Reason 12 release date?

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WOO
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05 May 2020

If reason does come out with a ver. 12 any ideas based on past release dates when it might show up?

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WOO wrote:
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If reason does come out with a ver. 12 any ideas based on past release dates when it might show up?
7 weeks after you buy Reason 11.
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05 May 2020

Late next year at the earliest.

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05 May 2020

R12 release date will just be speculation on this forum - Only Reason Studios will have any idea if any about R12 ???

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DaveyG wrote:
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Late next year at the earliest.
Next year yes. Late next year? I'd go with June-ish.
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05 May 2020

Time for another installment of the Reason Almanac!

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An interesting find in the most recent update: Reason 11 was actually the longest wait for a version of Reason in nearly a decade, beating out even Reason 9’s 630-day development. While it’s unlikely we’ll see a return to Reason 5’s nearly three-year development cycle any time soon, version 11 was a notable departure from the 2010s’ 500-600 day cycles.

If Reason 12 takes as long as Reason 11, it would be released August 25, 2021.

If Reason 12 takes as long as Reason 10, it would be released January 28, 2021.

If Reason 12 takes an average amount of time based on the three most recent releases, it would be released May 24, 2021.

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MrFigg wrote:
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7 weeks after you buy Reason 11.
lol definitely this.

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05 May 2020

R11.3 so far:

Rack plugin vst/ au/ aax
3 mixer rack devices
2 modulation effects
Seq midi edit/crossf
Beatmap player
Midi out device
Mp3 export

This list is what I base my asumption on that I would not be surprised to see a new version.
And they did not bring on more than axx in 11.3.

What more do you expect be added until 2021?
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WOO wrote:
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If reason does come out with a ver. 12 any ideas based on past release dates when it might show up?
If?! Why wouldn't they, lol?

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MannequinRaces wrote:
05 May 2020
WOO wrote:
05 May 2020
If reason does come out with a ver. 12 any ideas based on past release dates when it might show up?
If?! Why wouldn't they, lol?
Matthias himself said somewhere 'If there is a Reason 12' on these very forums.
I think his explanation was something like they don't have any plans to but they would never rule out a name change or some sort of sales model change.

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WOO wrote:
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If reason does come out with a ver. 12 any ideas based on past release dates when it might show up?
Sometime in 2021. That said, you'll likely see some more 11.x point updates before then.
zoidkirb wrote:
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Matthias himself said somewhere 'If there is a Reason 12' on these very forums.
I think his explanation was something like they don't have any plans to but they would never rule out a name change or some sort of sales model change.
This is a gross mischaracterization of his statement and completely misinterpreted, IMHO. Reason is literally the ONLY product that Reason Studios has that makes money (and the RE store that Reason uses). There is zero reason to think that Reason 11 is the last version they'd make, IMHO. Even if Reason Studios is sold, the new owner would clearly release new Reason versions. It's just too damn popular not to.
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06 May 2020

Don't forget you need to factor in 6 months of reduced productivity due to covid-19. A team working from home Is not going to be as efficient, especially one that had to start working from home with almost no time to prepare.

Also remember that so far most of what they have added to R11 is stuff that should have been in the original release so they were already behind schedule before they started. The gap from R11 to R12 might be the biggest yet.

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DaveyG wrote:
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Don't forget you need to factor in 6 months of reduced productivity due to covid-19. A team working from home Is not going to be as efficient, especially one that had to start working from home with almost no time to prepare.
Reason Studios is based out of Stockholm, Sweden, and Sweden's COVID-19 response was the lightest in the entire EU. Even if the Reason Studios staff was required to work from home, their efficiency is not likely to have been affected - the IT and software world loves working from home. Sweden only barred gatherings of people over 50, and Reason Studios dev staff is far smaller than that. Primary schools are open, as are bars and restaurants.
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EnochLight wrote:
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DaveyG wrote:
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Don't forget you need to factor in 6 months of reduced productivity due to covid-19. A team working from home Is not going to be as efficient, especially one that had to start working from home with almost no time to prepare.
… their efficiency is not likely to have been affected ...
I think you might live in cloud cuckoo land mate. Talk about rose-tinted spectacles. :roll:

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MrFigg wrote:
05 May 2020
WOO wrote:
05 May 2020
If reason does come out with a ver. 12 any ideas based on past release dates when it might show up?
7 weeks after you buy Reason 11.
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Yonatan wrote:
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Midi out 2.0
Wait, what?

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DaveyG wrote:
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I think you might live in cloud cuckoo land mate. Talk about rose-tinted spectacles. :roll:
Are you purposely avoiding reading all news on what’s going on in Sweden right now compared to the rest of the world? Serious question. :? :shock: :o
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06 May 2020

I saw the topic "Reason 12 release date" and was "oh my gosh! they are releasing Reason 12!!!!" :D

Edit: To be clear: I was thinking they are releasing it like this week or something :mrgreen:

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I thought this topic was about Cuckoo’s living in Sweden! :puf_bigsmile: :lol:

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DaveyG wrote:
06 May 2020
EnochLight wrote:
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… their efficiency is not likely to have been affected ...
I think you might live in cloud cuckoo land mate. Talk about rose-tinted spectacles. :roll:
I work from home for 6 weeks now, my productivity is higher than before (mobile networks). My software developer colleagues have also increased their productivity.

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I find the knee jerk reaction when something is on sale - "that means version X is just around the corner".

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06 May 2020

Purely a speculation but i think the chance of reason 12 being on the table in the first half of 2021 is pretty unlikely.
Main version releases have slowed down but development keeps on. I think it would give us a clearer picture if we could see when incremental updates were introduced. For example, Reason 9.5 introduced VST support on 29th May 2017 which no doubt gave people using reason 8 or before a bit of nudge to update.
A general rule of thumb for a new version would be when everyone in the market has what they're selling they draw a line under it and start a new product. I still think there's a fair amount of Reason 10 users out there would could be persuaded to buy Reason 11 if it gets an incremental update that ticks one of their boxes.
The sale price for Suite in tandem with the 11.3 update shows they are still focusing on the Reason 11 package for the foreseeable future.
If I had two beans to rub together at the moment I'd be tempted, I'm sure covid 19 will make predicting what will happen in the coming months almost impossible.
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Yonatan wrote:
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What more do you expect be added until 2021?
That the Reason Rack mono version works fine in AU format with MOTU Digital Performer 10.

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fieldframe wrote:
05 May 2020
Time for another installment of the Reason Almanac!

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An interesting find in the most recent update: Reason 11 was actually the longest wait for a version of Reason in nearly a decade, beating out even Reason 9’s 630-day development. While it’s unlikely we’ll see a return to Reason 5’s nearly three-year development cycle any time soon, version 11 was a notable departure from the 2010s’ 500-600 day cycles.

If Reason 12 takes as long as Reason 11, it would be released August 25, 2021.

If Reason 12 takes as long as Reason 10, it would be released January 28, 2021.

If Reason 12 takes an average amount of time based on the three most recent releases, it would be released May 24, 2021.
Yeah like I said, mid 2021-ish is most likely.

Reason 11.4 in a couple of months or so (early August latest), 11.5 at the end of the year, probably mid-end November. Possibly another point release before 12? has there ever been a point version after a .5 release of Reason?
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06 May 2020

Creativemind wrote:
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Yeah like I said, mid 2021-ish is most likely.

Reason 11.4 in a couple of months or so (early August latest), 11.5 at the end of the year, probably mid-end November. Possibly another point release before 12? has there ever been a point version after a .5 release of Reason?
There have actually only been three .5 releases in Reason’s history.
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In another thread, I looked at the past decade of Reason point releases, and there were only two .5 versions, 6.5 and 9.5. They were both blockbusters that completely changed the Reason ecosystem: Reason 6.5 opened up Reason to Rack Extensions, and 9.5 finally broke the 15-year exile of VST support.
Those are the two from the past decade, the only other .5 release being 2.5, which introduced the first non-half-rack effect devices all the way back in 2003.

As an aside, if we’re getting hiDPI support / the UI rewrite this time around, it’s probably coming in 11.4. Maybe RS would consider it a big enough deal for an 11.5, but historically, it’s a high bar.

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