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Reason Studios has announced that it has made its game-changing sample tool available for free. ReCycle 2.5 now comes with support for Windows on ARM and Apple Silicon.
Since ReCycle has already survived 30 years, we figured we’d shoot for another 30. So, in this patch we’re making it compatible with Apple Silicon and Windows on ARM, along with some back-end stuff for general performance.
Before giving our beloved sample tool a facelift, we had to ask ourselves “does ReCycle have a place in today’s musical landscape?”. We think it does. And even if it didn’t, ReCycle just refuses to die. Many people still swear by ReCycle as their go-to sample tool, and given the cultural time capsule that it is today we want new generations of producers to be able to experience what the workflow was like 30 years ago.
So, we made it free to use. Maybe you’ll fall in love with its old-school workflow. Maybe you’ll use it once, smile, and go back to your usual sample tool. Either way, we’re giving everyone a chance to experience a tool that helped shape modern sampling into what it is today. And it’s a pretty fantastic tool. We’ve come to know it as the sample tool that refuses to die.
To celebrate ReCycle’s comeback, Reason Studios is launching a beat battle contest called ‘ReCycle the Beat’. Participants are challenged to flip a given sample using any production methods. Bonus points will be awarded to those who use ReCycle and the winner receives 1 full year of Reason+.
The contest will be hosted by Don Cannon, Vice President of A&R at Def Jam Recordings. Apart from working directly with artists such as Eminem and 50 Cent at Def Jam Recordings, Don Cannon is also responsible for signing names like Lil Uzi Vert and Jack Harlow.
We’re thrilled to make ReCycle accessible to everyone. It’s a piece of music software history, and we believe it still has a lot to offer today’s creative minds. – Niklas Agevik, CEO at Reason Studios.
Circling back to the community that made ReCycles’ longevity possible in the first place, the sample tool is now free-to-use and the competition is open for anyone to join.
More information: Reason Studios
