GarageBand '08 and Rewire

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GarageBand '08 and Rewire

Hi,

I'm using Reason 3.0.5 as well as GarageBand. I just installed iLife '08 and ever since then, I have had issues with using Reason through Rewire. I've used Reason and GarageBand for about 3 years now and have never had any problems. What I create in Reason will only play in the left channel and I can't seem to get it to play in stereo. The GarageBand instruments play fine in stereo and when I play the file in Reason without GarageBand, it also plays fine in stereo.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Alex

PowerBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.10), iLife '08

Posted on Aug 8, 2007 9:37 PM

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Answer 1

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Thomas Alker

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Aug 10, 2007 12:49 PM in response to eiskalteschatten

Exactly the same here.

BTW, there is also no fix for the known problem that the ReWire audio connection between Reason and GarageBand is broken when Ableton Live is installed on the same Mac.

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Answer 2

Aug 10, 2007 8:32 PM in response to Thomas Alker

Really? I've got Ableton Live installed... I guess I'll try removing it. Thanks!

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Answer 3

Aug 10, 2007 10:17 PM in response to eiskalteschatten

Remove the AL folder from /Application Support/.

WH

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Answer 4

Aug 12, 2007 8:46 PM in response to Thomas Alker

I completely removed Ableton and every thing related to it, but that didn't help at all...

Any other ideas?

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Answer 5

Aug 12, 2007 8:47 PM in response to Windham Hillbilly

I removed that folder as well as anything even related to Ableton, but nothing seemed to help...

Any other ideas?

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Answer 6

Aug 12, 2007 9:44 PM in response to eiskalteschatten

I've got the exact same problem with Reason and Rewire. Basically my whole demo needs to be put on hold thanks to this glitch. I hope they correct this quickly with an update!

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Answer 7

Aug 14, 2007 12:23 AM in response to exitsound

Yeah, I have to put my song on hold too until we can find something to fix this problem...

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Answer 8

Aug 16, 2007 8:17 AM in response to eiskalteschatten

I've got the very same problem. Sound from Reason 3.0.5 only plays in left channel.

I also have a problem with Reason only playing from start no matter where I ask Reason to start playing in the song. If I move the cursor to the middle of the song and press play, it will start playing from the beginning no matter what.

If I control the song from Garageband I can start whereever I want to.

PLEASE APPLE WE ARE WORKING WITH DEADLINES HERE !!!!

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Answer 9

Aug 17, 2007 7:56 AM in response to Zool The Tool

I am having exactly the same problem as the rest of the people here. I use GB 08 and Reason 3.0.5 but in Rewire, only the left ear of Reason comes through. Also, I can only play the Reason track from the beginning.

I figured the more people who post messages, the more Apple will pay attention!

Is there any way to contact apple concerning glitches?

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HangTime

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Aug 17, 2007 7:59 AM in response to Jon Shearer

I figured the more people who post messages, the more Apple will pay attention!

this is a User-to-User support forum, you're only talking to other users, not Apple.

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Answer 11

Aug 17, 2007 8:19 AM in response to Jon Shearer

The only way I know of to contact Apple about it is through their GarageBand feedback form. I sent them an e-mail through there complaining about it.

More people should complain (in a polite way) to them about it. Maybe then, they'll pay attention. Here's the link to the form: http://www.apple.com/feedback/garageband.html

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Answer 12

Aug 18, 2007 7:39 AM in response to HangTime

HangTime wrote:
this is a User-to-User support forum, you're only talking to other users, not Apple.

Even so, it encourages more people to contact Apple through the Garageband feedback site.

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Answer 13

Aug 19, 2007 4:09 PM in response to eiskalteschatten

Thank you for that feedback link. I agree, we need to raise a stink about this. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

I also took the step of sending an email to Propellerheads. If their software won't work with Garageband, perhaps they will get on Apple's case to fix the problem. Apple might respond more quickly to their complaints than to ours. 🙂

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Answer 14

Aug 20, 2007 12:49 AM in response to exitsound

I also sent an e-mail to Propellerheads even before I started a thread here. Hopefully, with enough complaints, we'll get someone's attention. I'm starting to get very anxious to get back to working on my music...

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Answer 15

Aug 22, 2007 2:18 PM in response to eiskalteschatten

So I got a response from Propellerheads and they have no idea what's going on either... They said they will look into it though and believe that GarageBand '08 probably doesn't support ReWire 2.0.

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