Introducing Reason, version 6. The world's favourite music making platform is about to get a whole lot bigger, better, and ready for any idea you throw at it.

With version 6 Reason reclaims the spotlight. Combining all the features from Record, version 6 adds audio recording and editing into Reason, along with Propellerhead's acclaimed mixing console with masterfully modeled EQ and dynamics on every channel, multiple parallel racks, all the effects you know and love plus new ones to fall in love with, and much more of what you've always wanted in Reason.

In stores September 30th, 2011

What's New?

Mix in studio grade quality
The fully equipped mixing desk adds a big studio signal chain to all your sound sources. Every audio and instruments track has its own channel strip — the built-in EQ, dynamics and advanced routing will give your music that unmistakable million-dollar console sound. The “radio ready” master bus compressor gives your mixes that extra punch.

Pulveriser
Pulveriser puts crunchy compression, dirty distortion, a multimode filter and flexible modulation in a single, sound-crunching effect.

The Echo
The Echo is an advanced stereo echo bringing together the brilliance of modern delays with the organic sounds of analog circuitry and old-school tape machines. The Echo is equal parts pristine stereo delay, sound sculpturing toolbox, and playable performance effect.

Alligator
Alligator is a three band pattern-based gate effect that turns bland pads into rhythmic textures, radically twists your loops, and tweak boring beats into blockrocking breaks.

Neptune
New in the Reason rack is the Neptune pitch correction and voice synth device. Neptune turns your performances into pitch-perfect ones in no time. Simply play your new harmonies on your MIDI keyboard for instant backing vocals.

Audio recording
Capture your ideas with a minimum of mouse clicks and menu actions — version 6 introduces unlimited hard disk tracks and rock solid audio recording in Reason.

Time stretch & audio transpose
With our now legendary non-destructive time stretch, you can actually record first and pick your tempo later. And with the brand new audio transpose you can even record first and change the key later. Change the tempo of your song, and the audio follows right along. Non-destructively change the pitch with a mouse click.

Recording meter
The large Recording Meter overlay lets you tune your guitar and set the levels from across the room.

Line 6 guitar and bass amps
With the virtual guitar and bass PODs® from amp and cab simulation experts Line 6, Inc. you are never short of interesting tones and timbres.

Comp editor
As a perfect performance may be less than perfect from scratch, Reason 6 features our swift and easy to use comp editor. Building the ultimate vocal track is as simple as selecting the parts that work and muting the ones that don't. Exit the comp editor and listen to the results; a perfect take containing only the good parts.

Expert exporting
Want to move your song over to your DAW? In one single click, Reason will export your separate mixer channels as individual audio stems, with or without effects. Need just the effects? No problem.

More sounds
The included Factory Sound Bank has been expanded with thousands of new patches and loops for Reason's instruments, and hundreds of patches for the new Pulveriser, The Echo and Alligator effects. Finding your sound has never been easier.

Add to this a number of tweaks, workflow enhancements, technology advancements, 64-bit support, better ReWire handling through individual outs on every channel, and Reason’s new self-contained song file format, making collaboration easy.

Everything you've always wanted in Reason. Now in Reason 6.

Frequently Asked Questions

When will the new versions be released?
Reason 6, Reason Essentials and Balance with Reason Essentials will be released for sale worldwide September 30th, 2011.

I have Reason/Reason + Record/some other combination of Propellerhead products, which upgrade should I get?
We have a product upgrade matrix here.

What does this mean for Record?
All of Record's functionality will live on in Reason Essentials and Reason 6. The Record, Record Reason Duo, and Record for Reason Owners packages will no longer be available for purchase when Reason 6 and Reason Essentials are released, September 30th, 2011.

Can I open my old Reason/Record song files in Reason 6?
Absolutely! Reason 6 is 100% compatible with your Reason and Record song files.

Is ReWire going to be 64-bit too?
Just as Reason 6 and Reason Essentials, ReWire will be 64-bit too. Note that 64-bit ReWire needs to be implemented in both the slave application (Reason 6, Reason Essentials) and your host. Please contact the manufacturer of your ReWire host of choice for compatibility information.

My computer does not support 64-bit programs, can I still use Reason 6 and Reason Essentials?
Yes! Reason 6 and Reason Essentials will work in both 32-bit and 64-bit mode on compatible systems.

What will the system requirements for Reason and Reason Essentials be?

Mac OS X

• Intel Mac (multiple cores highly recommended)
• 1 GB RAM
• DVD drive
• Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
• 3 GB free hard disk space (program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space)
• A MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended
• Internet connection for registration
• Free USB port for Ignition Key
• CoreAudio compliant audio interface or built-in audio hardware

Windows

• Intel Pentium 4 / AMD Opteron or better (multiple cores highly recommended)
• 1GB RAM
• DVD drive
• Windows XP SP3, Vista or Windows 7 (Vista or Windows 7 required for 64-bit)
• 3 GB free hard disk space (program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space)
• A 16 bit Windows compatible audio card, preferably with an ASIO driver
• Internet connection for registration
• Free USB port for Ignition Key
• A MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended

I just bought Reason/Record, will I get a free upgrade?
If you have purchased Reason, Record, Record for Reason Owners, or Record Reason Duo after July 1st, 2011 you either qualify for a free upgrade to Reason 6, or a special upgrade price. More information is available here.

What kind of copy protection will Reason 6 use?
Reason and Reason Essentials use the Propellerhead Ignition Key for authorization. If you purchase Reason Essentials with Balance, the Ignition Key is built-in in Balance.

How much will it cost?

Reason £349 inc VAT
Reason Essentials £229 inc VAT
Reason Essentials with Balance £379 inc VAT
Reason upgrade (from any previous version) £139 inc VAT
Reason upgrade for owners of Reason + Record EUR €99 / USD $99 (download)
Reason upgrade for Limited/Adapted £229 inc VAT

All prices are suggested retail prices (MSRP).