Reason

Introduced a track-centric workflow with the Track Panel, major sequencer improvements, faster navigation, and the RV-9 Reverb Station.

Redesigned the browser and sequencer, added tagged content, Polytone, Ripley Space Delay, Sidechain Tool, Stereo Tool, and Gain Tool.

Added scalable high-resolution graphics, Mimic Creative Sampler, Combinator 2, a faster browser, and later native Apple silicon and VST3 support.

Introduced the Reason Rack Plugin for use in other DAWs, sequencer workflow improvements, curved automation, audio crossfades, and new effects.

Added Europa, Grain, Klang, Pangea, Humana, Radical Piano, Synchronous, and major new drum, loop, and patch libraries.

Introduced Player devices, Pitch Edit, Bounce in Place, Pulsar, and roughly 1,000 new patches. Version 9.5 added VST2 hosting.

Introduced a new browser, drag-and-drop workflow, updated sequencer graphics, and built-in Softube guitar and bass amps.

Added External MIDI Instrument, automatic audio slicing and quantizing, Spectrum EQ, parallel and output-bus channels, and Audiomatic Retro Transformer.

Merged Reason with Record, adding audio tracks and recording, the SSL-inspired Main Mixer, 64-bit support, Pulveriser, The Echo, and Alligator. Version 6.5 introduced Rack Extensions.

Added Kong Drum Designer, Dr. Octo Rex, Blocks, live sampling, multicore optimization, and a much larger Factory Sound Bank.

Introduced Thor, RPG-8, ReGroove, sequencer clips, redesigned sequencing, and improved automation.

Introduced the Combinator, Remote controller protocol, MClass Mastering Suite, a new sound browser, and expanded sound banks.

Added the Malström Graintable Synthesizer, NN-XT Advanced Sampler, a detachable sequencer, expanded tools, and the Orkester sound library.

The original virtual rack: Mixer 14:2, ReDrum, SubTractor, NN19, Dr:Rex, Matrix, eight half-rack effects, a MIDI sequencer, and ReBirth Input Machine.