August 6th, 2008, 19:57
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There's a couple of things that could be going wrong. This is the only solid one possibility that I know of atm. Also if you're using the new marketing scam known as Vista, try reverting to XP. Also, try reinstalling Reason. That should fix it. Quote:
Many programs, for Example - ReBirth RB-338 (ver. 2.x) support the ReWire protocol to connect to ReWire host apps like Reason or Cubase (Cubase v5.1 or later) to stream and control audio data. The ReWire engine file that allows this is ReWire.dll.
Some programs (Reason, Cubase...) that work with the .rex/rx2 file format use the REX Shared Library.dll (which was formerly called just Rex.dll). You must make sure you have the latest version of that .DLL properly installed.
- Ableton Live
- Arturia Storm
- Bitheadz Inc. Retro AS-1, Unity DS-1
- Cakewalk Sonar 2.0 or higher, Project 5
- Cycling '74 MAX/MSP
- Digidesign Pro Tools 6.1
- Emagic Logic Audio 6.0 (Mac OS), 4.7.3 - 5 (Windows & Mac OS 9), Platinum 6.1 with Digidesign Protools TDM and ESB (Mac OS), Platinum 5.0 with Digidesign Protools TDM and ESB
- Mark Of The Unicorn Digital Performer 4, 2.7 and 3.x
- Opcode Systems Inc. Vision DSP, Studio Vision
- Propellerhead Software Reason, ReBirth RB-338 v2.x
- Raw Material Software Tracktion 1.2
- Refuse Software reFuse
- Sonic Foundry Acid 4.0
- Steinberg Cubase SX, SL, VST 5.1 (PC & Mac), VST 4.1r2 (Mac), VST 3.7 (PC), Nuendo 1.5 and later
- Synapse Audio Software Orion
...and others...
Most of these programs have a version of ReWire.dll (and/or the Rex one) and when you install the program the DLL file is installed too. The problem is that some installers (like ReBirth's) do not install ReWire.dll correctly. To avoid problems of the sort like your programs not working at all, do what this text says.
If you want to install two or more of those programs, check out the release dates or the file dates to install them in chronological order so that the newer program, when installed, would replace the shared file with it’s newer, better & working version.
Example: Install ReBirth RB-338 v2.01, then Reason 2.5, then Cubase SX 2.0 or 3.0.
Then do this:
(Before you do the following, you must make sure you have "Show hidden files and folders" turned ON and "Hide file extensions..." and "Hide protected..." turned OFF (Folder Options window))
Open a Search windows and type in [rewire,rex] to find all files with similar names. In "Look in" select your hard drive (here's an example of how to select more than one partition/folder to look in: [C:\;D:\;E:\Program Files]). Mind that you have to point the Windows folder and the Program Files (and similar) folders to be searched. Some files will be found. Check out all [ReWire.dll], [REX.dll] & [REX Shared Library.dll] files. They would probably be found in these or similar folders:
C:\WINDOWS
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM (Win98,Me)
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32
C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Cubase
C:\Program Files\Prpellerhead\ReCycle
...
The only folder they should be in is ..\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 (..\WINDOWS\SYSTEM for Win98,Me). So you will have to leave only one copy of each file in the SYSTEM32 folder
I haven't truly tested this but try to leave only the latest REX Shared Library.dll, removing Rex.dll. [REX Shared Library.dll] is the actual name, the REX.dll is obsolete. If this fails, leave the latest REX Shared Library.dll and the latest REX.dll.
Sort the files by name in the Search window. Right click on each found file to check out its version. Find out which are the newest versions and copy them in the SYSTEM32 folder if they are not already there. Rename all that remain (older ones, situated in different folders like just \WINDOWS, or \Program Files\Steinberg\Cubase) from .dll to .dll-backup to disable them. This way you will be able to rename them back if a program doesn't work properly. If something doesn't work copy the [REX Shared Library.dll] az just REX.dll into the SYSTEM32 folder. If something is still messed up - copy the newest REX.dll file to the SYSTEM32 folder.
OK, that's it. Now test your apps and test if they work with ReWire, then try loading some REX Loops and such to be sure that all is OK.
This ReWire.dll and [REX Shared Library.dll] tutorial by CheckSum_Bad
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