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Basic functions
Program mode
More about Alternate Modulation
Alternate Modulation is a type of modulation that can 
be used to control various aspects of the sound.
AMS (Alternate Modulation Source) refers to any of 
the numerous sources that can control alternate modu-
lation, and includes controllers that you operate physi-
cally such as the joystick and realtime controllers, 
incoming MIDI data, as well as modulators such as the 
EG or LFO.
Since this instrument allows you apply modulation to a 
modulator, this type of control is referred to as “alter-
nate modulation.”
Intensity is a parameter that sets the degree (speed or 
depth) to which AMS will control alternate modula-
tion.
Combinations of modulations that are frequently used 
in on the synthesizer. performance (such as using the 
joystick to vary the pitch) are also provided as special 
parameters separately from alternate modulation.
This instrument provides 29 types of alternate modula-
tion.
In single mode you can use 29 alternate modulation 
destinations of 29 types, and in double mode you can 
use 55 alternate modulation destinations of 29 types.
There are 42 AMS sources. (However depending on the 
type of modulation, some sources cannot be selected.)
For details on alternate modulation and AMS, refer to 
PG p.221.
Suggestions on using alternate modulation
When making settings for alternate modulation, think 
of the effect that you wish to produce, what type of 
modulation will be necessary to produce that effect, 
and what parameter of the oscillator, filter, or amplifier 
needs to be controlled. Then select a source (“AMS”) 
and set the “Intensity.” If you proceed logically in this 
way, you will achieve the desired effect.
For example if you want to “control a guitar-like sound 
so that it appears to be approaching feedback when the 
joystick is moved away,” you will make settings so that 
the joystick controls filter modulation or the resonance 
level.