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WORKING WITH RACK EXTENSIONS375
If you move to another computer, you can download and install all your Rack Extensions by going to your user ac-
count on the Reason Studios web site (Your Products page, Rack Extensions tab) and clicking the "Sync All" button.
This function is also excellent for making sure you got the latest versions and updates of all your Rack Extensions.
Only files that are missing on your computer will be downloaded and installed.
Rack Extensions can be updated, with fixes and additions. Updates are posted on your Reason Studios user account
page. An update can be free or paid. In both cases, the Rack Extension is backwards compatible, meaning that you
can open older songs and patches and they will sound the same.
Rent-to-Own or subscribing to Rack Extensions
Alternatives to purchasing Rack Extension licenses one at a time is to either use the Rent-to-Own program, or to
subscribe to a number of Rack Extensions for a monthly fee. To utilize Rent-to-Own and/or to subscribe to Rack
Extensions, please go to the Reason Studios web shop at www.reasonstudios.com/shop.
! Rack Extension subscriptions are online only, and so are Rent-to-Own Rack Extensions (until they are fully
paid). Rack Extensions included in a subscription can be used only with Internet verification, see “Running
Reason with Internet Verification”.
Installing and managing Rack Extensions
! Note: if you are using Rack Extensions with the Reason+ subscription, installation and management is han-
dled in the Reason+ Companion app - not in Authorizer!
Whenever you download and install a Rack Extension, from the web shop or your user account, this will be handled
by an application called Authorizer. Authorizer is installed together with the Reason installation, and will automatically
launch when you Buy, Try or Download a Rack Extension from the Reason Studios web shop.
Authorizer checks what's already installed on your computer, downloads any missing files and puts them in the cor-
rect locations.
! Authorizer will automatically write Rack Extension licenses to your connected Ignition Key hardware and/or
your authorized computer.
If you want to check what Rack Extensions are installed on the computer, you need to launch Authorizer:
D Either select Rack Extensions from the Window menu in Reason or locate the Authorizer program on your
computer and launch it manually.
Authorizer lists all installed Rack Extensions:
The Authorizer application lists the Rack Extension devices currently installed on your computer.