ReWire is a

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protocol, jointly developed by Propellerhead and

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, allowing remote control and data transfer among digital audio editing and related software. Originally appearing in the

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in 1998, the protocol has since evolved into an industry standard.

Reason Studios Reason Studios (formerly known as Propellerhead Software) is a music software company, based in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1994, it develops the studio emulation digital audio workstation and audio plug-in Reason (software), Reason. Histor ...

has announced that they have discontinued ReWire as of version 11 of

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32-bit or 64-bit audio applications, ReWire enables the simultaneous transfer of up to 256 audio tracks of arbitrary resolution and 4080 channels of

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data. This allows, for example, the output from synthesizer software to be fed directly into a linear editor without the use of intermediate files or analog transfers. There are also provisions to remotely trigger actions, such as starting and stopping recording. The protocol is licensed free of charge to companies only, but comes with a "non-disclosure of source code" license that is incompatible with most free-software licenses. The ReWire system consists of "Hosts", "Panels", and "Devices". Hosts are the host applications which typically do the sequencing at one end and the final mixdown at the other end. A Device is a

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that only generates sound; it has no user interface. A Panel is a graphical interface for setting the parameters of one Device. A typical setup would be to use Ableton Live in "Host" mode, and use Propellerhead Reason as a synthesizer. In this case Reason would provide Device/Panel pairs to Ableton, which could then send MIDI commands, sync timing and mix Reason's output into its own effects chains. Many applications support either mode. In fact, an application could (at the discretion of a developer) act as both a Host and a Panel at the same time.

ReWire Hosts ("Sequencers/Trackers")

* Ableton Live * ACID Pro * Adobe Audition * Cakewalk Sonar / Cakewalk by BandLab{{cite web, url= https://reverb.com/news/bandlab-acquires-cakewalk-assets-from-gibson , title=BandLab Acquires Cakewalk Assets from Gibson , website=Reverb, date=2018-02-23 , accessdate=2020-11-05 * Cycling '74 Max/MSP *

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(with plugin.) *

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* MOTU

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* MU.LAB *

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* Renoise * Samplitude * Sonoma Wire Works RiffWorks *

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* Steinberg Nuendo * Studio One * Synapse Audio Orion Platinum *

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* Zynewave Podium

ReWire Devices ("Synthesizers")

* Ableton Live * ACID Pro *

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Storm * Cakewalk Project 5 * Cycling '74 Max/MSP * Finale (beginning in v.25) *

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* Record * Renoise * Sibelius (beginning in v.6) *

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External links

Propellerheads' description of ReWireA database of tutorials on how to rewire different combinations of rewire compatible software programs.Reason Studios announcement of discontinuing the product
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References

Music software plugin architectures

ReWire Hosts ("Sequencers/Trackers")

ReWire Devices ("Synthesizers")

See also

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