Controlled Amplifiers / Mixers - Arturia Moog Modular V User Manual

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Controlled amplifiers / Mixers

Audio Input
AM Input
Audio Input : Amplifier input connection jack
Audio Output : Amplifier output connection jack
AM Input : Amplitude modulation input connection jack
Volume : Input gain setting
Soft Clip : use of soft clipping
Inverse : request inversion of the input signal
Link : next amplifier mixing
There are 16 independent amplifiers. Each has its own volume setting with the rotating "level" but-
ton and its amplitude modulation input.
These amplifiers can be regrouped to form mixers. To group 2 amplifiers, just click on the "Link"
button separating them.
When 2 amplifiers form a group, the output signal of the first corresponds to the sum of their col-
lective outputs, whereas the output of the second remains identical to the signal before grouping.
To restore their independence, just click on the "Link" button.
It is possible to add as many amplifiers as necessary. In this case it is still the output of the first
amplifier, which will have the signal corresponding to the sum of all of the amplifiers of the group,
the others retaining their independence.
Thanks to this method, with 16 amplifiers to begin with, it is possible to create a large range of
mixing while keeping a few amplifiers available for modulation.
We can, for example, form a group of the first six amplifiers to mix the first six oscillators, then a
group with the next 3 to mix the 3 last oscillators, and finally a group with the next 2 to mix the
outputs of 2 filters which will respectively treat the output of the first amplifier and the output of
the seventh. There are 5 remaining amplifiers for modulation or other mixes.
Each amplifier possesses a current limiting function allowing a soft clipping. This function is acti-
vated with the "clip" button. The "inv" button lets you invert the signal, as input to the corre-
sponding amplifier..
The four right VCA are modulated with a linear function, on the contrary, the other are modulated
with a exponential function.
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Controlled amplifier (VCA)
Link
Soft Clip
Inverse
Volume
Audio Output
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