User Manual

THE COMBINATOR
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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 as-
signed 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 actions on your master keyboard, just
like for standard instrument devices.
D When a Combinator device has Master Keyboard input and the Combi contains several instrument devices
these will all receive pitch bend and modulation data.
The settings in the instrument devices 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 (Reason) 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”.
q In the Reason Factory Sound Bank, Combi patches containing pattern devices have “(run)” at the end of their
patch names.
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.