Dear ReBirth user,
We at Propellerhead Software have made the decision to discontinue our product
ReBirth RB-338. You are receiving this letter because you are a registered user
and we wanted to inform you about what this means for you.
Why did Propellerhead make this decision?
-----------------------------------------
ReBirth was the first successful software synthesizer. It pioneered and
shaped a lot of what we now take for granted in software synthesizer type
products. However, it was designed almost ten years ago. Musical styles and
music technology have both changed dramatically since then, and we decided that
the foundation for the product just wasn't valid anymore. We're a small company
with limited development resources and we think it makes much more sense for
everybody involved - even you as a ReBirth user - that we concentrate our
efforts on our more current products and on future projects.
The practical ramifications of this decision are:
* All development on ReBirth RB-338 has stopped. There will be no future updates
and no Mac OS X version.
* Personal customer support of the product will be discontinued. We receive very
few questions from ReBirth owners nowadays, and all of the information we
usually provide is now available in the FAQ section on the new ReBirth web site,
see below.
* As of today, ReBirth is given away for free. Anyone can download and use
ReBirth 2.0.1. The download and instructions are also available on the ReBirth
site.
ReBirth RB-338 ReFill
---------------------
Thanks to the ingenuously designed Combinator device in Reason 3.0, we have
managed to build a ReFill that recreates the sounds from the drum machines in
ReBirth. Mind you, not only the original 808 and 909 sounds. This ReFill
includes all the Mods that were ever available for download from our web pages!
As a registered Reason user, you can get it for free at
http://www.propellerheads.se/refills/.
The ReBirth museum
------------------
We have dedicated a complete new web site to ReBirth, called
www.rebirthmuseum.com. Here you can find articles, interviews, historical
information, the ReBirth song and Mod archives, a discussion forum, downloads of
ReBirth 2.0.1 and much more. Definitely worth a visit!
ReBirth still works...
----------------------
Yes, we just wanted to point that even though development on the product has
been stopped once and for all, the version out there still works. If you are
making music with ReBirth, whatever you do, please don't stop! This piece of
software is still a charming little gem that will have its small place in music
history. Forever.
Sincerely,
Ernst Nathorst-Böös
CEO Propellerhead Software
We at Propellerhead Software have made the decision to discontinue our product
ReBirth RB-338. You are receiving this letter because you are a registered user
and we wanted to inform you about what this means for you.
Why did Propellerhead make this decision?
-----------------------------------------
ReBirth was the first successful software synthesizer. It pioneered and
shaped a lot of what we now take for granted in software synthesizer type
products. However, it was designed almost ten years ago. Musical styles and
music technology have both changed dramatically since then, and we decided that
the foundation for the product just wasn't valid anymore. We're a small company
with limited development resources and we think it makes much more sense for
everybody involved - even you as a ReBirth user - that we concentrate our
efforts on our more current products and on future projects.
The practical ramifications of this decision are:
* All development on ReBirth RB-338 has stopped. There will be no future updates
and no Mac OS X version.
* Personal customer support of the product will be discontinued. We receive very
few questions from ReBirth owners nowadays, and all of the information we
usually provide is now available in the FAQ section on the new ReBirth web site,
see below.
* As of today, ReBirth is given away for free. Anyone can download and use
ReBirth 2.0.1. The download and instructions are also available on the ReBirth
site.
ReBirth RB-338 ReFill
---------------------
Thanks to the ingenuously designed Combinator device in Reason 3.0, we have
managed to build a ReFill that recreates the sounds from the drum machines in
ReBirth. Mind you, not only the original 808 and 909 sounds. This ReFill
includes all the Mods that were ever available for download from our web pages!
As a registered Reason user, you can get it for free at
http://www.propellerheads.se/refills/.
The ReBirth museum
------------------
We have dedicated a complete new web site to ReBirth, called
www.rebirthmuseum.com. Here you can find articles, interviews, historical
information, the ReBirth song and Mod archives, a discussion forum, downloads of
ReBirth 2.0.1 and much more. Definitely worth a visit!
ReBirth still works...
----------------------
Yes, we just wanted to point that even though development on the product has
been stopped once and for all, the version out there still works. If you are
making music with ReBirth, whatever you do, please don't stop! This piece of
software is still a charming little gem that will have its small place in music
history. Forever.
Sincerely,
Ernst Nathorst-Böös
CEO Propellerhead Software
