Modal Electronics 008 User Manual page 17

Modulation
The Modal 008 has extremely comprehensive and flexible modulation capabilities. A total of
11 modulation sources are available to modulate every variable parameter on the synth by its
own unique depth at a super smooth sample rate of 10 kHz.
Sources: The available sources are LFO1, LFO2, Velocity, Aftertouch, Note (Keytracking), the
four joystick axes (X+ right, X- left, Y+ up and Y- down), External Input (Expression pedal
socket on the rear) and FEG (Filter Envelope).
Assign Modulation
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Assigning modulation is very simple and there are three easy ways to do it:
Front Panel: Hold down the Assign button for the source you want to assign the modulation
to. The assign buttons are all located to the right of the joystick, in the bottom left corner of
the front panel. The only exception is the FEG source, that is located in the VCF-EG section.
While this Assign button is held down, turn the destination parameter to control the
modulation depth. Releasing the Assign button will switch the front panel back to its original
state.
If an assign button is pressed and released without turning any destination knobs, then the
modulation matrix page for that source is shown. This page allows you to scroll through all
possible destinations and visualise or edit what depths have been assigned for that source.
Matrix: On the LCD parameters screen, 3rd 'menu button' (C), there is a Modulation Matrix
page (option 10). This displays a page showing all sources of modulation, as well as their
destinations and depths. More information on this page can be found in the next section,
'Modulation Matrix'.
Per Page: On the LCD if any parameters on a page are available to be modulated the page
icon (top left) is highlighted in white. Selecting this icon will allow you to select a source of
modulation then allow you to assign a parameter to this source of modulation. This is also the
page that is shown when using the front panel to assign modulation.
TIP: A quick and easy way to see if a parameter has any modulation active is to navigate to the
page where the parameter is located. Then by selecting the page icon, top left, you can scroll
through the available sources and the values of that page will update to show the modulation
depths for the selected source.
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