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always attenuated by the modulation wheel. Let us say that you have connected patch 14 from LFO 4 to
the oscillators fine pitch (actually this is done by default in the init patch!):
This modulation will be applied with an amount proportional to the mod-wheel position - by default it will
not be active until you start moving the modulation wheel, and to get it at full strength, you will have to
push the modulation wheel to the max. In the modular synth world, you would have obtained the same
effect by patching the LFO at the signal input of a VCA, the joystick at the control input of the VCA, and
routed the resulting signal to the exponential FM input of the VCO. Pheww!
The lower page of the modulation/modifiers page allows the combination of up to 4 pairs of modulation
sources to create new modulation signals. The first knob on the bottom row is used to select one of the 4
modulation modifiers, while the other knobs on the lower row are respectively used to edit the two inputs
of the modulation modifier
In the example above, the modulation source
following operations are available:
off
no operation.
add
adds the values of the two modulation sources.
prd
computes the product of the two modulation sources.
attn
computes the product of a bipolar version of the first source, and the second source.
max
takes the maximum of the two sources.
min
takes the minimum of the two sources.
xor
computes the bitwise XOR of the two sources.
greater or equal
outputs a large value if source 1 is above soure 2, 0 otherwise.
less or equal
outputs a large value if source 1 is below soure 2, 0 otherwise.
qtz
outputs the value of in1 quantized into a number of levels defined by in2. For example, if you set a
constant value (say = 4) as in2, the modulation source in1 will be quantized into 4 discrete steps, as if it was
processed through a bit-reducer! This is useful for creating pseudo S&H effects.
lag
outputs the value of in1 filtered by a lowpass filter whose cutoff frequency is set by in2. For example, if
you use a constant value (say = 4) as in2, the modulation source in1 will be strongly low-pass filtered. This is
very useful for smoothing a square or S&H lfo!
volu
(volume): Part volume. Note that the volume attenuation is done by scaling the value of the VCA control
signal - causing a potential loss of resolution in the shape of the VCA envelope.
mode: Polyphony handling. When this is set to mono, all voices assigned to this part are simultaneously
played in unison, and you cannot play chords (only the most recently played note is heard). When this is set
to poly, the notes you play are dispatched to the voicecards. Obviously, the polyphony is limited by the
number of voices assigned to the edited part! Finally,
every time you play a note, it is played by 2 voices - this effectively divides the polyphony by two.
lega
(legato): Legato mode on/off. This setting has an effect only in
the part will interpret overlapping notes. When
played, and the portamento is always applied. When
note does not overlap with the previous one, and the portamento triggers only on overlapping notes.
port
(portamento): Portamento time. This setting has an effect only in
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(in1
and in2), and the operation (oper) to apply.
mod 1
legato
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is defined as the product of
2x unison
works like the polyphony mode except that
mono
mode. This option specifies how
is off, the envelope retriggers everytime a new note is
legato
is on, the envelope retriggers only when the new
mono
mode.
lfo1
and lfo2. The
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