ReBirth RB-338

ReBirth{{Cite web| title=ReBirth Operational Manual | url=http://www.deepsonic.ch/deep/docs_manuals/propellerhead_rebirth_rb338_v2.01_manual.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411151458/http://www.deepsonic.ch/deep/docs_manuals/propellerhead_rebirth_rb338_v2.01_manual.pdf | archive-date=2016-04-11}} emulates two Roland TB-303 synthesizers and a Roland TR-808 since v1.0,{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/aug97/rebirthaug97.html|title=Steinberg/Propellerheads Rebirth RB338 Techno Micro Composer|work=Sound On Sound|date=August 1997|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608195049/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/aug97/rebirthaug97.html|archivedate=8 June 2015}} and also a Roland TR-909 drum machine since v2.0.{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov98/articles/rebirth.htm|title=Steinberg/Propellerhead Rebirth RB338 v2|work=Sound On Sound|date=November 1998|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608013644/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov98/articles/rebirth.htm|archivedate=8 June 2015}} All emulations can be used simultaneously. Each of the emulated devices has its own pattern selector, a feature the original devices are lacking. This allows fast switches between different musical sequences, and re-programming the TB-303 for playing different notes, for instance, is rendered unnecessary. This feature has been adopted in some of Reason's devices. ReBirth also features mixers, a pattern controlled filter (PCF) and some of the standard effects in software synthesizers like delay, compressor and distortion.

The program also supports user modifications, which may replace the samples in the drum machine emulations and modify the GUI.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rebirthmuseum.com/downloads/mods.htm|title=Propellerhead Software|website=www.rebirthmuseum.com}} There are four modifications included in the ReBirth installation by default (though the default ReBirth GUI seems to count as a modification as well).

The virtual knobs and controls can be assigned to physical counterparts via MIDI, so knobs, modulation wheels, faders and other performance controls available on keyboards and modules can be used to shape the software sound.{{Cite web| title=ReBirth RB-338 - How to Download, Install, and Troubleshoot on Windows Vista and Windows 7 32- and 64-bit Systems | url=http://www.onetriberecords.com/rebirth_on_windows.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705025515/http://www.onetriberecords.com:80/rebirth_on_windows.pdf | archive-date=2010-07-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=3677|title = WineHQ - Rebirth RB-338}}{{Cite web|url=https://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/09/update-rebirth-museum-wants-you-to.html|title = Music Thing: UPDATE: Rebirth Museum wants you to download 256mb of random data}}https://www.keyboardforums.com/threads/rebirth-torrent-now-available.16950/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

ReBirth was an early software synthesizer, pioneering this class of instruments along with Cubase, Cakewalk, Digital Performer, and Reality in 1997,Rule, Greg. "Keyboard Reports: Steinberg ReBirth RB-338," Keyboard 23:9:256 September 1997. with a low-CPU-utilization,{{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/?_escaped_fragment_=msg/comp.dsp/8EyumVw76uk/WgSkyJdyO44J#!msg/comp.dsp/8EyumVw76uk/WgSkyJdyO44J|title=Redirecting to Google Groups|access-date=30 April 2017|archive-date=6 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806020848/https://groups.google.com/forum/?_escaped_fragment_=msg/comp.dsp/8EyumVw76uk/WgSkyJdyO44J#!msg/comp.dsp/8EyumVw76uk/WgSkyJdyO44J|url-status=dead}} leading the PC software market, with the low specs of then cutting-edge computers. The sound quality during live playback (as opposed to saving the generated sound to disk), assuming that the CPU could cope with the sampling rate, was imposed by the quality of the sound card.

Some enthusiasts have criticized ReBirth's software emulation of the TB-303 as being an inferior copy of the genuine sound. Such criticism is common to many software synths that emulate analog synthesis (which the TB-303 featured), due to the reputedly inimitable sound of analog synthesis, and quality degraded by low-end sound cards. Despite this, Roland contacted Propellerhead Software to give it an unofficial thumbs up, which Propellerhead considered to be the Roland seal of approval.{{Cite web |title=The Debut |work=The ReBirth Museum |publisher=Propellerhead Software |year=2005 |accessdate=15 April 2007 |url=http://www.rebirthmuseum.com/history/part4.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422050636/http://www.rebirthmuseum.com/history/part4.htm |archivedate=22 April 2007 }}

As of September 2005, support for ReBirth was discontinued by Propellerhead software, and the software became available online{{Cite web |url=http://forum.vintagesynth.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=30987 |title=ReBirth Museum: Have any of you successfully acquired the software? |website=Vintage Synth Explorer Forums |access-date=10 February 2024 |archive-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327144645/http://forum.vintagesynth.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=30987 |url-status=bot: unknown }} as a free download.{{Cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/rebirth-reason|title = ReBirth & Reason|website= soundonsound.com}}{{cite web |url=http://www.onetriberecords.com/rebirth_on_windows.pdf |title=rebirth_on_windows.pdf |website=onetriberecords.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528135249/http://www.onetriberecords.com/rebirth_on_windows.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2015 |url-status=dead}}

In April 2010, ReBirth was re-released{{Cite web|url=https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=846551|title=Wine Programs Can't Detect Mounted .iso|website=ubuntuforums.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://cdm.link/2010/10/how-to-install-rebirth-in-linux-get-a-free-rack-of-beat-machines/|title = How to Install ReBirth in Linux, Get a Free Rack of Beat Machines|date = 18 October 2010}} as a paid app{{cite web|title=Rebirth for iPad and iPhone|publisher=Propellerheads Software|author=Propellerheads Software|year=2010|accessdate=2011-07-25|url=http://rebirthapp.com}} for the iPhone{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/propellerheads-rebirth-for-iphone-1-1-review/|title=App review: Propellerheads ReBirth 1.1 for iPhone|date=31 May 2010 }} and iPod Touch. In November 2010 a visually revamped and modernized version was made available on the iPad.{{Cite web |url=http://magazine.dv247.com/2011/09/02/propellerhead-rebirth-for-ipad-review/ |title=Propellerhead ReBirth for iPad Review | DV Magazine |access-date=30 April 2017 |archive-date=17 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317035941/http://magazine.dv247.com/2011/09/02/propellerhead-rebirth-for-ipad-review/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url= http://rebirthapp.com/rebirth-for-ipad/ |title= ReBirth for iPad |author= Propellerhead Software |date= 31 October 2010 |work= ReBirthApp.com |publisher= Propellerhead Software |accessdate= 2 August 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110723023341/http://rebirthapp.com/rebirth-for-ipad/ |archivedate= 23 July 2011 |df= dmy-all }}

Propellerhead disabled ReBirth For iOS on 1 June 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2013/05/22/propellerhead-retiring-rebirth-for-iphone/|title=Propellerhead Retiring ReBirth for iPhone – Synthtopia|date=22 May 2013 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.musictech.net/2013/05/propellerheads-rebirth-for-iphone-to-be-pulled/ |title=Propellerhead ReBirth to be Discontinued |access-date=30 April 2017 |archive-date=17 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317105050/http://www.musictech.net/2013/05/propellerheads-rebirth-for-iphone-to-be-pulled/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://forum.reasontalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=7497885|title=Thor and Rebirth - ReasonTalk.com|website=forum.reasontalk.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.matrixsynth.com/2013/05/rebirth-for-iphone-going-away-on-june.html|title = MATRIXSYNTH: ReBirth for iPhone Going Away on June 1st}} The app was officially removed from the App Store on 15 June 2017, following an official claim from Roland of intellectual property infringement.{{Cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2017/06/13/propellerhead-rebirth-ipad-discontinued-roland-ip-infringement/|title = Propellerhead's ReBirth is no more as Roland claims IP infringement|date = 13 June 2017}}

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