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Rebirth Scores A Perfect 10! The Roland TB-303 and TR-808, two of the most sought-after tools for making house, rap, trance, and techno music, have been reincarnated as the RB-338 "Rebirth" by Propellerhead Software ($199 list) and distributed by those Cubase guys, Steinberg US. Rebirth is a very unique tool; it's not a hardware box - it's a software program that runs on the Power Mac or Pentium machine that's already sitting in your studio! No MIDI, no external modules, no samples or cards required. Just load the program off the CD-ROM and start making music!
I initially loaded up Rebirth a few weeks ago and within 5 minutes I was creating some of the most killer techno tracks I have ever done! What's more, I never even had to open the manual. This program scores a perfect 10 on the instant gratification scale. Contact your Sweetwater Sales rep for price and availability. You will dig it! - Bruce Hendrix Master Index | Sweet Notes Index | Home | Back Page | Next Page |
Rebirth uses an advanced physical modeling process to duplicate all the quirks and subtle qualities of these classic machines. All components (oscillators, filters, etc.) are mathematical models of their real counterparts! Rebirth gives you two bass models (TB-303) with cutoff, resonance, envelope modulation, decay, and accent controls. The rhythm model (TR-808) features level controls for each drum plus controls like tone, tune, and decay on several of the sounds. A built-in mixer offers you level, pan, distortion on/off, and a delay send per channel. There is a fully integrated pattern-based sequencer built in with full automation of all parameters. Patterns and songs can be copied, pasted, transposed, shifted and randomized. The digital delay is locked to the metronome so your delays are automatically in sync. Distortion is also there for that nasty techno sound. Rebirth syncs right up to MIDI clock so you can instantly lock to your favorite sequencer or your can export the patterns/songs as AIFF or .WAV files for uses with your digital audio recorder! Of course audio quality is 16 bit at 44.1kHz.