A Quick Overview Of The Controls; Rear Panel - Alesis ModFX Metavox Reference Manual

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Quick Start Guide

A quick overview of the controls

SYN TH ESI S IN PUT
This se lec ts th e in ter na l
o sc illa tor wa ve o r e xter n al
inp ut ( a s sh o wn b y the LED s
n ex t to th e s witc h) th at will b e
v oc od ed by th e in pu t.
PHREEQ se ts
the fre q ue nc y
o f th e inter n al
o sc illa tor wh en
S YNTH ES I S IN
is se t to SAW,
RECTI FI ED or
S QU ARE.
SIBILAN CE
c on tr ols h ow
m uc h of th e
h ig h- en d
c on so na n t so u nd s will be
injec te d into the v oc od er ' s
o utpu t.
BYPASS le ts s ign al pa ss
thr ou gh with o ut a ny effe c ts .

Rear Panel

Plu g th e p owe r ad ap ter in
h er e.
The
Mod Link co nnec tor s le t yo u
a rr an ge se ve r al Mod FX un its
in a ch a in , witho ut ha vin g to
u se inp u t an d o utpu t c ab les
ins id e the c h ain.
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Res et Mo d
Res ta rts the mo du la tio n fro m
the b eg inn in g o f its c yc le.
G en er ate s a trigg er in
TRI GG ERED mo d e, o r
c ha ng es th e p atte rn in
PATTERN mo de .
RATE affe cts the sp ee d o f
m od ulation , in co op e ra tio n
with TEMPO S YNC a nd th e
TAP TEMPO bu tto n. S ee
p ag e3 3..
The FOO T SWI TCH ma y be
c on ne cte d to an y mo m en ta r y
p ed al, to en g ag e th e BYPASS
fun ctio n .
I NPUTS a nd O U TPUTS a re
s ta nd ar d 1 /4 " lin e- lev el
jac ks . To v oc od e a n ex ter na l
s ourc e, plug the so urc e into
The MODULATION
functions
h av e effec t o nly if the
SYN TH ESI S IN PUT s witch
is se t to SAW, RECTI FI ED ,
o r SQ UARE.
Tap Tem p o
I f MO DU LATIO N is
in TEMPO S YNC
m od e, ta p a b ea t on
this bu tto n, an d th e
s pe ed o f the
m od ulation will b e s et
a t so me mu ltiple of
tha t be a t, a s s et b y the
RATE kn o b.
MOD ULATI ON
s witc h se le cts wha t
k in d of mo d s ou rc e
will be ap plied to the
inter na l S AW or
S QU ARE wav e, an d
whe th er th e
Mod ulation s p ee d is in
Tem po S y nc m o de ( se e
LED s to th e left)
D EPTH co ntro ls ho w m uc h
the inte rn al os cilla to r will be
m od ulate d.
Sig na l LED
Whe n th is lig hts gr e en , the
Metav ox is g e ttin g a n in p ut
s ig na l. Whe n it' s r ed , it' s
s ee in g too m u ch lev e l...so
tur n do wn th e ins tr u me nt...
...o r th e TRI M co ntro l h er e
o n th e b ac k p an el. NO TE:
this co n tr ols O NLY the LEFT
inp ut, a nd h a s no e ffe ct on the
r ig ht.
the r ig ht ja c k and the
m ic ro pho ne p re am p into the
lef t ja c k.