Recording Riffworks using Rewire

[rpinon69]

Greetings

I just got a Axiom 25 controller and I'm using Reason Adapted to get some sounds. I launched RiffWorks and went to backups and checked the rewire box I can hear my sounds and see the level meter for Rewire working, but I don't know how to record my sounds. I not seeing anything in my audio meter. What am I doing wrong or what am I not doing at all? Can someone please help me out? Also this midi controller deal is a little more complicated than I thought I mean as far control assignment and presets can anyone direct my to a good learning resource or offer some pointers.

Thanks

[mickeymix]

Here is a bit to get ya started...with Reason.

The Reason parts won't show up as a layer in a riff unless you mix down but they do play along (meters moving) with Riffworks upon playback....and will show up in your final mix when mixing down or Riffcasting.
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....... http://www.sonomawireworks.com/guide/index.php/ReWire
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. and here's another good thread on the subject.




.......... http://www.sonomawireworks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=6780

[d3drocks]

Here is a bit to get ya started...with Reason.

The Reason parts won't show up as a layer in a riff unless you mix down but they do play along (meters moving) with Riffworks upon playback....and will show up in your final mix when mixing down or Riffcasting.
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....... http://www.sonomawireworks.com/guide/index.php/ReWire
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. and here's another good thread on the subject.




.......... http://www.sonomawireworks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=6780

heh, that link uses the name "Fruity Loops".
Image-Line got sued by Kellogs for using that :p
its actually just "FL-Studio" now.

[rpinon69]

Mick

So if I have a whole song in the song line then I want to put some keys on one riff I play the riff and play my key part it will show up when I mix? I'm not sure I got you?

Thanks

[mickeymix]

Yupp as long as you have the L-R sliders in the right part of the Reason songline....they will play along with and mix down with the Riffworks song.

[rpinon69]

Hey Mick

I'm finally ready to try this for a finished song. Could you elaborate on the Left and Right sliders in Reason being in the right position in the songline. I have successfully mixed down a riff with keys and they showed up but I only did on one Riff. So can you help me out?

Thanks

Also I would like to ask why Reason does not pick up the first note I am playing on the keys which start at the begin of the riff with my guitar part in the riff i want to have keys in? Did that make sense?

Thanks

[rpinon69]

Another question for anyone who can answer. In addition to the previous questions. Can you apply the Sonaoma effeects to rewire feed and will they be included in the mix?

Thanks

[rpinon69]

bump

[atalwar]

i don't think you can currently apply sonama fx to rewire feed in rw. (EDIT: I Was wrong here, it seems you can apply fx to rewire in RW.)

[rpinon69]

Thank You!!! Can you tell me about the positioning of the sliders in Reason timeline to match Riffworks timeline Mick mentioned that in a previous post but it wasn't quite clear to me what he meant.

[jrox]

hey rpinon69-

what mickey was saying was to be sure that each riff you create in rw has it's own pattern sequence in reason. otherwise each riff will always have the same sequence playing back from reason.

say you create a 4 bar riff and record a guitar riff over it. now you record a matching bassline or keyboard pattern in reason for that riff. notice how the 'start' and 'loop' flags in reason's sequencer match the length of the riff you created in rw. this is the corresponding pattern for that particular riff. once you have recorded your pattern, you will see that bars 1-4 now have data in the reason sequencer.

now, you create a new 4 bar riff in rw, and are ready match it with a new reason pattern. the key is to always make sure you designate an empty 'slot' or 'space' for each new pattern in the sequencer. bars 1-4 in reason correspond to riff 1 in rw. you need to set reason's sequencer to record a new pattern on bars 4-8. otherwise, it will continue to play back the original pattern from the first riff.

the sliders can be moved and dragged to any given point with the mouse. just keep in mind rw always dictates the bar length, it cannot be altered within reason in rewire mode.

hope this helps, good luck.

-jrox!

[rpinon69]

Thanks jrox I've successfully done some riffs with Reason, but I am still learning how to navigate I appreciate your knowledge.

[rpinon69]

Gents

I have read through this thread and everything else I can find relating to the subject, but I can't seem to figure something out your help will be much appreciated.

I have recorded a synth part over a riff and have successfully mixed to wav just to see if it worked. It did, but now with in the same song I want to add another synth part to a different riff using the same device within Reason(NN-XT Sampler). Do I need to open a new document and will they both play at the same time when I add them to the song line?

Thanks

[mickeymix]

You should be able to record many parts within the same Reason "riff" and it will play back and be in the mix when ever you mix down.

[rpinon69]

Do I accomplish this in the way I described in my previous post. By opening up a new document in Reason and enable the Rewire option for that particular riff in Riffworks I want to record with? I have mixed down successfully but only with that one riff to see if it would work and it did but now I'm trying to finish the song and want to add some synth to a bridge part in the song. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks