Reason Reviews & Product Details

Interaction and rewire _ I love the attention to detail.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Expensive - I often write around an orchestra - Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The instruments are fantastic. I particularly like having the ability to load them into my favorite DAW if I'm not working within Reason. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The whole virtual rack thing - including the virtual cabling - was revolutionary back in the early 2000's. Now it feels a bit tiresome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The emulation of the hardware rack is a great way for producers to learn the connections inherent in hardware music production, which builds a better understanding of how everything works together in a studio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The new subscription plan is something I don't really like as much. It seems that Reason feels they can't compete as a proper standalone DAW against Ableton and have moved to this strategy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Flexibility in function. Extremely stable environment to work in. Very versatile!!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The lack of exporting directly to an .mp3 format. If it did that? I’d never use anything else but Reason for all of my music production needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Reason is fantastic to quickly get started in music production. You can jump in and start messing around with loops, eventually building up to a full track. Samples are easily imported and it's incredibly effective as a program Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sequencing isn't the easiest compared to it's competitors like ableton. However its still works great and is worth taking the time to get acquainted with Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Reason has some of the best samples of any Digital Audio Workstation I've tried. I use it for all my film scoring and composing needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not the most user-friendly Digital Audio Workspace. There is quite a learning curve. I seem to have had an easier time with it than others I know, and in my opinion, it is worth it to put up with a little more difficulty for better quality MIDI samples. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is a dual arpeggiator, as you might have guessed at the back there. Each arpeggio can be run in parallel or separately and assigned to separate key ranges – as in a key split. Anything you play outside the key ranges…well, that gets played as is.

This means you could play arps and melodies or basslines at the same time. Creating a player is a simple matter of dragging one onto an instrument or its track. You can also create one by right-clicking on the instrument and adding it from the context menu. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At version 5, Propellerhead created Record, a separate program allowing you to record audio for use in Reason. Record sessions could then be saved and opened in the DAW with the audio intact. Although a little cumbersome, this gave Reason owners, for the first time, the ability to record directly.

Before this, the only way to get audio into Reason was by way of importing audio files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Intuitive UI mimics physical audio hardware - a concept easy to grasp even for those not experienced with it. Included features make 3rd party VST's unnecessary for most projects. Visual EQ and master compressor makes mixing far easier than other DAW's. While designed primarily for music production, Reason works well for the recording and mixing of sound FX as well. Reason is just as suitable for the production of synthesized music as it is for creating music through recording traditional instruments as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've been using Reason for years, and I cannot think of any valid complaint, as any issues or lack of features I've noticed has been addressed in recent years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Intuitive interface for a great workflow and nice ability for virtual routing, also ease of modulating most parameters with a few clicks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lack of logarithmic fade curves for destructive editing of audio in the sequencer. Lack of video support for post-production, furthermore a non-musical grid could enhance this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing I like about Reason is the intuitive layout and design. The realistic components make the music creating experience feel more organic. Additionally, I enjoy the addition of color coding and blocking. It matches well with my composition process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the default rack that always appears with a new project. I prefer to start with a blank slate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.