Specifications

REBIRTH INPUT MACHINE
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Introduction
The ReBirth Input Machine is a device dedicated to receiving audio from the
Propellerhead program “ReBirth RB-338” (version 2.01 and later). This is
achieved by using ReWire technology (see page 48), where Reason will act as
master and ReBirth as a slave device. If you don’t have ReBirth installed, you
cannot use this device. If you are a ReBirth user, you can use the ReBirth Input
Machine for the following:
D Receive up to eighteen channels of streaming ReBirth channels in
Reason.
You can create more ReBirth Input Machines, but only one can be active at
a time.
D Sample accurate synchronization between the audio in the two pro-
grams.
D The two programs can share the same audio card and take advan-
tage of multiple outputs on that card.
Preparations
For the ReBirth Input Machine to correctly operate together with ReBirth, the
launch and quit order is very important. Proceed as follows:
Launching
1. Launch Reason.
2. Create a ReBirth Input Machine.
You may want create a Mixer prior to this step, otherwise the L/R Mix chan-
nels will be routed directly to the Audio Hardware Interface. If you have a
Mixer, the L/R Mix output from the ReBirth Input Machine will be automati-
cally connected to the mixer’s first available audio inputs.
3. Launch ReBirth.
4. When ReBirth is launched, select Reason as the application in fo-
cus.
If both the “Reason is Rewire Master” and the “Active” indicator on the Re-
Birth Input Machine are lit, this indicates that the launch procedure was cor-
rect and that Reason and ReBirth are now locked and in sync.
D If only the “Active” indicator is lit, either the launch order was
wrong, or ReBirth is not installed properly.
5. Activate playback on Reason’s transport panel.
ReBirth and Reason are locked in perfect sync, and will follow any transport
commands in either of the programs.
! Note that there is no master/slave relationship for the transport
controls when using ReWire, as either device will control the other
device’s transport. The audio, however, is streamed from ReBirth to
Reason, so in this aspect Reason is the master device.
Quitting
1. First quit ReBirth.
2. Then quit Reason.
Routing
When the two programs are synced, you can route any of the eighteen available
outputs in ReBirth, to separate channels in a Reason Mixer, or to the Hardware
Interface for direct connection to a physical output on your audio card.
If you flip the rack around, a row of 18 audio outputs is shown, with the L/R Mix
outputs auto-routed to your mixer or to the hardware interface.
What Signals are on the Outputs?
Mix-L and Mix-R
This is the regular master output in ReBirth RB-338. These are the only stereo
channels, all other channels are in mono.
D If none of the other channels are used, then this carries all the
sound from ReBirth.
D Signals that are activated separately are removed from this mix.
If for example the 909-Mix channel is activated, then Mix-L and Mix-R carries
all the sound from ReBirth RB-338 except the 909, which will appear on its
own channel.
The individual outputs are described more closely in the ReWire chapter of the
ReBirth manual.