Reason Studios. UI & UX for a native Mac app.

The Reason+ companion app on Mac: the home screen with the new Drive Synth Sounds pack, new sound packs and the most installed ones.

Back in 1994, three guys in Stockholm figured out a new way to slice loops that changed how people made music. That was the start of what is now Reason Studios.

Reason+ is their music-making subscription. It includes Reason Studios’ entire creative environment, always up to date, plus a steady flow of Sound Packs: building blocks with the simplicity of samples but a lot more creative flexibility, to use in any music production software.

I helped Reason Studios design the companion app that launched together with the subscription. It helps music makers discover sound packs and instruments, and manage the ones they have installed.

End product
App
Platform
Mac
Technology
Native
Year
2020–2021
Visit
reasonstudios.com ↗
The Reason+ landing page: “Your next track, built from the sound up”, above a collage of sound pack covers.A wall of Reason instruments and effects on yellow, above “A comprehensive music making service”.The companion app’s home screen with EDM Essentials, a grid of new sound packs and a ranked list of the most installed.The page for the Complex-1 Modular Synthesizer: installs, favorites and patches created, and a list of the most popular patches.Reason+ account settings: an expired trial, the next payment, the saved card and a choice between monthly and annual plans.Two account pages: the subscription overview, and coupons with tables of active and inactive codes.All work20 projects since 2018, more on the way