6. MOD page

The MOD page holds everything that adds movement: envelopes, LFOs, the Mod Matrix and macros.

The controls are Delay / Attack / Hold / Decay / Sustain / Release (DAHDSR) plus a Curve for Attack / Decay / Release. The AMP tab also has Level right of Sustain (the volume of each voice, 0-100%, default 100% = the sound as before; 1.6). The Mod Matrix destination Voice Level is added to this knob. Turn on Sync for a stage to set its time in note values (1/4 etc.). An Attack turned fully left rises in 0.1 ms (with 0.1ms Attack On on the GLOBAL page; 1 ms when Off). Whether a retriggered note restarts from zero or continues from the current level is set with Env Start on the GLOBAL page (chapter 9). You can also edit on the screen:

• Drag a point horizontally to change that stage's time (Delay / Attack / Hold / Decay / Release).
• Drag the Sustain point vertically to change the Sustain level.
• Drag a line (Attack / Decay / Release) up or down to change that segment's curve (pull up to bulge upward).
• Synced stages do not move horizontally, because their time is set by the note value.

With Sync on, the time axis is in beats, you can pick the length (1/16 to 8 Bars) and points snap to the beat grid (hold Shift to move freely). Without Sync, hold Shift to snap to the grid.

With Custom you can draw one LFO cycle on the screen.

• Double-click an empty spot to add a point; double-click a point to delete it.
• Drag a point to move it; drag a line up or down to change its curve.
• Two points at the same position make a jump (a square-wave-like step).
• Right-click for Load Shape (Triangle / Sine / Saw Down / Ramp Up / Square / Pulse 1/4 / Steps / Decay), Grid (snap), Flip Vertical and Reverse (Mirror).

Slots 21-40 were added in 1.6. Songs and presets from 1.5 and earlier load with slots 21-40 all Off (the sound does not change). AI SOUND can use all slots 1-40 when PARAMS is Full or higher (chapter 11).

Choosing a CURVE: for sources that go from 0 to 1 (envelopes, Velocity, Mod Wheel, Aftertouch, Macros), use Uni-Linear +: nothing moves at 0, and the destination moves by up to Range. With BI-LINEAR the destination stays shifted by −Range while the source is 0 (on pitch, the note stays out of tune). Sources that swing up and down, such as LFOs, stay on Bi-Linear + and move ±Range around the knob value.

The ◀ ▶ that appear at the edges of a drop-down while hovering, and the mouse wheel over it, step to the previous / next item. The SOURCE and CONTROL menus are grouped by type (LFO ▸, ENV ▸, MIDI ▸ …).

The DESTINATION picker (1.6): there are more than 380 destinations, so a click on DESTINATION opens a small window with a search field next to the row instead of a long menu.

• Left = the groups (OSC 1–6, OSC 1-6 (All), LFO, Filter 1 / 2, Noise, String, Metal, ENV, Voice, FX, Master, in the same order as the old menu). Right = the items of the selected group.
• You can type into the search field right away (e.g. cut, osc 2 pitch, delay). It searches all groups and shows the group name next to each hit. While the search field is empty, ← → switch groups.
• The current destination is filled and marked on the left. Destinations that other slots already use get a small dot and the slot numbers (#2 #5); their groups get a dot too.
• Click an item, or select it with ↑↓ and press Enter (or OK), to set it and close the window. The Off button clears the destination.
• Esc, ×, Cancel or a click outside the window change nothing. Undo takes one step back, the same as choosing from the menu.

• Destinations: the LFO Rate of OSC 1–6 (also OSC1-6 LFO Rate (All)), the Rate of Chorus / Hyper / Flanger / Phaser / Pan, Delay 1–3 Time, Reverb / Reverb 2 Decay and the FX Filter LFO Rate.
• With Sync off (Hz or ms knobs) the knob moves as before, whatever is chosen here.
• With Step on an envelope Attack / Decay / Release, the length is decided when the stage starts and does not change during the stage (a change made mid-stage applies from the next stage, so there is no click). The LFO Delay is decided when the key is pressed and the Fade when the fade starts; both stay for the rest of the note. Smooth changes them smoothly at any time, as before. When a Free ENV uses a Custom shape, which has no note lengths, Step works as the same multiplier as Smooth.
• On a Delay, Step switches with a short crossfade (20 ms), so there is no click (Smooth glides like the Time knob, so the pitch bends).
• LFOs that follow the song position (LFO Mode Host, Pan, the FX Filter LFO) stay on the bar with Step; Smooth drifts off the beat.
• For these LFOs, Step: Instant (right of Division, per LFO; 1.6) sets what happens when the division changes, whether by a Mod Matrix Step, the Division knob or automation. Off (Wait, default) keeps the old division until a point where both cycles start on the bar grid, so the movement joins smoothly. On (Instant) switches at once; the phase is recalculated from the song position, so it may jump, but this is the one for wobble basses where the switch itself makes the rhythm ("faster from this beat"). Songs and presets from before 1.6 (and factory 001–340) load with Instant, so they switch at once as before.

Songs and presets from before 1.6 load with every Sync set to Smooth. OSC LFO Rates sound as before. FX Rates / Times used to ignore the Mod Matrix while Sync was on; songs with such a slot start moving (as Smooth) in 1.6.

Since 1.6 the other sources shown on screen have the same menu:

A right-click on the keys themselves still latches (holds) that key as before (Velocity / Note / Aftertouch are on the three buttons to the right).

The LFO tab menu continues with copy / paste / swap / reset for the LFO.

• Shift+click a per-OSC knob (Level, Pan, Pitch, Unison, Wt-Pos, LFO→Pitch …) to connect it to the OSC1-6 (All) destination instead of only that knob's OSC (e.g. OSC1-6 Level (All)). A plain click always uses only that knob's OSC (it works even when an All slot already exists).
• In a knob's right-click Modulate with, Apply to chooses This OSC (the knob's OSC) or All OSCs (OSC1-6 together); it is remembered until the window is closed. Knobs without an All destination do not show it.
• The points in the PARAMETRIC EQ graph on the FX page are destinations too. Right-click a point and choose Freq / Gain / Q to get that band knob's right-click menu (Modulate with etc.). In assign mode the points light up as well; click a point and choose Freq / Gain / Q to connect it (clicking the band's Freq / Gain / Q knob does the same).
• Since 1.6 every Mod Matrix destination can be made with a knob's (or EQ point's) right-click and the assign mode (new knobs: OSC Pitch, LFO LFO→Pitch, AMP Level; GLOBAL Analog and the EQ knobs are now connected).

A slot with 0% amount (connected, but not changing the sound yet) is shown as a thin dashed cable and a dashed ring around the knob. When all cables are shown, labels appear only on the cable near the mouse so that many cables stay readable. "Cables of the current page" are those with at least one end visible on that page (cables with both ends on other pages are not shown).

MOD LIST (header button, right-click on a macro knob, or right-click on an LFO / ENV tab) is a window with one row per Mod Matrix slot in use (SOURCE and DESTINATION both not Off), in slot order. It scrolls when there are many rows.

Hovering a row shows that slot's cable even when CABLES is off. Slots whose ON is off are shown dimmed. Drag the title to move the window; × at the top right closes it.

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