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Please note that modulation and automation are not mutually exclusive: You can modulate a
parameter in MASCHINE and automate it (e.g., from your host) simultaneously! As a result,
the parameter value will deviate (according to the recorded modulation) from its moving value
defined by the automation.
Example: Let’s assume that you have recorded some modulation for the Cutoff parameter of a Filter
Plug-in in order to create a filter sweep. Since modulation is defined relative to the non-modulated
value, by manually adjusting the
Cutoff parameter you can shift the entire sweep across frequen-
cies. By assigning this Cutoff parameter to a MIDI control or an automation ID (see section
↑ 12.2.3, Controlling Parameters via MIDI and Host Automation to know how to do this) you can cre-
ate a filter sweep that automatically moves across frequencies!
11.5.1 Which Parameters Are Modulatable?
All the modulatable parameters are found in Plug-ins or Channel properties (e.g., you cannot
modulate the Pattern Length or the Step Grid resolution). This means that all modulatable pa-
rameters are found in a Parameter page of the Control area (when the software is in Arrange
view).
In order to be modulatable, parameters of Plug-ins and Channel properties have to meet fol-
lowing requirements:
▪ The parameter must be controlled by a knob or a button in the software. Most parameters
controlled by selectors (e.g., for selecting an operating mode or a filter type) cannot be
modulated — however there are a few exceptions.
▪ The parameter must be at the Group or Sound level. Parameters at the Master level cannot
be modulated.
This second rule is also true for Plug-ins: if a Plug-in is loaded at the Master level, its parameters
will not be modulatable — but the same Plug-in loaded at the Group or Sound level will have its
parameters modulatable.
Almost all parameters meeting these requirements can be modulated, the only exceptions be-
ing:
▪ Plug-ins:
Working with Patterns
Recording and Editing Modulation
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