Reason 13 is a product for which you can purchase a license that you own forever.
Reason+ is a subscription service, which gives you access to the latest version of Reason (currently Reason 13) and all Reason Studios Rack Extensions for as long as you subscribe. In other words, you don't own any products or licenses.
Here is what's included in the Reason 13 product and in the Reason+ subscription:
Reason 13 |
Reason+ |
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Instruments |
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| Polytone Dual-Layer Synthesizer | X | X |
| Europa Shapeshifting Synthesizer | X | X |
| Thor Polysonic Synthesizer | X | X |
| Subtractor Synthesizer | X | X |
| Monotone Bass Synthesizer | X | X |
| ID-8 Songwriter’s Toolbox | X | X |
| Grain Sample Manipulator | X | X |
| Malström Graintable Synthesizer | X | X |
| Radical Piano | X | X |
| Klang Tuned Percussion | X | X |
| Pangea World Instruments | X | X |
| Humana Vocal Ensemble | X | X |
| Algoritm FM Synthesizer | X | |
| Friktion Modeled Strings | X | |
| Scenic Hybrid Instrument | X | |
| Complex-1 Modular Synthesizer | X | |
| Parsec 2 Spectral Synthesizer | X | |
| Umpf Club Drums | X | |
| Umpf Retro Beats | X | |
| Reason Electric Bass | X | |
| Reason Drum Kits | X | |
| Processed Pianos | X | |
| Radical Keys | X | |
| Layers Quadrasonic Sample Player | X | |
| Layers Waves Edition | X | |
| Objekt Modeling Synthesizer | X | |
Drums & loops |
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| Kong Drum Designer | X | X |
| Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player | X | X |
| Redrum Drum Computer | X | X |
| Rytmik Drum Machine | X | X |
Samplers |
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| Mimic Creative Sampler | X | X |
| NN-XT Advanced Sampler | X | X |
| Live Sampling | X | X |
| NN19 Sampler | X | X |
Device control |
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| Gain Tool | X | X |
| Dual Arpeggio Player | X | X |
| Beat Map Player | X | X |
| Note Echo Player | X | X |
| Scales & Chords Player | X | X |
| Arpeggio Lab | X | |
| Drum Sequencer Player | X | |
| Quad Note Generator Player | X | |
| PolyStep Sequencer Player | X | |
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Pattern Mutator |
X | |
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Bassline Generator |
X | |
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Chord Sequencer Player |
X | |
| Combinator | X | X |
| MIDI Out Device | X | X |
| Matrix Pattern Sequencer | X | X |
| Spider Mergers/Splitters | X | X |
| RPG-8 Arpeggiator | X | X |
Dynamics/EQ |
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| Sidechain Tool | X | X |
| MClass EQ | X | X |
| MClass Compressor | X | X |
| MClass Maximizer | X | X |
| MClass Stereo Imager | X | X |
| Channel Dynamics Compressor+Gate | X | X |
| Channel EQ Equalizer | X | X |
| Master Bus Compressor | X | X |
Effects |
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| Ripley Space Delay | X | X |
| Stereo Tool | X | X |
| Quartet Chorus Ensemble | X | X |
| Sweeper Modulation Effect | X | X |
| RV7000 Advanced Reverb | X | X |
| Scream 4 Distortion | X | X |
| Audiomatic Retro Transformer | X | X |
| Softube Guitar/Bass Amps | X | X |
| Pulsar Dual LFO | X | X |
| DDL-1 Digital Delay | X | X |
| CF-101 Chorus/Flanger | X | X |
| The Echo | X | X |
| Synchronous Effect Modulator | X | X |
| Neptune Pitch Adjuster | X | X |
| BV512 Vocoder | X | X |
| Pulveriser Demolition Unit | X | X |
| Alligator Triple Filtered Gate | X | X |
| RV-7 Digital Reverb | X | X |
| D-11 Foldback Distortion | X | X |
| ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter | X | X |
| PH-90 Phaser | X | X |
| UN-16 Unison | X | X |
| COMP-01 Compressor/Limiter | X | X |
| PEQ-2 Two Band Parametric EQ | X | X |
| Polar Dual Pitch Shifter | X | |
| Rotor Rotary Speaker | X | |
| BV-X Multimode Vocoder | X | |
Mixer |
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| Equalizer with Lo-pass/Hi-pass filters | X | X |
| Spectrum analyzer | X | X |
| Master Bus Compressor | X | X |
| Compressor | X | X |
| Gate | X | X |
| Send Effects | 8 send effects | 8 send effects |
| Insert Effects | X | X |
| Group and parallel channels | X | X |
Sound Banks |
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| Factory Sound Bank | Full sound bank | Full sound bank |
| Orkester Sound Bank | X | X |
| Drum Supply sound bank | X | X |
| Loop Supply sound bank | X | X |
| Companion Sound Packs | X | |
Production |
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| Audio Tracks | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Instrument Tracks | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Time stretch and slice edit | X | X |
| Pitch Edit | X | X |
| Audio Clip Transpose | X | X |
| Audio to MIDI | X | X |
| Blocks Song Arrangement | X | X |
| ReGroove Mixer | X | X |
| Create REX files | X | X |
Expandability |
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| Rack Plugin version for use in DAW | VST3, AUv2 and AAX | VST3, AUv2 and AAX |
| VST support | 64-bit VST3 & VST2 | 64-bit VST3 & VST2 |
| Rack Extension support | X | X |
| ReFill support | Full support | Full support |
| Ableton Link | X | X |
| MIDI out/MIDI clock out | X | X |
| ReWire |