Creating Combinator devices

Creating an empty Combinator device

Add a Combinator device from the Utilities palette in the Browser.

Either double click the device or drag and drop from the device palette to the rack.

Select “Combinator” from the Create menu.

This will create an empty Combinator. Empty Combinator devices can be used as a starting point when creating new Combi patches. It also allows you to browse for existing Combi patches.

Creating a Combinator by combining devices

You can create a Combinator device by combining existing devices:

1.	Select two or more devices in the rack by [Ctrl]-clicking (Win) or [Shift]-clicking (Mac).

The devices do not have to be adjacent in the rack.

Note that you should never select any Mix Channel or Audio Track devices, since this will disable the “Combine” function described below.

2.	Select “Combine” from the Edit menu or context menu.

This creates a Combinator device containing the devices that were selected according to the following rules:

A sequencer track is created for the Combinator, just as when creating instrument or pattern devices.

The new Combinator device appears at the position below the selected device that is farthest down in the rack.

The selected devices are moved to be contained within the Combinator’s “holder”.

Their internal order is not changed. Reason Essentials attempts to autoroute the first “input device” and first “output device” to the Combi To/From Devices connectors - see “About internal and external connections”. Other connections are unchanged.

Devices outside the Combi remain in the same order as before.

Please see “Adding devices to a Combi” for details about auto-routing.

Creating a Combinator by browsing patches

You can use “Create Instrument” or “Create Effect” to create a Combinator device (just as you can any device). If you select a .cmb patch a Combinator will be created containing all devices and settings saved in the Combi.