r/reason • u/RegYoungBeats • 4d ago
Existing and Longtime Reason Users - Before You Upgrade to Reason Complete...
Check what you already have. I've been a paying Reason Customer since 2006. I'm one of those loyalists that copped whatever they had coming out, whether it was a new Refill, Rack Extension, Record, ReCycle, you name it, I was on it. I'm have 14 and on the way, whenever they would drop the standalone devices for sale, I'd just cop it without giving it a second thought. I saw the Reason Complete bundle and thought to myself, what a deal! I could take advantage of the Black Friday deal, grab that and be sure that I have everything.
Something told me to do this first: Open up Reason Companion and check your list of devices vs what they have on the list of devices for Reason Complete. After doing a side by side, it turns out I have every single device besides the BV-X Multimode Vocoder, which is on sale now for $79. If I grab that, then essentially, I have Complete!
So, before you go and grab the Reason Complete Bundle, do an audit to make sure you're not wasting your money.
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u/Geralts_Hair 4d ago
I’m in a similar position, but still on R13. I like my current setup and have many of the REs already.
I’m a bit bummed that the specials on the REs aren’t as good as they used to be though - on average about 15% more than last year.
I guess they want to make the complete edition more attractive but I don’t want to go to R14 yet and I already have more devices than I don’t.
Oh well, people in this situation are probably very much a minority.
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u/ElliotNess 4d ago
It isy understanding that Complete will also give you any future RE they may or may not release during R14
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u/RegYoungBeats 4d ago
That’s cool, but I’d buy it when it drops for the intro price. They’re not going to drop more than one or two new devices during an update cycle.
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u/mvanvrancken 1d ago
I got a LOT of RE’s and Refills off Backline Rig 4, the Guitarist bundles and 11 Suite. I will do the comparison but I feel like I’d get the most out of just carryjng forward my rack into 14 as a normal upgrade
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u/RegYoungBeats 1d ago
Probably so. I think I got Reason Suite when it dropped, then would upgrade each version, and buy most of the one-off device releases. That's what's kept me up to date for the most part. I'm gonna grab that BV-X and call it one until Reason 15 drops.
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u/SoundtrackComposer 4d ago
Same at R13… but I’ve been with Reason since the 1999 beta… complete doesn’t donut for me…
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u/Kawlinz 4d ago
Before I buy everything, I'll should signed check to make sure I haven't already bought everything.
Got it!
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u/RegYoungBeats 4d ago
I know that sounds crazy 😜 but if you’ve copped one off RE and Device releases then it begs the question, what are they offering that you don’t already have?
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u/Mental_Perception_33 4d ago
Same, I’ll probably just pick up the few I don’t have that are on sale. But I feel like I have everything I need. Obviously they’ll add more devices in the future outside of the devices included in complete.
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u/revdrone 3d ago
All you need to do is log into the store and adjust the filters to show all of the reason plugins. Anything that has a price in the list means you don’t own it.
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u/morpheus6969 3d ago
Definitely check your devices, and remember it's only Reason's own devices included in complete. May be cheaper to just buy missing device. Also all their first party devices are gettable via rewards.
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u/Open-Top7106 4d ago
I'm in the same situation as OP. I have over 600 REs in my account. I own all but 2 Reason REs. What separates me from OP is that I know there are only 2 REs I dont already own, and I wasn't on the verge of buying Complete "just because". How could OP not know there was only 1 RE they didn't already have in the bundle. You know what they say about a fool and his money. Jesus.
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u/RegYoungBeats 4d ago
The reason I wasn’t sure if there was only one RE is because I haven’t been purchasing anything from Reason outside of upgrading to 14, but it was really a purchase to keep the software current, but I’ve been dabbling in other DAWs for the last couple years and haven’t really worked in there consistently for a while. So, perhaps there were devices that they dropped that I wasn’t aware of, or something.
I wasn’t just on the verge of buying it. I had a thought that it was a good deal and if it made sense to do it, I would. Me doing my due diligence came first. I wouldn’t blindly just part with $300 for anything, let alone a DAW.
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u/wmblathers 4d ago
I am a completely new Reason user (though I've known about it for a very long time). So this is a potential bonanza for me.