Elements, Drum Keys And Operators; Oscillator; Pitch; Filter - Yamaha MODX7 Reference Manual

Elements, Drum Keys and Operators

Elements/Drum Keys/Operators are the smallest "building blocks" in the MODX that comprise a Part.
These small sound units can be built, enhanced and processed by a variety of traditional synthesizer
parameters, such as Pitch EG, Filter EG, Amplitude EG, and LFO (shown below).
OSC
Waveform (AWM2)

PITCH

Controls the pitch of
the sound.
Pitch EG
(Pitch Envelope
Generator)

Oscillator

This unit allows you to assign the waveform (or basic sound material) to each Element/Operator/Key.
Oscillator-related parameters can be set as follows.
• For Normal Parts (AWM2) and Drum Parts
[EDIT]  Part selection  Element selection  [Osc/Tune]
• For Normal Parts (FM-X)
[EDIT]  Part selection  Operator selection  [Form/Freq]
Pitch
This unit allows you to control how the pitch changes over time. Pitch-related parameters can be set as
follows.
• For Normal Parts (AWM2) and Drum Parts
[EDIT]  Part selection  Element selection  [Osc/Tune]
• For Normal Parts (FM-X)
[EDIT]  Part selection  Operator [Common]  [Pitch/Filter]
Parameters related to Pitch EG can be set as follows.
• For Normal Parts (AWM2)
[EDIT]  Part selection  Element selection  [Pitch EG]
• For Normal Parts (FM-X)
[EDIT]  Part selection  Operator [Common]  [Pitch/Filter]

Filter

This unit modifies the tone of the sound by cutting the output of a specific frequency portion of the sound.
Also, by setting the FEG (Filter Envelope Generator), you can control how the Cutoff Frequency of the Filter
changes over time. Parameters related to Filter and Filter EG can be set as follows.
• For Normal Parts (AWM2) and Drum Parts
[EDIT]  Part selection  Element selection  [Filter]
• For Normal Parts (FM-X)
[EDIT]  Part selection  Operator [Common]  [Pitch/Filter]
MODX Reference Manual
LFO
Low Frequency Oscillator
(Oscillator)
FILTER
Changes the tonal
quality of the
sound.
Filter EG
(Filter Envelope
Generator)
AMP
Controls the output
level (amplitude) of
the sound.
Amplitude EG
(Amplitude Envelope
Generator)
(page 107, page 140)
(page 155)
(page 107, page 140)
(page 148)
(page 111)
(page 148)
(page 113, page 142)
(page 148)
Basic Structure
Functional blocks
Tone Generator block
A/D Input block
Sequencer block
Arpeggio block
Motion Sequencer block
Effect block
Envelope Follower block
Controller block
Internal Memory
Reference
Display (touch panel) config.
Performance Play (Home)
Motion Control
Mixing
Scene
Play/Rec
Normal Part (AWM) Edit
Drum Part Edit
Normal Part (FM-X) Edit
Common/Audio Edit
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Utility
Live Set
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