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The Modulation Matrix is both variable and additive. What do we mean by a
‘variable’ and ‘additive’ matrix?
By ‘variable’, we mean that it is not just the routing of a controlling source to a controlled
parameter which is defined in each slot, but also the “magnitude” of the control. Thus the
‘amount’ of control – or control ‘range’ – used is up to you.
By ‘additive’ we mean that a parameter may be varied by more than one source, if wished.
Each slot allows for two sources to be routed to a parameter, and their effects are
multiplied
together. This means that if either of them is at zero, there will be no modulation.
However, there is no reason why you can’t have further slots routing these or other
sources to the same parameter. In this case, the control signals from different slots “add”
to produce the overall effect.
SOURCE 1: LFO
SOURCE 2: MOD WHEEL
SOURCE 1: LFO
MOD SLOT NO 1
MOD SLOT NO 1
MOD SLOT NO 1
MOD SLOT NO 1
MOD SLOT NO 2
MOD SLOT NO 2
SOURCE 2: MOD WHEEL
SOURCE 1: MOD WHEEL
SOURCE 2:
SOURCE 1: LFO
SOURCE 2:
SOURCE 1: MOD WHEEL
SOURCE 2:
SOURCE 1: LFO
SOURCE 2:
You need to be careful when setting up patches like this to ensure that the
combined effect of all the controllers acting simultaneously still creates the sound
that you want.
In addition, the Modulation Matrix Menu lets you assign the Pads as additional controllers,
so long as the Animate mode is enabled (see “Using the Pads as performance controls” on
page 7).
With this submenu, it is first necessary to select the Modulation Slot whose parameters are
to be adjusted:
Displayed As:
ModSltn
(where n is 1 to 20)
Default value:
ModSlt1
Range of adjustment:
ModSlt1…ModSlt20
The Modulation Matrix has 20 ‘slots’ (‘mod slots’), each defining a routing assignment of
one (or two) sources to a destination. All the slots have the same selection of sources and
destinations and any or all can be used. The same source can control multiple destinations,
and one destination can be controlled by multiple sources.
Because the 20 Modulation Slots are identical, only the functions of Slot 1 are described.
Parameter:
First Source
Displayed As:
Source 1
Default value:
Direct
Range of adjustment:
See Modulation Matrix Sources Table on page 35.
This selects a control source (modulator), which will be routed to the destination set by
Destin. Setting both Source1 and Source2 to Direct means no modulation is defined.
Parameter:
Second Source
Displayed As:
Source 2
Default value:
Direct
Range of adjustment:
See Modulation Matrix Sources Table on page 35.
This selects a second control source for the chosen destination. If only one source per
patch is being used, set Source2 to.
Parameter:
Touch controller enable
Displayed As:
TouchSel
Default value:
Off
Range of adjustment:
Touch1….Touch 8
The eight ANIMATE Pads can be programmed as touch controllers, so that they initiate
a change to a parameter value (defined by Destin, see below) when pressed. Note that
Animate mode must be enabled for the Pads to be active. ANIMATE pads will illuminate
purple if a controller has been assigned. See “Using the Pads as performance controls”
on page 7 for more details regarding using the Pads. Note that when both a Pad and
other sources (Source1 and/or Source2) are assigned in the same slot, the Pad acts as
a switch for the other sources, whose effect will only be heard when the Pad is pressed.
Note that the Pads can also be directly assigned to trigger any of the six
envelopes in some way (AMPTTrig, FltTTrig, E3Ttrig… .E6TTrg). When set to
trigger an envelope, there is no need to set up an assignment between the
envelope and the touch trigger in a mod slot. Of course, if you want to re-use the same
pad to do something else at the same time, go ahead and use it in a mod slot too!
Parameter:
Destination
Displayed As:
Destin
Default value:
O123Ptch
Range of adjustment:
See Mod Matrix Destination Table on page 36.
This sets which MiniNova parameter is to be controlled by the selected source (or sources)
in the current matrix configuration. The range of possibilities comprises:
•
Parameters that directly affect the sound:
•
four parameters per oscillator
•
global pitch (0123Ptch)
•
the six mixer inputs from the oscillators, noise source and ring modulators, plus
the mixer output level
•
per-filter drive amount, frequency and resonance, plus filter balance
•
34 assorted FX parameters including chorus, delay, EQ etc.
•
3 Vocoder parameters
•
Vocal tuning pitch shift
•
Parameters that can also act as modulating sources (thus permitting recursive
modulation):
•
LFO 1 to 3 rate
•
the Decay phases of the Amplitude Envelope (Env1Dec) and Filter Envelope
(Env2Dec)
Parameter:
Depth
Displayed As:
Depth
Default value:
0
Range of adjustment:
-64 to +63
The Depth control sets the level of the control being applied to the Destination – i.e., the
parameter being modulated. If both Source1 and Source2 are active in the current slot,
Depth controls their combined effect.
Depth effectively defines the “amount” by which the controlled parameter
varies when under modulation control. Think of it as the “range” of control. It
also determines the “sense” or polarity of the control – positive Depth will
increase the value of the controlled parameter and negative Depth will decrease it, for
the same control input. Note that having defined source and destination in a patch, no
modulation will occur until the Depth control is set to something other than zero.
With both sources set to Direct and TouchSel set to Off, the Depth control
becomes a “manual” modulation control which will always affect whichever
parameter is set as the Destination.
Edit menu - Submenu 9:
Effects
The MiniNova comes equipped with a comprehensive set of DSP-based effects
processors, which can be applied to both the synth sound and any audio applied to the
MiniNova’s audio inputs.
The FX section comprises five processing
slots
, each of which may be “loaded” with an
FX processor from a pool of devices that includes panning, equalisation, compression,
delay, chorus, distortion, reverb and gator effects. In addition to the slots, controls are also
provided for global FX parameters like panning, FX level, FX feedback, etc.
The FX controls are accessed from the Effects submenu. This provides six options:
PanRoute and FXSlot1 to FXSlot5. PanRoute provides selection of panning and slot
configuration. Entering FXSlot1 to FXSlot5 allows you to choose the FX device and its
associated parameters for each of the five slots.
