.Rex files and Creamware...is DrRex the only answer?

BeachDrifter · Post by **BeachDrifter** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:18 am

Over the years I have gathered and produced thousands of .rex files that I use in Reason.
Now that I am on the Scope platform, is there anyway I can get the little buggers into Creamware, or am I still tied to the DrRex module in Reason?

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:39 am

The second you said...

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:52 am

Yeah, i just bought AMG ONE/Solo just to play Rex2 files in a VSTi environment - routed out to SCOPE of course

It was only £20 but i just needed a simple Rex/VSTi player as i don't make my own files.

BeachDrifter · Post by **BeachDrifter** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:43 am

Marvellous.... AMG One/Solo just what I was after!
Cheers Mr A

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:07 am

Just so you know, it only plays one Rex at a time, but you can open as many instances as you like, plus the filters can be quite handy for messing it up a bit. Probably better than arsing about with Rewiring Reason to Cubase or whatever.

BeachDrifter · Post by **BeachDrifter** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:20 am

Aye... thats the plan. Ditch Reason and Rewire for now... Leaving me with Scope, Cubase, and the rex files
I like it that you can rack them high and keep em rolling... A nice little application that mate. Nice choice

tgstgs · Post by **tgstgs** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:57 am

dont knwo rex files exact, but i guess they using streaming from disc;
in these days of endless RAM streaming for samples isnt needed;
if theres a posibility to convert to wav files you can still use all;

hope this makes sense

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:04 am

No, Rex files aren't streamed, they're, well, Rexed. They are like wav files but cut up at musical 'hit' points so you can match the loops to the tempo of your track (works particularly well with drum loops). Apparently you don't even need a Rex player according to this article (i've never tried this myself):

"REX files are among the most useful tools for musicians, producers, and remixers who make tempo-based music. But even though this technology has existed for several years, REX (ReCycle export) files are still something of a mystery to most people, who think that you need to have ReCycle to use them. Actually, ReCycle (from Propellerhead) is necessary only for converting an audio file to a REX file. Once an audio file has been ReCycled, or REX'd, it can be used in a Cubase audio track without ReCycle.

Many CD-ROMs containing hundreds of REX files are available, so all you have to do is simply import or drag and drop the files into your audio tracks and hit Play. Once they are in your audio tracks, you can change tempos in Cubase and the loops will play back at the selected tempo. This allows you to layer several different loops that may originally have been recorded at different tempos to play back at the tempo you want. Now you can freely work with a variety of loops at any tempo you like. And you don't need to worry about time stretching, which can alter the original loop's sound quality, or experiencing a pitch change as the tempo changes, which is what happens when you work with a sampler. Besides simple playback, you can process and manipulate REX files in ways that are difficult to achieve with ordinary loops."

BeachDrifter · Post by **BeachDrifter** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:59 am

I agree entirely. I REX up anything and everything if I can be arsed. Why? Because they weigh nothing (compare REX weight to WAV weight) they are flexible as hell, I can audition them faster than You could even press ' go' on a sampler, and to be fair, they are bloody useful for inspiration.
Maybe they aren't 'pure gold'... but they work for me. I'm quietly confdent that we have all nodded our heads to some Rex induced tuneage somewhere along the way

BeachDrifter · Post by **BeachDrifter** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:06 am

My apologies for not being entirely PC...

.RCY file - (created using Recycle V1.x)

.RX2 file - (created using Recycle V2)

It is a bad habit of mine to call them dot rex

Post by **irrelevance** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:21 am

I'm actually in the process of ditching Reason, or at least Reason re-wired. I ditched the synths a while ago but have been using the REX player and Redrum. Well I can't be bothered with that now that I have Scope

So I'm actually looking into NI's Battery. It supports the import of Rex formatted files and is from what I've seen a pretty hardcore drum sampler.

djmicron · Post by **djmicron** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:37 am

i think there are several sample players that let us slice drum grooves.
I like to use liveslice and the energy xt sampler.
In the next liveslice update should be implemented the rex import option for who need to import existing libraries, but for sure the rex format is obsolete on modern sample players.