OS.13 steht in kürze zur Verfügung.
- improves synchronisation when slaved to an external clock source War seit OS.12 nicht mehr tight. Fixed!
- makes it possible to enable/disable instrument tracks using Midi notes and/or controllers
- adds a Global accent level [ACC+VALUE]
- enables longer bars, with more than 16 steps per bar
- But the biggest novelty: it introduces BASSLINE MODELS!
The most important new feature of firmware upgrade OS013: bassline synthesizer models! You could say the Modor DR-2 is no longer purely a drum machine, it's also very suited to create basslines now!
With the introduction of Parameter Locks in
OS007 it became possible to program little melodies in the DR-2 by using these parameter locks on the pitch parameter, especially on the bass drum models. Therefore, the DR-2 has been extended with 4 new synthesis models especially aimed at the creation of basslines:
- SAW SYNTH: This offer a sawtooth/square wave oscillator with a resonant lowpass filter on it (controlled by the X and Y parameters), the pitch envelope also works on the cutoff frequency (Z for amount). There is also a sustain time for the amp envelope, before it starts to decay (T).
- SQU SYNTH: This model is identical to the previous one, but with a square wave oscillator.
- SIN SYNTH: This model has a sine wave oscillator with a sine Sub oscillator (one octave lower, controlled with X), a sine 'super' oscillator (one octave higher, controlled with Y), a soft overdrive (controlled with Z), and again an Amp Sustain Time (T).
- FM SYNTH: This model finally, has a 2-operator carrier-modulator FM structure, with a modulator frequency ratio (X), FM amount (Y) and FM envelope amount (Z), and the Amp Sustain Time (T).
Notes and bassline melodies can be sequenced using parameter locks, the bassline synth models are tonal and can be tuned from F#-1 to F4. To program a certain note on a certain step, simply hold down that step button, and turn the PITCH knob to select the right note. This way parameter locks are entered in the sequencer.
The pitch parameter locks on these models are furthermore registered
relative to the
root note, such that you can transpose the bassline melody. When you turn the PITCH knob the root note of the bassline model changes, the parameter locked pitches in the sequence keep the same distance relative to the new root note.
The bassline models also have a
Portamento parameter, that allows to glide from one note to another. Portamento is controlled by SHIFT+CURVE and can of course also be parameter locked and/or modulated.