User Manual

THE COMBINATOR
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About auto-routing
The auto-routing of devices in a Combi is similar to devices in the rack:
• If a device in a Combi is selected, the new created device will appear below the selected device according to
standard rules.
• If an effect is selected and you create a new effect device, these will be connected serially.
• If an instrument device is selected and you create an effect it will be connected as an insert effect to the instru-
ment device.
• If a mixer is selected and you create an effect it will be connected as a mixer send effect.
• If an instrument device is selected and you create another instrument device it will be added below the se-
lected device and connected to the first available mixer input channel.
• If you hold down [Shift] and create a new device, no auto-routing will take place.
• If you hold down [Option] (Mac) or [Alt] (Windows) and create a new device, a sequencer track will be created
for the device.
D If you add a device to an empty Combi, its output will be auto-routed to the “From Devices” connectors. For ef-
fect devices, the input will also auto-route to the “To Devices” connectors.
Adding devices using drag and drop
You can move devices in the rack that are currently outside the Combi into the Combinator holder. This works as fol-
lows:
1. If you want to add more than one device at the same time, [Ctrl]-select (Win) or [Shift]-select (Mac) the devices.
2. Click in the “handle” area of a device.
For full width devices, this is the area to the left and right of the panel (between the rack fittings); for smaller de-
vices you can click anywhere outside the actual parameters.
3. Drag the device(s) into the Combinator.
A thick red vertical line indicates where the device(s) will be positioned. Note that the red line can be to the left of
a device (indicating that the moved device will be inserted before the other device) or to the right of a device (in-
dicating that the moved device will be inserted after the other device). You can also add devices to the empty
space at the bottom of the Combi holder.
• No auto-routing will take place.
The existing connections to the rack will be kept, so there may be external routing connections (see “About Exter-
nal Routing”). If there are, “External Routing” will be shown the Combinator name display (and on the back of the
Combinator a LED indicator will be lit).
• If you drag devices into the Combi with [Shift] pressed, the devices will be disconnected from the rack and
auto-routed according to the insert position.
The routing between dragged devices will be kept. If it isn’t possible to auto-route a dragged device (e.g. if there’s
no free mixer inputs in the Combi), the device will become unconnected.
• If you drag devices into the Combi with [Alt](Win) or [Option](Mac) pressed, the devices will be copied. No
auto-routing takes place.
Using [Shift] at the same time will attempt to auto-route according to the same rules as described above.