Operation Manual

THE COMBINATOR
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D If you select a Combinator and then select “Uncombine” from the Edit
menu, the Combinator device will be removed, and all devices contained
in the Combi will be connected as a single device to the rack.
The devices previously connected to the To/From Devices connectors will now be
connected to the rack in the same way the Combinator device was (via the Com-
binator output and input).
D If you uncombine a few selected devices in a Combi these will be re-
moved from the Combi and added to the rack below the Combi.
Connections are unchanged, so external routing is likely to happen.
Sequencer tracks and
playing Combis
When you create a Combinator device, a sequencer track is automatically created.
This track is also given MIDI focus just like standard instrument devices.
D When the Combinator track receives incoming MIDI data, this will be
routed to all instrument devices in an instrument Combi.
This means that the devices will be layered when you play (taking default velocity
and key ranges into account). See “Using the Programmer” for details.
D If you click the “Out” column for a sequencer track, you can select the
Combinator device itself, or any individual device in the Combi.
You can direct MIDI to any individual device in a Combi just like any other device in
the rack. The devices in a Combi are shown below the Combinator device on the
Out menu, in the same order as in the Combi.
D Sequencer tracks will not automatically be created for individual devices
added to a Combi.
This means that if you need to create tracks manually for devices in a Combi if you
need to control them separately from the sequencer, e.g. to use the “To Track”
function for Dr. Rex or pattern devices or to record automation etc.
The Controller panel
This is the main Combinator panel. Like standard instrument devices it features Pitch
and Mod wheels and various controls.
About the virtual controls
D The four Rotary knobs and buttons in the middle of the Controller panel
are “virtual” controls that can be assigned to parameters and functions
in devices contained in the Combi.
These controls are by default not assigned to any parameters in new Combis.
• You assign parameters in the Modulation Routing section of the Programmer
panel (see “Using Modulation Routing”).
• Movements of the virtual controls can be recorded as automation.
• Each control can be assigned to any number of parameters.
• Clicking on the label for a Rotary or Button lets you type in an appropriate name for
it.
The Pitch Bend and Modulation wheels
The Pitch and Mod wheels on the Controller panel will mirror the corresponding ac-
tions on your master keyboard, just like for standard instrument devices.
D When a Combinator device has MIDI input and the Combi contains sev-
eral instrument devices these will all receive pitch bend and modulation
data.
This means that the settings in the instrument device determines what happens
when applying pitch bend or modulation.
• For example, moving the Mod wheel could apply vibrato for one device and
change the filter cutoff frequency for another device.
• Pitch Bend will also be applied according to individual settings in the Range field
for all instrument devices in a Combi.
Run Pattern Devices button
This can be used to start/stop all pattern devices included in the Combi. This works
exactly as pressing the Run button on the pattern device panel. The on/off status of
this button is not saved with the Combi patch. Pressing play on the transport panel
will automatically activate “Run Pattern Devices”.
✪ On the Factory Sound Bank, Combi patches containing pattern devices
have “(run)” at the end of their patch names.