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Playing and editing Combinations
Playing Combinations
What’s a Combination?
Combinations, or “Combis” for short, let you split and layer
up to 16 Programs at once.
A Combi is made up of 16 Timbres. Each Timbre has a
Program, along with parameters for key and velocity zones,
mixer settings, MIDI channel and controller filtering, and so
on.
As with Programs, each Combi has 12 Insert Effects, 2
Master Effects, and 2 Total Effects, for shaping and
transforming the sounds of the individual Timbres. Finally,
combis can use two arpeggiators and drum tracks or step
sequences.
Selecting Combinations
Overview: Combination Banks
NAUTILUS ships from the factory with 256 of factory-
programmed Combinations. You can create your own
original combinations by editing these factory-set
combinations, or by initializing a combination and starting
“from scratch.”
You can use 1792 combinations to store sounds that you’ve
created, or to add optional sound libraries.
These Combinations are organized into 14 Banks of 128
Combinations each, as described below. You can also store
many more Combinations on the internal drive, or on
external USB 2.0 devices.
For more details on the factory Combinations, please refer to
the Voice Name List.
Combination bank contents
There are several different ways to select Combinations.
Each one is convenient in a different way:
• Using the VALUE controllers, you can select
Combinations quickly via physical controls
• Selecting by Bank and number (via the touch-screen) lets
you browse through all of the Combinations in memory,
to find the one that you want
• Selecting by Combination category (via the touch-
screen) lets you filter Combinations by sound type, such
as Pianos or Drums
• Using Find (via the on-screen magnifying-glass icon)
lets you search for Combinations by name
• Using a foot-switch lets you change Combinations even
while both hands are busy playing on the keyboard -
convenient for live applications
• MIDI program change messages let you select
Combinations remotely, from either -a MIDI sequencer
or an external MIDI controller
Set Lists
Combinations can also be selected in Set Lists, along with
Programs and Songs. For more information, see “Set Lists”
on page 113.
Selecting Combination with the front-
panel and LCD
1. Press the MODE button and select COMBINATION
on the display to enter COMBINATION mode.
2. Go to the COMBINATION > Home– Mixer page.
“PROGRAM > Home” will be displayed on the top row
of the display, and the Overview/Mix Balance tab on the
bottom row will be selected.
If a different page is shown, press the EXIT button
several times.
The Mixer page shows the selected Program, status, pan,
and volume for timbres 1–16.
3. Make sure that the Combination name is selected.
If it is not selected, touch the COMBINATION > Home
page and touch the Combination’s name, so that it’s
selected.
4. Use the VALUE controllers to select the Combination
number that you wish to play.
You can use the following methods to select a Combination.
•Turn the VA L U E dial.
• Press the + or − buttons.
Bank No. Description
A, B 000…127 Factory Combinations
C...N 000…127 User Combinations
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