Operation Manual

THE COMBINATOR
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Bypass All FX
This button allows you bypass all effect devices in a Combi. It works as follows:
• All insert effect devices in the Combi are switched to Bypass mode.
• All effects connected as send effects to a mixer device are switched off.
• Clicking this button will not affect effect devices that were bypassed or turned off
already.
Select backdrop...
This function allows you to change the “skin” of the Controller panel. You can design
your own labels for the assignable controls, and change the color and look of the
whole panel.
D Select the Combinator and choose “Select Backdrop...” from the Edit
menu.
The Image browser opens, allowing you to select image file in the JPEG (.jpg) for-
mat.
D The dimensions of the image file should be 754 x 138 pixels.
D The knobs, buttons, patch name display and patch buttons cannot be re-
designed.
D If you wish to design your own text labels for the virtual controls, you
should first remove the original text labels.
Click on a label, remove the current text and press [Enter].
D To remove a Backdrop, select “Remove Backdrop” from the context
menu.
The original look of the Combinator panel is restored.
About template backdrops
There are template backdrops installed with the program. These have the right dimen-
sions and serve as a good starting point when creating new backdrops. The “Combi
Backdrops” folder is located in the “Template Documents” folder within Reason’s
Program folder.
Two templates are available, one in the JPEG format and the other in the Adobe Pho-
toshop format (.psd).
D The .psd (Photoshop) template contains multiple layers, which are useful
when customizing backdrops.
You have to save any backdrops created in Photoshop as JPEG files before you
can use them in Reason.
Using the Programmer
The Programmer is used for key mapping and setting velocity ranges for instrument
devices, and for Modulation Routing; assigning device parameters to the knobs and
buttons on the Controller panel.
D To show the Programmer panel, click the “Show Programmer” button on
the Controller panel.
The Programmer appears below the Controller panel.
D To the left on the Programmer panel the devices in the current Combi are
listed in the same order they appear in the Combinator holder.
Clicking on a device in the list selects it for editing.
D The middle Key Mapping section features a keyboard with a horizontal
scrollbar at the top. In the area below it the key range for each instru-
ment device is shown.
D To the right is the Modulation Routing section where you can assign pa-
rameters to the controls on the Controller panel.
See page 160.
Key Mapping instrument devices
Each instrument device can have its own separate key range, the lowest and the high-
est key that will trigger the device. This allows you to create splits and layers for instru-
ment devices in a Combi.