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Important Safety Information

WARNING – AS WITH ALL ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS, care and general precautions must be 
observed in order to operate this equipment safely. If you are unsure how to operate this 
apparatus in a safe manner, please seek appropriate advice on its safe use.

Please ensure you read this manual and the Modal 002 ‘Quick Start Guide’ before attempting 
to operate this apparatus

THIS APPARATUS IS HEAVY (approximately 16.5 Kg) – observe lifting and handling precautions 
when moving it. Also ensure that the apparatus is placed on a suitable stand so as to enable 
safe operation and prevent toppling.

This apparatus MUST NOT BE OPERATED NEAR WATER or where there is risk of the apparatus 
coming into contact with sources of water such as sinks, taps, showers or outdoor water 
units, or wet environments such as in the rain. Take 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 allow free air movement around the apparatus and do not block any air vents or 
exits during operation - this apparatus produces heat.

This apparatus produces sound that could cause permanent damage to hearing. Always 
operate the apparatus at safe listening volumes and ensure you take regular breaks from 
being exposed to sound levels

THERE ARE NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE THIS APPARATUS. It should only be serviced 
by qualified service personnel, specifically when: 

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The apparatus has been dropped or damaged in any way or anything has fallen on the 
apparatus

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The apparatus has been exposed to liquid whether this has entered the apparatus or not

• 

The power supply cables to the apparatus have been damaged in anyway whatsoever

• 

The apparatus functions in an abnormal manner or appears to operate differently in any 
way whatsoever.

Содержание Modal Electronics 002

Страница 1: ...1 Machines for Musicians Modal Electronics 002 12 voice polyphonic analogue digital hybrid synthesiser User Manual OS Version 0 09 71...

Страница 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...

Страница 3: ...Modulations 04 Keyboard Controllers and Quick Recall Key Modes Keyboard Joystick Mod Wheel Expression and Sustain Pedal Quick Recall 05 Sequencer Animator and Arpeggiator Sequencer Animator Arpeggiato...

Страница 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...

Страница 5: ...2 voices are split 6 voices on the left and 6 on the right so we recommend panning the two channels slightly off centre on your mixer or audio interface Before powering up ensure the volume control is...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 9: ...ual pure analogue output for each of the 12 voices Power AC power inlet accepting standard grounded IEC power cord It operates over a range of 90 to 260 volts and 50 to 60 Hz Connect the cord included...

Страница 10: ...synthesiser has a dedicated area on the front panel defined by printed grey lines Almost every feature of the sound engine is directly accessible and controllable with dedicated knobs and buttons mak...

Страница 11: ...3 corresponding to a squarewave 4 Detune This parameter controls the fine tuning of the oscillators with the maximum value of 127 corresponding to about a semitone 5 DeRez When this option is On a dow...

Страница 12: ...l path If there is no source plugged this parameter is inactive 4 Sub1 This parameter controls the volume coming from the Sub Oscillator linked to Oscillator 1 with a range from 0 to 127 5 Sub2 This p...

Страница 13: ...his feature you can dampen the low frequencies while maintaining a rich high end texture For a good light pad sound try a value of 90 with a high Cutoff Try values other than 0 63 and 127 for interest...

Страница 14: ...essed 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 from the moment you leave...

Страница 15: ...it reaches its full amplitude and keeps constant Delay regulates the time needed to complete this initial phase 4 Note This parameter controls the amount of the keytracking modulation on the LFO spee...

Страница 16: ...th The global modulation amount for the source can be positive or negative 2 OSC1 OSC2 Are the pitches of the two oscillators Modulation sources LFO1 and LFO2 directly control each oscillators pitch H...

Страница 17: ...ously 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 voice Unison standard unison mode where y...

Страница 18: ...the amount of frequency detuning between the 2 OSCs in the same voice Joystick The Modal 002 joystick features 4 individual axes and each one of them is individually assignable By default the 2 horizo...

Страница 19: ...avigate to the Parameters page menu button C select Modulation option 10 and then select the option Expression There are 3 controls that allow the Expression Pedal to be configured 1 Depth this parame...

Страница 20: ...l slots that are present at the time of saving To access a slot to edit or load via the screen navigate to the corresponding slot number and press Select Quick Recall Slot The Quick Recall Slot page s...

Страница 21: ...on B The Sequencer Animator and Arpeggiator can all be monitored and controlled with the Sequencer front panel which you can find on the right hand side of the screen this panel features 16 push dials...

Страница 22: ...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 correspond to the 4 arrow buttons on the...

Страница 23: ...options 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...

Страница 24: ...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...

Страница 25: ...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...

Страница 26: ...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...

Страница 27: ...will switch to Performance Mode after a momentary wait message if you press No second menu button you will stay in Patch Mode When in Performance Mode the top bar of the screen displays the Part Numbe...

Страница 28: ...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...

Страница 29: ...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...

Страница 30: ...are going to have a look at the settings page of the Modal 002 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...

Страница 31: ...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...

Страница 32: ...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...

Страница 33: ...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...

Страница 34: ...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...

Страница 35: ...ehavior on your 002 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...

Страница 36: ...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...

Страница 37: ...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...

Страница 38: ...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...

Страница 39: ...76 77 B Appendix Oscillator Waveforms 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19...

Страница 40: ...78 79 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...

Страница 41: ...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...

Страница 42: ...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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