Reason Studios Free — a free version of the Reason Rack plugin

Reason Studios has announced a free plugin version of its self-contained software module.

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The plugin provides the full Reason Rack virtual modular environment with a fixed starter set of 15 instruments, effects and utilities. Four main instruments are included: the flagship Europa wavetable synthesizer with three spectral engines, the Kong drum machine, the Monotone bass monosynth and the basic ID-8 module. Five effects processors are included: Scream 4 distortion, The Echo textured delay, Audiomatic lo-fi saturation, RV7000 MkII reverb and the MClass Maximizer mastering limiter.

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The plugin also includes Scales & Chords for generating chords in key, the Combinator macro container, the Pulsar dual LFO and Spider signal-splitting utilities. The engine supports third-party Rack Extensions through the Reason store. Users can buy individual extensions and ReFill preset packs without buying the full application. The virtual modular system runs on Windows and macOS in VST3, AU and AAX formats.

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Reason Free is available as a free download from the official website Reason Studios.