Operation Manual

REWIRE
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Launching both programs without using ReWire
We don’t know exactly why you would want to run Reason and a Rewire host application at the same time on the
same computer, without using ReWire, but you can:
1. First launch Reason.
2. Then launch the host application.
You may get a warning message in the host application, regarding ReWire, but you can safely ignore it. Please also
note that the two programs now compete for system resources such as audio cards, just as when running either with
other, non-ReWire, audio applications.
Using the Transport and Tempo controls
Basic Transport controls
When you run ReWire, the transports in the two programs are completely linked. It doesn’t matter in which program
you Play, Stop, Fast Forward or Rewind. Recording, however, is still completely separate in the two applications.
Loop settings
The Loop in Reason and the corresponding feature (Loop, Cycle etc.) in the host application are also linked. This
means that you can move the start and end point for the Loop/Cycle or turn the Loop/Cycle on/off in either program,
and this will be reflected in the other.
Tempo settings
As far as tempo goes, the host application is always the Master. This means that both program will run in the tempo
set in the host application. However, if you are not using automated tempo changes in the host application, you can
adjust the tempo on the transport in either program, and this will immediately be reflected in the other application.
! If you are using automated tempo changes in the host application, do not adjust the tempo on the Reason
Transport Panel, since that tempo the doesn’t have any effect on playback!
Routing audio
Preparations in Reason
When you route audio from Reason to a ReWire host application, you make use of the Reason Hardware Interface at
the top of the rack. Basically, each output in the Hardware Interface is connected to a separate ReWire channel.
• To take full advantage of the mixing features in the host application you need to connect the different Reason
devices directly to the Hardware Interface.
For example, if your Reason Song contains eight different instrument devices and you connect these to separate
audio outputs on the Hardware Interface, they will appear on separate ReWire channels in the host application.
You can then use the mixing facilities in the host application to adjust volume and pan, add effects and equalizing
etc. - individually for each Reason device.
If you instead connect all your Reason devices via the Mixer to the stereo input pair on the Hardware Interface, all
sounds will appear mixed on a single ReWire stereo channel pair. While this works perfectly fine, you won’t be able
to mix and process the devices separately in the host application.