Reason Studios has announced that it is closing the old authorization solution for offline usage of Reason 11 and earlier. A new and near-invisible authorization system has been introduced in the recent Reason 12.6 update.
Reason 12 has been worked on since 2020 and is still being worked on with 12.6 being released just a few weeks ago – making it the biggest change to the Reason codebase for a very long time. It has made Reason future-proof and easier for our dev team to add new features to. Since Reason 12 is such a big change to Reason it has also meant that the new authorisation solution can only work with Reason 12.
We know that focusing on Reason 12 and onwards and closing a 15-year authorization solution that has caused so much headache both for us and for the community is the right choice – but it’s also a tough one, because those of you not yet on Reason 12 will have to rely on online authorization only.
As of September 25th, 2023, the old authorization system will be discontinued. Details on what this means for users of Reason 11 and earlier can be found in a blog article at the Reason Studio website.
Owners of Reason 11 and earlier are encouraged to upgrade to Reason+ or Reason 12 at 60% off before June 30th, 2023.
The offer is available from the Reason Studios store with coupon offline60-jrpa at the checkout, or from distributor Plugin Boutique (no coupon required).
