Levels, Midi controllers – Audio Damage Kombinat Dva Upgrade User Manual
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Levels
The INPUT and OUTPUT level numerical controls provide overall gain control of the signals entering and
leaving the plug-in. The INPUT control has a range of -40 to +6dB; the OUTPUT control has a range of -60 to
+6dB. Since many of Kombinat’s engine types operate in part by boosting signals to high levels, you may find
the OUTPUT level control handy for keeping things under some semblance of sanity. Also, since the effects
created by the engines are all very much dependent on the level of the signals they process, you may find
that simply changing the INPUT gain can radically alter what you hear
coming out of Kombinat.
Click and drag vertically on the numerical controls to change their
values. The controls respond to where you click them, and will change
by whichever digit you click on when you start dragging.
MIDI Controllers
Kombinat responds to MIDI continuous controller messages. You can use hardware MIDI controllers, such as
MIDI slider boxes or the knobs found on some MIDI keyboards, to adjust Kombinat’s parameters.
Kombinat has a simple “MIDI Learn” mode for assigning its controls to MIDI controllers. To assign a control to
a MIDI controller:
First, hold down the SHIFT and CTRL keys on your PC’s keyboard, or SHIFT and CMD keys if you’re
using a Mac, and click once on the control. A white box will be drawn around the control to indicate
that it is ready to learn which MIDI controller it will be assigned to.
Next, move the MIDI controller to send a continuous controller message—turn the knob, press the
button, move the slider, whatever is appropriate.
The white square will disappear. Now the control will move when you manipulate the MIDI controller.
Kombinat waits until it has received two consecutive continuous controller messages with the same controller
number before it makes an assignment. This filters out extraneous data sent by some MIDI controllers. If you
are assigning a button or switch on a MIDI controller, you may have to press or move the switch twice before
Kombinat recognizes the controller and assigns it to the desired control.
To assign a different MIDI controller to a control, repeat the same procedure using a different controller.