Host ReWire devices The rewire~ object allows MSP to function as a ReWire mixer. Cycling '74 MSP MSP I/O Control and MIDI Input TEXT_HERE Control and MIDI Input TEXT_HERE (signal) Audio Output 1 TEXT_HERE (signal) Audio Output 2 TEXT_HERE Transport Messages TEXT_HERE MIDI Events from Synth TEXT_HERE Menu of Installed ReWire Devices TEXT_HERE Menu of Outputs for Current Device TEXT_HERE ReWire device name Specify a ReWire device Number of audio output channels Sets the number of audio outputs the rewire~ object will have. If no argument is present, one audio outlet is created. The maximum number of outlets is 256. Output information about ReWire device channel names In left inlet: If a ReWire device has been loaded, bang causes a list of its output channel names to be sent out the second-from-right outlet. Stops/start the ReWire transport In left inlet: 1 starts the ReWire transport, 0 stops it. No sound can occur without the transport being started. In left inlet: The symbol is interpreted as the name of a ReWire device In left inlet: The symbol is interpreted as the name of a ReWire device. If the name is valid, rewire~ attempts to switch to the device. Open the current user interface panel In left inlet: Closes the current device's user interface panel if it is open. Switch to a ReWire device associated with a number index In left inlet: The word device, followed by a number, switches to the ReWire device associated with the number index. The index is obtained as the order in which device names appear in a pop-up menu object connected to the second-to-right outlet. Same as bang but the action is performed upon loading the patch within which the rewire~ object is performed Same as bang but the action is performed upon loading the patch within which the rewire~ object is performed. Set the loop position and mode In left inlet: The word loop, followed by three numbers, sets the current loop position and mode. The first number sets the loop start position in 15360 PPQ. The second number sets the loop end position in 15360 PPQ. If the third number is 1, looping is turned on. If the third number is 0, looping is turned off. However, note that ReWire clients may ignore looping if they do not produce transport- or time-based output. For example, a software synthesizer that only responds to MIDI note commands would probably not be affected by looping. Map a ReWire output channel to a rewire~ object outlet The word map, followed by two numbers, maps a ReWire device's output channel to an outlet of the rewire~ object. ReWire channels start at 1 with a maximum of 256. rewire~ object outlets are specified starting at 1 for the left outlet, or 0 to turn the ReWire channel off. For example, map 3 2 causes the ReWire device's audio output channel 3 to be mapped to the second-from-left outlet of the rewire~ object. You can find out the names of the ReWire audio output channels with the bang message after the rewire~ object has a connection to a ReWire device. By default, audio outlets map to the first channels of the ReWire device; in other words, the leftmost signal outlet outputs the first channel of the device. Send a MIDI event to a ReWire device In left inlet: The word midi, followed by four or five numbers, sends a MIDI event to a ReWire device. The first number is a time stamp value and is currently ignored (in other words, the event is sent out immediately). The second number is the MIDI bus index. ReWire 2 has 256 MIDI busses, indexed from 0 to 255. The third number is the MIDI message status byte, and the fourth and fifth numbers are the MIDI message data bytes. Open a user interface panel In left inlet: If the current device has a user interface panel, the word openpanel will open it. Start the ReWire transport In left inlet: Starts the ReWire transport. Set the play position In left inlet: The word position, followed by a number, sets the current play position (in 15360 PPQ). Stop the ReWire transport In left inlet: Stops the ReWire transport. Set the tempo in beats per minute In left inlet: The word tempo, followed by a number, sets the tempo to that number in beats per minute. ReWire handles integer or floating-point valude for tempos, and tempo is updated on the next call to the client to return audio samples. The ReWire system connects audio applications together. It allows a program that generates audio (a client) to feed it into a program that plays audio (a mixer).

The rewire~ object requires a properly installed ReWire client to be installed and available. There can only be one mixer active at any one time.

You can use several rewire~ objects. Each object is associated with one ReWire client.

rewire~ is intended to be used with other ReWire-compatible software synthesizers. For a list of compatible applications, visit the Propellerheads web site

ReWire is a trademark of Propellerhead Software AS. Out audio outlets (starting at left): The audio signal output from the ReWire device is sent out the rewire~ object's outlets. By default, the leftmost outlet outputs the first channel of the device, but this mapping can be changed with the map message. Out fourth-from-right outlet: Messages indicating the transport state of the ReWire device. The position message with an int argument reports the transport position in 15360 PPQ. The play and stop messages report when the transport is started and stopped. Out third-from-right outlet: MIDI events received from the ReWire device are sent out this outlet preceded by the word midi. The first argument is always 0 (it is the time stamp), the second argument is the ReWire MIDI bus index, the third argument is the MIDI status byte, and the fourth and (optional) fifth arguments are the MIDI data bytes. Out second-from-right outlet: A list of the currently available ReWire devices in response to the bang message. Out right outlet: A list of the currently available device output names (in channel order) for the currently used ReWire device.