Modulations

This docking window lets you edit your modulations. The modulations are edited using a grid control. Only modulators for the selected tracks are shown. If no tracks are selected, or if the selected tracks don't have any modulators, the window is empty. In addition to showing modulators, the window can optionally also show targets.

Creating a modulation

To create a modulation, do the following:

1. Select one or more tracks; each of these tracks will be a target of the new modulation.
2. Ensure the Modulations bar is visible, and also ensure it has focus, by left-clicking or right-clicking within it.
3. Insert a new modulation, using either Edit/Insert or its keyboard shortcut, or Insert on the context menu.
4. Select the desired modulation type if needed. The type defaults to mute modulation.
5. Select the desired modulation source, in other words the track that will do the modulating. If the source is "<None>" the modulation has no effect.

The new modulation is inserted at the current position in the modulation list. To append, first left-click or right-click below the last list item, so that no item is selected. If your modulation gets inserted in the wrong place, you can move it afterwards by left-clicking and dragging it.

Creating a modulation group

Sometimes it's desirable to create a group of modulations, all targeting the same tracks and having the same modulation type, but with different source tracks. Instead of creating the modulations one by one, it's easier to create them all at once, as follows:

1. Select one or more tracks; each of these tracks will be a target of the new modulations.
2. Ensure the Modulations bar is visible.
3. Insert a new modulation group, using either Track/Modulation or its keyboard shortcut, or Insert Group on the context menu. The Modulation dialog is displayed.
4. In the Modulation dialog, select one or more source tracks and a modulation type, and then press OK to create the modulations.

Show Differences

The Modulations bar normally shows all modulations that the selected tracks have in common. If the selected tracks don't all have exactly the same modulations, the message "<Differences>" is displayed at the bottom of the list. This message indicates that at least one of the selected tracks has a modulation that's hidden, because it's not shared by the other tracks.

In some cases you may prefer to show all modulations that target any of the selected tracks, regardless of whether all the selected tracks share them. To do this, enable Show Differences mode via the context menu. In Show Differences mode, the modulations list is a summary report. Each row of the report corresponds to a unique combination of modulation type and source track, and the number of instances of that combination is displayed in the index column. The report is sorted into descending order by number of instances. Reordering the modulations via drag and drop isn't supported in Show Differences mode.

Context menu

Show Targets

In addition to sources, the Modulations bar can also show targets, i.e. tracks that are modulated by the selected tracks. The targets are shown in a separate pane. To show or hide the target pane, select Show Targets from the bar's context menu.

The source and target panes are separated by a splitter bar. To change the relative size of the panes, left-click and drag the splitter bar. To change the split type, right-click the splitter bar to display its context menu, and then select Horizontal or Vertical. To move the splitter bar to the middle of the window, select Center.

Only the direct targets of the selected tracks are shown; to show indirect targets, use the graph bar. The target pane respects Show Differences mode. The target pane only partially supports editing, as shown in the table below. To change the type or target of selected modulations, use the target pane's grid control. Commands supported in both panes are applied to whichever pane has focus.