User Manual
8 Using Panorama with Reaper www.nektartech.com
Reaper Channel Strip Control
Here is a list of the function of each of the 5 display buttons in the Inserts menu:
[On]: Switch the insert slot on or off.
[View]: Open and close the GUI of the plug-in in the slot currently selected.
[9-16]: Toggles the view between insert slots 1-8 and 9-16. This button is only active when 8+ inserts are active
[Edit]: Displays the Panorama parameter and navigation assignments for the plug-in.
Controlling a plug-in [Edit]
With 3 or more plug-ins now inserted in the channel strip let's take a look at how to control them.
First of all, when a slot is selected, the 8 encoders (in rows 2x4) are immediately assigned to control that plug-ins
parameters. With slot one selected, try moving an encoder. The Info-line updates showing you the parameter name and value
assigned to the encoder.
Now move the Data Control to select slot 2. Move the same encoder and notice that this time the Info-line updates with new
parameter information from the parameter the encoder controls in the plug-in for slot 2.
To see which parameters are assigned to the encoders as well as gain access to
additional parameters, lets jump to the menu labeled [Edit], by pressing display button
5.
Mappings vary depending on the layout of the plug-in but the concept is always the
same.
A VST effect plug-in is controlled exclusively from the 8 (2x4) encoders. This means
that the fader section is still controlling the Reaper mixer.
The first 4 display buttons on Panorama are often used for parameters that require a
button and in cases when no control buttons are required, they handle the main
navigation.
Our example above shows how Panorama controls an Amp Simulator plug-in and here 3 display buttons are used for control
functions. Plug-ins with more parameters can be navigated using the [Menu] button that appears when more than one page
is available. The image below shows the mapping for the Steinberg VSTDynamics plug-in. Moving the Data Control brings up
the available menus. Select a menu page by just resting on it or pressing the display button [Enter]. This is how you quickly
get access to all controllable parameters in a plug-in.