Big news: LANDR has acquired Reason Studios
Curious to see what they are doing with Reason DAW and the modular Rack Plugin. They already said in the press releases that they will implement AI features
https://synthanatomy.com/2026/01/landr- ... ystem.html
LANDR acquires Reason Studios (DAW/Plugin)
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- KVRAF
- 1757 posts since 21 Dec, 2012
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- KVRAF
- 37374 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
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- KVRAF
- 12081 posts since 2 Dec, 2004 from North Wales
Just when things had started to look up...I haven't had anything to do with LANDR before, but anything with 'AI' gives me the shivers!
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- KVRAF
- 6366 posts since 8 Jun, 2009
I think this is will probably very bad for the DAW. Not quite so bad to OK for the Rack, which features heavily in the release and would make sense for LANDR to restore as a product in its own right.
If they try to AIse (or more likely half-AIse) the DAW, they'll likely piss everyone off in one way or another. The rack? Well as long as the REs don't get bounced out, it'll have a chance of surviving.
If they try to AIse (or more likely half-AIse) the DAW, they'll likely piss everyone off in one way or another. The rack? Well as long as the REs don't get bounced out, it'll have a chance of surviving.
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- Pick Me Pick me!
- 10234 posts since 12 Mar, 2002 from a state of confusion
Prime days for Reason were back when CRTs were still popular. That 4:3 resolution is when the rack dimensions made sense. They never really resolved that satisfactorily, after wide screen resolutions took over, then took too long to allow VSTs. Reason didn't really seem to be a popular choice in the past decade.. being on the outskirts of town, similar to Sonar..
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- KVRist
- 216 posts since 26 Nov, 2022
It's too bad the only fun looking DAW had to get acquired. They'll likely ruin either the DAW (make it look like all others) or the pricing model (force subscription). So I guess I'll be forced to use Reaper or some other depressing DAW with grim, minimal graphics.
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Not everyone needs maximum efficiency.
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- KVRAF
- 1868 posts since 4 Oct, 2016
Bitwig looks kind of fun.Cavey Arrgh wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 5:07 pm It's too bad the only fun looking DAW had to get acquired. They'll likely ruin either the DAW (make it look like all others) or the pricing model (force subscription). So I guess I'll be forced to use Reaper or some other depressing DAW with grim, minimal graphics.
Not everyone needs maximum efficiency.
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- KVRian
- 799 posts since 26 Aug, 2005 from Oregon, USA
There will be an ignorant future producer generation that pays $19.95 a month for a DAW rather than owning it.
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- KVRian
- 630 posts since 11 Nov, 2003 from Vancouver. Canada
Wow. I own the previous version but I forget how it's authorized... does it need to be online?
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- KVRAF
- 5144 posts since 13 Jul, 2004 from Earth
You can choose to set it so it reauthorize every month or lock the Authorization for 1 year so you can use it offline for 1 year before you need to reauthorize for another year.Danno wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 9:08 pm Wow. I own the previous version but I forget how it's authorized... does it need to be online?
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machinesworking machinesworking https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8505 - KVRAF
- 7965 posts since 15 Aug, 2003 from seattle
I'm the only one that doesn't think it means the end of the world it seems. Landr for me anyway is more well know for stem extraction. It's always possible this turns out to be a good thing. Reason already has subscription and regular ownership, so that shouldn't change since that's how Landr does it too. Much more frightening when a company that has no interest in music buys a DAW IMO.
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- KVRian
- 799 posts since 26 Aug, 2005 from Oregon, USA
Like Gibson? I assume they didn't care about musicmachinesworking wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 9:26 pm Much more frightening when a company that has no interest in music buys a DAW IMO.
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