… I dare not ponder what happens when both primary and secondary modulation are set to manual. Eventide Staff: please save our sanity and explain 🙂
You’ve crossed the line where the laws of all known physics break down.
I had to revisit … my Manual go-to tactic has become mapping the Manual parameter in opposite directions, with multiple instances or two similar algorithms. Vocal-like formants, with the focus on crossing frequencies.
So I threw together a test Program (attached). #1 Manual Shape + #2 Manual Mod Source. I bypassed a 2nd identical Phaser instance. Enabling it in Series pushes the boundaries. EXP1 is mapped to Manual Mod. I saved it at mid-throw, as ‘manually’ adjusting Manual Mod & Depth Mod also produces audible results. AUX / HotSwitches select Phaser types (intense Feedback Type as HS2 default).
- Logically, Speed, Speed Mod & Mod Rate don’t apply.
- Depth & Depth Mod do interact.
- Control Depth Mod with the (P) HotKnob, or an EXP2 pedal.
- Control the primary Depths with (A) / (B) HotKnobs.
- With Depth = 99, increasing Depth Mod ‘hollows out’ the range of Manual control.
This mellowing seems counterintuitive (adding more modulation). Considering the source (Phaser), I’ll speculate that the notch interactions cancel out input signal even more. It’s an interesting effect, often in need of some gain-staging. More subtle, and vaguely vocal-like.
Conversely, lowering the main Depth also reduces the effect of Manual – Depth Mod. After all, it’s the parameter you’re modulating. Esoteric use case, for sure, but potentially useful in your bag-o’-tricks. One more way to tone down an otherwise overpowering effect, by blending Depth & Depth Mod levels to fine-tune Manual Mod travel.
