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Fig. 4.6 Junatik in the Browser

4.3Instruments inside Ensembles

In this section we will look at REAKTOR’s hierarchy of Ensembles and Instruments.

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4.3.1Junatik Panel Overview

Fig. 4.7 Junatik Synth with StereoTDelay folded away

Let’s have a look at Junatik. You might be able to tell which one is the Synth (it’s labeled Junatik). Below the Synth you can see something labeled StereoTDelay. To keep the En­ semble panel view tidy, Instruments are often folded away. Indeed the StereoTDelay is folded away in Junatik.

▪Click on the A button in the lower right to open it. Clicking on the — button next to A and B will fold it away again.

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Fig. 4.8 StereoTDelay in full view

4.3.2The Difference Between an Ensemble and an Instrument

When we looked at 2-Osc, the Delay was built into the Synth. Here the Delay is a separate Instrument. In REAKTOR terminology, an Ensemble can host more than one Instrument. On this occasion, there are two Instruments—the Junatik Synth and the StereoTDelay.

In REAKTOR terminology, an Instrument can be a traditional instrument like Synth or Sampler, an effect like a Delay or Reverb, or anything else like a Sequencer or even just a picture.

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Fig. 4.9 Junatik Instrument

Fig. 4.10 Delay Instrument

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