Modulation station
SpecOps’ amazing modulation setup lets you animate every control within the plugin, for rhythmic and dynamic changes over time. The pop-out Modulation panel houses up to six modulators, each configurable as an LFO, an envelope follower, a sampleand-hold generator, a step sequencer, a macro knob, or an input receiver for Roli’s Lightpad hardware controller. Routing modulators to target controls is done by dragging virtual patch cords between input and output ports, and there’s no limit to the number of outputs each modulator can serve or connections that can be made to or from any given port. Modulators can even be assigned to modulate each other and/or themselves.
The LFO comes in Sine, Saw/Tri and Square variants, and runs at up to 20Hz, synced or unsynced. The envelope follower features variable smoothing; and the S+H Noise module includes Phase and Slew controls for detailed shaping of the output. The Macro control does double duty as a straightforward offset knob for targeted parameters and a modulation summing bus for routing multiple modulators. The Step Sequencer is the highlight, though, running synced to tempo or free, with up to 16 steps and Slew control for adjustable smoothness.