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Modal Electronics 002R User Manual

8 or 12 voice polyphonic analogue/digital hybrid synthesiser
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  • Page 1 Machines for Musicians Modal Electronics 002R 8 or 12 voice polyphonic analogue/digital hybrid synthesiser User Manual OS Version - 1.01-00...

  • 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 002R ‘Quick Start Guide’ before attempting to operate this apparatus.

  • 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 and Quick Recall Key Modes Keyboard Mod Wheel Quick Recall 05.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    4.3” LCD screen. Among the many connections, Modal 002R 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

    I just want to play this thing... Connect the power lead to your 002R then connect the output of the 002R to your mixer, or if you prefer connect your headphones. Also connect an ethernet cable from your router to the 002R.
  • Page 6 The Modal 002R interface is designed to be extremely intuitive and easy to use, so that all the Keypad can be used to shortcut to specific Keypad can be used to type parameter most important parameters are easily accessible and tweakable.

  • 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 002R recieves and sends on. This can be changed in the Settings > MIDI menu.
  • 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 With the standard version of the Modal internet features. The USB port is to 60 Hz. Connect the cord included 002R, six voices are hard-wired to the currently not operational. with your 002R, then press the power left, six voices to the right. The option...
  • Page 10 In this section we are going to have an in-depth look at every section related to the sound engine of the 002R. Synthesis engine...
  • Page 11 When the SubWav button is on, the sub-oscillators use the same waveforms as the corresponding main oscillator. This is a key feature of the 002R, this is more like having 4 oscillators per voice rather than the traditional 2 oscillators. Combining SubWave and DeRez functions when...
  • Page 12 Ext In: This parameter controls the volume of the incoming external audio signal, if there is an external source connected to the 002R’s Audio Input. In this way, you can process any instrument producing a ‘line’ signal (e.g. a drum machine, another synth or DAW output) with our VCF and VCA, through a pure analogue signal path.
  • Page 13 Filter Modal 002R uses a classic analogue transistor ladder design to low-pass filter the signal coming from the oscillators (or from an external source). Like every true polyphonic synthesiser, Modal 002R has an individual VCF per voice. Cutoff: This parameter controls the low-pass filter cutoff frequency. The minimum value (i.e.

  • Page 14: Screen Controls

    Envelopes Modal 002R provides two separate classic 4-stage contour generators (i.e. envelopes), one for the filter (VCF-EG), one for the amplifier (VCA-EG): the former modulates the filter cutoff frequency, if a value different from zero is set for the filter EG parameter (see ‘Filter’ section - previously in this same chapter);...
  • Page 15 LFO’s Modal 002R features two individual low frequency oscillators: LFO1 is a simple LFO and is ‘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). Both LFO1 and LFO2 have these parameters: Waveform: Allows you to choose one among the four available LFO waveforms (i.e.
  • Page 16 Modulations The Modal 002R has six main modulation matrices, each source has 8 destinations, with a single Depth value for each source, apart from LFO2 where each destination has a depth value and a global depth value. Sources: The available sources are LFO1, Aftertouch, Modulation Wheel, LFO2, Velocity and Note (Keytracking).
  • Page 17 (polyphonic keyboard) and also how many voices the Modal 002R uses for each note. E.g. On a 12 voice 002R with a Size of 4 voices, you can play up to 3 notes simultaneously, with each note using 4 voices, because you have 12 voices available. This...

  • Page 18: Mod Wheel

    Keyboard Mod Wheel On 002R you can receive external Mod Wheel messages from MIDI In as CC 1. These external Mod Wheel messages can be used to modulate 8 different destinations, as per LFO1, LFO2 etc. (please refer to the ‘Modulation’ page in chapter 3) To access the Mod Wheel modulation page first navigate to the Parameters page (menu button C), select Modulation (option 10) and then select the option ModW.
  • Page 19 Quick Recall Quick Recall Slot Twelve Quick Recall buttons can be enabled to build lists of patches, sequences and The Quick Recall Slot page shows what is currently on the slot as well as providing options to animations etc. that can be quickly accessed or stored. load or edit the slot.
  • Page 20 In this section we are going to explain three very important features of the Modal 002R: first of all, our very powerful 12 row, 32 step Sequencer; secondly, a unique tool called Animator, a note-triggered sequencer for parameters that allow you to create complex modulations;...
  • Page 21 Sequencer Sequencer rows The Modal 002R Sequencer allows you to create up to 12 simultaneous sequences of up In the top menu after the page title ‘SEQUENCER’ the current step position of the screen and to 32 Steps, each of which allows you to create up to 12 rows of notes or parameter/CC front panel is shown.

  • Page 22: Patch Storage

    Steps: each step has an inner little box on its bottom-left corner with a letter ‘S’ on note/CC when you save/load a new patch, 002R will not save/load a sequence together with it: to do rows or ‘J’ on the step length row. This option allows you to edit secondary values: that, you need to save both in a Performance (see ‘Performance Storage’...
  • Page 23 Also, exactly as in the normal Sequencer, you can have 12 rows running simultaneously and they can control almost any parameter available in the 002R. This makes the Animator a very powerful and flexible ‘polyphonic’ modulation source.
  • Page 24 This is a i.e. C-E-G-B-C-E-G-B... unique feature of the 002R, and allows you to easily access other parameters of the synth • Backward2 (‘bck2’): like Back1, but in note-order while the arpeggiator is running, as well as have more control over the pattern of notes, similar to a full sequencer.

  • Page 25: Performance Mode

    On a 12 voice 002R, to select a part and edit it in the related Part page (see next section), you can use the 12 central boxes with patch numbers written in it. Right below this, you can also use the 12 smaller boxes to quickly switch on and off each parts.

  • Page 26: Performance Edit

    MIDI input. This parameter also defines the interaction between the selected part and the 002R’s joystick and keyboard, according to the settings in the Performance Mode’s Global menu.
  • Page 27 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 28 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 29: Connections

    Digital Input/Output Board Digital Input/Output The Modal 002 Digital I/O Card provides the Modal 002 synthesiser with digital audio and Board MIDI input and output capability over Class Compliant* USB, plus the ability to apply a range of audio effects to the sound presets. More specifically, the Digital Card allows up to twelve channels (one per voice) of audio to be sent to a DAW over a single USB connection at either 48 or 96KHz / 24 bits, as well as ‘master’...
  • Page 30 Digital Input/Output Board Diagram CHORUS SEND LEVEL LEFT OUTPUT ECHO LEFT SEND LEFT ECHO REVERB CHORUS CHORUS/ RETURN RETURN ECHO RETURN LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT PERFORMANCE REVERB PART GAIN LEVEL INPUT PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE STEREO STEREO STEREO FROM VOICES PART MUTE PART PAN CHORUS ECHO...
  • Page 31 Connection on Mac OSX Connection on Windows Modal Digital I/IO Card is USB class compliant* If using the Digital I/O Card for USB audio on on Apple Macintosh™ computers and as such a Windows system, Modal recommends using it doesn’t require any installation process: the ASIO4ALL universal ASIO driver.
  • Page 32 Effects Main FX Page The Modal Digital I/O Card features a digital effects section, which contains three fully controllable FX: Chorus/Flanger, Stereo Echo/Delay, Reverb. There are 1000 FX presets, and each preset is a combination of the three effects. The FX main page is accessible either as last option in the Parameters Menu (third button below the LCD) or, more simply, by clicking the ‘Assign’...
  • Page 33 FX Performance mode FX Parameters There are some differences in the routing of the FX section between Patch and Performance CHORUS mode. • Delay: delay time of the Chorus effect In Performance mode, the linked FX preset number, as well as the Dry/Wet amount, are ‘global’...
  • Page 34 Settings Settings In this section we are going to have a look at the settings page of the Modal 002R. You can access this page by pressing the sixth ‘menu button’ (F). You can access the six available sub-menus by pressing the corresponding number on the...
  • Page 35 The update procedure of the Modal 002R operating system is very easy. To enter the Update Before turning the Modal 002R on, be sure to connect it to your local router via ethernet section from the settings page, just press number ‘1’ on the keypad: the main area in the cable: as soon as you turn the synth on, the OS will automatically establish an internet centre of the screen will show the current OS version.
  • Page 36 (expressed in BPM - always displayed in the top-right corner of the screen). Pbend Range: this option scales the range the internal voices interpret incoming MIDI When using external, the 002R’s clock will be synced to the MIDI clock coming from an Pitchbend messages in semitones external source: note that you need the external source to keep sending clock messages, otherwise the Sequencer and the Animator will not work.

  • Page 37: 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 002R. Notes: this parameter enables / disables processing MIDI Note messages (Note On, Note...

  • Page 38: Oscillators

    Remote Support To access the Global Settings page, you can press number ‘5’ on the keypad: the screen will This feature allows you to get remote technical support from the Modal Electronics team: this show you the 3 available parameters.

  • Page 39: Mixer

    Auto Gain: this enables an algorithm to prevent digital clipping. Please bear in mind that either wet stereo pair output or dry stereo pair output the sum of the 12 002R’s analogue voices outputs can be very hot and this can cause •...

  • Page 40: Filter

    If you experience any odd behavior on your 002R (see Troubleshooting section), you can If you experience any odd behavior on your 002R (see Troubleshooting section), you can reset reboot the machine with this command: if the rest of the front panel stops responding, you parts of the operating system with the 3 options in this page.
  • Page 41 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 42: Lfo's

    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 43 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 44 Oscillator Waveforms Appendix...
  • Page 45 Oscillator Waveforms Oscillator Waveforms 55 (Noise)
  • Page 46 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 47: 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 002R socket, then go to Settings and trigger a soft Reboot.

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