Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your REASON file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert REASON to another file type
To convert REASON projects to another format, you need Reason or other Audio software.
Convert a file to REASON
To convert other file formats to the "DAW Project File" file type, you need software like Reason or a similar tool.
About REASON files
The .REASON file is a proprietary digital audio workstation project format created by Reason Studios for their Reason music production software. These files store sequence data, rack configurations, synthesizer patches, mixing console settings, and automation curves. They do not store actual audio as a flat file, but rather the instructions to synthesize and arrange sound. This makes the format highly efficient for producers but exceptionally difficult to share with non-users. The main disadvantage is vendor lock-in. A .REASON file requires the exact version of Reason and all associated Rack Extensions to open correctly. It cannot be played in media players or web browsers. Standard online audio converters fail because they lack the proprietary synthesis engine required to render the audio. To share your track, you must use the native software to export or bounce the project to standard formats like WAV, MP3, or MID for MIDI sequence data. Because this is a closed format, third-party conversion is severely limited. However, you can drag and drop your file onto convert.guru to identify the format, view embedded metadata, and extract readable text. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your REASON file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert REASON file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Reason or similar software from the "Music Production Project Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to REASON, try Reason or another comparable tool in the "Music Production Project Storage" category.
The REASON Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our REASON converter.