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Modal 001 User Manual

2 voice duophonic analogue/digital hybrid synthesiser
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  • Page 1 Machines for Musicians Modal Electronics 001 2 voice duophonic analogue/digital hybrid synthesiser User Manual OS Version - 1.00-00...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Information

    If you are unsure how to operate this apparatus in a safe manner, please seek appropriate advice on its safe use. Please ensure you read this manual and the Modal 001 ‘Quick Start Guide’ before attempting to operate this apparatus THIS APPARATUS IS HEAVY (approximately 10.5 Kg) –...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Index 00. Introduction 01. I just want to play this thing... Power on Screen Controls Patch Screen Load Patch Patch storage 02. Connections 03. Synthesis Engine Oscillators Mixer Filter Envelopes LFO’s Modulations 04. Keyboard, Controllers and Quick Recall Key Modes Keyboard Joystick Mod Wheel...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    4.3” LCD screen. Among the many connections, Modal 001 features an ethernet port to connect your synth to your network and enable updates via the internet (no need for MIDI sysex dumps) and also access to the Modal cloud features and HTML Web User Interface.

  • Page 5: I Just Want To Play This Thing

    Also connect the ethernet cable from your router to the 001. If you connect a single 1/4 inch jack to the Right output, both voices of the 001 will be routed there. On the other hand, if using two jacks, one voice will be on the Right, one on the Left output.
  • Page 6 For example typing 0, 2, 4 would make -24. Datawheel TIP: A clever usage of the 001 interface is to select a parameter by touching the related encoder, then type the exact value with the keypad. This is very useful for either putting many Large rotary encoder for data selection and entry.

  • Page 7: Power On

    60) but the red value on the right shows the current note on middle C with octave and transpose applied. Midi Channel - the current midi channel 001 recieves and sends on. This can be changed in the Settings > MIDI menu (chap. 8).
  • Page 8 Patch storage When a sound has been edited an asterisk (*) will appear at the beginning of the name to let you know that there are unsaved changes. Then if you would like to save that sound: • Press the 4th ‘menu button’ (D) - the LCD will display the storage page. You can save many different types of data (including Performances, Sequences, etc.), but since you are working on a mono-timbral patch, the screen will automatically select Patch Storage.
  • Page 9 VCF and VCA. over a range of 90 to 260 volts and 50 a minimum impedence of 70 ohms. Right output, both voices of the 001 to 60 Hz. Connect the cord included will be routed there; on the other hand,...
  • Page 10 In this section we are going to have an in-depth look at every section related to the sound engine of the 001. Each section of the synthesiser has a dedicated area on the front panel, defined by printed Synthesis engine grey lines.
  • Page 11 Transpose Recall This is a key feature of the 001, this is more like having 4 oscillators per voice rather than the traditional 2 oscillators. Combining SubWave and DeRez functions when creating sounds allows you to create a variety of harmonic contents for the oscillators...

  • Page 12: Screen Controls

    Osc1 Osc2 Mixer Wave/PW You can easily mix the signals coming from the oscillators in the Mixer section, just on the Wave Rate Osc1 Osc2 CutOff right side of the oscillators’ section. Drive LFO-1 LFO-2 Note Note Slope Osc1: This parameter controls the volume coming from Oscillator 1, with a range from 0 Sub1 Sub2 to 127.
  • Page 13 Osc1 Osc2 Filter Wave/PW Modal 001 uses a classic analogue transistor ladder design to low-pass filter the signal coming Wave Rate Osc1 Osc2 CutOff Decay from the oscillators (or from an external source). Like every true polyphonic synthesiser, Modal 001 has an individual VCF per voice.
  • Page 14 Reso Sub1 Sub2 On the 001 front panel, the same set of controls are shared between Envelope and Sequencer/ Animator/Arpeggiator functionalities (see chapter 5): to switch between the two modes, just press the EG/Seq button. Before you continue reading this section, please make sure that the LED is in ‘EG’ position.
  • Page 15 Osc1 LFO’s Wave/PW Modal 001 features two individual low frequency oscillators: LFO1 is a simple LFO and is Wave Rate ‘global’ across the patch (so it affects the whole sound); LFO2 has more parameters and is applied ‘per voice’ (so it affects each note/voice individually).
  • Page 16 LFO-2 Velo AftT DeRez Sync SubWav The Modal 001 has four modulation matrices accessible on the front panel. Osc1 Wave1 Slope Drive Sources: The available sources on the front panel are LFO1, LFO2, Velocity and Aftertouch. The two other sources are Modulation Wheel and Note (Keytracking), accessible via the screen...
  • Page 17 Key Modes Keyboard, Controllers The KeyMode option sets the keyboard polyphony and the allocation method for the voices. and Quick Recall 001 has 3 different KeyModes: Osc1 Osc2 • Poly: standard polyphonic mode, where you can play 2 notes simultaneously, each one using one single voice and uses most recent note priority •...
  • Page 18 Keyboard Joystick The Modal 001 joystick features 4 individual axes and each one of them is individually assignable. By default: • the 2 horizontal axes (X-, X+) control the pitch of the oscillators (range of -+ 1 semitone); • the down (Y-) axis controls the filter cutoff (half range from current value to max);...

  • Page 19: Mod Wheel

    Mod Wheel On 001 you can use a Joystick axis as a Mod Wheel. Please refer to the ‘Joystick’ page to see details on how to assign different destinations to a Joystick axis. You can also receive external Mod Wheel messages from MIDI In as CC 1.
  • Page 20 CV In CV Out 001 has four freely assignable CV Inputs. These inputs can be sent as another form of 001 also has four freely assignable CV Outputs. These outputs will send out the current value modulation to most of the parameters of the synth. Each input voltage (scalable 1-volt-per- of its source as a control voltage (scalable 1-volt-per-octave signal).
  • Page 21 To enable the Quick Recall buttons on 001 press the ‘Recall’ button on the front panel and the There are 6 different types of Quick Recall Slot, however currently only Patches are menu buttons below the screen become Quick Recall buttons.
  • Page 22 001’s Arpeggiator. Sequencer, Animator On the right hand side of the 001 front panel, the same set of controls are shared between and Arpeggiator Envelope (see ‘Envelope’ section in chapter 3) and Sequencer/Animator/Arpeggiator functionalities: to switch between the two modes, just press the EG/Seq button.
  • Page 23 Sequencer Sequencer rows The Modal 001 Sequencer allows you to create up to 12 simultaneous sequences of up to 32 In the top menu after the page title ‘SEQUENCER’ the current step position of the screen and Steps, each of which allows you to create up to 12 rows of notes or parameter/CC or CV Out front panel is shown.

  • Page 24: Patch Storage

    Please note that patches and sequences are totally independent of each other. This means that These step values can be edited by tapping the front panel push-dials and/or by using screen when you save/load a new patch, 001 will not save/load a sequence together with it: to do controls.
  • Page 25 Also, exactly as in the normal Sequencer, you can have 12 rows running simultaneously and they can control almost any parameter available in the 001. This makes the Animator a very powerful and flexible ‘polyphonic’ modulation source.
  • Page 26 • Backward2 (‘bck2’): like Back1, but in note-order unique feature of the 001, and allows you to easily access other parameters of the synth while the arpeggiator is running, as well as have more control over the pattern of notes, i.e.
  • Page 27 Sequencer/Animator/Arpeggiator Shortcuts Legato Input Global Legato Input As the Sequencer and Animator pages are very complex we have implemented a number of useful shortcuts that can be used as an alternative to using the options on the screen. A full Mode Mode list of these shortcuts are below:...

  • Page 28: Performance Mode

    Performance mode Multi-Timbrality Modal 001 can be used as a bi-timbral synthesizer: in normal ‘Patch Mode’ (i.e. the mode we have discussed so far) you can load 1 single sound preset and use the 2 voices available; in ‘Performance Mode’ you can load 2 different sound presets (called ‘parts’ from now on) simultaneously and define a number of options including keyboard ranges.

  • Page 29: Performance Edit

    (Int), external MIDI Out only (Ext), or Both. moment, you can set separate MIDI Channels for the 001’s joystick and keyboard. This MIDI Channel: this parameter sets what channel MIDI messages from this part are sent also allows you to decide on which parts the joystick and the keyboard will be active (i.e.
  • Page 30 Performance storage When you save a patch in Patch Mode, you store all the synth engine parameters, together with Arpeggiator settings and a link to an Animation (if any used) and Sequencer (if link is on). See Patch Storage section in chapter 1 for further details on how to save a patch. Same thing applies if you store a patch while you are editing a part (not a performance) in Performance Mode.
  • Page 31 Snapshot Snapshot Snapshot is a feature that allows you to compare your edited sound with the sound that is saved in the currently loaded patch. When a sound has been edited an asterisk (*) will appear at the beginning of the name to let you know that there are unsaved changes.
  • Page 32 Settings Settings In this section we are going to have a look at the settings page of the Modal 001. You can access this page by pressing the sixth ‘menu button’ (F). You can access the ten available sub-menus by pressing the corresponding numbers on the...
  • Page 33 The update procedure of the Modal 001 operating system is very easy. To enter the Update Before turning the Modal 001 on, be sure to connect it to your local router via ethernet cable: section from the settings page, just press number ‘1’ on the keypad: the main area in the as soon as you turn the synth on, the OS will automatically establish an internet connection.
  • Page 34 When this option is on, the keyboard will send messages to both the 001 and an external MIDI receiver. When this option is off, the keyboard AfterTouch: this option enables / disables processing MIDI Aftertouch messages...

  • Page 35: Midi Out

    In this page you can individually enable or disable 6 different categories of internal MIDI Coming soon. messages sent from the MIDI Out port on the back of 001. Notes: this parameter enables / disables processing MIDI Note messages (Note On, Note...
  • Page 36 This feature allows you to get remote technical support from the Modal Electronics team: this show you the 3 available parameters. means that a Modal operator can connect to your unit in order to diagnose and fix potential problems. If you have any issues with your 001 then you can contact us at: support@modalelectronics.com...
  • Page 37 Reboot Reset If you experience any odd behavior on your 001 (see Troubleshooting section), you can reboot If you experience any odd behavior on your 001 (see Troubleshooting section), you can reset the machine with this command: if the rest of the front panel stops responding, you should parts of the operating system with the 3 options in this page.
  • Page 38 MIDI CC Implemention Chart Appendix Function Joystick Sequence Animator Values Mod Wheel 0 - 127 OSC1 - Wave 0 - 55 (0 - 63 in PW) OSC1 - PW OFF = 0 - ON = 127 OSC1 - Note 0 - 48 (-24 OFFSET) KEYB - Glide 0 - 127 VCA - Amount...
  • Page 39 MIDI CC Implemention Chart Function Joystick Sequence Animator Values Function Joystick Sequence Animator Values VCA-EG - Sustain 0 - 127 LFO2 - Slope OFF = 0 - ON = 127 VCA-EG - Release 0 - 127 LFO2 - Resonance OFF = 0 - ON = 127 OSC2 - Note 0 - 48 (-24 OFFSET) LFO2 - Drive...
  • Page 40 MIDI CC Implemention Chart Function Joystick Sequence Animator Values Function Joystick Sequence Animator Values MODW - Slope OFF = 0 - ON = 127 VCF-EG - Shape 0 = LINEAR - 1 = EXPO MODW - CutOff OFF = 0 - ON = 127 JOY - Y+ Depth 3 - 123 (-63 OFFSET) MODW - Drive...

  • Page 41: Oscillators

    Oscillator Waveforms Appendix...

  • Page 42: Filter

    Oscillator Waveforms Oscillator Waveforms 55 (Noise)
  • Page 43 Troubleshooting FAQ’s Appendix My synth doesn’t boot If your synth doesn’t boot, please leave it off for few minutes, then try again: if the issue persists after 3-4 attempts, please contact support@modalelectronics.com. I can’t hear any sound First of all, please check the volume knob is fully open, then try to load a new patch. If this doesn’t help, you may want to check MIDI Settings and especially MIDI Local option, which should always be ON.

  • Page 44: Key Modes

    If in the Network Settings you can’t get any IP address, please press ‘5’ to re-‘Apply’: you might need more than a couple of attempts before getting a result. If this doesn’t help, try to disconnect and re-connect the Ethernet cable to the 001 socket, then go to Settings and trigger a soft Reboot.

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