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INTRODUCTION
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Welcome!
Thank you for choosing Reason!
Reason 12 comes with a number of great improvements and additions. Reason now has a scalable user
interface and all rack devices use high-resolution graphics. There is also a new Fast Search in the Reason
Browser, which makes finding patches and sounds a lot faster and easier. We also made it a lot easier to
use multiple Combinators in series as Insert Effects in the Mixer.
Reason 12 also comes with the new Mimic Creative Sampler - great for chopping up and playing back
samples in very intuitive ways. Last but not least we have updated the Combinator device and heavily
enhanced its functionality, letting you create your own unique instruments and effects!
Like the previous version, Reason 12 also lets you use the Reason Rack as a plugin in another compatible
DAW.
Don't forget to visit the Reason Studios web site at www.reasonstudios.com and read up on all the new
Rack Extension instruments and effects created by ourselves and others that you can add to your rack.
Yours truly,
The Reason Studios Team
www.reasonstudios.com
About the Reason documentation
This is the Installation Manual where installation of Reason and basic setting up procedures are described.
Detailed features and operations in Reason are described in the Operation Manual pdf and in the on-line
Help system. The Operation Manual and Help also contain reference descriptions of all Reason devices
and commands.
About operating system versions
Reason runs under macOS and Windows (for operating system details, see “Requirements”) and only
supports 64-bit operating system versions. All Reason packages contain program versions for both
platforms. Everything said in the manuals applies to both platforms, unless explicitly stated.
What is in the Reason box?
If you have purchased the boxed version of Reason, the package contains the following item:
Product authorization
The license number and registration code required for the installation are printed on the insert in the box.
The registration code is a one-time code used to register your Reason license to your Reason Studios user
account. Once you have registered Reason to your account and, you don't need the registration code any
more. In the box is also a link to the Reason download section on the Reason Studios web site.
! Note that if you bought Reason from the Reason Studios web shop, it has already auto-
matically been registered to your account.