FXpansion EtchRed - Manual (Page 12)

Etch Operation Manual 12
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3 Using TransMod modulation in Etch Red
Guide to using the TransMod system
1. Select a TransMod modulation source
In the middle of the Etch Red panel are a number of buttons which represent the various TransMod
modulation sources that are available.
One of the sources must be the c u rre n tly s e le c te d s o u rc e - only one source 'view' is visible at one
time, but modulation can exist from any number of the available sources simultaneously. The
yellow LED on a source's selector button is lit when it is currently selected.
There are 3 ways of selecting a TransMod modulation source:
1. 2.
C lick the selector button for any modulation
source to select it. C lick the up/down buttons to cycle
through all the modulation sources
sequentially.
3.
C lick the display to select the desired source
from a drop-down menu.
2. Set the modulation depth for a parameter using its associated TransMod amount
knob
Each parameter that can be modulated features an
associated red knob, used for specifying the
amount of TransMod modulation from the currently
selected modulation source.
TransMod amount knobs are b i-p o la r:
When centred, their value is 0
Turning them to the right causes positive
modulation from the original value of the
parameter
Turning them to the left causes negative
modulation
Note that the LED above the TransMod amount knob has turned y e llo w - this indicates that the
knob features a modulation depth for the c u rre n t s o u rc e.
Also note that the LED to the top-right of the S&H source's selector button has turned re d, to
indicate that modulation exists to one or more parameters from that source.
TransMod depths
The defined modulation depth represents the maximum amount of modulation possible from the
initial value of the parameter (defined by its main black-coloured knob) with the current TransMod
source. The changing intensity of the TransMod source, as well as the combined effect of any other
TransMod sources which have been routed to the parameter, dictate the actual modulation that
occurs at any one time.