ReBirth discontinued...and...FREE DOWNLOAD(legal)!

Dear ReBirth user,

We at Propellerhead Software have made the decision to discontinue our product ReBirth RB-338. You are receiving this letter because you are a registered user and we wanted to inform you about what this means for you.


Why did Propellerhead make this decision?
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ReBirth was the first successful software synthesizer. It pioneered and shaped a lot of what we now take for granted in software synthesizer type products. However, it was designed almost ten years ago. Musical styles and music technology have both changed dramatically since then, and we decided that the foundation for the product just wasn't valid anymore. We're a small company with limited development resources and we think it makes much more sense for everybody involved - even you as a ReBirth user - that we concentrate our efforts on our more current products and on future projects.

The practical ramifications of this decision are:

* All development on ReBirth RB-338 has stopped. There will be no future updates and no Mac OS X version.

* Personal customer support of the product will be discontinued. We receive very few questions from ReBirth owners nowadays, and all of the information we usually provide is now available in the FAQ section on the new ReBirth web site, see below.

* As of today, ReBirth is given away for free. Anyone can download and use ReBirth 2.0.1. The download and instructions are also available on the ReBirth site.

Generous Upgrade offer!
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As you are probably aware, the successor to ReBirth is Propellerhead Reason, now in version 3.0. Reason is infinitely more powerful than ReBirth. If you haven't tried Reason yet you can find out more about at http://www.propellerheads.se/reason/
or download the demo version at http://www.propellerheads.se/demo/

We now offer you, as a registered ReBirth user, an upgrade to Reason at a very, very attractive price, USD 179/EUR 159. And for a as long as supplies last (not very long!), this offer includes a special t-shirt that allows you to express your feelings about the demise of a music product that helped shape the future we now live in. To see the t- shirt and read more about the offer, please visit http://www.propellerheads.se/propshop/.
Please note that this offer is only available for a limited time. Furthermore, we have managed to build a ReFill for Reason that recreates the sounds from the drum machines in ReBirth, including all Mods we have had for download. After you have registered your new version of Reason, you will be able to download this ReFill for free.

The ReBirth museum
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We have dedicated a complete new web site to ReBirth, called www.rebirthmuseum.com. Here you can find articles, interviews, historical information, the ReBirth song and Mod archives, a discussion forum, downloads of ReBirth 2.0.1 and much more. Definitely worth a visit!

ReBirth still works...
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Yes, we just wanted to point that even though development on the product has been stopped once and for all, the version out there still works. If you are making music with ReBirth, whatever you do, please don't stop! This piece of software is still a charming little gem that will have its small place in music history. Forever.

Sincerely,

Ernst Nathorst-Böös
CEO Propellerhead Software

http://www.rebirthmuseum.com./

Then click on Download - Rebirth CD-ROM Image. You'll have to register on the site, then you can downlad.

I think I'll just be lazy and use the rebirth reason Refill. Rebirth is irritating to rewire into Reason anyways.

Wow, sounds like a great deal for those who want to upgrade to Reason. I believe i will bite on this...good thing I get paid tonight. And good thing I got Rebirth for $20...

-Sol

Looks like I'm in trouble here. My copy of Rebirth doesn't have a serial number. I have ReBirth.One - which was distributed by Steinberg at the time, but still has PropellerHead's name on the CD. I don't see why I wouldn't be elligable, but to get the upgrade at the discounted price, I have to have registered Rebirth...which I can't do without a serial number. It uses the CD as a dongle - it MUST be in the drive to function, but never needed a serial#.

It would be a real shame if I can't upgrade. I had already gotten ideads in my head for rewiring P5 and Reason together for a hella mix of instruments. I've used it, but don't own it and could never justify buying it at full price - this would have been a perfect chance.

I've emailed their support. I guess we'll see what comes of it.

*crosses fingers*

-Sol

dear mr huves,
it behooves me that a 1/2 gig download would be given away at 12kbs. what's the point?!

actually i believe this is one big prank ha ha ha ha....lauging all the way to....well, nowhere

even with a brand new url i still get disconnected from the server. guess i'll wait a week and try again.

Yes, it's a prank. Don't download!

ORIGINAL: puffer
<laughing>
Yeah, stopping those 12 people is really going to speed up your download time. Why didn't I think of that.

I bought the original but if I had to download it I would wait some days...

Used flashget, took me 8 hours :) Burn the CD and it works, going back in time

ORIGINAL: xylyx

Why are so many people excited about getting a 303, 808 and 909 emulation? Especially when you can't even use it as a plugin and still has the crappy 'cd check' copy protection? It's not as if there aren't already decent 303 emulators in plugin form and samples of the 2 drum machines are readily available...*shrug*...must be missing something....

You can use it with rewire in P5. works perfect.

what decent 303 emulators do you mean? rb 338 is in my opinion one of the best 303 emulators (and i owned a real tb years ago). and last but not least: the program makes fun as standalone! i remember tons of great songs that were created only with this program.

ORIGINAL: xylyx

Why are so many people excited about getting a 303, 808 and 909 emulation?

damn it, i read the word free and i started drooling, pavlovian mongrels got nothing on me.

bittorrent kicks ass! 100kbs+

ORIGINAL: xylyx
....until I asked myself what I would want it for, to which I answered 'dunno, but it's free!!' (yes, I am schizo)...

been there myself, but not this time.

other than cakewalk for midi, i've been using hardware. i just upgraded to sonar and decided i wanted to learn software synths so here i am. i'm under the impression all sonar versions take in rewire compatible stuff like rebirth. correct me if i'm missing something. i don't know hoot about plugins and such (well, i've learned a lil bit) so i thought this classic piece would be a great thing to learn from and maybe use in sonar if i like it. i'm also looking at fruity loops.

what are the problems with rewire?

[for those interested the bittorrent download took less than an hour]

ORIGINAL: xylyx

Hmm...problems with rewire....read my response above...plugins like DXi and VSTi reside inside the application (like P5 or Sonar) and all their settings are saved within a project file. With rewire, the synth or application is running separately from the host and is essentially feeding it's output to the host via 'invisible' cables...plus the synth's parameters and settings are not saved within P5 or Sonar, so you then have to save them in the synth itself. When you reopen the project with the rewired synth in, it will launch the synth application (Rebirth in this case) but you will then have to reload the settings in the synth....not a major issue I guess, but it is more work and hassle when archiving finished projects. There is more system overhead involved when using rewire apps too...

There are plenty of free VST and DX synths available to learn with, so why go rewire?

You never worked with hardware-synths?
I think it's no work and hazzle to save a project even with rewire. rewire isn't dead and it'll not for a long time i think...the more system overhead argument isn't right, it depends on the vsti/dxi you're using.

I'm not very good with this computer stuff but have P5 V2 and Reason 3 rewired into Sonar 3 studio.....I just hit save and when I want to reopen the file I just double click and voila everything works fine.Is this not normal?