
During alpha testing we’ve tested many of the most popular plugins on the market and we’ve seen improvements range from a measly 5% to a staggering 260%, and that’s when using a buffer size of 512. How much of an improvement you’ll get varies depending on which plugins you use and your set-up, but it’s been improvements across the board. In Reason 10.3, VST plugins work as expected and Reason’s VST performance is on par with other DAWs on the market.

But now we have a version to share with you and I think you’re really going to like what you see! As many of you know by now, that took some time. We eventually came to the conclusion that to fix the problem, we had to essentially rewrite big parts of Reason’s audio rendering code. However, after a while we also started getting feedback about “poor and erratic” performance when using some of your favorite VST plugins. When VST support was first added in Reason 9.5, we received a lot of great feedback: “finally, VSTs in Reason”. And as a nice bonus, it improves performance if you’re not using VSTs too! Read on for the details… I’m happy to finally announce that the beta testing of Reason 10.3 is here! As you might know, this upcoming free update for Reason 10 is all about improving Reason’s VST plugin performance. You can read the complete statement from Reason Product Manager Mattias Häggström Gerdt below:

Rack of effects: Made up by reverbs, delays, vocoder, filters and equalizers.REX: Emulates several functions of a hardware sampler, from the indifferent sampling of phrases to the playback of cut sounds. It has several controls per channel to edit the tone or the length of each sample. Redrum: A rhythm box with 10 cells for samples.Subtractor, Mälstrom and Thor: Three virtual synthesizers with various properties, that cover from the emulation of Moog machines, to the creation of 8-bit sounds.The program has a very well designed and cared interface, that stands out due to the color of each module and how simple it is to be able to differentiate the active elements and the MIDI editing windows. Reason has become one of the most important software tools to create music because it integrates into a single pack everything that is necessary to create, mix and master any song that you compose.
