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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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Thomas Alker

Level 1

30 points

Posted on Aug 10, 2007 12:49 PM

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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Aug 23, 2007 11:02 PM in response to eiskalteschatten

I recently reported the ReWire issue with GB'08 as a bug to the Props. Believe me, they already know that GB is ReWire compatible 😉

To clarify my initial posting: Deleting / moving the Ableton stuff has nothing to do with the ReWire bug introduced with GB'08. It will only fix the problem that Reason's audio is muted while rewired with GB.

Aug 25, 2007 1:20 PM in response to Zool The Tool

I tried using Ableton Live as a rewire slave to GB8. Output is also only in the left channel.

Sep 5, 2007 10:45 AM in response to eiskalteschatten

I got an e-mail from Propellerheads. They told me that this problem was confirmed by Apple and should be fixed in a software update.

Sep 8, 2007 8:02 AM in response to eiskalteschatten

Yes, this is disgusting Apple!! Please update soon!!

Sep 8, 2007 9:24 AM in response to eiskalteschatten

I got an e-mail from Propellerheads. They told me that this problem was confirmed by Apple and should be fixed in a software update.

arnj

Level 1

5 points

Sep 10, 2007 2:02 PM in response to eiskalteschatten

Just chimin' in with my bummation at this problem. It totally stinks!

Anyway, for a totally lame workaround, one could always "mix" (painfully) with that left channel from Reason running, launch Reason alone and fine tune its submix, export a stereo audio file of that submix and import it into GB tracks until Apple fixes this.

It's better than stoppin' the magic!

Sep 23, 2007 1:18 AM in response to eiskalteschatten

Please fix this soon... I had to uninstall and go back to the previous version of GB for the time being.

HangTime

Level 9

53,841 points

Sep 23, 2007 6:34 AM in response to Arkidelik

Just so you know, Tony, you're talking to other users here, not Apple. Use the Feedback MenuItem in GarageBand to send messages to Apple.

Sep 25, 2007 5:16 PM in response to eiskalteschatten

whats the story now?

Sep 26, 2007 4:02 AM in response to wilkesalex

Well, unfortunately we haven't really heard anything. Hopefully Apple will soon release the update that Propellerheads assured us was coming...

ddmiller

Level 1

0 points

Sep 26, 2007 3:56 PM in response to eiskalteschatten

GB 4.1 solves the ReWire problem.

Sep 27, 2007 4:07 AM in response to ddmiller

Well, they finally released the patch the fixed the problem!

Sep 29, 2007 8:49 AM in response to ddmiller

I downloaded the 4.1 update. I still have playhead sync issues between GB 08 and Reason. Everytime I try to move the playhead in Reason, it goes back to the beginning. Frustrating! Anybody else relate to this? What gives? What's the solution??

Sep 29, 2007 10:09 AM in response to ChockFull

That is actually how ReWire is supposed to work. You're supposed to use the master program, in this case GarageBand, to move things around. If you have ever used ProTools or any other application with ReWire, you'll find that is how it works. I'm pretty sure that in earlier versions of GarageBand, the master program wasn't as clearly defined between itself and Reason and thus you could use both to move the playhead around.

GarageBand '08 and Rewire