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326 SOFTWARE-INSTRUMENTE/VST-PLUG-INS/REWIRE
ReWire Client Application
ReWire-compatible client applications (e.g. Propellerheads Reason) can be integrated into
Samplitude as synthesizers.
Activate ReWire functionality in the system options settings ("Y") under "Effects ->
VST/DirectX/ReWire". Afterwards, installed ReWire applications may be loaded as
instruments into a MIDI out slot in Samplitude. All ReWire client applications appear as
individual sections in the selection menu of the track's plug-in slot and are loaded as
software instruments (VSTi). The client application should always first be started after
launching Samplitude and closed again before Samplitude is ended. Some client
applications may be opened automatically by right clicking on their name in the MIDI out
slot.
The ReWire application may be controlled via MIDI, just like a software instrument. You
can set up the ReWire client's individual output signals according to the multi-channel
software instruments on multiple tracks. The client application runs, starts, and stops
synchronously to Samplitude's time position.
The "classic" MIDI channel for MIDI notes and events is not important, it is replaced by the
ReWire MIDI bus system. For each track, a MIDI object is able to control a ReWire MIDI
BUS. This means that all of a MIDI object's events apply to the track for this ReWire bus,
independent of the channel number the events originally had. Multi-timbral MIDI objects
(like those created in the MIDI file import) cannot be played correctly with ReWire. However,
you may access the ReWire client across multiple tracks on various ReWire MIDI buses.
ReWire supports up to 4,096 MIDI buses. A ReWire client only registers the MIDI buses
that are actually available with the host (Samplitude). You can therefore select the bus
within the track in Samplitude's MIDI channel menu (e.g. the receiving instrument for
Reason).
Several ReWire clients may be opened directly via the host. If you start your client
application manually, this automatically detects the presence of a host application and
opens in a special client mode.
Detailed information is available in the section "Mixer -> Effects routing/Plug-ins dialog ->
VST/DirectX/ReWire setup plug-in buffer (view page 176)".