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THE COMBINATOR1310
About External Routing
If an individual device in the Combi is directly connected to a device outside the Combinator - or if an external device
is connected to any of the “From Devices” connectors on the Combinator Mixer - this is known as an “External Rout-
ing” connection, which should generally be avoided. The reason for this is that such connections are not saved with
the Combi patch.
! Therefore, all connections to/from a Combi should pass via the To/From Device connectors on the Combinator
device if you wish to make the Combi “self-contained”.
If a Combi contains any external routing connections, this is indicated by the “External Routing” LED on the front and
back of the (unfolded) Combinator Mixer:
It is still possible to use a Combi with External Routing connections within the context of a song (where all routings
are saved with the song). Just keep in mind that the external routing connections will not be part of the Combi patch!
How to avoid external routing connections
As explained previously, all connections to/from a Combinator device should pass via the To/From Device connec-
tors in order to make the Combi self-contained. If you should have used up all “From Devices” connectors you need
to include a mixer device and route the outputs of that mixer to a free “From Devices” connector pair.
q If you should run out of “From Devices” connectors, or want more mixing capabilities, like panning and Effect
Sends, the Line Mixer 6:2 is ideally suited for mixing device outputs in Combis (see “The Line Mixer 6:2”).