
THE COMBINATOR
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Adding devices to a Combi
About the Insertion line
When the Insertion line is shown, new created devices will be added to the Combina-
tor device.
D To be able to select the Insertion line you have make sure that the “Show
Devices” button is lit on the Combinator Controller panel.
D The Insertion line is shown in the empty space at the bottom of the Com-
binator holder (below any devices currently in the Combi).
If the Combi doesn’t contain any devices, the empty space is located just below
the Controller panel.
Showing the Insertion line
Any of the following methods will select/show the Insertion line:
• By clicking in the empty space at the bottom of the Combinator holder.
• When creating a new Combi, the Insertion line is automatically selected.
• By using the arrow keys you can step through and select each device currently in
the Combi. By selecting the empty space, the Insertion line appears.
• Selecting “Initialize Patch” for a Combinator will clear all devices and the Insertion
line appears.
D Note that showing the Insertion line automatically selects the Combina-
tor device. However, selecting the Combinator will not automatically
show the Insertion line.
The Insertion line remains selected until you select another device (either in the
Combi or in the rack), or hide the devices.
Creating new devices in a Combi
To make a Combinator the target device for created devices you have to use one of
the following methods:
D Showing the Insertion line (see above).
If you create a device with the Insertion line showing, the new device will appear
below the Insertion line, at the bottom of the Combi holder.
D Selecting a device in the Combi (but not the Combi itself).
When you select a device from the Create menu it will appear below the selected
device (just like in the rack).
D No sequencer tracks will be automatically created for devices added to a
Combi.
About auto-routing
The auto-routing of devices in a Combi is similar to devices in the rack:
D If a device in a Combi is selected, the new created device will appear be-
low 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 instrument 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 selected device and connected to the first available mixer in-
put 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 se-
quencer 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 effect 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 Com-
binator holder. This works as follows:
1. If you want to add more than one device at the same time, [Shift]-select 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 devices you can click anywhere outside the actual param-
eters.
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 (indicating 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.
D No auto-routing will take place.
The existing connections to the rack will be kept, so there may be external routing
connections (see “About External Routing”). If there are, “External Routing” will be
shown the Combinator name display (and on the back of the Combinator a LED in-
dicator will be lit).
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