STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN * 1 MARCH 2004 - Propellerhead Software, the
Swedish company behind acclaimed products such as Reason, ReCycle and
ReBirth, is proud to announce that ReWire, The Application Connection
Technology, is now supported by TASCAM's GigaStudio 3, the world's
premiere streaming software sampler. The addition of GigaStudio 3
further establishes Propellerhead Software's ReWire technology as an
industry standard communication protocol that is now supported by all
major music production applications.
TASCAM's GigaStudio is a streaming software sampler that reads
waveforms directly off a hard drive. GigaStudio 3 comes in three
versions - Orchestra, Ensemble and Solo - and offers up to unlimited
polyphony, 96kHz/24-bit sample support, ReWire support, VST plug-in
support, and real-time convolution reverb. The best sound libraries
in the world are written for GigaStudio, making it the top choice of
the world's best composers, sound designers and music producers.
With ReWire, the synthesis and sequencing power of Propellerheads'
Reason and ReBirth can be seamlessly integrated with Pro Tools,
Logic, Cubase, Sonar, Nuendo, Live, Melodyne and now GigaStudio 3.
Multiple applications can be run simultaneously as slaves using
ReWire. For example, Reason, Melodyne, and Live can be integrated
into a master Pro Tools session, with each application's audio
streams controlled through the master session.
"ReWire is a great technology for patching music applications together
in the virtual studio, and I look forward to the potential offered by
ReWire support in GigaStudio 3 for a more seamless integration of my
studio environment," comments Oscar Winning composer Hans Zimmer.
Here's what ReWire does:
* Real-time streaming of up to 256 individual audio channels from one
application to another with ReWire 2 (up to 64 with ReWire 1).
* Real-time streaming of up to 4,080 individual MIDI channels from
one application to another (255 MIDI buses with 16 channels per bus)
with
ReWire 2.
* High-precision synchronization-complete, glitch-free sync between
applications, with no settings to configure and no parameters to
worry about.
* Common transport functions-if two ReWired applications have
built-in sequencers of some sort, one can play, stop, and rewind in
either application, and they will both locate to the same position.
* Additional querying-with ReWire 2, one application can "ask" the
other about audio channel names and other session information.
No additional installation or setup is required for ReWire. All
ReWire-capable applications installed in a user's system
automatically show up in the master application's ReWire list and are
ready to use.
For software manufacturers, implementing ReWire 2 into applications
is free of charge, though Propellerhead Software does require
information about ReWire implementation in other software programs.
Developer information can be found at http://www.propellerheads.se/developer/.
The complete list of ReWire-compatible applications is available at
http://www.propellerheads.se/rewire.
About Propellerhead Software
Propellerhead Software is a privately owned company based in
Stockholm, Sweden. Formed in 1994, Propellerhead has created some of
the most innovative new music software (ReBirth, ReCycle and Reason)
and technology standards, including ReWire and the REX file format,
which are used extensively in all kinds of music production.
Propellerheads' ReBirth program was the first virtual emulation of
vintage analog gear-a trend that now dominates the music software
arena.
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