However, recording (if applicable) is still completely separate in the two applications. It doesn't matter in which program you Play, Stop, Fast Forward or Rewind. When you run ReWire, the transports in the two programs are completely linked. This is only relevant if the synthesizer application has some sort of built-in sequencer or similar. While this works perfectly fine, you won't be able to mix and process the devices separately in Cubase SX. If you instead connect all your Reason devices via a Mixer to the stereo input pair on the Hardware Interface, all sounds will appear mixed on a single ReWire stereo channel pair.
You can then use the mixing facilities in Cubase SX to adjust volume and pan, add effects and equalizing etc.
#CUBASE 5 REWIRE REASON 4 FULL#
* To take full advantage of the mixing features in Cubase SX you need to connect the different Reason devices directly to the Hardware Interface.įor example, if your Reason Song contains eight different instrument devices and you connect these to separate inputs on the Hardware Interface, they will appear on separate ReWire channels in the Cubase SX Mixer. Basically, each output in the Hardware Interface is connected to a separate ReWire channel. When you route audio from Reason to Cubase SX, you make use of the Hardware Interface at the top of the rack. Preparations for routing audio from Reason
All settings can be automated using the Read/Write functions. This means you can set volume and pan, add EQ, insert and send effects and route the channel outputs to Groups or Buses. * ReWire channels have the same functionality as regular audio channels. * ReWire channels may be any combination of mono and stereo. * ReWire channels appear to the right of the track-based (audio and MIDI) channel strips. The ReWire channel strips have the following properties: When you activate ReWire channels in the ReWire Device panels, they will become available as channel strips in the Mixer. How the ReWire channels are handled in Cubase SX These labels will be used in the Cubase SX Mixer to identify the ReWire channels. If desired, double click on the labels in the right column, and type in another name. Please note that the more ReWire channels you activate, the more processing power is required.ģ. The buttons light up to indicate activated channels. This consists of a number of rows, one for each available ReWire channel.Ģ.Ĝlick on the green buttons in the "Active" column to activate/deactivate the desired channels. All recognized ReWire compatible applications will be available on the menu. Pull down the Devices menu and select Reason. Using the ReWire Device panels in Cubase SX, you can specify which of the available channels you want to use:ġ. The number of available ReWire audio channels in Reason is 64. ReWire2 supports streaming of up to 256 separate audio channels. When you are finished, you also need to quit the applications in a special order: It may take slightly longer for Reason to start when you are using ReWire. See "Activating ReWire channels" below for details. When using ReWire, the order in which you launch and quit the two programs is very important:Ģ.Ğnable one or several Reason ReWire channels in the ReWire Device dialog in Cubase SX.