Breaking news: Reason 4 announced, up for beta testing

As of just now, Reason 4 has been announced. That’s right, the eternity of wait is finally over. Today, June 19th, is the day, and now is the time to get the first look at all of the features of the software. If you are a registered Reason owner, you can sign up for beta-testing.

Leading up the pack is Thor, which by all intelligent assumptions should be the soft synth to end all synths. Along with it are, in usual Propellerhead style, less features than the optimistic might expect, but may prove to be some of the most powerful yet. After all, Reason is not about what it is, it’s about what it does.

Next up in the list of the most important sub-features to ever hit the program is the RPG-8, a monophonic arpeggiator (possibly polyphonic in functionality as well). This has been badly needed by some of us, such as myself, and has been requested more consistently than most other features besides audio in and MIDI out.

There have been some major changes and improvements in the sequencer - there is now a separate groove mixer for dialing in different groove feels to tracks, beefing up Reason’s appeal to hip-hop producers and electronic producers. From looking at the pictures, it appears that Reason has jumped up a level in complexity.

Check out the site for more upgrades: propellerheads.se