Hello,
I’m new to the Moog family and recently bought a Messenger. I’m very happy with this synthesizer. I’m usually used to synths from Arturia and Elektron. But here’s my issue:
Is it possible to set the mod wheel so that it only opens the filter, without constantly having that triangle behavior? I want to play the synth live and I’m used to “play” the filter using the mod wheel. If I set the LFO2 rate to be as slow as possible, when the triangle wave drops, there’s no sound at all anymore because the filter closes.
If anyone has a workaround or another tip, I’d really appreciate it.
This feature was introduced in FW 1.1.0. Ensure you have this firmware or later installed into the synth. As this was introduced after production, there is no “ASSIGN” text on the front panel UI.
Initially, the MOD WHEEL controls the depth of modulation from LFO 2 applied to the destination. Using MOD WHEEL AMT does not feed an alternative destination through the LFO. Instead it turns the MOD WHEEL into a level control for the assigned custom destination.
Try applying this to NOISE with a slight positive depth, then turn off NOISE in the mixer. Now, when you use the mod wheel, it will apply a little bit of noise to the signal. Then, you can assign PITCH, CUTOFF or AMP to LFO 2 RATE to have a noise driven modulation effect.
Hold AMP for 2 seconds to assign the MOD WHEEL to another custom destination.
Twist the knob of your chosen destination to change the depth either positively or negatively.
Press AMP to save your settings.
To change the depth of the custom assignment, repeat the previous steps.
The mod wheel will still also effect any of the three button-assigned destinations if a custom assignment is added - dependent on which button is activated.
Only one custom MOD WHEEL modulation routing may be programmed this way per patch.