ARTURIA – Modular V – USER MANUAL
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On the fourth oscillator, set the “synchro” mode to “ON” and to “Hard” type.
Then, turn the “frequency” button to find the color and height of the sound
that you like. This will also be modulated by a third LFO (for this take the “Sin”
output of oscillator 7 and set it to “Low” mode so that it acts as a LFO).
To save on CPU load, also click on the “Key F” (for Key Follow) button to
deactivate the keyboard connection mode. The frequency will thus be fixed.
Modify the waveform width for
and
on the first 3 oscillators by
connecting the triangle output of LFO2 to the impulse modulation input
(“PWM”) of the first “driver” oscillator. This will add new harmonic colors typical
of analog synthesizers. Set the Pulse Width knob value towards the middle so
that the sound does not disappear when the pulse width is at 10% (equivalent
to the closed position of this knob).
Manual pulse width setting
Set the resonance button of the first 2 filters to 9 o’clock and connect the “Sin”
wave forms of LFO1 to one of their modulation inputs.
Next set the 2 modulation levels and the LFO speed to your liking.
Finally, set the 2 output VCA envelopes as you wish, while trying to keep the
same values on the 2 envelopes.
If you apply several modulations provoked by the different LFOs and on
different destinations (filter “Cutoff”, FM, PWM etc…), try to vary the different
levels of modulation in order to create as many different variations in the
evolution of the final sound. This is one of the strongest points of modular
synthesizer.
