Adding devices to a Combi

About the Insertion line

When the Insertion line is shown, new created devices will be added to the Combinator device.

To be able to select the Insertion line you have make sure that the “Show Devices” button is lit on the Combinator Controller panel.

The Insertion line is shown in the empty space at the bottom of the Combinator 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.

Note that showing the Insertion line automatically selects the Combinator 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:

Showing the Insertion line (see “Showing the Insertion line”).

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.

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).

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:

•	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 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 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.

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 Combinator holder. This works as follows:

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 on the panel area of a device.

You can click anywhere outside the actual parameters and displays.

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.

•	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 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.

Adding devices using copy/paste

You can copy devices and paste them into a Combi.

1.	Select the devices you wish to copy as usual.

2.	Select “Copy Device” from the Edit (or context) menu.

3.	Select a device in the Combi or click the empty space to show the insertion line.

4.	Select “Paste Device” from the Edit (or context) menu.

When pasting, the devices will be added below the currently selected device or the Insertion line in the Combi.

No auto-routing takes place.

Pressing [Shift] when pasting will attempt to auto-route according to standard rules.

Adding a Combi to a Combi

Nested Combis (i.e. a Combi within a Combi) is not supported. If you open the Create menu when the Insertion line or a device in a Combi is selected, the Combinator item will be grayed out.

You can, however, use drag and drop or copy/paste to add a Combi to another Combi. The following then applies:

The devices in the dragged (or pasted) Combi will be “uncombined” (i.e. the Combinator device itself will be removed) and the devices will be added below the insert position in the target Combi.

Existing routing will be unchanged.

If you press [Shift] when dragging (or pasting) the uncombined devices will be auto-routed as if it was a single device.

The “From Devices” Output (and “To Devices” input if applicable) used in the uncombined Combi will be auto-routed to the target Combi, according to standard rules.

Combining two Combis

The lower Combi will be uncombined and the devices added to the upper Combi in the rack when combining.

Existing routing will be unchanged.

Combining devices in a Combi with devices in the rack

If you combine some devices in a Combi with devices in the rack, the combined devices are removed from their original locations and added to a new Combi (below the “original Combi).