Modulate

A Modulator takes a source and points it at a target. That's the whole model - everything else is choosing the source, choosing the target, and shaping how strongly and how often.

Sources (six): Waveform (LFO, tempo-locked) · Random (seeded) · Time Sequence (32 steps over the Rate) · Step Sequence (locked to the track's steps) · Macro (a hand-turned offset) · MIDI CC (mod wheel, aftertouch - LEARN).

Targets: any parameter on any track, another Modulator's Amount, or a MIDI CC out that leaves UNA and drives outboard gear - UNA becomes your outboard gear's LFO.

Two scopes

• 8 patch Modulators (cyan) - song tools, saved with the patch.
• 16 global Modulators (green) - studio tools; they keep running when you switch patches.

Patch mods can target global mods; globals only target globals - so loops can't form.

Range - how far, and which way

Range Span decides direction from the current value: MIN → MAX swings bipolar around it · VAL → MAX pushes only up · MIN → VAL pulls only down. Min/Max clamp how far - safety rails for wild sources (a Random on Octave stays musical), or a mapping clamp for incoming CC (full mod-wheel travel becomes a subtle trim).

The live gestures

On the Modulation page, without entering any editor:

Gesture	Does
Quick press a PARAMETER Knob	Fire that one-shot for one Rate period
Hold a PARAMETER Knob	Loop it until release, then land at the period boundary
CONTROL + press	Toggle Continuous ⇄ One-shot in place, phase preserved
CONTROL + rotate	Temporary Amount push - snaps back on release

→ Manual Ch 12 - Modulate for the edit pages, the wave diagram, and the worked recipes.