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A Complete Guide to Garritan Personal Orchestra® Reason Refill

Directory of NN-XT Instruments in Personal Orchestra

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FlutesFlute NV SoloFlute Plr1Flute Plr2Flute Plr3Flute SectionFlute SoloPiccolo solo

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Flute NV Solo ALT Flute NV Solo TRL ALTFlute NV Solo ALT2 Flute NV Solo TRL ALT2Flute Plr1 ALT Flute NV Solo TRLFlute Plr1 ALT2 Flute Solo TRL ALTFlute Plr2 ALT Flute Solo TRL ALT2Flute Plr2 ALT2 Flute Solo TRLFlute Plr3 ALT Piccolo Solo TRL ALTFlute Plr3 ALT2 Piccolo Solo TRL ALT2Flute Section ALT Piccolo Solo TRLFlute Section ALT2Flute Solo ALTFlute Solo ALT2Piccolo Solo ALTPiccolo Solo ALT2

Oboes and English hornEnglish Horn SoloOboe Plr1Oboe Plr2Oboe Pl3Oboe SectionOboe Solo

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English Horn Solo ALT English Horn Solo TRL ALTEnglish Horn Solo ALT2 English Horn Solo TRL ALT2Oboe Plr1 ALT English Horn Solo TRLOboe Plr1 ALT2 Oboe Solo TRL ALTOboe Plr2 ALT Oboe Solo TRL ALT2Oboe Plr2 ALT2 Oboe Solo TRLOboe Plr3 ALTOboe Plr3 ALT2Oboe Section ALTOboe Section ALT2Oboe Solo ALTOboe Solo ALT2

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ClarinetsBass Clarinet SoloBb Clarinet Plr1Bb Clarinet Plr2Bb Clarinet Plr3Bb Clarinet SectionBb Clarinet Solo

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Bass Clarinet Solo ALT Bass Clarinet solo TRL ALTBass Clarinet Solo ALT2 Bass Clarinet Solo TRL ALT2Bb Clarinet Plr1 ALT Bass Clarinet Solo TRLBb Clarinet Plr1 ALT2 Bb Clarinet Solo TRL ALTBb Clarinet Plr2 ALT Bb Clarinet Solo TRL ALT2Bb Clarinet Plr2 ALT2 Bb Clarinet Solo TRLBb Clarinet Plr3 ALTBb Clarinet Plr3 ALT2Bb Clarinet Section ALTBb Clarinet Section ALT2Bb Clarinet Solo ALTBb Clarinet Solo ALT2

BassoonsBassoon Plr1Bassoon Plr2Bassoon Plr3Bassoon SectionBassoon soloContrabassoon Solo

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Bassoon Plr1 ALTBassoon Plr1 ALT2Bassoon Plr2 ALTBassoon Plr2 ALT2Bassoon Plr3 ALTBassoon Plr3 ALT2Bassoon Section ALTBassoon Section ALT2Bassoon Solo ALTBassoon Solo ALT2Contrabassoon Solo ALTContrabassoon Solo ALT2

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BRASS INSTRUMENTSFrench HornsFrench Horn Plr1French horn Plr2French Horn Plr3French horn sectionFrench Horn Solo

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French Horn Plr1 ALT French Horn Solo TRL ALTFrench horn Plr1 ALT2 French Horn Solo TRL ALT2French Horn Plr2 ALT French Horn Solo TRLFrench Horn Plr2 ALT2French horn Plr3 ALTFrench Horn Plr3 ALT2French Horn Section ALTFrench Horn Section ALT2French Horn Solo ALTFrench Horn Solo ALT2

TrumpetsTrumpet Plr1Trumpet Plr2Trumpet Plr3Trumpet SectionTrumpet Solo

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Trumpet Plr1 ALT Trumpet Solo TRL ALTTrumpet Plr1 ALT2 Trumpet Solo TRL ALT2Trumpet Plr2 ALT Trumpet Solo TRLTrumpet Plr2 ALT2Trumpet Plr3 ALTTrumpet Plr3 ALT2Trumpet Section ALTTrumpet Section ALT2Trumpet Solo ALTTrumpet Solo ALT2

TrombonesTrombone Plr1Trombone Plr2Trombone Plr3Trombone SectionTrombone Solo

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Trombone Plr1 ALTTrombone Plr1 ALT2Trombone Plr2 ALT

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BRASS INSTRUMENTSTrombone Plr2 ALT2Trombone Plr3 ALTTrombone Plr3 ALT2Trombone Section ALTTrombone Section ALT2Trombone Solo ALTTrombone Solo ALT2

TubaTuba solo

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Tuba Solo ALT Tuba Solo TRL ALTTuba Solo ALT2 Tuba Solo TRL ALT2

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PERCUSSIONBasic Orch PercussionBass Drum at C1Glockenspiel RLLGlockenspiel RNGGlockenspielGong Tam Tam CymbalMarimab RLLMarimba RNGMarimbaSnares at C3Timpani RLLTimpani RNGTimpani Split RLLTimpani Split RNGTimpani SplitTriangleTubular Bells RLLTubular Bells RNGTubular BellsXylophone RLLXylophone RNGXylophone

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Glockenspiel ALTGlockenspiel ALT2Glockenspiel RLL ALTGlockenspiel RLL ALT2Glockenspiel RNG ALTGlockenspiel RNG ALT2Marimba ALTMarimba ALT2

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PERCUSSIONMarimba RLL ALTMarimba RLL ALT2Marimba RNG ALTMarimba RNG ALT2Timpani ALTTimpani ALT2Timpani RLL ALTTimpani RLL ALT2Timpani RNG ALTTimpani RNG ALT2Timpani Split ALTTimpani Split ALT2Timpani Split RLL ALTTimpani Split RLL ALT2Timpani Split RNG ALTTimpani Split RNG ALT2Tubular Bells ALTTubular Bells ALT2Tubular Bells RLL ALTTubular Bells RLL ALT2Tubular Bells RNG ALTTubular Bells RNG ALT2Xylophone ALTXylophone ALT2Xylophone RLL ALTXylophone RLL ALT2Xylophone RNG ALTXylophone RNG ALT2

HARPSHarp Harmonics RLLHarp Harmonics RNGHarp HarmonicsHarp RLLHarp RNGHarp

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Harp ALTHarp ALT2Harp Harmonics ALTHarp Harmonics ALT2Harp Harmonics RLL ALTHarp Harmonics RLL ALT2Harp Harmonics RNG ALTHarp Harmonics RNG ALT2Harp RLL ALTHarp RLL ALT2Harp RNG ALTHarp RNG ALT2

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KEYBOARDSHarpsichord DoubleHarpsichordSteinway Piano

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Harpsichord ALTHarpsichord ALT2Harpsichord Double ALTHarpsichord Double ALT2Steinway Piano ALTSteinway Piano ALT2

Pipe Organ

Pipe Organ

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Pipe Organ ALTPipe Organ ALT2

SOLO STRINGSViolinViolin 1 Solo Pizz VELViolin 1 solo SusViolin 1 solo TremoloViolin 2 Solo Pizz VELViolin 2 solo SusViolin 2 solo TremoloViolin Plr1Violin Plr2Violin Plr3Violin Section

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Violin 1 Solo Pizz VEL ALT Violin 1 Solo Sus TRL ALTViolin 1 Solo Pizz VEL ALT2 Violin 1 Solo Sus TRL ALT2Violin 1 solo Sus ALT Violin 1 Solo Sus TRLViolin 1 solo Sus ALT2 Violin 2 Solo Sus TRL ALTViolin 1 solo Tremolo ALT Violin 2 Solo Sus TRL ALT2Violin 1 solo Tremolo ALT2 Violin 2 Solo Sus TRLViolin 2 Solo Pizz VEL ALTViolin 2 Solo Pizz VEL ALT2Violin 2 solo Sus ALTViolin 2 solo Sus ALT2Violin 2 solo Tremolo ALTViolin 2 solo Tremolo ALT2Violin Plr1 ALTViolin Plr1 ALT2

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SOLO STRINGSViolin Plr2 ALTViolin Plr2 ALT2Violin Plr3 ALTViolin Plr3 ALT2Violin Section ALTViolin Section ALT2

ViolaViola Plr1Viola Plr2Viola Plr3Viola SectionViola Solo Pizz VELViola solo SusViola Solo tremolo

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Viola Plr1 ALT Viola Solo Sus TRL ALTViola Plr1 ALT2 Viola Solo Sus TRL ALT2Viola Plr2 ALT Viola Solo Sus TRLViola Plr2 ALT2Viola Plr3 ALTViola Plr3 ALT2Viola Section ALTViola Section ALT2Viola Solo Pizz VEL ALTViola Solo Pizz VEL ALT2Viola solo Sus ALTViola solo Sus ALT2Viola Solo tremolo ALTViola Solo tremolo ALT2

CelloCello Plr1Cello Plr2Cello Plr3Cello SectionCello Solo Pizz VELCello Solo SusCello Solo Tremolo

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Cello Plr1 ALT Cello Solo Sus TRL ALTCello Plr1 ALT2 Cello Solo Sus TRL ALT2Cello Plr2 ALT Cello Solo Sus TRLCello Plr2 ALT2Cello Plr3 ALTCello Plr3 ALT2Cello Section ALTCello Section ALT2

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SOLO STRINGSCello Solo Pizz VEL ALTCello Solo Pizz VEL ALT2Cello Solo Sus ALTCello Solo Sus ALT2Cello Solo Tremolo ALTCello Solo Tremolo ALT2

Double BassDbl Bass Plr1Dbl Bass Plr2Dbl Bass Plr3Dbl Bass SectionDbl Bass Solo Pizz VELDbl Bass Solo SusDbl Bass Solo Tremolo

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Dbl Bass Plr1 ALT Dbl Bass Solo Sus TRL ALTDbl Bass Plr1 ALT2 Dbl Bass Solo Sus TRL ALT2Dbl Bass Plr2 ALT Dbl Bass Solo Sus TRLDbl Bass Plr2 ALT2Dbl Bass Plr3 ALTDbl Bass Plr3 ALT2Dbl Bass Section ALTDbl Bass Section ALT2Dbl Bass Solo Pizz VEL ALTDbl Bass Solo Pizz VEL ALT2Dbl Bass Solo Sus ALTDbl Bass Solo Sus ALT2Dbl Bass Solo Tremolo ALTDbl Bass Solo Tremolo ALT2

SECTION STRINGSViolinsViolins ArcoViolins Pizzicato VELViolins Short VELViolins SusViolins Tremolo

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Violins Arco ALTViolins Arco ALT2Violins Pizzicato VEL ALTViolins Pizzicato VEL ALT2Violins Short VEL ALTViolins Short VEL ALT2Violins Sus ALT

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SECTION STRINGSViolins Sus ALT2Violins Tremolo ALTViolins Tremolo ALT2ViolasViolas ArcoViolas Pizzicato VELViolas Short VELViolas SusViolas Tremolo

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Violas Arco ALTViolas Arco ALT2Violas Pizzicato VEL ALTViolas Pizzicato VEL ALT2Violas Short VEL ALTViolas Short VEL ALT2Violas Sus ALTViolas Sus ALT2Violas Tremolo ALTViolas Tremolo ALT2

CellosCellos ArcoCellos Pizzicato VELCellos Short VELCellos SusCellos Tremolo

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Cellos Arco ALTCellos Arco ALT2Cellos Pizzicato VEL ALTCellos Pizzicato VEL ALT2Cellos Short VEL ALTCellos Short VEL ALT2Cellos Sus ALTCellos Sus ALT2Cellos Tremolo ALTCellos Tremolo ALT2

BassesBasses ArcoBasses Pizzicato VELBasses Short VELBasses SusBasses Tremolo

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SECTION STRINGSBasses Arco ALTBasses Arco ALT2Basses Pizzicato VEL ALTBasses Pizzicato VEL ALT2Basses Short VEL ALTBasses Short VEL ALT2Basses Sus ALTBasses Sus ALT2Basses Tremolo ALTBasses Tremolo ALT2

Full StringsFull Strgs ArcoFull Strgs Pizzicato VELFull Strgs Short VELFull Strgs SusFull Strgs Tremolo

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Full Strgs Arco ALTFull Strgs Arco ALT2Full Strgs Pizzicato VEL ALTFull Strgs Pizzicato VEL ALT2Full Strgs Short VEL ALTFull Strgs Short VEL ALT2Full Strgs Sus ALTFull Strgs Sus ALT2Full Strgs Tremolo ALTFull Strgs Tremolo ALT2

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Directory of Combinator Instruments in Personal Orchestra

COMBINATORSWOODWINDSFlutesFlute NV Solo x4Flute Solo SwitchFlute Solo x4Flutes 3+1Piccolo Solo x4

Oboes and English HornEnglish horn Solo x4Oboe Solo x4Oboes 3+1

ClarinetsBass Clarinet Solo x4Bb Clarinet Solo x4Bb Clarinets 3+1

BassoonsBassoon Solo x4Bassoons 3+1Contrabassoon Solo x4

BRASSFrench HornsFrench Horn Solo x4French Horns 3+1

TrumpetsTrumpet Solo x4Trumpets 3+1

TrombonesTrombone Solo x4Trombones 3+1

TubaTuba Solo x4

HARPSHarp Blender

SOLO STRINGSViolinViolin Solo SwitchViolin solo x4Violins 3+1

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COMBINATORSViolaViola Solo SwitchViola solo x4Viola 3+1

CelloCello Solo SwitchCello solo x4Cello 3+1

Dbl BassDbl Bass Solo SwitchDbl Bass solo x4Dbl Bass 3+1

SECTION STRINGSViolinsViolins Blender

ViolasViolas Blender

CellosCellos Blender

BassesBasses Blender

Full StringsStrings Blender

REVERB COMBINATORSReverb AReverb BReverb CReverb D

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Specifi c Notes on GPO-Reason InstrumentsTh e majority of GPO-Reason instruments follow the rules and patterns described in the above sections. However, some instruments implement specifi c features to take advantage of Reason’s fl exibility and available controllers.

FLUTES

Th e Solo fl ute and piccolo instruments use vibrato samples. Increasing Aftertouch, in this case, will produce a “fl utter” eff ect on these instruments.

Th e Plr and Section patches, on the other hand, use non-vibrato samples, as would a real fl ute section.A special Flute Solo Switch Combinator is provided to allow switching between vibrato, non-vibrato, and piccolo samples.

HARPSICHORD

Th e harpsichord responds to the Mod Wheel by mellowing its sound (removing treble) as it is moved upwards. Aftertouch has no eff ect on the harpsichord.

A separate NN-XT patch is provided for a phase-free double harpsichord.

PIPE ORGAN

Th e Aftertouch control on the pipe organ fades in an octaved treble stop for extra brightness in the sound.

Note that the pipe organ does not respond to Key Velocity in any way.

STEINWAY PIANO

Th e Steinway Piano responds to the Mod Wheel by mellowing its sound (removing treble) as it is moved upwards. Aftertouch has no eff ect on the piano.

SOLO STRINGS

Solo String instruments each include Sustain, Tremolo, and Pizzicato articulations. Th eir provided Combinators allow easy switching between these articulations within a single sequencer track.

Increasing Aftertouch on Solo Strings will introduce a small bit of variable pitch and timbre into the instrument sound, such as to sound richer in a section context.

SECTION STRINGS

Section String patches each include Sustain, Short, Arco, Tremolo, and Pizzicato articulations. Th eir provided Combinators allow easy switching between these articulations within a single sequencer track.

“Full Strings” NN-XT patches and a Combinator are provided that pull samples from all of the string sections in order to give you a continuous range of notes across the keyboard.

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Advanced Techniques: Optimization and CustomizationSince Reason allows you to modify patches to allow you to make the most of its modular environment, you’ll probably eventually decide that there are some things about GPO-Reason that you’d like to change to better match your working habits and personal style. Here are some tips on areas you might want to look into.

OPTIMIZATION

Reason is a highly optimized and effi cient music creation system, but there may be times when it can tax the CPU and memory limits of your computer. Th is is especially true of simulating large orchestral groups that can have between 50 and 100 musicians!

In order to alleviate some of this resource strain, try these techniques.

Adjust Engine Buff er Size (Latency)Th e Reason audio engine allows you to change its responsiveness. Immediate response requires more CPU, so if you’re suff ering from CPU overload you can always trade off on response time. Th is is also known as “increasing your latency”.

In the “Preferences…|Audio” menu, you can raise the “Buff er Size” control to compensate for crackling and slowdown in the engine. As your sequence is playing, increase the Buff er Size until playback is smooth once again. As you do this, you’ll see the related “Output Latency” reading (measured in milliseconds) also increase. Th is is the time it takes between pressing a key on the keyboard and hearing the result in Reason.

If latency is too high, then playing in real-time might become diffi cult or otherwise feel unnatural, but this can be a quick and easy solution if you are doing most of your work in the piano roll or controller lanes.

NOTE: If you are operating Reason through ReWire, your other sequencer/host will have the control over latency settings.

Bypass Mix Eff ectsWhile you’re composing, you don’t necessarily need to hear the instruments as they’ll sound in the fi nal mix, since the actual notes are more important than their sound. Bypassing eff ects such as reverbs and EQs can reduce your processing load until it’s time to mix.

Bypass or Remove Combinator FXSimilar to above, each of the brass and woodwind Combinators has an EQ unit for the “Tone” control, and the choir Combinators use compressors for gain normalization. Using the “Bypass all FX” button on the Combinator interface can save CPU cycles if you don’t need them while composing.

Furthermore, you could also delete the “Tone” EQ entirely if you don’t plan to use it at all.

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Trim Down Combinator Instrument VariationsEach of the non-reverb Combinators contain several variations of the same instrument to allow you access to easy selection and automation in your sequences. If you don’t need one or more of these variations and are running out of available RAM such that your OS is getting slowed down with virtual memory disk “swapping” or “thrashing”, you can delete the ones you won’t be using.

If you’re not sure, as a half-way step to this you can right-click on the appropriate NN-XT sampler and select “Initialize Patch”. Th is will unload all of the samples in the module, but still keep its internal routing in case you think you might need it later. If that happens, just load a new NN-XT patch into the module and it will be synced into the Combinator once again.

“Solo x4” Combinators are a likely candidate for trimming. Most often you will want to select only one or two of the internal variations to work with. Similarly, “Solo Switch” and “Blender” Combinators contain 4 articulations, or which you might need only 2 or 3. Removing the extras will save quite a bit of RAM!

Use “Plr” Patches Instead of “Solo”“Solo” NN-XT patches are chromatically sampled for more realism. If you’re running out of memory, you could load a “Plr” patch into the same sampler as a place-holder while you’re composing, as it generally contains one third of the samples of a “Solo” patch.

Reduce PolyphonyTo save some more processing power, you can reduce the polyphony of “RNG” patches or other instruments with long-decay tails. Th is will be generally less noticeable if the instrument is playing in a large group that “buries” the tail of the instrument, but might stick out in a solo or sparse context.

Just select all the zones and adjust the “Key Poly” box in the Group edit controls.

Turn Off High Quality InterpolationEach NN-XT sampler has a switch for “High Quality Interpolation”. Th is allows for pitch transposition with less noticeable “artifacts” (slightly perceptible hints of artifi ciality). However, it does take a little extra CPU power to manage.

Th is feature is set “on” by default. Turning it off can save some extra processing cycles. Moreover, this eff ect of this feature is less signifi cant on chromatically sampled instruments, so turning it off on “Solo” instruments will be less noticeable than on “Plr” instruments (which have to stretch the original sample pitch over a greater range).

CUSTOMIZATION

Feel free to dig into GPO-Reason’s programming to tailor it to your own needs! Here are some ideas for where to start, but the total possibilities are limited only by your imagination.

Changing Default Secondary ControllerTh e default secondary controller for GPO-Reason NN-XT patches is Aftertouch (also known as “Mono Aftertouch” or “Channel Pressure”). However, you also have the capability to change it to Expression

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(MIDI Continuous Controller #11) or Breath (CC #2). Th is comes in handy if you have a keyboard without Aftertouch, but allows you to reassign various knobs or sliders.

Global ControlsEach NN-XT module has a series of knobs at the top in the “Global Controls” section. You can tweak these knobs by hand or even automate them to sculpt your sound. (In fact, this is what many Combinator knobs utilize internally.)

Polyphony“Solo” instruments have their Polyphony set to 2, in order to allow some overlap between contiguous notes. However, you might want to use a chromatically sampled “Solo” patch to play chords with more samples for variety. To increase the Polyphony to allow this, select all the zones and adjust the “Key Poly” box in the Group edit controls.

Pitch RangeTh e range of each programmed instrument is limited to the range of a typical human player. However, sometimes you might want to go a little bit higher or lower than usual, either to simulate a particularly gifted musician or for special eff ect. To do this, open the NN-XT editor, select the sample zone at the end of the range, and drag the endpoint to the extent that you desire.

Pitch BendTh e pitch bend wheel defaults to 2 semitones for most instruments. You can easily change this by selecting all zones in an instrument and adjusting the “Pitch Bend Range” box in the editor. Changing the range to 1 would allow more sensitivity for playing techniques like “scoops”, while increasing to around 6 would allow glissando eff ects for trombones and strings.

Reverb CombinatorsTh e internal structure of a Reverb Combinator is based around two RV7000 reverb modules. Th e advantage of using them in a Combinator is that they’re processed in parallel (without using two Aux slots) and you can save your tweaks as a new preset.

Reverb Combinators allow for a great degree of experimentation. You’ll defi nitely want to try replacing the settings on the internal RV7000 modules with presets, at fi rst. Audition combinations of short and long reverb profi les, as well as increasing the Predelay amount (via the Remote Programmer mode, Reverb page) for just one of the units. In this manner, you can model more “interesting” spaces than simple rectangular rooms and halls, such as venues with balconies, mezzanines, or side chambers.

Particularly expert users can continue experimenting with all parameters available, adding external eff ects, or even attempt routings that use the RV7000’s gate functionality.

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