Sonar+Sibelius - why use rewire?

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2012/09/29 22:23:50 (permalink)

Sonar+Sibelius - why use rewire?

Hi guys. I've just set up Sibelius to trigger soft synths in Sonar. It's working well - I am using a Virtual Midi Cable. The only problem I'm having is that I have to tab to Sonar for the audio driver to switch on - it doesn't seem to want to work when Sonar is not the focus window? I never had this problem on my laptop. This is a new PC. This means I can't watch the score while listening to the sound through Sonars synths. That's my first question. Secondly I've heard of rewire - what exactly IS rewire and why would I use that when I can just set the input and output like I've been doing. Thanks!
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    EtherealEntity
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    Re:Sonar+Sibelius - why use rewire? 2012/09/29 22:29:51 (permalink)
    Nevermind I solved the window issue by unticking share drivers (which seems counter productive in my mind but it works!) So - why use rewire?
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    Re:Sonar+Sibelius - why use rewire? 2012/09/29 23:40:37 (permalink)
    i would think rewire would be a more sample/phase accurate method, but have no comparison test data to back that up.
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    Re:Sonar+Sibelius - why use rewire? 2012/09/30 01:36:36 (permalink)
    Rewire is a technology that was developed by Propellerhead Soft SE, the makers of Reason.  The purpose of the technology was to create a connection between Reason and other DAWs; at the time, Reason was just a cool synth rack, and not a daw like it is today.

    Rewire has become an industry standard technology.  Its not just a way to connect Reason to a DAW anymore, its a way to connect a ton of different softwares... People use it all the time..  I use it all the time.   I do not have a single completed Sonar project that does not make use of Rewire...

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    Re:Sonar+Sibelius - why use rewire? 2012/09/30 01:51:47 (permalink)
    the reason to rewire...

    Sibelius gives you the ability to work in notation at a high level,  Sonar allows better manipilation of libraries and recording ability.  Together they make an extremely powerful DAW.

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    Re:Sonar+Sibelius - why use rewire? 2012/09/30 02:15:00 (permalink)
    Thanks guys! Could you give me some more ideas of how exactly it might work? Because right now I can't see what more I have to benefit from than just having Sibelius playing into Sonar like I already do. Does it sync up the playing and basically become a replacement for the Piano Roll or something?
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    Re:Sonar+Sibelius - why use rewire? 2012/09/30 07:54:07 (permalink)
    I'm not using Sibelius..  so I have no idea what the exact benefit might be in terms of rewiring Sibelius Slave --- > Sonar Master.

    I suggest trying it though..  You may find that Rewire, once you learn it; presents an experience with, "even more," integration than what you have going on right now.  In terms of that; benefits should be, "self explanatory."

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    Re:Sonar+Sibelius - why use rewire? 2012/09/30 08:38:20 (permalink)
    Rewiring is normally used for the opposite approach - to treat another rewire slave app like a big softsynth. You can't trigger synths in SONAR using rewire itself since SONAR is a rewire HOST not a slave.

    If your workflow is to do all your music editing in Sibelius simultaneously while tracking/mixing in SONAR then its useful to rewire, otherwise it seems like a solution in search of a problem. Sibelius is treated as a slaved virtual instrument when in this mode. BTW you can load and trigger VST synths in Sibelus so I'm not sure why you would want to use a virtual MIDI cable into SONAR to do that. It seems like an unnecessarily complicated setup.


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