Product Manual - Black and Orange
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1. SIMPLE TUTORIAL To see this in action create a TrafficControl instance and also create an instrument like an NN XT Switch to the back of the Rack and connect the Sequencer Control connections the main output for TrafficControl is on the right side of the back panel Now create a Matrix instance and connect the Sequencer Control outputs from it to TrafficControl s second from the left slot Sequencer Control inputs Flip to the front of the Rack and press Run on the Matrix Nothing happens This is because Slot 1 is currently the active slot and there is no signal coming into Slot 1 Click Slot 2 s faceplate button and you should hear the Matrix controlling the NN XT Selecting another slot will resume silence since none of the other slots have inputs so far You can now see how you could connect a different Matrix with a different pattern per Matrix to each slot and then use the faceplate buttons to select which Matrix is currently controlling the NN XT Labeling Slots To help organize your slot connections TrafficControl allows user entered text labeling Below each slot on front and back is a text label area defaulting to the number of the slot Double click in this area and type the label you want to identify that slot There is no limit to the length of text you can enter but the viewable area is limited This labeling is purely for visual reference and the slots are still identified functionally by their res2. these examples utilize MIDI note input so if you re not hearing anything play a note or hold a chord and see what happens Here are a few not all of the example patches partially discussed to help understand what s being demonstrated TrafficControl Example AutoArp optional cmb This example shows how to connect a diversity of Sequencer Control signal sources Slots 1 3 are controlled by pattern producing devices that are started by RUN or playing the Transport Slots 4 6 are used by playing MIDI notes into the Combinator directly or by writing notes to a lane in the Sequencer For the MIDI slot Slot 6 flip to the back of the rack to see that by routing the slot s outputs back into its inputs you can use this slot to route the MIDI coming into TrafficControl through the main output If you have AutoArp you ll see how the outputs for Slot 4 are used to control the Sequencer Control inputs on the AutoArp to make sure AutoArp is only being triggered when Slot 4 is selected since that AutoArp instance is not set to receive notes from the Combinator The AutoArp setup in this patch only requires a single note input The RPG 8 does not have Sequencer Control inputs so it is always receiving notes from the combinator This may cause switching to this slot to output the RPG 8 in the middle of a pattern So notice how the Gate output of Slot 5 set to Trigger amp Hold mode is connected to the Start of the Arpeggio Trig in inp
3. TrafficControl User Manual TrafficControl User Manual Page 1 BLACK SORANGE Table of Contents DIICEIIDCICRMMM 3 EET aeisi 4 xp o X 5 Basic Operation Emo es 6 Selecting Sokk u4vsa4s4e4osssdadse dem E amenant taire 7 Slot Selection Event Behavior eee eee ecce eene eene n nnn nnn nnn 7 J e ONT nr rm TT 7 Slot Re trIBBOFI Bonne Vo e eene re HIVEHNEE ERAN TE ati 8 Release on SWIECIL ure pr UR e PER PER REN FERFERREVU V MES FEY KE REPERUENDENOEK Un users 8 Quantize Slot SWITCHING 1 ccccsscieesecsscuicescovevececonsesdeceessesecedecoussesesecessibeonssss 8 Slot Selection Methods erre rrre tr torkppa Eth Rea era Eo 3x Nx eR XR UEM UE UE PER FPE VE VV PP FPE OK x 8 Example Patches ioo cix ennemies 10 Version History 12 TrafficControl User Manual Page 2 BLACK SORANGE Beta Testers Black amp Orange would like to thank the following Reason users for their help in testing Shawn Esplin dudelab21 http soundcloud com melektro Ethan Day http soundcloud com ethanda Ron Jacob Brookler http soundcloud com fiat lux 1 Sterievo TrafficControl User Manual Page 3 BLACK SORANGE Overview TrafficControl is a CV routing switch box The gene
4. Methods Faceplate Buttons Click on the large button to select that slot MIDI Select When the MIDI SELECT button is on any note received by TrafficControl will be used to select the active slot Each slot s corresponding note is printed on the slot s faceplate button Only the white key notes minus B are used Slot Select property This property can be controlled via Automation Combinator mapping or Remote Slot properties Each slot has a corresponding property named Slot 1 6 which is an On Off toggle that can be controlled via Automation Combinator mapping or Remote for Remote Maps these properties are named in the form slot 1 6 button Though the values are On and Off changing the value counts as an event as described above so even changing the value to Off counts as a selection event Because the user controls the value of these properties and the properties are not linked i e turning Slot 1 On does not turn Slot 2 Off this method is most susceptible to confusion It s important to keep in mind the event system rather than the actual values of these properties Ignore the values and consider only which was the last property to be changed and thus which counts as the latest event TrafficControl User Manual Page 8 BLACK SORANGE Trigger Select T S CV Input On the left side of TrafficControl s back panel is a CV input labeled T S When connected TrafficControl responds to signal chang
5. es to either select a slot values less than 1 0 127 compared to 6 divisions or to re trigger the currently selected slot full value of 1 0 127 A selection event only happens when the signal value changes to a different division 6 divisions full strength re trigger TrafficControl User Manual Page 9 BLACK SORANGE Example Patches TrafficControl comes bundled with several Combinator patches demonstrating various uses To find these patches select the menu Create Create Instrument or right click ctrl click in the rack and select Create Instrument This will bring up the patch browser In the left column there will be an item named Rack Extensions Click this and then select TrafficControl Switch Box in the directory list You ll then see the example patches Some of the patches make use of other Rack Extensions and indicate this in the patch name The most common required RE is AutoArp However even if you do not own or are not trialing AutoArp you can still open these patches The patch may not completely function but you can still look at the routing to learn how better to use TrafficControl With all example patches make sure to press the OPEN button relabeling of Show Devices to see the routing and access TrafficControl instances to click on For patches with a RUN button relabeling of Run Pattern Devices press RUN or play the Transport to make sure the pattern devices are running Also many of
6. laced inside a Combinator make sure the TrafficControl instance is set to Receive Notes in the Combinator s programmer so that notes sent to the Combinator are correctly sent to TrafficControl as well NOTE Using the sustain pedal when TrafficControl has MIDI focus will allow a latching effect and the main output will not be released until the sustain pedal is Currently the Rack Extension developer toolkit provided by Propellerheads does not allow for auto routing of CV connections so you will need to connect TrafficControl yourself As mentioned previously the primary design of TrafficControl was for handling the paired Sequencer Control CV signals used to control instruments So if you look on the back of TrafficControl it will be clear which CV connections should be connected to instruments in your rack However just because they are labeled Gate and CV sometimes labeled Note in other Reason devices REs doesn t mean these connections cannot be used for other signals You could use either both of these connections to route a CV signal intended for modulation instead TrafficControl User Manual Page 5 BLACK SORANGE Basic Operation TrafficControl has 6 slots with only one selected at a time The primary concept is that source CV signals are connected to a given slot s CV inputs and when that slot is selected that slot s input signals are sent out through TrafficControl s main output
7. peated e g clicking the faceplate button for the currently selected slot this can be considered re triggering the current slot The result of this is that the CV outputs for the re triggered slot will momentarily reset to an inactive 0 0 0 signal and then resume as they did when the slot was first selected Release on Switch When the Release On Switch button is On the main outputs of TrafficControl are reset an inactive 0 0 0 signal is sent before output is continued This is to ensure a clean transition between signal sources Turning this Off may allow for tied notes to be sustained when switching between slots depending on how it is used Quantize Slot Switching On the front of TrafficControl is a control for Quantize Slot Switching The default value is OFF and the other values are musical time divisions When active i e not OFF and the Reason Transport is playing TrafficControl will only switch to a new slot re trigger the current slot when the Transport position is on a multiple of the quantize value This allows for imprecise slot selection timing to be corrected to the current tempo When a selection event happens prematurely to the current quantize timing the indicator light above the next slot will partially light up indicating this is the slot that will be selected when the Transport time hits the next quantized moment Until the actual switch occurs the next slot can be changed Slot Selection
8. pective number TrafficControl User Manual Page 6 BLACK SORANGE Selecting Slots Slot Selection Event Behavior TrafficControl has 6 available slots with only one slot able to be selected active at the same time In order to provide the maximum amount of flexibility to the user a selection paradigm was chosen that potentially may lead to confusion at first This is because there are multiple methods of selecting the active slot listed below and not all of these methods are connected with each other due to the current nature of the Rack Extension developer toolkit provided by Propellerheads For example you could have a TrafficControl instance inside a combinator with the combinator Rotary 1 mapped to control the property Slot Select of TrafficControl If you turn the combinator Rotary 1 knob so it sets the value of Slot Select to 3 Slot 3 will be selected But you could then click on the large faceplate button for Slot 1 next and this button is mapped to the automatable property Slot 1 not the Slot Select property Your clear desire is for the Slot 1 to be selected but Slot Select is still set to a value of 3 from the combinator rotary Which slot should actually be selected The answer is best explained by thinking of events rather than a specific property s current value like Slot Select TrafficControl will select the Slot of the last type of selection event Changing the value of Slot Select is an even
9. ral purpose is to provide an accessible way to cleanly switch the routing of CV signals during a live performance or as part of a composition Though capable of routing any CV signal TrafficControl was specifically designed to handle Sequencer Control signals Sequencer Control signals are the paired Gate and Note most often labeled CV CV connections that allow the play control of Reason instrument devices Rack Extensions Even more specifically TrafficControl was designed as a companion device for AutoArp a triggering device Rack Extension from Black amp Orange When used together TrafficControl greatly expands the capability of AutoArp However even though TrafficControl was designed with a specific purpose companion to AutoArp it is flexible enough to provide benefit even when not used with AutoArp or even when not used with Sequencer Control CV signals like routing CV modulation signals TrafficControl User Manual Page 4 BLACK SORANGE Setup TrafficControl is a Utility device and thus can be found under the menu Create Utilities alternately right click ctrl click in the rack and select Utilities Most often TrafficControl is used to receive and route MIDI input A new instance of TrafficControl will create a Sequencer Track in the Sequencer to allow this Make sure this Sequencer Track has focus if you want to use a MIDI controller like a keyboard to send notes to TrafficControl If TrafficControl is p
10. t Clicking one of the faceplate buttons is an event Changing the value of a CV signal connected to the Trigger Select T S CV input is an event Etc Most often you ll not have need to change between the different types of events for a given use of TrafficControl e g you may choose to stick with just the faceplate buttons for a live performance so there won t be occasion for confusion But in case you do decide to utilize multiple methods of slot selection just be aware of this event concept Slot Outputs In addition to the 2 CV inputs for each slot there are 2 outputs labeled according to the Sequencer Control standard These outputs are only active when the corresponding slot is selected There are three modes for this feature MIDI M Any MIDI currently received by TrafficControl will be sent out through these Sequencer Control connections This is useful for selectively controlling a source device like AutoArp only when that slot is active to limit CPU usage among other things Trigger T When the slot is selected re triggered a momentary full 1 0 127 CV signal is sent through the slot s Gate output before an inactive signal 0 0 0 is resumed Trigger amp Hold H As long as the slot is selected a full 1 0 127 CV signal is sent through the slot s Gate output TrafficControl User Manual Page 7 BLACK SORANGE Slot Re triggering When a slot selection event occurs where the current slot selection is re
11. t that it is the latest event not necessarily property values like On Off that determine which TrafficControl slot is selected So whether it s a Combinator s buttons or a mapped MIDI controller don t think of what the visual display of that button tells you just think I want Slot 2 so press the button mapped to Slot 2 Instrument Switcher cmb Normally TrafficControl is used to select between multiple signals and send the selected one to a single instrument But this example shows how creative use of the slot outputs in MIDI mode can allow TrafficControl to act as an instrument selector Make sure to flip to the back of the rack to see the routing AutoArp Banks req AutoArp cmb The current Rack Extension developer toolkit provided by Propellerheads does not provide a way to create pattern banks like used on pattern devices like the Matrix or Redrum so AutoArp has not had this feature This patch shows how TrafficControl can be used to emulate pattern banks with AutoArp allowing up to 36 different AutoArp patterns 6 banks of 6 patterns to be connected TrafficControl User Manual Page 11 BLACK SORANGE Version History 1 0 0 4 25 2013 Initial Release TrafficControl User Manual Page 12 BLACK SORANGE
12. ut on the RPG 8 to restart the RPG 8 pattern when that slot is selected TrafficControl User Manual Page 10 BLACK SORANGE The Matrix Has You cmb The Selector Matrix at the top can help visualize the divisions used by TrafficControl s Trigger Select CV input to select a slot Remember a full value re triggers the current slot which is why the Selector curve does not need to go to full level to select Slot 6 since Slot 6 s division is a signal strength gt 5 6 and lt 6 6 Wobble Bass cmb A simple demonstration of how to use TrafficControl for selecting between modulation sources Manual Slot Button Assignments cmb This patch doesn t result in sound but is only meant to illustrate some of the potential confusion discussed in the Slot Selection Event Behavior section The first 4 slots are mapped to Combinator buttons c button Start by clicking c button Slot 2 TrafficControl will select Slot 2 Now click Slot 1 and Slot 1 is selected What can cause confusion is that c button Slot 2 is still highlighted this is a limitation feature of the Combinator and is completely unrelated to TrafficControl At a glance this could be confusing since it would seem both Slot 1 and Slot 2 are enabled when TrafficControl actually only allows one slot at a time to be selected Now click c button Slot 2 and you ll see Slot 2 selected again even though you were turning c button Slot 2 off This example should highligh
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