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Product Description
Propellerhead Reason 10 Essentials is easy to get started with and will have you making music in no time. It comes loaded with the instruments, effects and sounds you need to get going. Create, compose, record and finish your music in Reason Essentials.
About Reason Essentials
Reason Essentials is an integrated software music production studio with audio recording, all the editing tools you need, built-in collaboration tools and a massive collection of instruments, sounds and effects. It’s the perfect choice for writing recording, remixing and producing great-sounding tracks.
Virtual studio rack
At the heart of Reason Essentials is a virtual rack that builds itself as you create your song. Fill your rack with as many devices as you need to get your sound. Reason Essentials’ legendary instruments and effects cover every need from acoustic and organic to electronic and synthetic.
As you build your rack, everything is automatically connected and routed for you. If you want to dive deeper, turn the rack around and you’ll find yourself in cable heaven! Craft the sound you are after by routing audio and control voltage freely between devices in the rack. Your imagination is the only limitation to what you can build.
Recording
Capture your musical ideas in Reason Essentials’ powerful sequencer. Record and edit audio, MIDI or automation with powerful recording and editing tools. Always in sync with your flow, forever adapting to you and your working methods, Reason Essentials’ sequencer simply gets you there faster.
Record first and pick your tempo later with Reason Essentials’ renowned time stretch. Non-destructively correct the timing of your audio recording with Slice Edit. Or rework, resample or reshape your recordings into something completely new.
Extending your rack
When you're looking for even more creative options, plug-ins come to the rescue. Expand your virtual rack with new, inspiring instruments and effects created by developers around the world—from modern effects to vintage instruments. Reason supports VST plug-ins and Propellerhead’s own Rack Extension format. Rack Extensions are full Reason rack citizens, giving you the same fully integrated experience as when using any of the included synths, effects and utilities.
VST plug-ins will be right at home in Reason Essentials’ rack. Drag & Drop from the browser, use CV with your plug-ins, add Players, put them in Combinators with Reason Essential’s own devices or Rack Extensions – all the things you expect when working in Reason Essentials!
Sounds
Reason Essentials’ built-in sound bank comes with everything you need to get started with your music making: synth sounds, sampled instruments, drum kits, loops and effects and more.
Included instruments:
- NN-XT advanced sampler
- Dr. Octo Rex loop player
- Redrum pattern-based drum machine
- Subtractor analog subtractive synthesizer
- ID-8 songwriter's toolbox
- Combinator, for building chains of instruments, effects, and pattern sequencers
Included effects:
- Softube Guitar amplifier with amp and cabinet modeling
- Softube Bass amplifier with amp and cabinet modeling
- DDL-1 digital delay line
- DF-101 chorus/flanger
- RV7000 advanced reverb
- Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
- 4-band mastering EQ
- Dual band stereo imager
- Stereo compressor with sidechain input, soft-knee mode and CV out
- Maximizer with look-ahead and soft clip
Modeled mixing console:
- Gain
- 2-band EQ
- 4 Send effects slots
- Insert effect slot
- Master compressor
Mac Requirements:
- Fast, stable internet connection for installation and registration required!
- Intel Mac with dual core processor
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended for large ReFills or Rack Extensions)
- 4 GB free hard disk space (program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space)
- Mac OS X 10.7 or later (64-bit)
- Monitor with at least 1280x768 resolution
- CoreAudio compliant audio interface or built-in audio hardware
- MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended
Windows Requirements:
- Fast, stable internet connection for installation and registration required!
- Intel or AMD processor with dual cores
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended for large ReFills or Rack Extensions)
- 4 GB free hard disk space (program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space)
- Windows 7 or later (64-bit)
- Monitor with at least 1280x768 resolution
- Audio Interface with ASIO driver
Features
Specifications
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| Operating system | macOS, Windows |