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Modal Electronics 001

2 voice duophonic analogue/digital hybrid synthesiser 

User Manual

OS Version - 

0.09-71

Summary of Contents for Modal Electronics 001

Page 1: ...1 Machines for Musicians Modal Electronics 001 2 voice duophonic analogue digital hybrid synthesiser User Manual OS Version 0 09 71...

Page 2: ...care to ensure that no liquids are spilt onto or come into contact with the apparatus In the event this should happen remove power from the unit immediately and seek expert assistance Be careful to a...

Page 3: ...LFO s Modulations 04 Keyboard Controllers and Quick Recall Key Modes Keyboard Joystick Mod Wheel CV In CV Out Quick Recall 05 Sequencer Animator and Arpeggiator Sequencer Animator Arpeggiator Modes Sh...

Page 4: ...via the internet no need for MIDI sysex dumps and also access to the Modal cloud features and HTML Web User Interface 1 Please update your unit immediately Internet connectivity is a key point for Mod...

Page 5: ...the 001 will be routed there On the other hand if using two jacks one voice will be on the Right one on the Left output Before powering up ensure the volume control is at minimum analogue electronics...

Page 6: ...type the exact value with the keypad This is very useful for either putting many values to zero quickly or generally being more precise with the edit PATCH PERFORMANCE SEQUENCER ANIMATOR PARAMETER RE...

Page 7: ...ode Polyphonic Monophonic Unison or Stack Within the graph each line represents a voice each different height the number of notes that can be played at once and the gap between the lines the detune am...

Page 8: ...elect again which corresponds to the Update action Alternatively if you want to save the sound in a different slot type number 1 on the keypad in this way you can select another slot either by using t...

Page 9: ...Inputs and 4x CV Gate Outputs 1 4 inch TS connectors to receive and send a scalable 1 volt per octave signal from to modular synthesizers and other instruments supporting this standard CV input and ou...

Page 10: ...sc2 Osc1 LFO Modulation Keyboard VCF EG VCA EG Sequencer Ani Seq Arp In this section we are going to have an in depth look at every section related to the sound engine of the 001 Each section of the s...

Page 11: ...ding to about a semitone 5 DeRez When this option is On a down sampling algorithm is active on both the oscillators This algorithm adds a good amount of additional high frequency harmonics in order to...

Page 12: ...This makes our VCF sound like nothing else and also creates a particular effect indeed you could hear a sort of hiccup if moving the Drive encoder too fast Don t panic this is the normal behaviour of...

Page 13: ...alues other than 0 63 and 127 for interesting unique timbres 4 EG This parameter controls the amount of envelope modulation VCF EG see Envelopes section in this same chapter on the filter cutoff frequ...

Page 14: ...while keeping the key pressed If there are no modulations active this volume keeps constant until you leave the key then entering the release phase 4 Release This parameter controls the time passing f...

Page 15: ...e needed to complete this initial phase 4 Note This parameter controls the amount of the keytracking modulation on the LFO speed at positive values the higher the note you press the faster the LFO run...

Page 16: ...ces LFO1 and LFO2 directly control each oscillators pitch However modulation sources AfterTouch Note ModWheel and Velocity enables a vibrato effect on each oscillator specifically it assigns LFO2 to t...

Page 17: ...de where you can play 2 notes simultaneously each one using one single voice and uses most recent note priority Mono standard monophonic mode where you can play just one note at time using just one vo...

Page 18: ...oystick The Modal 001 joystick features 4 individual axes and each one of them is individually assignable By default the 2 horizontal axes X X control the pitch of the oscillators range of 1 semitone...

Page 19: ...Both internal and external Mod Wheel messages can be used to modulate 8 different destinations as per LFO1 LFO2 etc please refer to the Modulation page in chapter 3 To access the Mod Wheel modulation...

Page 20: ...34 MIX Ext In 11 OSC1 Wave 23 KEYB Glide 35 VCF LFO2 12 OSC2 Wave 24 KEYB Spread 36 VCF Velo CV Out 001 also has four freely assignable CV Outputs These outputs will send out the current value of its...

Page 21: ...Recalls banks can be saved in the same way as patches or sequences and up to 100 banks are available The bank contains the 12 Quick Recall slots that are present at the time of saving To access a slot...

Page 22: ...button B under the LCD This panel also features the Tempo encoder which can be turned to change the current Song Tempo expressed in BPM and also tapped to start stop the Sequencer Backward Forward bu...

Page 23: ...derneath the first row you can find A set of 4 direction buttons on the left hand side for changing the rows Up Down arrows and the 8 steps Backward Forward arrows being displayed on the LCD These cor...

Page 24: ...ions 1 Mode allows you to set the direction mode of the sequence You can use either the dedicated button or the screen controls to change the value of this parameter The available Mode options are sim...

Page 25: ...actly the same as the Sequencer s one with the additon of a Relative Absolute mode Once enabled the Animator will take relative control of the assigned parameters by default This means that the curren...

Page 26: ...he Gate of the arpeggiator is set at a default value of 50 i e the release phase of the envelopes actually starts at half of the step length value Modes In this section we are going to explain the dif...

Page 27: ...board inserts the played note into the held down step Parameter CC Row Assign Holding down the Up Down button next to a row and turning a parameter encoder or pressing a parameter button will insert a...

Page 28: ...press the first menu button A and the screen will show a confirmation page if you press Yes first menu button again the synth will switch to Performance Mode after a momentary wait message if you pre...

Page 29: ...ay that regular patches are loaded see chapter 1 When you want to exit from this control press the first menu button A underneath the LCD 2 Status this switch turns the status of the current part on o...

Page 30: ...e in the main Performance page and you press the 4th menu button D it will automatically detect that you are working on an entire Performance and proceed with saving it as shown in the picture below W...

Page 31: ...are going to have a look at the settings page of the Modal 001 You can access this page by pressing the sixth menu button F You can access the six available sub menus by pressing the corresponding num...

Page 32: ...rent step of the update DO NOT TURN THE SYNTH OFF NOW You may cause serious damage to the internal structure of the OS and lose your data After a successful update the synth will automatically reboot...

Page 33: ...tween internal and external MIDI clock If using internal MIDI clock the Sequencer and the Arpeggiator will be synced to the Tempo parameter expressed in BPM always displayed in the top right corner of...

Page 34: ...ote On Note Off and Velocity 2 Control this option enables disables processing MIDI Control Change messages 3 Patch this option enables disables processing MIDI Bank and Program Change messages 4 Afte...

Page 35: ...controls the LCD screen brightness Remote Support This feature allows you to get remote technical support from the Modal Electronics team this means that a Modal operator can connect to your unit in o...

Page 36: ...ehavior on your 001 see Troubleshooting section you can reset parts of the operating system with the 3 options in this page 1 Network this option resets all Network settings and it is very useful anyt...

Page 37: ...29 28 OFF 0 ON 127 OSC SubWav 11 30 29 OFF 0 ON 127 OSC DeRez 12 28 27 OFF 0 ON 127 MIX Drive 13 25 31 30 0 127 MIX Osc1 14 26 32 31 0 127 MIX Sub1 15 28 33 32 0 127 MIX Osc2 16 27 34 33 0 127 MIX Su...

Page 38: ...52 54 53 OFF 0 ON 127 LFO2 Wave 1 53 55 54 OFF 0 ON 127 LFO2 Wave 2 54 56 55 OFF 0 ON 127 Function CC Joystick Sequence Animator Values LFO2 Slope 55 57 56 OFF 0 ON 127 LFO2 Resonance 56 58 57 OFF 0 O...

Page 39: ...FF 0 ON 127 VCF Slope 94 9 8 7 0 127 ARP Mode 95 0 11 ARP Note Length 96 33 0 96 97 98 99 KEYB Mode 100 0 3 KEYB Size 101 0 12 ANIM Status 102 0 1 OSC2 Wave 103 11 10 9 0 55 0 63 in PW LFO1 Wave 104 4...

Page 40: ...78 79 B Appendix Oscillator Waveforms 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19...

Page 41: ...80 81 Oscillator Waveforms 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 20 21 22 23 24 Oscillator Waveforms 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 Noise PW...

Page 42: ...blem The front panel has stopped responding If you turn an encoder neither the LCD screen updates nor can you hear the sound changing However all the screen controls i e keypad 6 menu buttons Select a...

Page 43: ...Settings you can t get any IP address please press 5 to re Apply you might need more than a couple of attempts before getting a result If this doesn t help try to disconnect and re connect the Ethern...

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