Internal Mode - Nektar Panorama P1 User Manual

INTERNAL MODE: GETTING AROUND
Panorama has four modes, which is like having four different control surfaces (A): Mixer, Instrument,
Transport and Internal modes. The first three modes are available when you operate Panorama with our
dedicated communication protocols, such as the one for Reason (see pages 17-25). But let's start with
Internal mode, which is the default mode if you are using Panorama as a traditional USB MIDI controller.
The LED button for Internal mode is illuminated when the unit is in this mode and the display will look
similar to the illustration below:
Move the faders and their values will update in the display as they move. Where controls are assigned to
send a standard MIDI Controller message, pressing the T
Controller number assignments. Pressing the T
faders, so you can position them where you want them. Press again to unmute.
The buttons under the display (D) are used to navigate and activate functions within a menu. In this
case, pressing the Encoders button (D2) will display the encoders' status. Ctrl Edit (D3) takes you to the
Control Edit menu where you can assign controls to buttons, faders and encoders. Global (D4) activates
the Global menu where you can change MIDI channels, send program message changes, select encoder
curves and change display color settings. Finally the Setup menu (D5) gives you access to Load and
Save menus to and from any of Panorama's 20 Preset locations or 10 F-keys maps. Setup also contains
access to the menus on the main display screen so you quickly can navigate to any menu from Save or
Load.
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/V button (K) will display the
OGGLE IEW
/M button (H) will mute the MIDI output of the
OGGLE UTE
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CUBASE & REASON: INSTRUMENT MODE
Instrument mode controls the device assigned to the currently selected sequencer track. Changing
tracks will therefore immediately update the assignments of all controls.
The Instrument home page is designed to provide the information and experience of a hardware
workstation. The large character field shows the current patch name of the device, and the grid below
that shows the parameters and values assigned to the encoder group (L). And if the current device has
envelopes, the fader group will be assigned to Amp and Filter envelopes by default.
The first parameters you encounter are the ones we considered most useful, and they've been selected
from different menus. But you can edit any of the device's parameters by pressing the Menu button
(D5), which will activate the scroll menu. From here you can access every menu in the selected device.
Reason: To control devices in the Effects and Other Category, you will need to create a track for that
device. This can be done by right-clicking on the device in the rack and selecting "Create track for
(device name)".
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