The leading website for musicians www.musicradar.com has named Propellerhead Reason 6.5 as DAW of the Year 2012.

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"With the launch of Rack Extensions you can now customise your Reason rack with specially prepared instrument and effect devices. It’s not quite plug-in support (Propellerhead would actually argue that it’s better than that; we’ll leave you to debate that one) but now that we have audio recording and REs, Reason can finally claim to be a fully comprehensive and expandable music production solution."

http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/the-best-music-tech-gear-of-2012-568175/2