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96 Modulation Techniques Dave Smith Instruments
6. With the LFO 3 parameters shown in the main display, press Soft
Button 3 to select the lfo dest menu tab, then select osc2 shape with
Soft Knob 1.
7. Set LFO 3 frequency to 72 and LFO 3 amount to 68. Note that these
settings differ from those set for LFO 2/oscillator 2
8. Play some chords. Basic PMW string sound!
To hear what a difference pulse-width modulation makes, remove it by
turning the LFO amount parameter for both LFO 2 and LFO 3 to zero.
You can use this technique to add harmonic movement to any of the
oscillator waveshapes, not just the pulse wave. But be aware that if you
set the amount of waveshape modulation too high on the pulse wave, it
will become so narrow that the wave’s sound will disappear!
Modulating the Stereo Filters Independently
Because the Prophet X has stereo lters (in 8-voice mode), you can add
even more movement by using the LFOs (or other sources) to indepen-
dently modulate the left-channel and right-channel lter cutoff. This
produces some interesting stereo ltering effects. We’ll re-use the same
two LFOs in the example below. The mod matrix makes it possible to
route the same source to multiple destinations.
To modulate the left and right channels of the stereo lters:
1. Start with the PWM string sound from the previous example.
2. In the modulation section, press the assign source button. Use soft
knob 1 to scroll to the rst available mod slot.
3. Use soft knob 2 to scroll through the various mod sources and choose
lfo 2.
4. Use soft knob 3 to set the amount to 20.
5. Use soft knob 4 to scroll through the various mod destinations and
choose cutoff l.
6. Now do the same for LFO 3 and the right lter channel: Use soft
knob 1 to scroll to the next available mod slot.