How to Rewire Logic Pro and Reason 4 - Part 1

[fossil155]

I've done the rewire thing and used synths from reason in a demo ive done... ive then mixed all the tracks (ive recorded guitars and bass by the way) the synths from reason are going through an aux channel and into logic.

when i tried to bounce them, logic wouldnt bounce the aux channels... what do i do?

[Kedarchie]

i open up logic pro 9 first wait for it to finish loading, create an audio track and then open reason. but reason isnt entering slave mode. what am i doing wrong?

[thewaffleshirt]

I don't know which may cause this, but after I load up logic 8 and then reason 6, the output device does not register as "Reason slave mode." This option is not available on my audio settings either. I have lost my ignition key for reason so I have to open it with internet access, and logic 8 is torrented. What is causing it?

[mygodDYLAN1]

i get how to use a reason instrument in logic by making a aux track of 3/4 from reason then creating a external midi instrument and i write a loop and play it all fine but then when i close logic its gone. how to i permantly keep the audio i record there

[tiptoegirl]

Cheers x

[tubedazze]

Many Thanx !! Great tutorial !

[guitarsalert]

how do u copy the loop into logic ?

[a280281]

is it possible to use reasons compressor with a track ive already recorded in logic ?????

[guitarsalert]

@a280281 yeah if you export the file and load it up in redrum

[ZeusZahouani]

thanks for sharing.

[tisaacify]

Isnt it ironic...reason and logic?

[Brannock1]

I have frequently rewired these two apps with online 'reading' tutirials. This is so much quicker and simpler...

[powdermonkeydan]

@matrixneo777 Hi. Watch parts 2 and 3 :) 

[adrher1]

how would u save a project when using rewire ?

[Brannock1]

@adrher1 Save each projects separately to where ever you want, even in different folders i.e. Logic & Reason. Then when you bounce from 'Logic' you will have your complete song from both projects!

[bballerfrum916]

@adrher1 you have to save both song files and open them as a pair

[tracnemaker123]

i have reason 5

[tracnemaker123]

i cant find output in logic

[jarrettdbaker]

Thanks for the great simple vid!

[Sytrusze]

Great! How to get rid of the latency when rewiring??

[guitarsalert]

how do i get vsts into logic?

[divemasterjohn]

Thanks for that! Slowly transitioning from GarageBand to Logic...and the ReWire business is not as self-intuitive as it was before.

(Now to figure out MIDI input from Reason & playback within Logic...)

[Pvtchrislee07]

I NEED YOUR HELP WHENI TRY AND RECORD IT IT RECORDS THE INSTRUMENT I WANNA USE BUT STILL NO SOUNDS IN SEND THROUGH 3-4 IN AN AUX JUST WHEN I PLAY BACK NO SOUND DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG

[aproposclothing]

great tutorial! works perfectly! thank you very much!



[guitarsalert]

so reason runs in via realtime. can it run into the host midi style ? if that makes scene 

[milodubsteppa]

thanks so much mate this really helped me get started! :)

[rafssp]

hi...! im woking on logic 5.5 for pc yet,and im searching forlong time now to find any help on how to rewire it with reason,actually im doing a what u do for logic on mack but it dont work for pc :( any idea pease?

[johnmariogh]

Hey Dude Thanks!!!! U are Awesome!!!

[xavlexav]

Thanks James you're my hero

[JSprayaEntertainment]

Make a Preset in Reason so you Don't Have To start from Nothing every time

[siglosgab]

thanks i have problem. when i open up my kong and i want to put a different sound on a pad, the previewer doesnt play the sound automaticcally, i have to choose sthe sound and go back to kong and play it.. help

[lpuphil]

thank you so damn much

[m10690d]

logic fucks reason up the ass! then an amazing trancperent baby comes out :P hahaha

[Iamstuck]

Thanks a lot James!

[laurawalfordmusic]

heyyy was just wondering i anyone would be able to help

i do all this,

but there no sound coming out at all.

logic recognises that its wired up and recognises which sound its connected to in reason, but just cannnot get any sound coming through

[MILLSPRO123]

thanks bro! ive just started using reason.. does reason have a bass amp like logic does?

[KisteFoder]

How do you get logic to show reason in it's select tabs?

[ttothey34]

when you do this are you able to record the sounds into logic?

[PattyWhomperOFFICIAL]

red rum drums... RED RUM, RED RUM, RED RUM!!!!!

[tehpr0lol]

legend. working the hours of a true producer. 1am (Y).

[19Nick80webb]

Wohoo perfect tutorial only thing was that i nearly went mental trying to figure out why slave mode never came up untill i figured out that i was in 64 bit mode in logic ....back to 32 bit mode and it came up hopefully 64 bit rewire soon other then that thanks again ;-)

[TVSPEClAL]

very good video, clear accurate and to the point.

[12345l6789]

Logic seems to not think Reason exists. I've done it exactly as shown here, to the letter. Ive opened logic then reason, its in rewire slave mode, etc etc etc, but when I create the aux channel strip there is no Reason selection in 'inputs'. It just gives me input or bus. I also see that Reason has appeared in the library on the right hand side of Logic for you, but it is nowhere to be seen for me.

[Stahlhexe]

@12345l6789 same here

[cianekade]

Can yu still use rewire if you've alredi started making a beat on reason or do u have to start from scratch

[sauhard911]

thanks bro...but one thing i have noted that if we don't select the external midi track option then in the aux track input option will show rewire not reason.

[BeansCrossley]

Finally! ive spent hours trying to do this on my own, this was so much help

[DjTyneg]

thanks a lot !!!! peace

[Eturnal718]

Awesome thank you so much!!!

[JamesBranstonMusic]

How would you go about getting each part of the reason drum kit to have its separate track in Logic? like having the kick on one channel, snare on another, and so on? recording that signal into audio? Sorry if im being confusing!

[JamesBranstonMusic]

@JamesBranstonMusic I've been using Logic for a long time and know it inside out, although using it with rewire it makes me feel like a completely new program. Oh and how did you record your screen? I've got Ishow u but ive no idea how to use it right. Great stuff by the way :)

[powdermonkeydan]

@JamesBranstonMusic Hey - yup using iShowU. If you can use Logic then you should have no problems using this! ;)

[frosty1991]

This is truly amazing. Have looked for hours trying to get a tutorial that simply explains how to use Rewire. This was all I needed thet whole time. Amazing job.

[powdermonkeydan]

@frosty1991 Thanks very much. Those are the kind of comments I like! ;D

[robdrums69]

@powdermonkeydan - you shouldn't need to move the cables to 3/4 you can just leave them at default 1/2 on Reason Mixer and route the aux in logic to pull a stereo track from Reason L/R, can't you ????

[powdermonkeydan]

@robdrums69 You can do that, but I don't like using L/R master because it's not labelled 1/2 and could cause confusion.

[robdrums69]

@powdermonkeydan it's not really confusing, because you can use 3/4 5/6 7/8 etc for other instruments you add to reason... Its just how the audio routes OUT of reason .. really... so using LR is not going to confuse anyone. Just a tip :) - also, you can hit that + sign on the mixer to add an AUX channel, save you all the clicking around....

[sterlinsaint]

you rock!

[murklevidz123]

hi does anyone know why it wont record on logic? also every time i highlihgt the transpot every track still plays, i dunno how to stop them just to use logic or how to record whats in reason onto my logic track, its not working, any help much appreciated thx

[manuthebigbabou]

Thank you very much for this very quick and easy way to do that, great!

[WAYSIDEDRIVE]

Brilliant. Thanks so much!

[joshsaxophone2]

This help me a lot, thank you.

[bifhead]

Correct me if I'm wrong :s would it not be easier to link the output 3-4 to a mixer and have your individual instrument running through there? Awesome video though it helped a lot couldn't get any signal whatsoever before this :D

[zaididis]

thank youu a lot!!! :D!! Good video!! and yes you are the best hahaha

[jdsongwriter]

Great Video! you explain rewire and logic very well! But, some reason I am unable to make it work. I first open Logic and then I open Reason. I opened an aux strip but then I don't see Reason on the drop down. When I look at Reason in the Midi in device it says no Midi input. Do I need to change something so it will say midi input?

Any ideas on how can use rewire and Logic? thx

[Goldmotherfunker]

sweet, omg your the best. i never would have figured this out

[powdermonkeydan]

@Goldmotherfunker Haha no worries. And yes, I am the best. :P

[JPIndustrie]

Thanks for this video man!

[monobau]

Yep, that's what I needed to know! Thanks a lot for taking the time to make this vid.

[Beatlicious91]

when using my keyboard, i still have the sound coming from reason when on other tracks so i have 2 sounds playing together. Why is this? The only way i can get it to shut up is if i mute the aux but that's just a pain.

[powdermonkeydan]

Hi. This has been covered in other posts. Basically it's because you have a track selected in Reason as well as Logic. Best thing to do is create an instrument with NO sounds in Reason, click on it in the Sequencer to assign it to the keyboard, then play your sounds in Logic. Problem solved!

[Beatlicious91]

Wow, quick reply. Thanks man!

[grischico]

My man! Thanks my friend, this is a big help. I won't forget this video when I make it big.

[powdermonkeydan]

haha nice one! keep me posted! ;)

[smartlew]

This video won't work for me - could someone tell me whether this is a problem with the video or with my connection? (I suspect the latter, but if someone could check that'd be ace).

[Dw9033]

great tutorial...very straight forward and very decent video quality and sound...I can actually see and hear what you're talking about (compared to 90% of other vids) Good job.

[L1SE19]

Why can't you wire into 1+2?

[VstPatches]

Great tutorial. I knew how to rewire Reason 4 into Cubase 4.5 but as I'm still new to Logic 9 was in need of help - and this video was just the trick! Cheers!

[powdermonkeydan]

No probs :)

[12345l6789]

@powdermonkeydan How do you put the reason audio output into slave mode. Ive opened it after logic, deleted the mixer, and done evrything you have said, but it just says "audio out"

[12345l6789]

Hi. I'm having problems with getting any sound from reason at all. I have uninstalled and re-installed it, still no sound. Whatsmore, at the top in the Reason hardware device, it simply says "no sound" in the green box, without letting me change it to ReWire slave mode.

How can i solve this? Thanks.

[powdermonkeydan]

@12345l6789 Make sure you have the latest rewire client from the Propellerheads website. Load Logic first, then Reason. You'll know Rewire's working as it will say "Rewire Slave Mode" on the Reason hardware device. Hope that helps :)

[Raffizle]

I have a question:

I am using logic express 8 and the reason demo i downloaded off the website. I followed all the steps in the video, but when I am choosing the input on logic, reason does not show up as an option.

Is this simply because I am using the demo? Or logic express?

[powdermonkeydan]

To be honest I don't know if either Logic Express or Reason demo are limited for Rewire - sorry!

[ONEyeMarco]

Hey, is there anyway to use the effects from reason in logic..

can i route my logic audio into reason,... i really need the scream fx.

[powdermonkeydan]

Hi

Nope, Logic is the Master and Reason's the Slave. You can't route audio from logic into Reason. Sorry!

[MaikUniversum]

logic is master, reason is slave - oh fine then :D

[kerceya]

i dont have an option like 3-4 i only see 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-....i dont understand

[giantfellow]

When I make an aux channel strip in Logic it doesn't present me with the option to choose input 3-4. only 1-2.

What do I do?

[conor909]

how do you export a finished tune when you have tracks on Reasons timeline, and logics ???

[powdermonkeydan]

You need to export from Logic. If your channels are properly rewired then the Reason audio will bounce with the Logic project.

[conor909]

cheers! i just realized im suppose to Bounce it, thanks for the reply..

[saviaselva]

how i can recordin the audio Aux from the reazon to audio to logic ?

[powdermonkeydan]

Route the output of the Aux rewire Channel to another Bus and this should allow you to record straight to an audio channel. You will need to also setup an audio channel where the input is the same number as the Bus you have routed to.

[joe9090joe]

what if you want to use the mixer in reason?

[powdermonkeydan]

Well, the whole point of Rewiring is to use Logics mixer. The only way would be to route one entire mixer to a Rewire channel, but that kind of defeats the object.

[davidbrucemusicvideo]

thank u SO MUCH! I've had Logic 8 in a new iMac l bought last year and Reason 3 from 3 years ago, and I'm so lazy I never learned how to do this. I want to learn, and this is the quickest way.

5 stars, a sub for ya and the check is in the mail! LOL!

[powdermonkeydan]

haha nice one!

But I need to tell you where to send the cheque too :P

[mgreen89]

nice!

[Ometopada]

Hahaha i love this shit ! I just got a brand new MacBook Pro too. I love rewire.

[Ometopada]

Dope!

[olahimself]

thank yoou GOD bless

[Z06vette7500]

Does rewire also work in logic express 8?

[Kevinos86]

sometimes i cant select the input in the aux strip, its like gray and not selectable, anyone can help me with that?

[FrankietheMute]

very cool.

Just starting using Logic for recording instead of pro tools.

This helped tremendously, thank you!

[dlhanse]

What if reason doesn't automatically become the slave? I can't get them to work together, I can't find reason in the input list for my aux input in logic. I'm using logic express, not pro, but I thought this should work as well. Also, my reason is a bit older 2.0 or something.

[theapex81]

make sure you are starting logic first

[dlhanse]

Yeah I am starting it first. I'm following all the rules in the manual, all the rules in the tutorials, it just simply doesn't work. This is a new mac, with logic express 8, but the reason is old. Reason used to rewire with my cubase on my old PC. Now, however, cubase won't even install on this mac at all. I'm kinda frustrated with mac - let down.

[powdermonkeydan]

Hey

Make sure you visit the Propellerheds website and get the latest Rewire software for your Mac.

Helps immensely! ;)

[nblfyb]

Thanks for the info.

[lowlowseesee]

thank you

[LoneAssassinX]

This awesome but just two Qs. 1. Will this work on vista? 2. So Logic Pro is the one which one can add voice or like sing on top of the beats? Sort of creating an actual song...

[2mnyshp]

logic is only for mac. since apple bought the german company that developped logic in 2002 they discontinnued the developement of the pc version.

[LoneAssassinX]

Thank You...

[kozas0]

Logic is discontinued on PC platforms for like 6 years now... The latest version that was for PCs, 5.5, wouldn't even run normally on XP - it was for Windows 98.

Though you can get Ableton Live which is much easier to use than Logic and rewire is just a matter of launching the 2 programs in the right order... :) I do that when i need to add audio.

[gappilus]

absolutely wicked mate thanks a lot sorted me right out.

[Entspanyo]

thx dude its awesome

[200miles]

It's a very useful tip, mate! I'm going to watch your next video tutorial! Thanks.

[iamanubertuber]

Hey there, I've got Logic pro 7. I'm having trouble creating the auxiliary strip. How do i do this?

[ekimzaga]

very helpful video. thanks powdermonkeydan

[fantaelectro]

thx!

[vasquez6324]

very good help man! great job! thanks plenty!

[blackblackgrey]

you the man!

[AlyoDProducah]

Great video, tnx!

[matzzie]

This is the basic, but how do I get a midi track to trigger the reason sound of choice, and more importantly how do I get an internal midi track to not trigger reason along with it's internal sound

[AlexPittEdu]

get to the fuckin point

[powdermonkeydan]

LOL.

Thanks. Made my day. :D

[OnnaHype]

You ledge, thank you

[ryanconnarton]

How do you display your running programs to pop up on the screen like that?

[transfercool]

Thanks for your very helpful video. Both Reason and Logic manuals have little detail on this process. You have saved me hours of frustration.

[powdermonkeydan]

Awesome - no probs :)

[QuietSerpent]

On my logic it dosent say 3-4 it just says Bus 3 underneath that bus 4 any help

[jfalconebmop]

What the fuck! Same with me! Why the hell do we have to put 3 and 4? Why not just 1 and 2?!

[rosendogreg]

a bus, at least of what i know from mixing boards is where you can send individual channels or inputs, say 1-5 to bus 4, etc, this is when you can control multiple channels on one bus channel to save time, and the reason you don't use 1-2 is that is your main outs, at least this is what i think so far, im just going off of mixing board knowledge right now, and partly logic 8 new2it if this is wrong please correct or i will in the future, i know how inaccurate information is very displeasing

[blacklite911]

MInes different, everytime I load a new track it goes to reason's mixer and not the hardware device. I'm a noob so I don't know much but I can't really follow your steps verbatim.

[brom16]

same here did you work it out?

[blacklite911]

I worked it out, but my racks never load like his does n the video. You can either 1. rewire the tracks to the hardware device or 2. rewire the mixer to the lines.

[fedeparkour]

hey man, nice video, very helpfull thanks!

[sirherbert]

Great video, but what I missed couple of the first time I viewed is why you added a midi instrument in the beginning without saying anything.

[jheck7]

greatttt video! thank you soo much! worked like a charm and opened up so many opportunities!

[sonofmaestro]

Great video, one question. you mentioned that you were going to explain why not to use channels 1/2 in reason audio router, but you never actually explained it. Please do, or perhaps I missed it.

[powdermonkeydan]

Ah well spotted!

I guess I would 'advise' to avoid 1 and 2 because they're labelled L-R in Logic (I think) rather than 1-2, and it may cause some confusion. I personally go from 3-4 onwards just to avoid this, but hey - there's no rules!

[freshpopband]

I have aMacbook and i can run logic but not mainstage because of the GRAPHIC CARD, can u help me???

[nakedinthecityagain]

Hi powdermonkeydan, found your videos really helpful and keep up the excellent work man.

just wondering, is there any way to rewire backwards, as in Reason being the host and Logic(or even ableton) being the slave?

i ask this as i've been using reason longer and prefer it's sequencer and overall workflow, and want to use logics synths.

Thanks :)

[powdermonkeydan]

hey

no dont think it would be. to be honest, I've used Reaosn for years but there's no way its sequencer is better than Logics. Just consider that in Reason a) you can't change note lengths from the start of the note, b) when you click on a note you don't hear it c) huge amount of quantizing options aren't available as they are in Logic. I know change can be scary but I strongly encourage you to play more with Logic's sequencer.

All the best!

[nakedinthecityagain]

well to me the note length change thing isn't too much of a hassle and i actually prefer it when i don't hear every single note i select/highlight lol.

But i will try to use Logic more so hopefully it'll become easier to me, i'm sure your other tutorials will help a lot too!

cheers

[maticallom]

Danny Byrd? Sounds like him anyway..

[powdermonkeydan]

LOL! No, not Danny Byrd.

Though I'm sure he'd be very flattered if he knew...

[ivspeedway]

apparently version 3.0.5 and up is needed to work in osx

[ivspeedway]

Great Video! Just wanted to add (sry if someone else has already mentioned this) that Reason previews through ch 1/2 and that previews can be heard by adding another aux in Logic with the input set to ch 1/2.

Thx!

[johnnyrg3000]

thanks!

[johnnyrg3000]

does reason work with mac os x 10.5?

[neweraforfire]

cheers for the tutorial man, help a bunch!

[DragonJ1080]

this was excellent. thank you for making this vid. you just helped save my grade in my music class.

[powdermonkeydan]

haha thanks! let me know the grade ;)

[DragonJ1080]

just heard back- it was an A. and that helped me get an A- in the course.

w00t. thanks man.

[powdermonkeydan]

excellent news - well done!

makes it all worthwhile :)

[everettcenteno]

word

[Donaldalbert]

Great, clear instructions well done. Thanks a lot.

[zanzibarbeer]

thanks!

[ubersponge]

thx for the videos they were helpful:)

[dmiize]

thanks dude. Awesome video!

Ur english also which is good, some american accents start to annoy me after a while

[gmadewiesn]

great stuff! thanks a lot! :-)

all working fine now!

[sushibar85]

Great!

[drstirling]

Thanks for your help! Appreciated!

[Sooper8]

Many thanks!

I appreciate the effort...

[Jivin004]

how do i use Melodyne Plugin on Logic Pro?

can anyone help me out?

[MikaelFL]

thank you very much! very useful tutorial

oh and btw people, same thing apply if you want to rewire with ableton live: you just need to assign either individual tracks or master track to rewire out to whatever rewire channel you wish to use in logic

thanx again!

[Farout5150]

Very good tutorials, sir.

Thank you very much for them.

One thing - I noticed that in order to hear your options of loops (the preview play option that wasn't working for you towards the end of the video), you must have the PREVIEW button pressed, and then you can listen to your various choices of loops, etc.

FWIW.

Thanks again for the videos, sir.

Good job.

[MacSimoff]

please help!! Reason by delay it reproduces [midi] information I do not know that to make separately there is neither into Logic Pro 8 nor into Reason of problems similar! pleaaaseee helpp! Sorry for my english:)