Reason's popular DAW finally gets native Apple Silicon support

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Reason's popular DAW finally gets native Apple Silicon support

<p>Reason Studios (formerly Propellerhead) <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1;elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:;elmt:;" href="https://shopping.yahoo.com/rdlw?siteId=us-engadget&amp;pageId=1p-autolink&amp;featureId=text-link&amp;custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5yZWFzb25zdHVkaW9zLmNvbS9wcmVzcy8zNDQtcmVhc29uLXN0dWRpb3MtaW50cm9kdWNlLW5hdGl2ZS1zdXBwb3J0LWZyb20tYXBwbGUtc2lsaWNvbi1hbmQtb2ZmbGluZS1tb2RlLXdpdGgtdGhlLW5ldy0xMjYtdXBkYXRlIiwiY29udGVudFV1aWQiOiJkODQwNTQzNy0yNjljLTQ1YjEtOWMxMi1kMjc0MWUzMGMzYzQifQ&amp;signature=AQAAAc53vdXlZsQdS_lbpGppBjPjXOfD5mYIkPDOos6L-k_c&amp;gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reasonstudios.com%2Fpress%2F344-reason-studios-introduce-native-support-from-apple-silicon-and-offline-mode-with-the-new-126-update">announced[/url] today that Reason, its popular digital audio workstation and plugin suite, now natively runs on Apple M1 / M2 chips. After installing the new Reason 12.6 update, users can skip the slower speeds from Apple’s <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/rosetta-2-will-keep-old-intel-apps-running-on-apples-new-silicon-182442712.html">Rosetta 2 emulator[/url] and run the DAW natively on non-Intel Macs for “50 percent better performance.”</p><p>The update also applies to Reason’s Rack Extension tech. The company says all 750+ extensions will also run natively on Apple Silicon, including older extensions abandoned by third-party developers.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Although the update is a bit late to the party, the (relatively small) Sweden-based studio likely had its hands full optimizing the music-creation suite for Apple Silicon, which Apple <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/apple-silicon-m1-mac-181040846.html">introduced[/url] in late 2020. Competitor Ableton Live didn’t <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/ableton-live-11-apple-m1-chip-native-support-180847297.html">launch M1 support[/url] until February 2022, and even Apple’s Logic Pro didn’t run natively on the company’s chipset until a year after the first <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/macbook-pro-m1-review-163011742.html">M1 Macs�https://shopping.yahoo.com/rdlw?siteId=us-engadget&amp;pageId=1p-autolink&amp;featureId=text-link&amp;custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JlYXNvbnN0dWRpb3MuY29tIiwiY29udGVudFV1aWQiOiJkODQwNTQzNy0yNjljLTQ1YjEtOWMxMi1kMjc0MWUzMGMzYzQifQ&amp;signature=AQAAAbvEmHFg8SBZya8iOyvoT1FaF6kZfooGf6N2Xx_1ucuc&amp;gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Freasonstudios.com">website[/url].</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/reasons-popular-daw-finally-gets-native-apple-silicon-support-164439189.html?src=rss

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