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

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Quick Start Guide

A quick overview of the controls

TYPE
The TYPE s witch s ele cts the
k in d of filte r as s h own b y th e
LED s ne x t to th e switc h. S ee
p ag e 3 6.
REG EN
( re ge ne r atio n)
This in c re as e s
g ain at th e
filte r c or ne r for
a s ha rp e r filte r
p ea k. I n Ba n d
m od es it a ls o
s ets th e wid th
o f th e b an d.
PHREEQ
D eter min es th e
fre qu en c y
c en te r o r
c or ne r o f th e filte r .

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
y ou a rr a ng e s ev er al Mo dFX
u nits in a c h ain, with ou t
h av in g to us e inp ut an d
o utpu t c ab le s ins id e the
c ha in .
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STEEP
This in c re as e s th e s lo pe of the
c ho se n filte r c ur ve s .
Res et Mo d
Retar ts th e m od ulation fr om
the b eg inn in g o f its c yc le.
G en er ate s a trigg er in
TRI GG ERED m od e, o r
c ha ng es th e p atte rn in
PATTERN mo de .
BYPASS le ts s ign al pa ss
thr ou gh with o ut a ny filte ring .
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 . Plug sing le - ch an n el
d ev ic es in to th e
LEFT/MO NO in p ut.
TAP TEMPO
Activ e in TEMPO S YNC
m od e o nly. Tap a re gu la r
b ea t on th is bu tton , a nd th e
m od s pe e d of th e Ph iltre will
b e se t a t so m e mu ltiple o f th at
b ea t, a s s et by the RATE
k no bs .
MOD ULATI ON
SELECT s witc h s elec ts
the typ e o f wav e us e d to
m od ulate the filter
fre qu en c y.
The RATE
k no b affec ts
the m od u la tio n
s pe ed , in
c oo pe ra tio n
with th e
TEMPO S YNC
a nd TAP
TEMPO
b utto ns . Se e
p ag e3 9.
D EPTH
c on tr ols the
d ep th o f the
m od ulation .
SIG NAL LED
Whe n th is lig hts gr e en , the
Philtre 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, s o tur n
d own th e ins tru me nt ...
...or th e TRI M co ntro l h er e
o n th e b ac k p an el.
I f yo u' r e us ing a Mo dLin k
c ha in , y ou o n ly n ee d to
c on ne ct to th e firs t u nit's
inp ut, a nd th e la st un it' s
o utpu t.