8. MODULATIONS SECTION
8.1. Modulation Overview
Modulation prevents electronic sounds from becoming static, by creating changes in those
sounds. This can increase expressiveness, add interest, and give more sonic variety.
Modulation requires a minimum of two elements: a modulation source that provides control
signals, and a destination that the modulation will influence. For example, vibrato and
tremolo are common examples of modulation sources. Vibrato adds periodic pitch changes
with pitch chosen as a destination, while tremolo provides periodic amplitude changes with
amplitude chosen as a destination.
Vocoder V has two main modulation sources (Envelope Follower and LFO), five auxiliary
modulation sources (you can also select None as a modulation source), and 30 available
destinations. We’ll describe the sources first, and then the destinations, because the same
set of destinations is available for all source modulation signals.
Arturia - User Manual Vocoder V - Modulations Section 53