NEKTAR Panorama P4 [25/28] Reason motorized fader

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REASON: MOTORIZED FADER

Panorama’s motorized fader is assigned by default to the mixer volume of the currently selected track.

When you change sequencer tracks, the mixer channel selection also changes, and the motorized fader

section and its controls follow that selection. This means you always have access to volume control, solo

and mute functions for the selected track on the left hand side, no matter which of the three Reason

modes is active on Panorama.

Pressing the Fader button (E) gives you more options, such as assigning and locking the motorized fader

to a specific mixer channel, plus the ability to change pan position or the various send levels using the

data encoder (O), which is done by using the Param button (M2) to step through the available options.

Other menu buttons located under the Fader button will allow you to select and control parameters

within the Master or Control Room sections.

Note: In Reason, it is possible to have tracks in the sequencer that do not have corresponding mixer

channels (for example, when you create a track for an effect). When such a track is selected, the

motorized fader does not change its target channel.

The pads are a great way not only to play drum and percussion sounds, but also to compose interesting

new phrases for synths and traditional instruments.

We already described how the pads work in Quick Tips, and you can use this functionality in any of the

Reason modes. For your convenience, though, we’ve also pre-mapped instrument devices such as Kong,

ReDrum and Dr. Octo Rex to the pads by default. In some of the menus the pads are also used to

change parameters such as Solo and Mute. When controlling devices that have built-in sequencers, the

pads can be used to select Sequences and program Beats/Steps. However, if you prefer to use the pads’

internal functionality, simply press the Pads button (R) in any mode.

REASON: USING PADS