Is Propellerhead (ReasonStudios) the first DAW to offer their Instruments/Effects as a plugin in other DAWs?

[recursive one]

What is Reason Studios? edit, got it, it's the new name for Propellerheads

I gather that it will be possible to use Reason as a VST instrument or effect inside a proper another DAW, is it true?

Very cool, when I downloaded Reason demo years ago and browsed the combinator paches, my first thought was "i wish I could load this into my Studio One like a normal VST instument".

[Tj Shredder]

I'm waiting for the first plugin suite to become a DAW.

Machine

Wasn’t EnergyXT the first? (Also abandoned first...)
@ Yellowmix if you wait for something which happened in the past, you need a wormhole or end up in a play from Ionesco...

[bmanic]

FL Studio was very early too.. it has been available as a rather clumsy VST plugin forever.

[Benedict]

I think that is FL or maybe Buzz(?) were first. E-XT was still reasonably ahead of the curve letting you use a whole Host as a Plugin.

Reason going this way is still a notable event tho as this is an environment with a different plugin type loading inside VST inside another Program. If they have the stability and almost bug-freeness of their usual releases then this is a moment indeed.

[festeringheap]

About whether others will follow: I don't think so.

I thought maybe it would be a good move for companies for addtional revenue and exposure . But then, again selling their proprietary stuff as VST plugins, just open them all up to cracks.
With Reason copy protection, maybe it works better for Propellerhead.

[festeringheap]

Reapers plugins, if you can cope with the GUI's.

Yes, I can and did. They are good quality and lightweight. Unfortunately moving over to mac awhile ago, I lost the Reaper plugins since they are only available for Windows.