It is no secret that in Reason Studios They’re not being the quickest to add VST3 support and native M1 processor support to their flagship product. In fact, according to a roadmap published at the beginning of 2021 by the company itself, both functions should have arrived almost a year ago, but the company’s plans were somewhat frustrated due to certain problems that were emerging in version 12 of Reason and that required postponing the aforementioned roadmap in exchange for improving the performance and stability of the program. Now its users will be happy to know that at least one of those two soap operas is already close to coming to an end with the announcement by the Swedes of a last beta version with support for VST3 plugins. And it is that, in general, when Reason Studios (formerly Propellerheads) launches a version of this type, it does not usually take long before the final version reaches its users.
Those who have a Reason 12 license or an active Reason+ subscription can sign up for the beta through this link. Regarding support for Apple Silicon, we still have to wait a little longer.
Black Friday
As it has been doing for some years now, Reason Studios is also launching its usual Black Friday campaign with interesting discounts for Reason 12, Reason + and the Rack Extension store. In the case of Reason 12 perpetual licenses including upgrades talk 30% off what would they leave the price of the new licenses in 349€ y of the updates in 139€. For its part, the subscription service Reason+ also offers 50% discountslowering its price from €20 to €10. And if you had your eye on one of the many Rack Extension modules in the Reason Studios store, this might be a good time to go for it, as some of them receive discounts up to 80%.
Lastly, Reason Studios has announced a collaboration with the company InMusic, which brings together firms such as Akai, Alesis y M-Audioby which the users of some keyboards, MIDI controllers and audio interfaces of these three brands can benefit from a 6-month subscription to Reason+ completely free. In total, and between the three brands, there are 40 products eligible for this discount, which is available from the respective user page of each brand. Naturally, it is necessary that the products are registered and associated with the user accounts.
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