LFO and Modulation Headroom and floorheight

Hello :alien_monster:

How can it be made sure that what you modulate does not hit the ceiling or floor of the maximum/minimum space for control voltage?

When sending an LFO to modulate the cutoff how can i make sure i am modulating the cutoff from minimum to maximum? I cant make the cutoff output visible on scope.

Alright LPF out is visible on scope, but still I always have problems with dipping into non-modulation sidelines with the modulations.

Its the unipolar / bipolar thing too that is to think of

I like to use RSCL for rescaling CV signals. It also has the ability to reflect at the boundaries if you want.

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Hello and thank you for engaging.

Thank you for this tip, My challenge is to understand the space of the signal environemnt of the recieving module, because the encoders on the reciever act as an offset so there needs to be some sort of calculation.

I will test the min max encoders on the module you suggested.

This demonstrates my problem, the red cable hits the roof so it is not modulating half of the time, now the reason is because i offset it by 6 volts but its not always clear cut for me what is the reciever CV landscape because recieving connector like cutoff has a negative and positve side

like resonace here if i want to modulate it with a starting point that resonance is off then is it correct if i open the attenuator of res fully and then insert an lfo there or do i need to offset the LFO, i cant understand the numbers on the scope so well, normal LFO going in says

10 10 and 0

which confuses me

Particularly with inversions I am not sure what of how to equate it. If RES is to be modulated opposite from CUT, then the modulation scource goes into inverter, after it goes into RES, what is to happen next, should the attenuater on RES be 100% or -100%? And vice versa for the setting on RES itself. :yellow_heart:

RSCL limits the output to the min and max values set by the dials (-10 and 10 volts by default).

LFOs generally output bipolar signals in -5….5 volts. Some (including the one you use there) have a unipolar mode which puts the same waveform insidew 0…10 volts instead.

If you want to modulate something around its resting value, both upwards and downwards, use a bipolar source.

If you want to modulate something from its resting value and upwards/downwards from there, use a unipolar source.

Your VCF resonance idea is right. Just you didn’t need RSCL in the first place since the LFO has that offset light on, meaning it’s unipolar 0-10 already. Remove the RSCL and it should work as you want.

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you can’t. you need to know the receiving voltage that the manufacturer allowed. that’s why seriously written manuals are pure gold

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