window will no longer automatically attach when closed
Single Column button to quickly resize the window to only view one Rack Column
'esc' key closes active separate Rack/Mixer windows

Re-ordering devices in the Rack now also changes signal flow (you can hold Shift while dragging to prevent this behavior and keep the routing intact)
Mix Channel devices are now created below instruments instead of above to more accurately represent the signal flow, and the Insert FX container is open by default

Reason now defaults to Dark Theme
The Mixer is now dark in Dark Theme and follows your theme setting
Several window headers now properly respects Dark Theme
Transport Bar redesigned for clearer layout
Top Bar redesigned
- Buttons now have icons
- Added navigation buttons for Track Panel, Edit Area, Keys, Groove Mixer, Settings
- Removed navigation button for Sequencer, which is now the default view. [F7] can still be used to close other areas and view Sequencer
Mixer in Separate Window
- New option in the View menu
- The Mixer window is now floating and always on top
- The Mixer window will no longer automatically attach when closed
All tooltips in Reason now show up faster
Preferences has been renamed to Settings
Several UI buttons that used capital letters now use title case (no more screaming buttons!)
Increased maximum number of automatable parameters per device to 10000

900+ new drum samples (~100 MB)
50 new Europa patches utilizing 50 new wavetable samples
20 new RV7000 patches utilizing 20 new impulse response samples
“New in Reason 14” favorite list included that shows only the new Sound Bank content