Pressing one button turns off another [Combi 2]

[HankHeeGaye]

Hey guys,

I have 3 different kicks spread across 3 slots in Mimic, with 3 switches on my Combinator to select one or the other (this part I know how to do, no problem). However, if we assume that my switch 2 is on (and therefore slot 2 of Mimic is active), is it possible that pressing switch 1 not only activates slot 1 but also turns off switch 2?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Mathieu

[robussc]

Hey guys,

I have 3 different kicks spread across 3 slots in Mimic, with 3 switches on my Combinator to select one or the other (this part I know how to do, no problem). However, if we assume that my switch 2 is on (and therefore slot 2 of Mimic is active), is it possible that pressing switch 1 not only activates slot 1 but also turns off switch 2?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Mathieu

Hey Mat!

(It's Robert from the Dojo )

It sounds like you're wanting a radio button type behavior and that's one of the big missing pieces in the Combinator unfortunately (along with a stepped knob/slider)

Happy to be proved wrong though!

[Loque]

Not sure how you control the selected slot, but you can also use the key (or a knob or any other control) to control the Gain of the other slots. Just use a defined "Source Range" and set your "Min/Max" settings.

[HankHeeGaye]

Hey Mat!

(It's Robert from the Dojo )

It sounds like you're wanting a radio button type behavior and that's one of the big missing pieces in the Combinator unfortunately (along with a stepped knob/slider)

Happy to be proved wrong though!

Hey Robert, I know there's no such thing in Reason, I was hoping for the CV wizards of the forum to help me with this.

[HankHeeGaye]

Not sure how you control the selected slot, but you can also use the key (or a knob or any other control) to control the Gain of the other slots. Just use a defined "Source Range" and set your "Min/Max" settings.

Thanks for your reply.
That's what I did, actually. What I’m asking is purely cosmetic since what I’m trying to achieve works just fine; it just bothers me not to have one single button lit at a time.

[Loque]

Not sure how you control the selected slot, but you can also use the key (or a knob or any other control) to control the Gain of the other slots. Just use a defined "Source Range" and set your "Min/Max" settings.

Thanks for your reply.
That's what I did, actually. What I’m asking is purely cosmetic since what I’m trying to achieve works just fine; it just bothers me not to have one single button lit at a time.

So, you just want to have a toggle button? I know, there is some weird trickery with BV512, but i forgot how to do it...Yea, make a feature request at Reson Studios...

[Pepin]

If you only have 3 radio options, a non-stepped Combinator knob is still pretty usable (Left, Center, Right).

I am guessing you're using 1 Mimic in Multi-Pitch mode, with the gain of each sample mapped via the Combinator buttons.
If you want to try using a Combinator knob, consider instead using 3 Mimics in the standard Pitch mode. This makes the routing easier to accomplish, because you can avoid messing with gain over CV. Instead, select between the Mimic devices using A/B 12 In Switch mapped to the Combi knob.

[HankHeeGaye]

So, you just want to have a toggle button? I know, there is some weird trickery with BV512, but i forgot how to do it.

Yes exactly. No worries and thank you for your time.

[HankHeeGaye]

If you only have 3 radio options, a non-stepped Combinator knob is still pretty usable (Left, Center, Right).

I am guessing you're using 1 Mimic in Multi-Pitch mode, with the gain of each sample mapped via the Combinator buttons.
If you want to try using a Combinator knob, consider instead using 3 Mimics in the standard Pitch mode. This makes the routing easier to accomplish, because you can avoid messing with gain over CV. Instead, select between the Mimic devices using A/B 12 In Switch mapped to the Combi knob.

Thanks for the heads-up, this will be helpful for future Combinators, but for this one, I need buttons.

[HankHeeGaye]

Heré's what i'm working on:

[selig]

Heré's what i'm working on:

Since there are no radio buttons in Combinators (as of Q1 2025).
The up side is you can combine samples now rather than being limited to one at a time…

[HankHeeGaye]

Since there are no radio buttons in Combinators (as of Q1 2025).
The up side is you can combine samples now rather than being limited to one at a time…

Fair enough.