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Chapter 9: Using ReWire with Pro Tools 123

3 In the Mix window, click the Insert selector on

the track and assign the ReWire RTAS client

plug-in to the track insert.

The ReWire client application will launch auto-

matically in the background (if the client appli-

cations supports auto-launch). If the client ap-

plication does not support auto-launch, launch

it manually.

4 Conﬁgure the ReWire client application to

play the sounds you want.

5 In Pro Tools, set the output of the client appli-

cation in the ReWire plug-in window.

6 In the Mix window, click the track’s MIDI Out-

put selector a and select the ReWire client appli-

cation. Some ReWire clients (such as Reason)

may list multiple devices. If so, choose the de-

vice that you want.

7 Choose Options > MIDI Thru and record en-

able the MIDI track. Play some notes on your

MIDI controller to trigger the client application.

8 If your ReWire client application is a se-

quencer and you want to begin synchronized

playback with Pro Tools, press the Spacebar or

click the Play button on the Pro Tools Transport.

Quitting ReWire Client Applications

When quitting Pro Tools sessions that integrate

ReWire client applications, quit the client appli-

cation first, then quit Pro Tools.

Tempo and Meter Changes

Pro Tools transmits both Tempo and Meter data

to ReWire client applications, allowing ReWire-

compatible sequencers to follow any tempo and

meter changes in a Pro Tools session.

With the Pro Tools Conductor button selected,

Pro Tools always acts as the Tempo master, us-

ing the tempo map defined in its Tempo Ruler.

With the Pro Tools Conductor button dese-

lected, the ReWire client acts as the Tempo mas-

ter. In both cases, playback can be started or

stopped in either application.

Some ReWire client applications, such as

Reason, support a single stereo output path

(Reason’s remaining 62 outputs are mono

only). If you want to use multiple stereo out-

puts with Reason you will need to insert

multiple multi-mono ReWire plug-ins, then

unlink and assign left and right outputs sep-

arately using the Link Enable and Channel

selector buttons in the Plug-in window.

If you experience system performance prob-

lems while using Pro Tools with ReWire cli-

ent applications, you may need to increase

the Pro Tools CPU Usage Limit. See “CPU

Usage Limit” on page 11 for instructions.

If you quit Pro Tools before quitting ReWire

client applications, a warning dialog box

may appear stating that “one or more Re-

Wire applications did not terminate.” To

avoid this, quit all ReWire client applica-

tions before quitting Pro Tools.

Pro Tools supports tempo values from

30–300 bpm. When slaved to a ReWire cli-

ent application, Pro Tools playback will be

restricted to this range even if the client ap-

plication’s tempo is outside this range. Ad-

ditionally, some ReWire client applications

(such as Reason) may misinterpret

Pro Tools meter changes, resulting in mis-

matched locate points and other unexpected

behavior. To prevent this, avoid using meter

changes in Pro Tools when using Reason as

a ReWire client.

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