A controller for everything!
The basic idea with the ModPanel is to provide a ready solution for all control needs in Reason.
Now you can setup your rack so you get full and flexible access from your remote controller as well as midi keyboard. To make this possible, ModPanel includes not only lots of controls with CV outputs, but also patch handling for the settings and midi note and gate outputs, polyphonic via PolyCV.
The controls
There are plenty of controls available on the ModPanel16:
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16 faders
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16 toggle buttons
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16 momentary buttons
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48 knobs
Bipolar & Inverted outputs switches
Each fader can be individually set to bipolar or unipolar mode. Knobs and buttons have separate switches for left and right half of the panel, for setting to normal or inverted mode.
Scale (amount) modulation inputs
For each channel there is a modulation input which can be used to scale the output levels of all controls of the specific channel.
Patch handling
With all these controls, it is of course essential to be able to save and restore the settings with the use of patches.
Hold outputs
When the ‘Hold Outs’ button switch is on, your control changes will not affect the outputs until you release the switch again. This can be used for manual changes, as well as for patch changes.
Notice that the button itself is part of a saved patch, so you will in advance decide what will happen after loading the patch back. If a patch was saved with Hold Outs on, it will not affect your outputs when loaded, until you release the switch.
Since release 1.1.1 CV inputs are added for easier control of the hold gate for the outputs.
Midi notes, performance and PolyCV outputs are NOT affected by any patch change or Hold Outs setting.
Note and gate outputs
The ModPanel16 includes one output pair for “Sequencer CV”, i.e. note and gate from received MIDI. Sustain will by default affect the gate output, but can optionally be turned off.
Since release 1.1.1 these outputs can optionally be set to send PolyCV, allowing you to distribute your midi note events through only two cables.
Midi control of momentary and toggle buttons
Release 1.1.1 introduces the ability to control the buttons outputs from your midi keyboard. There are separate settings for the momentary and toggle buttons, where you select the activating midi keys and decide if you want momentary (trigger) or toggle (switch) operation.
Override your combinators
If you, like many of us, use combinator tracks, and have your remote control surface follow the selected track, you may be frustrated by the combinators limited number of controls.
Now you can select ModPanel tracks instead of combinator tracks. You can connect the ModPanel outputs directly to any CV input of any device, or use a combinator input to route the CV to any device through the combinator programmer. You can even use several combinators from the same ModPanel. With midi output available for sequencer CV, you can still have the midi keyboard follow selected track.
RELEASE NOTES
- 1.0.1 Original release
- 1.1.1 CV inputs for Hold Outs gating
- 1.1.1 PolyCV outputs for note events
- 1.1.1 Midi key control of button outputs
- 1.1.2 Bugfix; PolyCV will now end notes at stop
- 1.1.2 Added shadow to PolyCV knob and note lamps to folded front
- 1.1.3 Bugfix; A.Touch is now working correctly
- discontinued
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ModPanel versions difference summary
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MP8 has
- 8 channels, 48 controls
- 8 Seq CV out pairs, + perfomance outputs
- Bipolar and invert switches for each widget
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MP12 has
- 12 channels, 72 controls
- 8 Seq CV out pairs, + perfomance outputs
- Bipolar and invert switches for each widget
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MP16 has
- 16 channels, 96 controls
- 1 Seq CV out pair (no perfomance outputs)
- Bipolar and invert switches cover half rows
Why are there three different versions?
Well, in some cases you may prefer a spacey layout, longer tags, close match to your favourite remote controller and a full set of midi outputs. ModPanel 8 could be ideal.
Other times you need as many control widgets as possible on a single device, and ModPanel 16 is the choice. Midi outputs are reduced since Reason (SDK) limits the total number of outputs.
You really only want one panel, to keep things easy? Maybe ModPanel 12 is the ideal compromise?
