Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Common Operations and Concepts
- Audio basics
- Sounds, Devices and Patches
- Routing Audio and CV
- The Sequencer
- The ReGroove Mixer
- Remote - Playing and controlling Reason devices
- Advanced MIDI - the External Control Bus inputs
- Using Reason as a ReWire Slave
- Synchronization
- Song File Handling
- Optimizing Performance
- Transport Panel
- Reason Hardware Interface
- The Combinator
- The Mixer
- The Line Mixer 6:2
- Redrum
- Subtractor Synthesizer
- Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
- Malström Synthesizer
- NN-19 Sampler
- NN-XT Sampler
- Introduction
- Panel Overview
- Loading Complete Patches and REX Files
- Using the Main Panel
- Overview of the Remote Editor panel
- About Samples and Zones
- Selections and Edit Focus
- Adjusting Parameters
- Managing Zones and Samples
- Working with Grouping
- Working with Key Ranges
- Setting Root Notes and Tuning
- Using Automap
- Layered, Crossfaded and Velocity Switched Sounds
- Using Alternate
- Sample Parameters
- Group Parameters
- Synth parameters
- Connections
- Dr. Rex Loop Player
- Matrix Pattern Sequencer
- RPG-8 Arpeggiator
- ReBirth Input Machine
- BV512 Vocoder
- The Effect Devices
- Common Device Features
- The MClass effects
- The MClass Equalizer
- The MClass Stereo Imager
- The MClass Compressor
- The MClass Maximizer
- Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
- RV7000 Advanced Reverb
- RV-7 Digital Reverb
- DDL-1 Digital Delay Line
- D-11 Foldback Distortion
- ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter
- CF-101 Chorus/Flanger
- PH-90 Phaser
- UN-16 Unison
- COMP-01 Auto Make-up Gain Compressor
- PEQ-2 Two Band Parametric EQ
- Spider Audio Merger & Splitter
- Spider CV Merger & Splitter
- Menu and Dialog Reference
- Index
THE COMBINATOR
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2. Click in the Target column for the Rotary or Button control you wish to assign
a parameter.
On the pop-up that appears, all the available parameters for the device are listed.
3. Select the parameter you wish to assign to the control.
The parameter is now assigned, and the name of the parameter is shown in the
Target column for the corresponding control.
4. If you wish the selected device to receive notes this option should be
checked.
5. If you move or press the assigned Rotary or Button it will now control the pa-
rameter you assigned to it.
6. You can specify a range for the parameter by clicking in the Min and Max col-
umns and moving the mouse up or down.
By default the maximum available range is set.
7. If you select another device in the Device list to the left, you can assign an-
other parameter to the same Rotary or Button control using the same basic
method.
This means that you can create multi-function controls that operate simultaneously
on several parameters. E.g. if you have two Subtractors and a Malström in a Combi
you could create a “master” filter cutoff knob, that controls this parameter for all
three devices.
Naming a control
When you make modulation routing assignments, you should give the associated con-
trol a descriptive name that reflects what it does, for example Vibrato On/Off or the
name of the parameter that it controls.
This is done by clicking the label on the Controller panel and typing in new name.
CV Connections
CV connections between devices in the Combi are saved with the Combi patches.
This is also true for CV connections between devices in Combi and the Combi itself -
e.g. if you have connected a Matrix in the Combi to one of the CV inputs on the back
of the Combi panel.
The following CV connectors can be found at the back of the Combinator:
Sequencer Control Inputs
The Sequencer Control CV and Gate inputs allow you to play the Combinator from
another CV/Gate device (typically a Matrix or a RPG-8). The signal to the CV input
controls the note pitch, while the signal to the Gate input delivers note on/off along
with velocity.
Modulation Inputs
In this section you will find standard CV Mod Wheel and Pitch Bend modulation in-
puts, as well as modulation inputs for the four Rotary controls.
! Parameter(s) that are assigned to a Rotary control can thus be modu-
lated by CV, which allows you to use CV control for almost any Reason
parameter!