M Modal Electronics 001 User manual

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Machines for
Musicians
Modal Electronics 001
2 voice duophonic analogue/digital hybrid synthesiser
User Manual
OS Version - 0.09-71

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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 001 ‘Quick Start Guide’ before attempting
to operate this apparatus
THIS APPARATUS IS HEAVY (approximately 10.5 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:
• The apparatus has been dropped or damaged in any way or anything has fallen on the
apparatus
• 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.

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Index
00. Introduction
01. I just want to play this thing...
Power on
Screen Controls
Patch Screen
Load Patch
Patch storage
02. Connections
03. Synthesis Engine
Oscillators
Mixer
Filter
Envelopes
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
Shortcuts
06. Multi-Timbrality
Performance Mode
Performance Edit
Performance Storage
07. Settings
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Introduction
Modal 001 is a 2-voice analogue-digital hybrid synthesizer.
It features two high-resolution NCO oscillators per voice (plus two sub oscillators), Modal-
designed four-pole transistor ladder filter with real analogue morphing, VCA, two LFOs, 2
modulation matrices and very powerful Sequencer and Arpeggiator.
The hardware has been manufactured with high-quality components: FATAR semi-weighted
three octave key mechanism with aftertouch, white metal case, aluminum turned encoders
and high quality 4.3” LCD screen.
Among the many connections, Modal 001 features an ethernet port to connect your synth to
your network and enable updates 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 Modal products: we release updates on a regular
basis, constantly providing new features and bug fixes.
Please read ‘Settings’ (chap.7) for a more detailed description of the update procedure.
2
Please do not power cycle the unit quickly
Always leave 60 seconds between powering off and on
When switching off your 001, the internal computer needs some time to properly shut
down: if you do not wait at least 60 seconds before powering back on, you may encounter
some strange behaviours on your 001, including the OS not booting and incorrect voice
parameter values.
The power cycling guide must be followed in order to ensure correct behaviour of your
001.

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01
I just want to play
this thing...
Power on
Connect the power lead to your 001 then connect the output of the 001 to your mixer, or if
you prefer connect your headphones.
Also connect the ethernet cable from your router to the 001.
If you connect a single 1/4 inch jack to the Right output, both voices of 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 during
first power on create a ‘pop’ and this may cause damage to your speakers and the sound
guy’s ear drums.
Then power on.
You will see a progress bar on the screen. When the synth has loaded it will change to show
the main patch page.
Press down a key and slowly turn up the volume to a comfortable level.

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Screen controls
You can select and change the value of most of the synth parameters directly with the
dedicated rotary encoders: the Modal 001 interface is designed to be extremely intuitive and
easy to use, so that all the most important parameters are easily accessible and tweakable. The
‘screen controls’ represent a useful alternative to encoders and switches, and they can also be
used to edit parameters not accessible through the front panel controls.
Modal 001’s LCD screen is context sensitive (provided that PageSwitch option is On - ‘Global
Settings’): as soon as you turn an encoder, the related screen page is immediately displayed,
with the selected parameter highlighted in red.
Keypad
Hover mode
You can use the keypad to
select a specific parameter box
on the screen - you can see the
subscript numbers shown in the
bottom left of every box in every
screen page (except for the patch
loading page).
Edit mode
You can use the keypad to type
the value of that parameter.
Key 0
In hover mode on every page
key 0 is assigned to the ‘X’ exit
button. In edit mode typing 0
before entering other values
allows for minus numbers to be
entered. For example typing 0, 2, 4 would make -24.
TIP: A clever usage of the 001 interface is to select a parameter by touching the related
encoder, then 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 RECALL
A B C
Hover mode
Grey cursor and text.
Turning datawheel and +/- navigates
around the screen to different parameters.
Keypad can be used to shortcut to specific
parameters and enter edit mode.
Push datawheel or press select to switch to
edit mode.
Select button
Alternative to pushing
datawheel, up to user’s
preference. Select is mainly
used for switching between
hover / edit mode. So you
navigate to a parameter
in hover mode then press
select to edit the value. It is
also used to load patches.
+ / - buttons
Alternative to turning
datawheel. Pushing once
increments one step.
Pressing and holding
repeats increments.
Menu buttons
6 buttons below the screen to navigate
quickly to different sections.
Some are dual function, where pressing
twice will bring up other pages.
Links up to bottom menu of the screen
Datawheel
Large rotary encoder for data selection and entry. Turning clockwise increments, anti-clockwise
decrements and pushing selects. Same functionality as the Select and + / - buttons.
Edit mode
Red cursor and white text.
Turning datawheel and +/- changes values
of currently selected parameter.
Keypad can be used to type parameter
values. 0 followed by a number is a minus.
Push datawheel or press select to switch to
hover mode.
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87
4
1 2 3
5 6
9
A B C D E F
CLOUD SNAPSHOT SETTINGS
D E F

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Patch screen
After power on you will be shown the Patch screen. This screen shows you the currently
selected patch, as well as some useful details about the current patch.
1. Patch Number - is always shown as 4 digits (0000), the first two digits represent the
bank number (00xx - 99xx) and the last two the patch number (xx00 - xx99) within the
bank. There are 100 banks of 100 patches in total (0000 - 9999). If the patch number is
highlighted in red then it is the currently loaded patch number.
2. Patch Name - Patch names can be up to 32 characters long.
3. Keyboard Transpose - the keyboard section shows the current octave and transpose
settings for the current patch. The numbers on the keys show the midi note value for
each octave, so in the example above C2 to C7. We use C4 as middle C (MIDI note
60) but the red value on the right shows the current note on middle C with octave and
transpose applied.
4. Midi Channel - the current midi channel 001 recieves and sends on. This can be changed
in the Settings > MIDI menu (chap. 8).
5. Key Mode - 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 amount (only used on Unison and Stack).
6. Arpeggiator Status - whether arpeggiator is currently on or off
7. Animator Status - whether animator is currently on or off
Load patch
If you want to load another patch:
• Scroll through the patches either using the Datawheel, or the ‘-/+’ buttons above, or
directly type the slot patch number with the keypad
• Now you see a different patch name, but no new patch has been loaded yet (the patch
number on the left of the screen is grey). If you want to actually load it, press the Select
button to confirm your selection: the patch is now loaded (the number is red)
• If you don’t want to load a new patch, but just scroll through the patch names, you can
keep turning the Datawheel (or pressing the ‘-/+’ buttons) without any harm (the patch
number will remain grey)
• You can use the first ‘menu button’ (A) as an ‘Escape’ button. If you have scrolled past
the current patch, pressing that button returns you to the current patch name (without
re-loading it, so you will not loose your edits). The patch number is now red.

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Patch storage
Now feel free to have some fun with your 001: find a patch that you like and tweak some
knobs to modify the sound characteristics.
Then if you would like to save that sound:
• Press the 4th ‘menu button’ (D) - the LCD will display the storage page. You can save
many different types of data (including Performances, Sequences, etc.), but since you are
working on a mono-timbral patch, the screen will automatically select Patch Storage.
• If you want to save the edited sound in the same slot (overwriting the previously saved
patch) just press number ‘3’ on the keypad (or press Select 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 the datawheel or the ‘-/+’
buttons. Once you found the right slot, press Select to confirm, then press number ‘3’ to
Update.
• Now the LCD shows the QWERTY keyboard, where you can type a new name for the
preset. Using the datawheel (which can also be tapped to confirm selection) is probably
the easiest way to type the name. Once you are done, just scroll down to the ‘Done’ box
and confirm.
• You will need to confirm what you have just typed, so press number ‘2’ on the keypad
(or Select again), which corresponds to the ‘Yes’ box. If you are not sure about the name,
type ‘1’, which corresponds to the ‘No’ box.

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Connections
Audio Out
001’s main audio output, featuring
balanced TRS plugs. Please note that if
you connect a single 1/4 inch jack to the
Right output, both voices of 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.
Audio In
Two mono TS audio inputs, to process
your audio source with 001’s analogue
VCF and VCA.
USB (Audio, MIDI)
This is intended to be used with future
expansions (like the digital output/FX
card) and nothing should be connected
to it at the moment.
CV In and Out
4x CV/Gate 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
outputs go from +10v to -10V.
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
with your 001, then press the power
switch to turn the synth on.
MIDI (In, Out, Thru)
To receive/send/pass through MIDI data
from/to other devices.
Headphones
(On the front) A 1/4” stereo jack socket.
We recommend using headphones with
a minimum impedence of 70 ohms.
Connect
Internet connections. Connect an
Ethernet cable directly to your router
to allow updates to the OS and other
internet features.

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Synthesis engine
Select
-+
Tempo
Osc1
Note
Note
Wave/PW
Wave Rate
PW Detune
Sync SubWavDeRez
Key Mode
Mono
Poly Stack
Glide
Oct - Oct +
DepthSource
Wave1 Slope DriveOsc1
Wave2 VCF VCA Osc2
RecallTranspose
LFO-1
LFO-2
Velo
AftT
PW
Osc2 CutOff Decay
Decay
EG Seq
Sustain
Sustain
Slope
EG Note Amount
LFO-2 Velo
Reso
Attack
Attack Release
Volume
Mode
Release
Sub1
LFO-1 LFO-2
Sub2
Drive
VCFMixOsc2Osc1LFO
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 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, making the user experience very simple and straight forward:
every time you change a value by touching an encoder or clicking a button, the LCD display
updates showing the related page and changed parameter.

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Oscillators
001 features two main digital oscillators per voice (Numerically Controlled Oscillators - NCO),
identified by OSC1 and OSC2 labels, each one with its own Sub-Oscillator.
NCOs differ from the oscillators found in most virtual analogue synthesisers in that they use
a variable sample rate and as such are not band-width limited. This means that a sawtooth
sounds like a sawtooth regardless of the pitch played and results in a very rich sound,
previously only obtainable from classic analogue synthesisers.
1. Wave/PW: Two big encoders allow you to choose among 56 different waveforms,
ranging from classic analogue sounds to more unique digital shapes.
2. Note: These two encoders control the tuning of each oscillator in semitones, covering a
range from -24 to +24 semitones.
3. PW: If the underlying PW switch is on, the oscillator is in PulseWave mode: this means
that now the Wave/PW knob acts as a pulsewidth control, with maximum value of 63
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 down sampling algorithm is active on both the
oscillators. This algorithm adds a good amount of additional high-frequency harmonics, in
order to make the sound brighter (tip: very good with waveforms from 30 to 45).
6. Sync: When this option is On, the two oscillators are hard-synced. OSC2 is the slave
oscillator: you can detune it or modulate its pitch, but it will always follow OSC1 pitch.
7. SubWav: This option controls the sub-oscillators behaviour. Each sub-oscillator is linked
to a main oscillator, sounding one octave lower.
• When the SubWav button is off, the sub-oscillators produce standard square waves.
• When the SubWav button is on, the sub-oscillators use the same waveforms as the
corresponding main oscillator.
This is a very important feature of the 001, especially when using digital waveforms: it
is like having 4 real oscillators, instead of 2+2. Combining SubWav and DeRez functions
when using digital waveforms allows you to easily create extremely bright sounds.
Select
- +
Tempo
Osc1
Note
Note
Wave/PW
Wave
Rate
PW Detune
Sync SubWavDeRez
Key Mode
Mono
Poly Stack
Glide
Oct - Oct +
Depth
Source
Wave1
Slope Drive
Osc1
Wave2 VCF VCA Osc2
RecallTranspose
LFO-1
LFO-2
Velo
AftT
PW
Osc2 CutOff Decay
Decay
EG Seq
Sustain
Sustain
Slope
EG Note Amount
LFO-2 Velo
Reso
Attack
Attack Release
Volume
Mode
Release
Sub1
LFO-1
LFO-2
Sub2
Drive
VCF
MixOsc2Osc1LFO
Modulation
Keyboard
VCF-EG
VCA-EG
Sequencer
Ani
Seq Arp

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Mixer
You can easily mix the signals coming from the oscillators in the Mixer section, just on the
right side of the oscillators’ section.
1. Osc1: This parameter controls the volume coming from Oscillator 1, with a range from 0
to 127.
2. Osc2: This parameter controls the volume coming from Oscillator 2, with a range from 0
to 127.
3. Sub1: This parameter controls the volume coming from the Sub-Oscillator linked to
Oscillator 1, with a range from 0 to 127.
4. Sub2: This parameter controls the volume coming from the Sub-Oscillator linked to
Oscillator 2, with a range from 0 to 127.
5. Drive: This parameter controls the amount of filter overdrive distortion. Note that 002
features a transistor ladder VCF with a distortion circuit that overdrives the filter itself,
not the signal ‘before’ the filter. 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 our design, and is due to
the transistors saturating and then recovering.
Available via the screen controls only:
6. Ext In: This parameter controls the volume of the incoming external audio signal, if there
is an external source connected to the 002’s Audio Input: in this way, you can process
any instrument producing a ‘line’ signal (e.g. a drum machine, another synth or DAW
output) with our VCF and VCA, through a pure analogue signal path. If there is no source
plugged, this parameter is inactive.
Select
- +
Tempo
Osc1
Note
Note
Wave/PW
Wave Rate
PW
Detune
Sync SubWav
DeRez
Key Mode
Mono
Poly Stack
Glide
Oct - Oct +
DepthSource
Wave1 Slope DriveOsc1
Wave2 VCF VCA Osc2
RecallTranspose
LFO-1
LFO-2
Velo
AftT
PW
Osc2 CutOff
Decay
Decay
EG Seq
Sustain
Sustain
Slope
EG
Note Amount
LFO-2
Velo
Reso
Attack
Attack Release
Volume
Mode
Release
Sub1
LFO-1 LFO-2
Sub2
Drive
VCFMixOsc2
Osc1LFO
Modulation
Keyboard
VCF-EG
VCA-EG
Sequencer
Ani
Seq Arp

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Filter
Modal 001 uses a classic analogue transistor ladder design to low-pass filter the signal coming
from the oscillators (or from an external source). Like every true polyphonic synthesiser, Modal
001 has an individual VCF per voice.
1. Cutoff: This parameter controls the low-pass filter cutoff frequency. The minimum value
(i.e. 0) corresponds to about 40 Hz.
2. Reso: This parameter controls the amount of resonance of the filter. Note that with
the ladder filter design, resonance can go quite wild at high values; also, turning up
the resonance value dampens the low end of the sound a little bit. These are normal
consequences of this particular filter design.
3. Slope: This parameter controls the shape of the filter: note that this is a real continuous
analogue filter morphing (quite a unique feature in the analogue domain), which gives to
the Modal 001 filter a unique characteristic.
• At a value of 0 you have a 4-pole low pass filter;
• At a value of 10-20, you have a sort of low-shelving;
• In the midpoint (63) you have a band-pass filter;
• At maximum value (127) a 1-pole low-pass filter.
TIP: With this 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 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 frequency. Note that this
parameter can also have negative sign. TIP: use a high negative EG value combined with
a long Release on the Envelopes, in order to get some nice ‘filter-opening’ effects when
releasing the keys.
5. LFO2: This parameter directly controls the amount of LFO2 modulation (see
‘Modulations’ section - later in this same chapter) on the filter cutoff frequency. Note that
this parameter can also have negative sign.
6. Velocity: This parameter controls the amount of keyboard velocity modulation on the
filter cutoff frequency: at positive values, the stronger you press the keys, the higher the
cutoff is set. Note that this parameter can also have negative sign.
7. Note: This parameter controls the amount of keytracking modulation on the filter cutoff
frequency: at positive values, the higher the note you press, the higher the cutoff is set.
Note that this parameter can also have negative sign.
Select
- +
Tempo
Osc1
Note
Note
Wave/PW
Wave Rate
PW Detune
Sync SubWavDeRez
Key Mode
Mono
Poly Stack
Glide
Oct - Oct +
DepthSource
Wave1 Slope DriveOsc1
Wave2 VCF VCA Osc2
RecallTranspose
LFO-1
LFO-2
Velo
AftT
PW
Osc2 CutOff
Decay
Decay
EG
Seq
Sustain
Sustain
Slope
EG Note
Amount
LFO-2 Velo
Reso
Attack
Attack
Release
Volume
Mode
Release
Sub1
LFO-1 LFO-2
Sub2
Drive
VCFMix
Osc2Osc1LFO
Modulation
Keyboard
VCF-EG
VCA-EG
Sequencer
Ani
Seq Arp

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Envelopes
Modal 001 provides two separate classic 4-stage contour generators (i.e. envelopes), one for
the filter (VCF-EG), one for the amplifier (VCA-EG): the former modulates the filter cutoff
frequency, if a value different from zero is set for the filter EG parameter (see ‘Filter’ section -
previously in this same chapter); the latter modulates the amplifier volume, if a value different
from zero is set for its own Amount parameter.
On the 001 front panel, the same set of controls are shared between Envelope and Sequencer/
Animator/Arpeggiator functionalities (see chapter 5): to switch between the two modes, just
press the EG/Seq button.
Before you continue reading this section, please make sure that the LED is in ‘EG’ position.
Both the envelopes have the same 4 stages, plus 1 option:
1. Attack: This parameter controls the time passing from the moment you press a key (i.e.
‘MIDI Note On’ message) until the sound reaches its maximum value
2. Decay: This parameter controls the time passing for the sound to drop from its maximum
value to a sustain level (see later)
3. Sustain: This parameter controls the level of the sustain phase of the sound (i.e. the
volume of the sound 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 from the moment you leave a key (i.e.
‘MIDI Note Off’ message) until the sound reaches silence
5. Shape: This parameter varies the shape of certain stage of the envelope. You can choose
between ‘Linear’ mode (where all the stages have linear shape), or ‘Exponential’ mode
(where Decay and Release have exponential shapes, but the Attack stays linear). The
‘Exponential’ mode is also faster than the ‘Linear’: it gives the ability to create snappier
transients, thus it is the best mode for percussive sounds design. On the other hand,
‘Linear’ should be preferred when designing pad/ambient sounds.
This parameter is not on the front panel and is accessed using the screen controls.
The VCA-EG has one other different parameter available:
6. Amount: This parameter controls the amount of contour generator applied to the VCA.
If this parameter is set to 0 you hear silence, while turning it up causes the volume to
increase.
Select
- +
Tempo
Osc1
Note
Note
Wave/PW
Wave Rate
PW Detune
Sync SubWavDeRez
Key Mode
Mono
Poly Stack
Glide
Oct - Oct +
DepthSource
Wave1 Slope DriveOsc1
Wave2 VCF VCA Osc2
RecallTranspose
LFO-1
LFO-2
Velo
AftT
PW
Osc2 CutOff
Decay
Decay
EG Seq
Sustain
Sustain
Slope
EG
Note Amount
LFO-2
Velo
Reso
Attack
Attack Release
Volume
Mode
Release
Sub1
LFO-1 LFO-2
Sub2
Drive
VCFMixOsc2Osc1LFO
Modulation
Keyboard
VCF-EG
VCA-EG
Sequencer
Ani
Seq Arp

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LFO’s
Modal 001 features two individual low frequency oscillators: LFO1 is a simple LFO and is
‘global’ across the patch (so it affects the whole sound); LFO2 has more parameters and is
applied ‘per voice’ (so it affects each note/voice individually).
Both LFO1 and LFO2 have these parameters:
1. Waveform: This switch allows you to choose one among the four available LFO
waveforms (i.e. sine, sawtooth, square and sample & hold).
2. Rate: This parameter controls the speed of the LFO.
LFO2 has these additional parameters accessible via the screen controls:
3. Delay: This parameter controls the initial delay of the LFO. The LFO is initially silent, then
it’s amplitude increases until 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
speed: at positive values, the higher the note you press, the faster the LFO runs.
5. Sngl: This button activates the LFO’s ‘single mode’: when this mode is on, just a single
cycle of the waveform is read every time you press a key, then the LFO stops.
TIP: if using a sawtooth waveform, the LFO turns into a simple ‘decay envelope’, that can
be extremely useful to modulate many different parameters, like oscillators’ pitch (see
‘Modulation’ section - later in this same chapter).
Note that LFO1 is slower than LFO2, allowing modulations that are impossible to do with
LFO2, more suitable for pad/ambient sound design.
Select
- +
Tempo
Osc1
Note
Note
Wave/PW
Wave Rate
PW Detune
Sync
SubWav
DeRez
Key Mode
Mono
Poly Stack
Glide
Oct - Oct +
DepthSource
Wave1 Slope DriveOsc1
Wave2 VCF VCA Osc2
RecallTranspose
LFO-1
LFO-2
Velo
AftT
PW
Osc2 CutOff Decay
Decay
EG Seq
Sustain
Sustain
Slope
EG Note Amount
LFO-2 Velo
Reso
Attack
Attack Release
Volume
Mode
Release
Sub1
LFO-1 LFO-2
Sub2
Drive
VCFMixOsc2
Osc1LFO
Modulation
Keyboard
VCF-EG
VCA-EG
Sequencer
Ani
Seq Arp

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Modulations
The Modal 001 has four modulation matrices accessible on the front panel.
Sources: The available sources on the front panel are LFO1, LFO2, Velocity and Aftertouch.
The two other sources are Modulation Wheel and Note (Keytracking), accessible via the screen
controls on the modulation page within the parameters page menu (press 3rd menu button
(C), then type ‘10’ with the keypad).
Note that Modal 001 semi-weighted keyboard is velocity-sensitive and has monophonic
aftertouch. Also, the Joystick is a 4-axes controller and each axis is individually assignable:
ModW (Modulation Wheel) is a possible destination of a joystick axis, which can be used as a
fast way to control the amount of modulation for destinations of ModW.
Destinations: Modulation destinations are almost the same for all matrices, with the only
difference being the one labelled VCF on the front panel that is Reso instead of Cutoff for the
sources LFO-2, Velo and Note.
More details:
1. Depth: 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. However, modulation sources AfterTouch, Note,
ModWheel and Velocity enables a vibrato effect on each oscillator, specifically it assigns
LFO2 to the oscillators pitch with an independant depth amount.
3. Wave1/ Wave2: Are the waveforms of the two oscillators. Modulating this destination
means that the oscillator will step through the different waveforms (see ‘Oscillators’
section - previously in this same chapter)
4. Slope: Is the shape of the filter (see ‘Filter’ section - previously in this chapter)
5. Reso: Is the resonance of the filter (see ‘Filter’ section)
6. Cutoff: Is the cutoff frequency of the filter (see ‘Filter’ section)
7. Drive: Is the amount of overdrive distortion (see ‘Mixer’ section - previously in this
chapter)
8. VCA: Is the volume of the amplifier (see ‘Envelopes’ section - previously in this chapter)
- you can create a classic tremolo effect if applying LFO1 to this, or a more complex
polyphonic tremolo if applying LFO2.
Note that in this page the destination switches can just be turned On/Off (even if using screen
controls) - they cannot be ‘selected in red’ as any other parameter.
Select
- +
Tempo
Osc1
Note
Note
Wave/PW
Wave Rate
PW Detune
Sync
SubWav
DeRez
Key Mode
Mono
Poly Stack
Glide
Oct - Oct +
DepthSource
Wave1 Slope DriveOsc1
Wave2 VCF VCA Osc2
Recall
Transpose
LFO-1
LFO-2
Velo
AftT
PW
Osc2 CutOff Decay
Decay
EG Seq
Sustain
Sustain
Slope
EG Note Amount
LFO-2 Velo
Reso
Attack
Attack Release
Volume
Mode
Release
Sub1
LFO-1 LFO-2
Sub2
Drive
VCFMixOsc2Osc1LFO
Modulation
Keyboard
VCF-EG
VCA-EG
Sequencer
Ani
Seq Arp

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Keyboard, Controllers
and Quick Recall
In this section we are going to discuss the bottom-left area of the front panel interface, which
includes various settings for keyboard, quick recall options and the joystick.
Key Modes
The KeyMode option sets the keyboard polyphony and the allocation method for the voices.
001 has 3 different KeyModes:
• Poly: standard polyphonic mode, 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 voice
• Stack: standard unison mode, where you can play just one note at time (mono
keyboard), but you use 2 voices simultaneously for that note
Select
- +
Tempo
Osc1
Note
Note
Wave/PW
Wave Rate
PW Detune
Sync SubWavDeRez
Key Mode
Mono
Poly Stack
Glide
Oct - Oct +
DepthSource
Wave1 Slope DriveOsc1
Wave2 VCF VCA Osc2
RecallTranspose
LFO-1
LFO-2
Velo
AftT
PW
Osc2 CutOff Decay
Decay
EG Seq
Sustain
Sustain
Slope
EG Note Amount
LFO-2 Velo
Reso
Attack
Attack Release
Volume
Mode
Release
Sub1
LFO-1 LFO-2
Sub2
Drive
VCFMixOsc2Osc1LFO
Modulation
Keyboard
VCF-EG
VCA-EG
Sequencer
Ani
Seq Arp

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Keyboard
1. Octave: this parameter controls the octave shift of the keyboard, allowing you to
transpose the whole keyboard by up to 2 octaves up or down
2. Glide: this parameter controls the speed with which the oscillators change their pitch,
‘sliding’ from one note to the next one pressed:
• a large value will mean the ‘glide’ takes longer to reach the new note
• a shorter value will result in a quicker ‘slide’
3. Transpose: This allows you to transpose the Keyboard, Sequencer and Arpeggiator. To
use the function simply hold down the transpose button whilst pressing a key on the
keyboard. A ‘Zero’ transpose is obtained by pressing the third C from the bottom of the
keyboard.
4. Key Mode: Select between Polyphonic, Monophonic and Stack
Available via the screen controls only:
5. Size: (available for both Unison and Stack modes): this parameter controls how many
voices the synth is using for a single note
6. Spread: this parameter controls the amount of frequency detuning between the currently
used voices (note that this is different from oscillators Detune parameter, which is the
amount of frequency detuning between the 2 OSCs in the same voice)
Joystick
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);
• the down (Y-) axis controls the filter cutoff (half range from current value to max);
• the up (Y+) axis controls the amount of LFO1 modulation, depending on the currently
active destinations (half range from current value to max).
The joystick assign pages are accessible via the screen controls on the modulation page within
the parameters page menu (press 3rd ‘menu button’ (C), then type ‘10’ with the keypad).
There are 3 controls per axis that allow the joystick to be configured:
1. Depth: this parameter controls the depth of modulation to the selected parameter. A full
depth of +60 would increase the selected parameter’s value to its maximum available, a
half depth of +30 would increase it to halfway towards its maximum value etc.
For pitch bend to go up in semitones you can set the depth in multiples of 5, where a
depth of 60 would be equal to the maximum range of 12 semitones.
2. Status: this parameter controls if the joystick axis is active or not.
3. Destination: this parameter allows you to choose what control to assign to the joystick
axis. A full list of joysitck destinations is shown on the Midi Implementation Chart at the
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Mod Wheel
On 001 you can use a Joystick axis as a Mod Wheel. Please refer to the ‘Joystick’ page to see
details on how to assign different destinations to a Joystick axis. You can also receive external
Mod Wheel messages from MIDI In as CC 1.
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 first navigate to the Parameters page (menu
button C), select Modulation (option 10) and then select the option ModW.
Please note that assigning Mod Wheel as a Joystick axis allows you to control multiple
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CV In
001 has four freely assignable CV Inputs. These inputs can be sent as another form of
modulation to most of the parameters of the synth. Each input voltage (scalable 1-volt-per-
octave signal) has a Status, Destination and Depth that works in the same way as the joystick.
A list of parameters that can be modulated and their order is shown in the table below:
Destination Destination Destination Destination
1 Note 13 VCF - EG 25 OSC - Detune 37 VCF - Note
2 Pitch Bend 14 VCFEG - Attack 26 OSC - DeRez 38 AFTT - Depth
3 Gate 15 VCFEG - Decay 27 OSC - Sync 39 VELO - Depth
4 VCF - CutOff 16 VCFEG - Sustain 28 OSC - Subwav 40 NOTE - Depth
5 LFO1 - Depth 17 VCFEG - Release 29 MIX - Drive 41 MODW - Depth
6 LFO1 - Rate 18 VCA - Amount 30 MIX - Osc1 42 LFO2 - Note
7 LFO2 - Depth 19 VCAEG - Attack 31 MIX - Osc2 43 LFO2 - Delay
8 LFO2 - Rate 20 VCAEG - Decay 32 MIX - Sub1 44 ARP - Mode
9 VCF - Reso 21 VCAEG - Sustain 33 MIX - Sub2 45 ARP - N Length
10 VCF - Slope 22 VCAEG - Release 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 source as a control voltage (scalable 1-volt-per-octave signal). Each output has a Status,
Source and Depth control that works in the same way as the joystick.
A list of parameters that can be sent and their order is shown in the table below:
Destination Destination Destination Destination
1 Note 13 LFO2 - Depth 25 VCAEG - Attack 37 MIX - Ext In
2 LFO1 - Out 14 LFO2 - Rate 26 VCAEG - Decay 38 VCF - LFO2
3 Velocity 15 VCF - Reso 27 VCAEG - Sustain 39 VCF - Velo
4 Gate 16 VCF - Slope 28 VCAEG - Release 40 VCF - Note
5 After Touch 17 OSC1 - Wave 29 KEYB - Glide 41 AFTT - Depth
6 JOY - X+ Out 18 OSC2 - Wave 30 KEYB - Spread 42 VELO - Depth
7 JOY - X- Out 19 VCF - EG 31 OSC - Detune 43 NOTE - Depth
8 JOY - Y+ Out 20 VCFEG - Attack 32 MIX - Drive 44 MODW - Depth
9 JOY - Y- Out 21 VCFEG - Decay 33 MIX - Osc1 45 LFO2 - Note
10 VCF - CutOff 22 VCFEG - Sustain 34 MIX - Osc2 46 LFO2 - Delay
11 LFO1 - Depth 23 VCFEG - Release 35 MIX - Sub1 47 EXT - ModW
12 LFO1 - Rate 24 VCA - Amount 36 MIX - Sub2 48 EXT - PBend