Reason Compact - Make Music

Name: Reason Compact - Make Music
Rating: 4.6 (5197 reviews)
Author: Reason Studios AB

Your Pocket Music Studio

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

5.2K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

Reason Studios AB
Language

EN
English
Size

194
MB

Go creative and make amazing beats and melodies now! Maybe you’re humming on your first beat ever or maybe you’re thinking about your next album. With Reason Compact you’ll have a powerful and easy-to-use music studio right in your pocket, ready to sketch down ideas whenever inspiration strikes. It’s never been easier and more fun to make music! • Start a song from scratch or use one of the genre-based demo songs • Learn more and find inspiration from smart tools and explainers • Sketch out song ideas on the go with a full-featured studio • Create music with three amazing-sounding instruments • Craft banging beats, beautiful melodies and deep basslines • Discover and play sounds made by world-class artists and music producers • Connect with other music apps • Take your tracks further with Reason, the desktop music studio • Carry your easy-to-use pocket music studio with you everywhere Get started with Reason Compact for free, then add new sounds and more options only when you’re ready to take it to the next level. FEATURES: Create banging beats • Start making fantastic beats from scratch or choose between a range of pre-made drum beats for quick beat making, designed for different modern music genres • Choose among 16 free inspirational drumkits • Play the easy-to-use drum pads • Give your beats your personal touch by exploring all the different effects • Make beats with the Rytmik drum machine to create unique rhythms • Sequence and build patterns in the drum grid Make amazing melodies and basslines • Create melodies with Europa, a cutting-edge synthesizer • Get your basslines going with the Monotone Bass Synthesizer • Play lush synth chords with a single key using the Chords tool • Play melodies and basslines with the smart keyboard that helps you always stay in key and never hit the wrong note • Discover and play sounds made by world-class artists and music producers • Draw notes and polish your performance with the MIDI note grid • Mix your tracks and play with the built-in effects and controls to dial in your perfect sound • Add depth and texture to your tracks using distortion, delay, and reverb effects Take yourself to the next level • Start soft and unlock new features, sounds and controls only when you are ready • Learn more about the fantastic world of music making and instruments with the easy to understand explainers in the app • Play with an external MIDI keyboard if that is more your thing • Collaborate with other music makers and artist in real-time using Ableton Link • Connect Reason Compact with other music apps using Audiobus or Inter-app Audio • Get a better understanding of a DAW to take your music further on desktop • Export your tracks to Reason, the desktop music studio MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: • iOS 11

Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

5.2K Ratings

GREAT synth.. now w/ MIDI input :)
09/29/2018

guitar lavar
Update:This INCREDIBLE synth has been updated to support MIDI input 😎👍 That’s the power-up it needed to transform it into a most useful mobile music production tool. Time to dive in and explore the sonic landscape 😃📱🎹🎶Original Review:The Europa synth sounds fantastic on my iPhone!! It’s great that I can use it in AudioBus and that it supports Ableton Link. I also appreciate the ability to demo the advanced synth controls and settings, which work great and give a lot of tonal flexibility when it comes to sound design. However, I cannot bring myself to spend $9.99 on this fabulous synth’s advanced features because it does not support MIDI input. That is a must-have feature for me... and probably a lot of other iOS musicians, as well. Adding support for wired, network, and bluetooth MIDI input would be ideal for handling different live and recording workflows in iOS. Also being able to save user-created presets within the Sound Packs -> Select Sound part of the app would be very useful. Lastly, adding AUV3 support would allow iOS musicians to run multiple instance of the synth in a given workflow, making the synth a much more versatile tool for mobile music development. Please consider making these updates to turn this great synth into a powerhouse. IMHO, adding these features would elevate this synth to a 5 Star app.
GREAT synth.. now w/ MIDI input :)
09/29/2018

guitar lavar

Update:This INCREDIBLE synth has been updated to support MIDI input 😎👍 That’s the power-up it needed to transform it into a most useful mobile music production tool. Time to dive in and explore the sonic landscape 😃📱🎹🎶Original Review:The Europa synth sounds fantastic on my iPhone!! It’s great that I can use it in AudioBus and that it supports Ableton Link. I also appreciate the ability to demo the advanced synth controls and settings, which work great and give a lot of tonal flexibility when it comes to sound design. However, I cannot bring myself to spend $9.99 on this fabulous synth’s advanced features because it does not support MIDI input. That is a must-have feature for me... and probably a lot of other iOS musicians, as well. Adding support for wired, network, and bluetooth MIDI input would be ideal for handling different live and recording workflows in iOS. Also being able to save user-created presets within the Sound Packs -> Select Sound part of the app would be very useful. Lastly, adding AUV3 support would allow iOS musicians to run multiple instance of the synth in a given workflow, making the synth a much more versatile tool for mobile music development. Please consider making these updates to turn this great synth into a powerhouse. IMHO, adding these features would elevate this synth to a 5 Star app.
Love it, live it, make it..
05/29/2019

FluxT3kArsenal
Thank you propellerhead, have been a fan since my 1 mac powerbook..,lolSeriously have found tons of awesome innovative ideas thanks to the great work you guys do.. the updates on here look and sound amazing.. plus the new edition for computers also is just insane.. really stoked.. I just love being able to use it as a digital Rack, and still record on AB live and logic..So ready to embark on this amazing symphonic power house.. much respect keep it up.. we all really appreciate your hard work.. Bless all of you, I can tell that lots of love and soul have gone into this bad boiMuch respect 💎🎹🎧PsSaving your music has always been possible.. for use your head.. a lil in out split aux but that not even needed these days just run it as a vst and I have been able to record melodies and more from my phone to my Pc running LIve AB , it also records right into GB.. and you can save the loop from there.. but I recommend beefing up that sound on GB you they have great mastering apps.. ppl don’t even believe that it was made on a phone.. I love to use everything real,analog,digital , and bring the best out of all of it.. love music!! No lame coach breathing dwn your neck.. music is a door you have to chose to open.. no one is going to make you.. keep it pure and have fun.. bless u all
Love it, live it, make it..
05/29/2019

FluxT3kArsenal

Thank you propellerhead, have been a fan since my 1 mac powerbook..,lolSeriously have found tons of awesome innovative ideas thanks to the great work you guys do.. the updates on here look and sound amazing.. plus the new edition for computers also is just insane.. really stoked.. I just love being able to use it as a digital Rack, and still record on AB live and logic..So ready to embark on this amazing symphonic power house.. much respect keep it up.. we all really appreciate your hard work.. Bless all of you, I can tell that lots of love and soul have gone into this bad boiMuch respect 💎🎹🎧PsSaving your music has always been possible.. for use your head.. a lil in out split aux but that not even needed these days just run it as a vst and I have been able to record melodies and more from my phone to my Pc running LIve AB , it also records right into GB.. and you can save the loop from there.. but I recommend beefing up that sound on GB you they have great mastering apps.. ppl don’t even believe that it was made on a phone.. I love to use everything real,analog,digital , and bring the best out of all of it.. love music!! No lame coach breathing dwn your neck.. music is a door you have to chose to open.. no one is going to make you.. keep it pure and have fun.. bless u all
Nailed It Creatively, Few Technical details need ironing.
06/04/2019

Brighton Be
Reason, from the first time I used it infused my ideas with a creative energy I could not get from other DAWs. This though is soo game changing and on another level. I like my tools to not dictate my creativity but rather to inspire it and propel it forward without getting bogged in technical details. This app smashes through that goal as I can go from hearing a melody in my head and having a very good sounding sample all from the palm of my hand, now that’s how you make technology get out of the way of creativity.One caveat, I find the app a lil bit finicky with my phone OS. It crashes a lot, especially when I try to export projects, I’m hoping this can be fixed.Also, if you log out after signing up YOU LOSE ALL YOUR PROJECTS! Which defeats the entirety of the accessibility this app is trying to reach for. Please let me keep my projects, the ideas I lost were really cool. There’s absolutely no way I could figure out how to restore my projects so that really makes me unsettled. What if I want to pull up something I’m working on, on the go and I find out somehow I got logged out and I have to start all over again. Reason you’re onto something here, but please fix that.

Developer Response
Hi,Your feedback makes us very happy. Your projects should not be deleted if you don't delete the app and reinstall it. If you experience crashes please report it on our support forum and include steps to reproduce so we can see what cause the crashes. We have fixed a couple of crash bugs that will come in 2.1 but that was when connecting a midi keyboard and used a low octave for the drums or when you browsed your own sound pack and only had one sound. Kind regards, Hanna
Nailed It Creatively, Few Technical details need ironing.
06/04/2019

Brighton Be

Reason, from the first time I used it infused my ideas with a creative energy I could not get from other DAWs. This though is soo game changing and on another level. I like my tools to not dictate my creativity but rather to inspire it and propel it forward without getting bogged in technical details. This app smashes through that goal as I can go from hearing a melody in my head and having a very good sounding sample all from the palm of my hand, now that’s how you make technology get out of the way of creativity.One caveat, I find the app a lil bit finicky with my phone OS. It crashes a lot, especially when I try to export projects, I’m hoping this can be fixed.Also, if you log out after signing up YOU LOSE ALL YOUR PROJECTS! Which defeats the entirety of the accessibility this app is trying to reach for. Please let me keep my projects, the ideas I lost were really cool. There’s absolutely no way I could figure out how to restore my projects so that really makes me unsettled. What if I want to pull up something I’m working on, on the go and I find out somehow I got logged out and I have to start all over again. Reason you’re onto something here, but please fix that.
Developer Response 06/12/2019
Hi,Your feedback makes us very happy. Your projects should not be deleted if you don't delete the app and reinstall it. If you experience crashes please report it on our support forum and include steps to reproduce so we can see what cause the crashes. We have fixed a couple of crash bugs that will come in 2.1 but that was when connecting a midi keyboard and used a low octave for the drums or when you browsed your own sound pack and only had one sound. Kind regards, Hanna
So close to perfection
05/24/2019

808's & snares
This 2.0 update made this app 10x more powerful.... this is just what I was looking for. I own over 70 purchased music production apps.... it’s simple, the sounds in here are amazing and cannot be duplicated elsewhere. Period. Add a sequencer, mixer, and song mode and I’m ALL in! That’s all that is missing! I will pay for the IAP no complaints there...: but to make this a true powerhouse it needs those functions. Yes you can export to Reason, but for the mobile musicians who only use iPhones and iPads exporting to reason 10 just isn’t an option.....I know computers are the way to go, but phones are now the new computers and they have the capabilities to make this all come true. Honestly your company is wonderful and I know that these requests can be implicated pretty easy with the masterminds behind COMPACT. Add these and it’s an easy 5 star app and simply the most easy, straightforward yet deep, and best sounding app on iOS..... PLEASE beat Novations Groovebox to the test and add these functions, so that I and everyone else in my shoes can create and publish music all in one spot and with ease. You guys rock, keep up the good work and I’ll be following up for any future updates!
So close to perfection
05/24/2019

808's & snares

This 2.0 update made this app 10x more powerful.... this is just what I was looking for. I own over 70 purchased music production apps.... it’s simple, the sounds in here are amazing and cannot be duplicated elsewhere. Period. Add a sequencer, mixer, and song mode and I’m ALL in! That’s all that is missing! I will pay for the IAP no complaints there...: but to make this a true powerhouse it needs those functions. Yes you can export to Reason, but for the mobile musicians who only use iPhones and iPads exporting to reason 10 just isn’t an option.....I know computers are the way to go, but phones are now the new computers and they have the capabilities to make this all come true. Honestly your company is wonderful and I know that these requests can be implicated pretty easy with the masterminds behind COMPACT. Add these and it’s an easy 5 star app and simply the most easy, straightforward yet deep, and best sounding app on iOS..... PLEASE beat Novations Groovebox to the test and add these functions, so that I and everyone else in my shoes can create and publish music all in one spot and with ease. You guys rock, keep up the good work and I’ll be following up for any future updates!