Modulation Sources

The following sources are available:

LFO 1/2

The LFOs 1 and 2 produce cyclic modulation signals.

These LFOs are polyphonic, that is, a new LFO signal is created with each new note.

Amp Envelope

The amplifier envelope. This modulation source is unipolar. The shape of the envelope determines the modulation signal.

Filter Envelope

The filter envelope. The shape of the envelope determines the modulation signal.

Pitch Envelope

The pitch envelope. This modulation source can be unipolar or bipolar, depending on the setting of the Bipolar parameter in the Envelope section. The shape of the envelope determines the modulation signal.

User Envelope

The user envelope. This modulation source can be unipolar or bipolar, depending on the setting of the Bipolar parameter in the Envelope section. The shape of the envelope determines the modulation signal.

Step Modulator

The step modulator of the zone. This modulation source is bipolar. It produces cyclic, rhythmically stepped modulation signals.

Glide

The glide signal of the source. This modulation source is unipolar.

Key Follow

This produces an exponential modulation signal derived from the MIDI note number. Exponential means this source works with destinations such as Pitch or Cutoff. This modulation source is bipolar.

Note-on Velocity

Note-on velocity can be used as the modulation signal. This modulation source is unipolar.

Note-on Vel Squared

The squared version of Note-on Velocity. The harder you press the key, the higher the modulation values.

Note-on Vel Normalized

This modulation source transforms the velocity range specified in the mapping to the full range of 0 to 127.

Note-off Velocity

Note-off velocity can be used as the modulation signal. This modulation source is unipolar. Most MIDI keyboards cannot send note-off velocity messages. However, most sequencer software is able to produce such messages.

Pitchbend

The position of the pitchbend wheel can be used as the modulation signal. This modulation source is bipolar.

Modulation Wheel

The position of the modulation wheel can be used as the modulation signal. This modulation source is unipolar.

Aftertouch

Aftertouch can be used as the modulation signal. This modulation source is unipolar. Some MIDI keyboards cannot send aftertouch messages. However, most sequencer software is able to produce such messages.

MIDI Controller

Any of the 127 available MIDI controllers can be used as the modulation signal. You can select the MIDI controller from the corresponding submenu.

In addition, you can select the eight global MIDI controllers Contr. A-Contr. H that can be used as placeholders in the modulation matrix. These controllers allow you to remap specific MIDI controllers to the placeholder controllers, for example, by using the CC Mapper. This way, you can use the global controllers in several places, and set up the assignment only once.

Quick Control

The quick controls of the program or layer to which the zone belongs can be used as the modulation signal. You can select quick control from the corresponding submenu.

Note Expression

This submenu lists the eight Note Expression parameters that can be used as the modulation signals.

MIDI Modules

This submenu lists the available MIDI modules that can be used as the modulation signals. A zone can use the MIDI modules that are higher up in the Program Tree hierarchy than the zone. Which parameters are available depends on the selected module.

Noise

Produces a random modulation signal. This modulation source is bipolar.

Output

The audio output of the zone can be used as the modulation signal. This modulation source is unipolar.

Bus 1–16

Modulations that are sent to one of the 16 busses can be reused as sources. This way, you can combine several modulations to produce more complex signals.

X-LFO X

The output signal of the first LFO in X-LFO can be used as the modulation signal.

X-LFO Y

The output signal of the second LFO in X-LFO can be used as the modulation signal.