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ES2 modulation router
Use the 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). You can hide or show the router/Vector Envelope by clicking the disclosure triangle at
the lower left of the section. If you are new to synthesizer modulation routings, see Modulation
overview on page 488.
Via sources are shown
in the middle of each
modulation routing.
Modulation targets are
shown at the top 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.
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. It doesn’t
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.
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