ReWire

ReWire is a software protocol that allows you to remotely control another software within Samplitude. This virtually "wires" another DAW software to Samplitude, for example, meaning the ReWire application (client) receives MIDI data from Samplitude and sends your audio output back to and allows direct data exchange. The applications' transport functions, such as play and fast-forward/rewind, are linked by ReWire.

ReWire-compatible client applications (like, for example, Propellerheads Reason) can be integrated into Samplitude as software synthesizers.

By default, the ReWire functionality is not activated. You enable it by checking the Activate ReWire checkbox in the Program Preferences (key: "Y") at Effects > VST/Rewire. After that, installed ReWire applications can be used as instrument in Samplitude.

All ReWire client applications appear as a separate section in the plug-in list of the Plug-in browser and are loaded like a software instrument (VSTi). The client application should always be launched after Samplitude and should be closed before exiting Samplitude.

Some client applications can be opened directly from the host by right-clicking on the name in the MIDI Out slot. Otherwise you have to start your client application manually, it automatically detects the existence of a host application and opens in a special client mode.

The ReWire application can be controlled with MIDI, just like a software instrument. The client application runs, starts, and stops synchronous to the time position of Samplitude. Tempo and playback range are taken over.

When using ReWire the MIDI channel of MIDI notes and events is not important and is replaced by the ReWire MIDI bus system. Here, the MIDI object of a track controls a ReWire MIDI bus. This way, all events of a MIDI object in a track refer to this ReWire bus, regardless of which channel number the events originally had. Multi-timbral MIDI objects (like those created in the MIDI file import) cannot be played correctly with ReWire. You can, however, access the ReWire client across multiple tracks on various ReWire MIDI busses.

ReWire supports up to 4096 buses. A ReWire client reports only the actually available MIDI busses to the host (Samplitude). You can select the bus (e.g. in Reason: the receiving instrument) within the track in the MIDI Out Channel menu of Samplitude.

You can place individual output signals of the ReWire client on different tracks. To do this, directly when loading the Rewire client, use the routing for multichannel software instruments or the VSTi Manager.

It is not possible to use Samplitude as a client in other ReWire applications.