reason 3.0 / protools rewire help needed

[tracktension]

hi all , i cant figure it out protools won't show reason in the plug ins and reason wont switch to rewire from soundcard mode. if found a web site and did all the steps again and agin with no luck..heres the site info...thanks.

Step one: launch Pro Tools. The only rule to remember with Rewire is to load the Master application first, and quit it last. Pro Tools is pretty smart, though, and will warn you if you try to quit while a Rewire client is running.
Step two: launch Reason. Reason will detect that Pro Tools is running and load up in such a way as to be immediately ready to run as a client. The Reason Hardware Interface module (see screen shot) will indicate that Reason is in Rewire slave mode.
Pro Tools MIDI tracks automatically see instruments in the Rewire slave program.

Step three: create Rewire inputs in Pro Tools. Inputs are accessed from RTAS plug-ins inserted in standard audio tracks or aux input tracks. The use of RTAS means that Rewire is more flexible in LE, as TDM systems cannot insert RTAS plug-ins on aux input tracks. If you have LE, you should definitely use aux input channels, whereas TDM users will need to use record-armed audio tracks. The screen shot (left) shows an example. The plug-in is named simply Reason and has a pop-up channel selector to pick from the 64 available connections in Reason (I've picked channel 3).
Step four: connect something in Reason. If Reason is fired up with the default song, you'll have a mixer module with the main stereo outputs connected to Rewire ports 1 and 2 (always labelled Mix L and R). When using Rewire it makes more sense to connect your Reason sound modules directly to the interface module so they are routed directly to individual channels in Pro Tools. Otherwise you'll end up with two mixers to deal with, and lose the advantage of Pro Tools's mix environment and plug-ins. In the screen shot above you'll see that the Subtractor and Malstrom modules each have their own channels in my Pro Tools Session.

[dannygold]

I'd try reinstalling reason. I suspect the reweire library is missing. That would explain why it doesn't show up as a plugin.

[tracktension]

Originally Posted by dannygold

I'd try reinstalling reason. I suspect the reweire library is missing. That would explain why it doesn't show up as a plugin.

well after reading your post i tried it and still nothing.i open protools then open reason , then my usb keyboard dont work for reason anymore.

[pbell]

Funny, I'm having the exact same problem. Reinstalled reason, still nothing, won't even show up in Logic...then again I'm not much of a logic user and I could be missing something else there.

In standalone Reason works fine.

[PettyCash]

I might be wrong here; its been a while since I've used Pro Tools and Reason together, so correct me on whatever I'm missing.

Step 1: Open Pro Tools

Step 2: Load up the Reason Rewire plugin on the appropiate Pro Tools track.

Step 3: Open Reason

Then so on and so forth from there... you should know the rest.

If I am remembering correctly, not opening up a rewire plugin inside Pro Tools first before opening Reason can cause difficulties. I know it gave me I hard time when I first tried using it as well. That might have been what I did differently to aid the problem.

I hope that helps. Good luck!

[tracktension]

im doing all the steps above . protools does not show reason in the plug ins anywhere . and ive re installed reason twice.could it have something to do with the 7.4 download or with windows vista?i remember it worked before with xp and 7.3.

update . i downloaded the rewire update from the digi site and now protools shows a reason plug in . however , when i click it to open reason it says that i need to re install reasons engine.then it shuts down protools..

so i still cant make reason go to rewire mode.

[pbell]

Well I got it to work. I realized I was missing an update for Reason - isn't it always something like that. Anyway all works good now :)

Paul