Propellerhead ReBirth 2.0.1

The stuff that techno dreams are made of

ReBirth 2.0.1 is nothing short of a stunningly accurate reproduction

of the bare essentials of techno music making. Silver boxes, blinking

LED's, a myriad of knobs - and a sound like nothing else on this

planet

It's a well-known fact that the sounds of the TB-303, the TR-808 and

the TR-909 - once combined - form the backbone in every techno

musician's arsenal of sonic weaponry. Unfortunately, owning any of

these machines still remains a dream for most of us. They stopped

manufacturing those awkward, beautiful, great sounding boxes over

fifteen years ago. The handful of these artifacts still in existence

are collector's items and would cost you an arm and a leg.

ReBirth 2.0.1 is the software reincarnation of two analog bassline

synths and two classic drum machines. We've also thrown in a digital

delay, a quad-input distortion unit, a compressor and an analog filter

emulation unit, the PCF (Pattern Controlled Filter). All the quirks and

subtle qualities of analog, combined with the convenience of modern

computers (a minimum of cables, integration with your sequencer

software, complete front panel automation, real-time audio streaming

and much more).

Does all this sound like a miracle?

Here's how we did it: Instead of sampling the sound, we "sampled" the

actual synth hardware. It was a question of analyzing the mysterious

inner workings of the analog design, and then creating at mathematical

model of it, incorporating practically every nuance. Then we converted

this theoretical model into lightning fast computer code. So fast that

it runs on the computer you already have. No customized cards, DSP

chips or other expensive accessories are required.

Here are some mp3 examples of what ReBirth sounds like.

ReBirth audio examples  

     

All machines + effects

This sample demonstrates ReBirth in all its power and glory. 

 

 

All machines + effects (with shuffle)

Same sequence as in the above example, but with shuffle on all four

machines.  

 

 

808 + 909 + compressor

Demonstrates the new stereo compressor. The compression level

increases progressively; starting out with no compression and ends

with maximum ratio and minimum threshold.  

   

ReBirth Mods 

  

ReBirth 2.0.1 has built-in support for Mods. A Mod is a user

modification of the program with new samples in the drum machines and

new graphics. These examples will show you what the four Mods included

on the ReBirth CD-rom sounds like. Many more Mods can be found in the

Mods section of this web site.

ReBirth Mods  

 

Pitch Black

Metallicon

MSM

Orbit  

 

System Requirements 

  

Here's what you need to be able to run ReBirth 2.0.1

Macintosh

Power Macintosh

66 MHz or faster

16 MB of RAM

CD-ROM drive

MacOS 7.5.3 or later

256color monitor (or better), 640x480 or larger

16 bit audio, Apple Sound Manager 3.2.1, or later.

MIDI interface

OMS2.2 or later, included on ReBirth CD-ROM.

Note: ReBirth 2.0 does not run on Mac OS X, nor in the Classic

environment.

Windows

PC with 90 Mhz or faster Pentium compatible processor

16 MB of RAM or more

CD-ROM drive

Windows 98/98/NT/2000, XP or later

256color monitor (or better), 640x480 or larger

16-bit Windows compatible audio card, preferably with an ASIO or

DirectX driver.

Forsynchronization to external devices, a MIDI interface is required.

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