Propellerhead Software

Alert: "No MIDI device could be found"

This alert can appear when ReBirth is launched due to two different reasons:

1. If no MIDI drivers are installed. Install the drivers for you MIDI interface or MIDI keyboard/controller.

2. If ReBirth is run in ReWire mode. The ReWire host application steals all MIDI devices when running ReWire, there are none left for ReBirth.
Since ReBirth gets whatever MIDI it needs from the ReWire host, this is not an error message.

MIDI Sync on Mac OS

This instruction assumes that you do not have access to a ReWire compatible version of your sequencer software, or you have a version of ReBirth prior to 2.0. If you do have ReBirth 2.0.1 or later and a ReWire capable sequencer, we strongly advise you to use ReWire instead.

Step 1: Install OMS with IAC Bus

This first step is common for all setups, regardless of what sequencer program you intend to synchronize ReBirth to.. Performer / Digital Performer users will have to upgrade to version 2.6 to get OMS support (required).

Install OMS on your system. Wait for the OMS web installer to complete the Easy Install. Now check if you have an "OMS IAC Driver" inside your system folder. If not, run the installer again and select Custom Install. Launch OMS Setup. Verify that the IAC driver appears on the list of recognized drivers. Enable Run MIDI in background (Edit Menu). Otherwise the two programs will go out of sync when you toggle between them! Save your OMS configuration and quit OMS setup.

Step 2: Set up ReBirth for MIDI sync

This second step is also generic, since ReBirth should be set up exactly the same regardless of what sequencer program you want to slave it to.

Start up ReBirth and open the Preferences... dialog (Edit Menu). In the Sync Input drop-down menu, select IAC Bus 1. Click the Enable box once to switch on MIDI sync. Click OK.

Step 3: Set up your sequencer program for MIDI sync

This third step is different for each sequencer application. Please check the documentation for your sequencer application.

I can't find the IAC Bus in OMS? (Mac OS MIDI)

Make sure that you have the latest version of OMS. It can be downloaded from Downloads.com.

You must select Custom Install and check 'IAC Bus' manually, since OMS doesn't install it by default. After successful installation, make a new Studio Setup and you will be asked whether you wish to install IAC Bus. Done! (And while you're in OMS setup, go to Edit menu and check 'Run MIDI in background'. This will provide "safer" sync).

MIDI Sync on Windows (Seriously Old School)

Your sequencer program must be able to send MIDI to ReBirth in order to sync. To acquire this, you need to install Hubi's MIDI Loopback Device (HLD), a "virtual" MIDI interface that allows MIDI communication between two programs running on the same computer. HLD can be installed from the ReBirth CD-ROM (directory 'HLD'). You can also download and install MIDI yoke, an application similar to HLD. The main difference is that MIDI yoke supports Windows NT. HLD does currently not support Windows NT.

Installing HLD on your computer:

1. Click the Start button on the Taskbar.
2. From the menu that appears, select Settings, and from the sub menu that pops up, select the Control Panel.
3. In the Control Panel window, double click on the Add New Hardware... icon.
4. Click on the Next >> button.
5. Select No in the next dialog, and again click Next >>.
6. From the list that you now have on-screen, select Sound, Video and Game Controllers and click Next >>.
7. Click on the Have Disk... button.
8. In the dialog that appears, click on the Browse button.
9. In the file dialog that appears, locate the Rebirth CD-ROM, and open the HLD folder (or, if you have downloaded HLD from the Internet, select the folder in which you have a copy of HLD).
10. Now, the text omesetup.inf will appear in the list to the left in the dialog.
11. Click OK.
12. Click OK again in the next two dialogs that appear.
13. Click Finish.
14. You now have a small window on screen with settings for Hubi's Loopback Device.
15. Select the number of MIDI ports you desire, by clicking the appropriate Last Port radio button.
16. ReBirth requires only one port, but you might find it useful to activate more.
17. Click OK.
18. Click OK again to confirm a restart of the computer.

Important note about HLD and MIDI yoke! Windows has an upper limit for MIDI ports. It cannot handle more than 10 ports, and if you're having trouble installing the MIDI Loopback Device you should check the total number of MIDI ports on your machine. If you have a large MIDI interface with 8 IN/OUT ports, and a soundcard with 1 MIDI port, your system can only handle one more MIDI port. HLD installs 2 virtual MIDI ports by default, which in this case results in a total of 11 ports - and this can lead to serious problems and crashes! Be careful not to exceed the MIDI port limit!

Step 2: Set up ReBirth for MIDI sync

This second step is also generic, since ReBirth should be set up exactly the same regardless of what sequencer program you want to slave it to.

1. Start up ReBirth and open the Preferences... dialog (Edit Menu).
2. In the Sync Input drop-down menu, select the MIDI port that you want to use as the sync "channel" for ReBirth. We suggest that you select the first HLD port, called "LB1".
3. Click the Enable box once to switch on MIDI sync.
4. Close the Preferences dialog by clicking the X (exit icon) on the upper right of the window.

Step 3: Set up your sequencer program for MIDI sync

This third step is different for each sequencer application. Please check the documentation for your sequencer application.