"The trend towards becoming a fully featured DAW continues with Reason 6.5 in the form of Rack Extensions".
MusicTech magazine this month review the newest version of the award-winning music making platform: Propellerhead Reason 6.5.
New in this version is the introduction of Rack Extensions—a groundbreaking new technology from Propellerhead that opens up the rack to third parties, enabling developers to create their own instruments and effects for Reason and allowing users to expand their collection of instruments and effects with the Reason devices they want. MusicTech magazine rate this new update 9/10 and award it the MusicTech Choice and Innovation awards.
"The Props are great developers, but coming up with loads of new instruments and effects on a regular basis would likely distract them from advancing the Reason core technology. What the company has done, therefore, is open up the Rack to approved third-party developers, enabling them to create versions of their own products - and some entirely new ones - that can be used inside Reason".
"Once a module is downloaded it behaves like any other in the sense that you can call up as many instances as you like, patch it manually, automate it and generally get creative. The Props have attracted some big names for the launch of Rack Extensions, including Korg, FXpansion, iZotop, Audio Damage, Softube and Sugar Bytes, among others".
"Being able to try out fully functional versions for 30 days is great, and the fact that the process is pretty streamlined - there are no disk images or installers - means that you are more likely to give them a go. Interestingly, each Extension is "sandboxed", meaning that if it should crash or stop working, it doesnt simultaneously crash Reason, it just stops making sound".
"..it is free for Reason 6 users and surely represents the opening of a new chapter in the life of Reason. We look forward to seeing what developers come up with - and so should you...".
The full review can be found in August issue (113) of MusicTech magazine on sale now. Reason 6.5 is also available now at £349 RRP. Upgrades from Reason 6 are free. Upgrade from Reason 1-5 at £139 RRP.
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