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Getting to Know the ES2’s Modulation Router
The modulation router—or router—spans the center of the ES2 interface. Click the Router
button to view it if the Vector Envelope is displayed (these components share the same
section of the interface). If you are new to synthesizer modulation routings, refer to the
Synth Basics Modulation section.
Via sources are shown in
the middle of each
modulation routing.
The modulation intensity
slider is not divided when
there is no active via source.
The modulation intensity slider
divides into two halves when a
via source is active.
Modulation sources are
shown at the bottom of
each modulation routing.
Modulation targets are
shown at the top of each
modulation routing.
Any modulation source can be connected to any modulation target—much like an
old-fashioned telephone exchange or a studio patch bay.
The modulation intensity—how strongly the target is influenced by the source—is set
with the vertical slider to the right of the modulation routing.
The intensity of the modulation can itself be modulated: The via parameter defines a
further modulation source, which is used to control the modulation intensity. When via
is active, you can specify upper and lower limits for the modulation intensity.
Ten such modulation routings of source, via, and target can take place simultaneously,
in addition to routings that are hard-wired outside of the router. It does not matter which
of the ten modulation routings you use.
You can even select the same target in several parallel modulation routings. You can also
use the same sources and the same via controllers in multiple modulation routings.
Creating and Bypassing ES2 Modulation Routings
The following information applies to all ten modulation routings.
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