Building A REBIRTH-338 Controller - 90's Computer Music Re imagined

THE REBIRTH 338 CONTROLLER!!!
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[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

If you are interested in the components i use in these projects there is a link to the page on my site called "components i use" in the description, i tend to use the same on each project.

[@Strages_Powers]

would it work with rebirth on ipad?

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

@@Strages_Powers dunno you'd need to read the midi implementation and see if its the same or similar

[@TheWarrrenator]

It would be great to see it on an SBC running Wine with a GIANT touchscreen.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

@@TheWarrrenator touch screens are unfortunately a crime against humanity :D haha. jokes but yeah but naaa. im sure itll happen! but not on this channel :D

[@deimne970]

Hehe, great controller for a great software!! I composed some songs in 90' with it. It was amazing to have 2 tb303 in you computer!! Also, all the mods the internet people did, it was amazing!! xD

[@MattPerrin]

This brought literally tears of joy to my eyes. I spent hours upon hours with Rebirth when I was young. Now I'm over 40 and finally restarted making music after 20 years. So many memories, this project is just incredible!

[@handlesarefeckinstupid]

Rebirth, what an amazing thing we got back then. Right up with Fruity loops etc

[@cl1xor]

Rebirth kinda iconicly really was the birth of vsts

[@otzcz]

@@cl1xor I'dont think so. VST standard were invented by Steinberg as platform for plugins (also 3rd party) for their DAWs like Cubase or Nuendo. AFAIK. ReBirth was 1st (?) child of Propellerheads, I suppose they were co-students and needed some project to school :)

[@andersborum9267]

Same here. Spend hours and hours and hours with ProTracker on the Amiga, and can still remember most of the patterns almost 35 years later at age 48. Also, still have the modules on disk and occasionally use XMPlayer to get nostalgic. Am this close to get a couple of Moog DFAMs to start producing again.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Use Reason it's fun.

[@RodneyOrpheus]

I would have killed for this when I was doing the original ReBirth demos back when we first released it. Wonderful job!

[@sansmojo]

Whoah. Were you the product manager for it?

[@9hundred67]

@@sansmojo no he wasn't

[@iixorb]

When Rebirth came out in ‘98, my completely non-musical mate said to me “your Wibbly Wobbly box will be worthless now”. He was talking about my TB-303 😂. Very happy for you Sam, that you got this working - and by the time you’d set yourself! Looks absolutely incredible 👍

[@semuta2752]

Still got the 303?

[@TheDistur]

Your patience for soldering one million knobs and switches is amazing. Pretty cool rig for a computer.

[@HenricWallmark]

Led free?

[@pimposki6232]

​@@HenricWallmark i hate lead free solder lmao. its a bitch to work with

[@Hainbach]

A truly epic build! Glad to have experienced it

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Yeah man awesome to have you over!!! Watching back I Forgot to grade half of that footage 😂😂😂

[@Hainbach]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER looks nice and dusty😂

[@subs4794]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER Great project. Perhaps you can do a How To DIY Universal MIDI Controller video series, show details of how to build one for any or all hardware/software, MIDI gear, effects, synth, DAW, VSTs, and maybe desktop/rackable size? The commercial units I see doing that stuff cost about $1K US or more... 🤓

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

@@subs4794 check out the notes and volts videos, if you use that as a basis and see what i've done you'd be able to do it yourself! all the information is there :) cheers

[@loneerv]

this is pure genius! I'm pretty sure you just pushed the Rebirth of Rebirth! 😅 I'm excited to see where this goes

[@jimbotron70]

Going full circle with an exact hardware replica of Rebirth...

[@keithfulkerson]

That's insanely cool. It can load alternate skins, maybe you could make a skin that looks like the controller.

[@NBC_7]

That’s a pretty cool idea! 😁

[@Alkatross]

LMNC rebirth skin -all black with silver paint pen, lol

[@paulbeattie1182]

Yeah that would be ace.

[@andythebritton]

I'm not really a musician but ReBirth fascinated me back in the day and I played with it for hours. Building a hardware controller was a genius idea.

[@steampunkscientist]

For everyone who's ever used Rebirth; this is a dream come true.

[@soultron4238]

Thank you for doing the thing I wanted to do in 1998/99. You have no idea how many people I trued to convince that we needed to be making big panels of buttons and knobs that just sent MIDI. Nobody believed me. ReBirth & Acid 2.0 were the drives for that… Fast forward to 2008 and the SMT place I work at gets the gig to make Open Labs workstations. Imagine my excitement! It only took a decade. You really should find you an OL for the museum.

[@evanbarnes9984]

Oh man, the keyboard you pulled out at 2:00 was the first keyboard I ever got! My parents got it for my when I was 12, and I used it along with Reason 2.5 and ReBirth! I would have been so psyched to have this interface. I remember setting up jam sessions with a ton of tracks in Reason and using mute buttons and volume fades to jam. I always wondered if getting a MIDI capable mixer so I could control the software directly would make that more fun. You basically answered the question!

[@taylerchew]

Man you have some great work ethic. I admire how quickly you get your projects done

[@andygrichting]

that's fantastic work mate, didn't think Rebirth would have so much useful midi implementation. I'm now going to reminisce for a couple of hours 😍

[@codewizard58]

Built my first Arduino based box of knobs for the Moog Animoog software running on an iPod touch.Moog had released wallpaper images of the Moog Voyager, so I edited them and laminated a frontpanel. animoog midi controller using Atmega328P

[@aristotlekumpis7095]

Wow. So freaking cool. I love Rebith. It was actually my first music software ever. Then I bought Cubase and ran them together. Here I am 25 years later still producing music. Rebith was the start of that.

[@skywatchernorth]

I used to spend hours on Rebirth, one of the greatest pieces of software of all time. Would love a go on that controller, looks like a lot of fun.

[@Universal.vibe1]

me too :)

[@buckycore]

Man, that controller is so gorgeous. And here we are, nearly 30 years later, and if you told me that this was some reissued hardware synth, or a Diva dem I would believe it. These tones are timeless and sound HUGE

[@rwwillemsrw]

And also respect for all the soldering work you do, every time again and again! Keep up the good work, I’m enjoying all your effort! 👍🏻

[@aSubjectProduction]

Wow! Very cool! Lots of memories of not knowing what the hell I was doing playing with Rebirth back in the day.

[@visheshl]

Lol, basically pushing random button s ans see what happens 😂

[@raymosmookle9373]

I lierally almost just started weeping. A real tear. I have waited since 1999 to see this happen, Sam. Thank you so f*n much, you made a dream of mine come true, even if I'm in the States, and I'll never get to touch one. I'm so glad to have donated a little bit to this happening. Not exaggerating at all, not even one bit. I had a real garbage week, too. Family health issues, car trouble, little hassles. THANK YOU for bringing some light into life. SAME WITH THE PIPE ORGAN PROJECT. I wanted to see that happen. FYI, I'm also the other guy with the GR-500/GS-500 that's commented. Nice to see another weirdo, glad to see you actually have the focus and skill I lack. Keep it up! We can we send you some goodies from the states? I have some random Switchcraft components and other good little stuff to mail in a gift package (along with some Reese's Pieces).

[@strawmanhat]

For some time and a few hundred dollars, you have shown how anyone can make a fully featured hardware synth. Thanks man. This program got me started too...many years later I picked it up for real. I would play this before a lot of my expensive hardware.

[@shortattentionspa.....]

Sam mate youre a genius, theres no denying it, please tour this beast!!!! Theres something so asthetically pleaseing about thos older macs, I still use my old powerbook!

[@BuddhaPhi]

Great video, Sam! This brings back memories. My early jam sessions with Rebirth led me getting Reason 1.0 and down the rabbit hole of DAWs and other computer grooveboxes. Where Rebirth really got wild was with mods that changed the sounds and skins. (Many thanks to Peff for all the Rebirth mods he hosted and still keeps online in 2023!)

[@M0UAW_IO83]

Helped my maths teacher assemble bits of an analogue synth (Might have been a Hobby Electronics one) and learned about sampling on a BBC Micro with a Ferranti ADC chip on a breadboard. Used to tit about with the synth packages, samplers and trackers on Amiga a few years later (just recently got a sampler and MIDI interface for a 'miggy 500 again), had a Roland D and SC110 (ack, U110, not SC) at one point and absolutely loved it but never really 'did' anything other than mess about for myself. Real happy days and loads of fun.

[@expedisound5094]

WE DEFINITELY MAKIN IT OUT OF THE 99' COUNTRYSIDE ILLEGAL RAVE WITH THIS ONE ‼‼🔥🔥🔥

[@landypaule]

I'd LOVE to visit you "obsolete" museum somewhen. Man, that's treasures everywhere and a infinite passion on your side. Just great to see this 🙂

[@Skootavision]

Elsewhere on KZbin: Watch my 15minute unboxing of a phone Sam/LMNC: Ive built something unimaginably awesome and oh, I barely mentioned I have another legend here having a jam with it 🤯. Amazing stuff as ever, thank you.

[@meowcula]

Rebirth was so awesome. I remember it blowing me away when it came out. Fiddled with it for hours. I moved on to Reason (which I still use to this day). Great fan of Reason Studios (formerly Propellerhead Software)

[@odepoikanen]

Your channel is my favorite synthesizer channel on KZbin. And its not that I care so much for synthesizers of synth music or the sound. I do love that too. But its so much more about the inspirational passion of the dude whose channel this is. I recognize the passion cause that's how I feel about things I am passionate about. And I can relate to that, so much better and I have come to known about myself is that I need that. People with passion about what they do, what they love.

[@presentmomentmusic2023]

I remember when Rebirth first came out...at that time it was totally revolutionary! However I spent so many hours trying to get a decent hardware midi controller to play it "live". Could never quite get it there (for the reasons you mention), and alway wished for a standalone hardware version...which would be Incredible.....and here you go and create the ultimate hardware controller for the program! Love your expertise and sense of adventure with all this gear. Thanks!

[@R2_D3]

You made something that does the name ''Rebirth'' justice!!! This is the true Rebirth of a piece of legendary software!! Software that brings back so many great memories!! After all these years, it is finally usable like it should have been all those years ago!!! This is just EPIC!! You are a legend in my book!! (This screams for a DIY Rebirth Controller Kit!!!!)

[@NBC_7]

Love this…very cool project! I would have done some sketchy stuff for one of these back in the late 90’s…lol! it’s amazing how distinct that rebirth sound actually is, too. Looking forward to seeing part two!

[@CJWarlock]

Awesome! :) I liked the jamming. Your patience for the repetitive soldering is impressive. :)

[@pongtrometer]

Freaking nuts 😅, and congratulations on the LABS ‘NOT OBSOLETE’ Synth ,gr8 Sounds and bonkers concepts as per usual…

[@choonsy]

OUTSTANDING! I just managed to get ReBirth working on my (modern) Ubuntu machine last night using Wine and wondered if anyone else was messing around with this old beast. WOW I RECKON! So amazing!

[@NotesAndVolts]

So happy to be a small part of your awesome project! 😃

[@THETBRETT]

can we have a video of Sam just chilling with a cup of tea, seems like he never stops. As an old rebirth/reason user I loved this video.

[@meneeerliefdevoll4877]

u should get an nobel prize for this briliant idea

[@leoneventicinque6731]

Awesome! your museum is fantastic for a lot of reasons 🙂 p.s. it's a place that also somewhat resembles arcades, you need a "simple" ticket for spectators only (visit duration max. 30 min.) and a special one for geeks, obviously more expensive but with so much more satisfaction!

[@orchestratedpassage9468]

Loving this. There's so many software instruments that this approach would open up. Looking forward to the next one

[@jsleeio]

yeah. I was always frustrated with my Creamware Pulsar setup for the same reason. Glorious Hammond B3 emulation, rubbish controls. They went to the e-waste collection

[@doctorc-ton1099]

This was indeed bangin;! Very very awesome project! Like unlocking the performance mode of the software like no one ever before, this is! I loved seeing Hainbach play it with his sensibilities, and everything I heard in this video was great! Cheers!

[@RichardDenRooyen1973]

i needed that back then!! awesome

[@milecurcic4475]

FOKKEN EPIC BRUV!!! Rebirth was amazing, thanks for bringin it back!!!!

[@TheWarrrenator]

OMG! I JUST found my bootlegged copy of Rebirth that I found on my last trip home and brought back today! Synchronous! I used the program for simple rhythm loops and things for my demos back in 2006 or so. It’s great but using the computer interface for live is a challenge. I think the designers thought that composers would sit down and fill the banks with loops and then take their laptops and then DJ with the stems they had created. This has been a dream of mine for twenty years and it is marvelous to see. The only thing is that would it be possible to have a shift key for the different banks so that you only needed 12 buttons instead of 48? This design is simpler though so I can see why you went with that. Great job! Fantastic!

[@TheWarrrenator]

For continuity, it turns out that Bottles for Linux can run the .exe program for Rebirth quite nicely.

[@jamesfmilne]

Really need to be able to upvote something twice or three times. Huge Rebirth fan since version 1.0. Love it!!

[@brayjas222]

Every time I think you have done it, you do another, so fantastic. This crossing of the technology is always mind-blowing. Your channel and the Post Apocalyptic Inventor are so incredible when it comes to reusing and repurposing things!!!

[@EdEditz]

Holy smokes! What an enormous wiring job and great results too. It sounds amazing! You could easily do a live show with just that I think :)

[@bontempo1271]

There is something about having all the musical elements together on one big board that is just alot of fun. It's one thing jamming on a synth, but here you can quickly move over to the drums, sequence and fx, etc.

[@nohman2012]

Such a cool thing. Had this legendary software on my PC 25 years ago.

[@Marc_Miller]

For me this is one of your best builds ever! I was always a bit miffed I couldn't simultaneously tweak multiple knobs back in the day. This physical realization is a dream come true. Love that you did this. Cheers mate!

[@berfmurret]

I was 15 when RB-338 was released.. I played with the demo version for hours and hours. The point and click of the mouse was daunting enough for me to take up a pen and write Properllerhead Software a letter (in the mail) imploring them to create a hardware controller for their techno software mini studio! They wrote me back saying that they were strictly software company and hardware was not in the plans. but they sent me a RB-338 t-shirt that I wore with total 😎

[@otherreality]

Such a great piece of software, it really deserved this over the top, amazing controller!

[@djantix1200]

This is freakin' amazing! Nice one!! I have spent so many hours playing around on Rebirth! I still have the original CD-rom and manual. Def gonna have to get an old PC and try to get it loaded. Cheers for the inspiration!

[@PhillipRaymondGoodman]

I love this thing, I can't say I've definitely used it in more of my stuff than anything else but it's definitely close

[@jvsyoutube3298]

yeah, i remember rebirth, i had it on my parents old w95 pc. I sucked at using it, but it was fun to fiddle around with, this is nostalgic

[@mbrombert]

This is my personal favorite project of yours I have seen so far because it is so nostalgic for me. Rebirth is my top program from back then, spent hours and hours in it and something like this would have been absolutely mind-blowing for me all those years ago. Really great project here. I truly appreciate your approach and your drive to make such wonderful devices. All the best to you!

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

Rebirth, Acid Music, BBox (remember that?) and Cakewalk 6 were my entries into computer based music. I used to love setting the pattern length on the one of the 303s to 1 and then selecting a note with octave down and slide to make a drone and then program some patterns over the top. Fun times!

[@dreamsun69]

Straight cut gears in the mini too?? WOWZA, mans has it all

[@Rr0gu3_5uture]

I still own the dedicated midi controller for Re-Birth, it was called the Phat-Boy by Keyfax. It wasn't very flexible though, as it used fixed CCs. I dug the thing out of a cupboard about a month ago. I now use it to control a bunch of Roland Cloud plugins, still works perfect. It's not nearly as groovy looking as your thingymabob thought!

[@tomaslainas695]

i had a phatboy too :) good old times

[@raymosmookle9373]

@@tomaslainas695 Someone is supposed to give me one, I keep waiting to run into them again. But I have to get rebirth running under Wine, and then the window will be tiny!

[@subs4794]

Was it a dedicated controller for Rebirth or was it a universal MIDI controller that worked with Rebirth with just 13 CC pots?

[@horizontalblanking]

This is crazy! I worked for Keyfax - who made the original Phatboy MIDI controller back in the “before times” that worked with ReBirth. But this… this is some next level shiz!

[@Rr0gu3_5uture]

​@@subs4794 Yeah, It wasn't 100% for Rebirth per se, but it was heavily marketed toward use with Steinberg programs, mainly Rebirth RB338. It did come with a really good quality vinyl Steinberg/Rebirth overlay, whereas the other overlays were paper. The original had 3 different modes. I've got the later v2 model that has 6. Mode 1: Roland GS, Yamaha XG compatible sound modules. Mode 2: Creative Labs AWE32, 64, 64 Gold, Soundblaster Live! and Platinum soundcards. Mode 3: Standard MIDI Controller numbers (Continuous Controllers 1‑13). Mode 4: Roland JV1080, 2080, 1010, XP30/50/60/80. Mode 5: Standard MIDI Controller numbers (Continuous Controllers 40‑52). Mode 6: 'Classic' Mode (various Controller numbers). I just dug it out recently because it only just dawned on me that the Roland Cloud plugins I use have a MIDI learn function. You just Right-click a control knob on the screen, select Learn, then wiggle a knob on the Phat-boy, and bobs yer uncle.

[@macronencer]

Nice! This was obviously a LOT of work. It amazes me how many projects you constantly have on the go, Sam. You must be the most productive "maker" in the world!

[@digitalbase9396]

You built my dream, I own rebirth since version 1 and always dreamt of a dedicated controller for it. Great work

[@CriticoolHit]

10:49 That jam was sick. I'd LOVE to hear more of that. Had my foot tapping instantly.

[@ytiralc]

I remember messing with this software way back in the day, you could get some really nice sounds out of it. I had one project where the bpm was set really low and it made the note slides super sexy :)

[@RuthlessMojo]

That mini is a workhorse. It needs to go in the museum.

[@skelingtonrick]

this is super rad, I admire your dedication to incredibly tedious projects

[@bengineer_the]

Funny you mention wanting to adjust two things at once! ..I remember wanting 2 mouse support for this back in the day! :D

[@Universal.vibe1]

This was my absolute favorite piece of software its so simple and fun!

[@h-leath6339]

Rebirth was rad. You're rad! Never underestimate the value of a comprehensive control desk!!! Also, mad props man. It takes dedication to wire up that many pots and toggles. Mad respect. "yah dunt doitt loik thaaht, yah doitt loik this."

[@BenODen]

This is indeed amazing, you are a man dedicated to task, so much wiring to get this going! I started jittering just thinking of how much soldering and wiring you had to do for this epic controller.

[@LFOVCF]

Shame it took 25 years for someone to make this controller. You certainly outdid yourself there Sam, that's a killer controller, and im certainly having a go next time i visit the museum

[@louadmurphy2587]

Pimp my rebirth. The synths dragsters Era IS in da game

[@EdgyNumber1]

Plugged into a spatializer separating the high end for some stereo and this could add a new dimension to the sound nicely

[@audialsavant2658]

It doesn't get any better than this... You are a true believer :) I salute you (Diehard from MacOS9Lives)

[@jmatonis]

I absolutely hate your channel!!! :) You always manage to pull an ace out of your ass with every project you do. I played with rebirth quite a bit when I was in the military in the mid 90's. Now that I am older you manage to build this midi panel for it. I'm gonna have to get me a second job just to buy the parts to build this. You keep doing what you are doing! Simply amazing! When I grow up I want to be just like you!

[@unholyaudiochannel]

Oh Rebirth - Oh that demo song. Love it. You make me have a little man tear.

[@davidpinto1195]

Woa! the first vst I used for music making in the early 2000s

[@DjNikGnashers]

Lost days of my life playing about with rebirth, man this brings back memories.

[@laptopdj]

DIS!!!! Cannot even say how fun it is to watch it working...

[@OverSoft]

Oh, I loved Rebirth! I played around with it for hours when I was younger. Awesome!

[@SamiJumppanen]

I thought I just skip through to the playing quickly but no way, as the video was so entertaining from the very beginning! Awesome job!

[@davidbanner9001]

I love your crazy projects. There are fantastic!

[@stephenroutley1376]

This is awesome. I used to jam with my neighbour on copies of the ReBirth demo back in the day. Such a fun piece of kit. I'm gonna have to factor a visit to the museum into my holiday plans, for real.

[@rhodesy80]

This is the sickest video I have ever seen, Well done super cool 😎✌

[@catandtheostrich]

You need a pair of small torches on either side of a pair of glasses to nod along with.... nice!

[@OttoMilde]

The first piece of krack’d software l ever ”owned” It’s fantastic and it’s beautiful that you’re revisiting it! I used to download skins with other sounds as well. Lovely❤

[@els1f]

Oh wow! You created my childhood dream🤣 Edit: that sound! 😭I used to fall asleep while programming things in song mode. What s flashback 🤯

[@joinslayer]

Rebirth was my first one. Thank you for the memories :)

[@leighbrooks9573]

Very cool! Real knobs make all the difference. I built a custom midi controller that matches the layout of the Moog Model D for iPad - so much better for live performance!

[@mumblerocks77]

Post that shit

[@marksieczko7766]

Brilliant. Hearing Rebirth on a mates PC was the tipping point for me to get a PC.

[@wasabicube]

So good. Love the vision (and stamina) you have for these projects!

[@properjob2311]

reason was amazing when it first came out. the idea of software synths was a completely new.

[@DataCollaborate]

11:55 - 13:33 Absolute Kraftwerk Vibes of a Sound. Love it.

[@Eurikon]

The day that Sam broke the internet with an actuall RB338 controller..! Never thought i would see this 😃 Awesome job 👏🏼

[@oed84]

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER for a minute, you reminded me of the 'Brilliant'-guy from the Fast Show 😂 ace job on the controller, by the way! 🤩

[@KeritechElectronics]

You guys always have megatons of fun :) Lovely build!

[@nickwallette6201]

I still have a CD with renders of the demo tracks. I used to play that in my car all the time.

[@ErinIsBlueBlue]

You did the work of God ! This is amazing ! I still use Rebirth thanks to Rewire in Reaper. Kind of a psychiatric matter some say but i love it. You are a genius, i repeat.

[@MarcoKotrotsos]

OMG wanted to do this years and years ago! Very inspirational!

[@Emil-Antonowsky]

Oh, the hours i spent jammin on that demo tune! That is some serious workbthere man. Looks like so much fun.