Operation Manual

THE COMBINATOR
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About External Routing
If an individual device in the Combi is directly connected to a device outside the Com-
binator, this is known as an “External Routing” connection, which should generally be
avoided. The reason for this is that such connections are not saved with the Combi
patch.
D 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 external routing connections, this is indicated both on the front
and back panels of the Combinator; On the front panel “External Routing” is displayed
in the Patch name display, and on the back panel a LED indicator is lit.
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 ex-
ternal routing connections will not be part of the patch!
How to avoid external routing connections
As explained previously, all connections to/from a Combinator device should pass via
the To/From Device connectors in order to make the Combi self-contained. Therefore
you need to include a mixer device for Combis with more than 2 device outputs.
Say you were to combine three instrument devices (each with stereo outputs con-
nected to a mixer) in order to create a layered or split instrument Combi.
If you simply selected these three instrument devices (but not the mixer) and then se-
lected “Combine”, only one of the devices would be auto-routed to the “From De-
vices” connectors, while the other two devices would have the same connections
they had before combining.
Therefore:
D When combining several instrument devices, connect them to a mixer
device and include this mixer in the Combi.
This way, all the instrument device outputs in the Combi can be connected to sep-
arate input channels in the mixer. The mixer device output can then be routed via
the “From Devices” connectors and thus the Combi will be self-contained.
Instrument devices and effects connected to a Line mixer. within the Combi.
✪ The Line mixer is ideally suited for mixing device outputs in Combis.
Adding devices to a Combi
About the Insertion line
When the Insertion line is shown, new created devices will be added to the Combina-
tor device.
D To be able to select the Insertion line you have make sure that the “Show
Devices” button is lit on the Combinator Controller panel.
D The Insertion line is shown in the empty space at the bottom of the Com-
binator holder (below any devices currently in the Combi).
If the Combi doesn’t contain any devices, the empty space is located just below
the Controller panel.