WALDORF Microwave XT menu and value lists

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This document contains a list of all the menus, associated with their respective buttons. For parameters, that change more than numbers, you will also find lists of possible values. These values are associated with their respective MIDI controller positions, where possible.

My Microwave operating system version is 2.33, which is the latest version, still available on the Waldorf website. Also available on the Waldorf website is a PDF manual for the Microwave II/XT/XTK. It is easily convertable to HTML with pdftohtml under Linux and should be easy to read on graphically based systems like Windows and Mac OS. So Thanks Waldorf!

This document was written by me, Julien Claassen. It's original can be found at: juliencoder.de/mw_xt-menus.html. You're welcome to distribute it freely, conforming to these conditions:

  1. You are NOT allowed to charge any fee for it whatsoever!
  2. You must keep the document as it is

If you find errors or have additions to make, you're welcome to mail them and if you like, your name will be included in the document.

Julien Claassen (05.04.2011)


Main contents

  1. Introduction
  2. News
  3. Tips and tricks
  4. Button 1
  5. Button 2
  6. Button 3
  7. Button 4
  8. Button 5
  9. Shift+Button1 (Store)
  10. Shift+Button2 (Recall)
  11. Shift+Button3 (Compare)
  12. Shift+Button4 (Undo)
  13. Shift+Button5 (Utility)
  14. Appendix A: List of Wavetables
  15. Appendix B: List of controller abbreviations
  16. Appendix C: List of filter types
  17. Appendix D: List of effect types
  18. Appendix E: List of Modulation Sources
  19. Appendix F: List of Modulation Destinations

Introduction

This document is mainly intended for blind users of the Waldorf Microwave XT, but may also serve sighted users as a short reference guide.

The structure of this document is very simple:

The order of menus and pages is taken from the Microwave XT's order. So you can use the big page dial to count them. In the sections describing the parameters of each page, blank positions are also included, so you know, which knob does what.

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Tips and Tricks

In this section you find some tips and tricks to make it easier to work with your Microwave XT:

Connect your instrument to your computer via MIDI and use a program, that can display MIDI controller changes and SysEx data. On the Linux commandline this could be aseqdump, otherwise every well equipped sequencer should do the job. - aseqdump example:
aconnect -li
[Copious output]
client 24: 'M Audio Delta 1010LT' [type=kernel]
aseqdump -p 24:0
Now you can see every MIDI message coming from the connected instrument. Stop it by pressing ctrl-C

If you get lost in the menu pages, you can use the page dial to skip back to the first menu page of the current buton. It does _NOT_ scroll through a.k.a wrap around.

The effects don't output MIDI messages (at least not for me and not so far). You can turn the last value dial (fourth display knob) to the right and then slowly turn the first one. Because the last value dial is mostly used for depth or mix, you can clearly hear the effect.
If you don't turn the last knob you should hear an effect anyway, since you get a small pop or click everytime the effect is changed.

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News

I suspect tis section will be rather small, but just so you know, if something changed...

05.04.2011:
the document is now valid XHTML1.0 Transitional, validate by the W3C's validator.
Also slight restructuring and better organisation has been put into place. the Tips and Tricks section has been put into place.
04.04.2011:
Original upload of the document, some misspellings corrected.

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Button 1

  1. Oscillator 1 / 1
  2. Oscillator 1 / 2
  3. Oscillator 2 / 1
  4. Oscillator 2 / 2
  5. Wave 1 / 1
  6. Wave 1 / 2
  7. Wave 2 / 1
  8. Wave 2 / 2
  9. Quality
  10. Mixer 1
  11. Mixer 2
  12. Play Access

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Button 2

  1. Filter 1 / 1
  2. Filter 1 / 2
  3. Filter 2
  4. Amplifier
  5. Effects
  6. Panning
  7. Portamento and Glissando
  8. Trigger 1
  9. Trigger 2
  10. Arpeggiator 1
  11. Arpeggiator 2
  12. Arpeggiator 3
  13. Arpeggiator 4

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Button 3

  1. Filter Envelope
  2. Volume Envelope
  3. Wave Envelope 1
  4. Wave envelope 2
  5. Wave Envelope 3
  6. Wave Envelope 4
  7. Wave Envelope 5
  8. Wave Envelope 6
  9. Free Envelope 1
  10. Free Envelope 2
  11. LFO 1 / 1
  12. LFO 1 / 2
  13. LFO 2 / 1
  14. LFO 2 / 2
  15. Modifiers 1
  16. Modifiers 2
  17. Modifiers 3
  18. Modifiers 4
  19. Modifier Delay
  20. Mod Matrix 1
  21. Mod Matrix 2
  22. Mod Matrix 3
  23. Mod Matrix 4
  24. Mod Matrix 5
  25. Mod Matrix 6
  26. Mod Matrix 7
  27. Mod Matrix 8
  28. Mod Matrix 9
  29. Mod Matrix 10
  30. Mod Matrix 11
  31. Mod Matrix 12
  32. Mod Matrix 13
  33. Mod Matrix 14
  34. Mod Matrix 15
  35. Mod Matrix 16

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Button 4

  1. Multi Volume
  2. Multi Tempo
  3. Multi Controls
  4. Multi Keyboard
  5. Multi Instrument Select
  6. Multi Sound 1
  7. Multi sound 2
  8. Multi Tune
  9. Multi Range 1
  10. Multi Range 2
  11. Multi Arpeggiator 1
  12. Multi Arpeggiator 2
  13. Multi Arpeggiator 3

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Button 5

  1. MIDI 1
  2. MIDI 2
  3. MIDI 3
  4. Controls
  5. Volume
  6. Tune
  7. system
  8. system Status Display
  9. Info Message

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Shift+Button1 (Store)

what | empty | empty | empty

Press Shift+Button1 to confirm.

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Shift+Button2 (Recall)

Press once to recall the original program

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Shift+Button3 (Compare)

Press once to hear the original sound and again to hear your edit.

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Shift+Button4 (Undo)

According to a Waldorf developer it never had a function on the Microwave XT.

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Shift+Button5 (Utility)

This function allows you to dump data from the Microwave XT and perform additional system functions.

Menu in single sound mode

  1. Dump Sound: Dump current Sound
  2. Dump all sounds: Dump all sounds
  3. Dump all Wavetables and Waves: Dump all Wavetables and Waves
  4. Dump Global Parameters: Dump global (system) parameters
  5. Dump Everything: Dump all the above in one step
  6. Dump Sound Controller Data: Dump controller data of the current sound
  7. Dump System: Dump the operating sstem
  8. Re-Organise Memory: Re-organise the internal file system (recommended before huge dumps/receives)
  9. Randomise Patch: Randomise the current patch (create a random sound)
  10. Init Sound: Create a basic sound

In Multi mode

  1. Dump Sound: Dump current sound
  2. Dump Multi: Dump current multi parameters (no sound info)
  3. Dump Arrangement: Dump multi and all its sounds
  4. Dump all Sounds: Dump all sounds
  5. Dump all Multis: Dump all Multis
  6. Dump Wavetables and Waves: Dump all Wavetables and Waves
  7. Dump Global Parameters: Dump global (system) parameters
  8. Dump Everything: dump all the above in one step
  9. Dump Sound Controller Data: Dump controller data of the current Sound
  10. Dump System: Dump the operating system
  11. Re-organise Memory: Re-organise the internal file system (recommended before huge dumps/receives)
  12. Randomise Patch: randomise the current patch (create a random patch)
  13. Init Sound: Create some basic Sound
  14. Init Multi (only there in multi mode!): Create a basic Multi

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Oscillator 1 / 1

octave | semitone | detune | keytrack

[Button1] [Top]


Oscilator 1 / 2

pitchbend | empty | fm-amount | empty

[Button1] [Top]


Oscillator 2 / 1

octave | semitone | detune | keytrack

See Oscillator 1 / 1

[Button1] [Top]


Oscillator 2 / 2

pitchbend | empty | sync | link

[Button1] [Top]


Wave 1 / 1

startwave | phase | wavetable | w1 (empty)

See list of wavetables.

[Button1] [Top]


Wave 1 / 2

env amount | env vel amount | keytrack | limit w1

[Button1 [Top]


Wave 2 / 1

startwave | phase | link | empty

[Button1] [Top]


Wave 2 / 2

env amount | env vel amount | keytrack | limit w2

See Wave 1 / 2

[Button1] [Top]


Quality

aliasing | time quant | accuracy | clipping

[Button1] [Top]


Mixer 1

wave 1 | wave 2 | ringmod | noise

[Button1] [Top]


Mixer 2

external | empty | empty | empty

[Button1] [Top]


Play Access

par 1 | par 2 | par 3 | par 4

See List of Modulation Destinations.

[Button1] [Top]


Filter 1 / 1

cutoff | resonance | type | keytrack

See List of Filter Types.

[Button2] [Top]


Filter 1 / 2

cutoff env amount | empty | env vel amount | extra parameter

[Button2] [Top]


filter 2

cutoff | empty | type | keytrack

[Button2] [Top]


Amplifier

volume | velocity | keytrack | chorus

[Button2] [Top]


Effects

NOTE: In the original manual and on the device Panning comes before effects. It may be OS dependent.

effect type | param 1 | param 1 | param 3

See List of Effect Types.

[Button2] [Top]


Panning

NOTE: In the origina manual and on the device panning comes before Effects.

panning | keytrack | empty | empty

[Button2] [Top]

Portamento and Glissando

active | type | mode | time

[Button2] [Top]


Trigger 1

filter env | amp env | wave env | free env

[Button2] [Top]


Trigger 2

mode | assign | detune | depan

[Button2] [Top]


Arpeggiator 1

active | tempo | clock | range

[Button2] [Top]


Arpeggiator 2

pattern | direction | note order | velocity

[Button2] [Top]


Arpeggiator 3

reset on pattern start | empty | empty | length

[Button2] [Top]


Arpeggiator 4

User Pattern Position | Trigger | empty | empty

[Button2] [Top]


Filter Envelope

attack | decay | sustain | release

[Button3] [Top


Volume Envelope

attack | decay | sustain | release

[Button3] [Top]


Wave Envelope 1

time 1 | level 1 | time 2 | level 2

[Button3] [top]


Wave Envelope 2

time 3 | level 3 | time 4 | level 4

[Button3] [Top]


Wave Envelope 3

time 5 | level 5 | time 6 | level 6

[Button3] [Top]


Wave Envelope 4

time 7 | level 7 | time 8 | level 8

[Button3] [Top]


Wave Envelope 5

key on loop | empty | loop start | loop end

[Button3] [Top]


Wave Envelope 6

key off loop | empty | loop start | loop end

[Button3] [Top]


Free Envelope 1

time 1 | level 1 | time 2 | level 2

[Button3] [Top]


Free Envelope 2

time 3 | level 3 | release | release level

[Button3] [Top]


LFO 1 / 1

rate | shape | delay | sync

[button3] [Top]


LFO 1 / 2

symmetry | humanize | empty | empty

[Button3] [Top]


LFO 2 / 1

rate | shape | delay | sync

See LFO 1 / 1

[Button3] [Top]

LFO 2 / 2

symmetry | humanize | phase | empty

[Button3] [Top]


Modifiers 1

source1 | source2 | type | parameter

See List of modulation sources

See List of Modifier Types

[Button3] [Top]


Modifiers 2

source 1 | source 2 | type | parameter

See Modifiers 1

See List of Modifier Types

[Button3] [Top]


Modifiers 3

source 1 1 source 2 | type | parameter

See Modifiers 1

See List of Modifier Types

[Button3] [Top]


Modifiers 4

source 1 | source 2 | type | parameter

See Modifiers 1

See List of Modifier Types

[button3] [Top]


Modifier Delay

control delay time | empty | source | empty

See List of modulation sources

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 1

source | amount | destination | empty

See List of Modulation Sources

See List of Modulation Destinations

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 2

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 3

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 4

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 5

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 6

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 7

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 8

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 9

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 10

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 11

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 12

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 13

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 14

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 15

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Mod Matrix 16

source | amount | destination | empty

See Mod Matrix 1

[Button3] [Top]


Name

position | character | tempty | empty

[button3] [Top]


Multi Volume

volume | empty | empty | empty

[Button4] [Top]


Multi Tempo

tempo | empty | empty | empty

[Button4] [Top]


Multi Controls

contorl w | control x | control y | control z

[Button4] [Top]


Multi Name

position | character | empty | empty

[Button4] [Top]


Instrument Select

bank | sound | empty | instrument

[Button4] [Top]


Mlti Sound 1

channel | volume | status | instrument

[Button4] [Top]


Multi Sound 2

panning | pan mod | output | instrument

[Button4] [Top]


Multi Tune

transpose | detune | empty | instrument

[Button4] [Top]


Multi Range 1

lowest velocity | highest velocity | empty | instrument

[Button4] [Top]


Multi Range 2

lowest key | highest key | empty | instrument

[Button4] [Top]


Multi Arpeggiator 1

active | clock | range | instrument

[Button4] [Top]


Multi Arpeggiator 2

pattern | direction | note order | instrument

[Button4] [Top]


Multi Arpeggiator 3

velocity | reset on pattern start | empty | instrument

[Button4] [Top]


MIDI 1

channel | program change | bend range | device id

[Button5] [Top]


MIDI 2

parameter control send | parameter control receive | empty

[Button5] [Top]


MIDI 3

midi clock send | empty | empty | empty

[Button5] [Top]


Controls

control w | control x | control y | control z

[Button5] [top]


Volume

main volume | input gain | empty | empty

[button5] [Top]


Tune

master tuning | transpose | empty | empty

[Button5] [Top]


System

display timeout | contrast | empty | empty

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List of wavetables

  1. 001 Resonant
  2. 002 Resonant 2
  3. 003 Malletsyn
  4. 004 Sqr-sweep
  5. 005 Bellish
  6. 006 Pul-sweep
  7. 007 Saw-sweep
  8. 008 Mellowsaw
  9. 009 Feedback
  10. 010 Add harm
  11. 011 Reso 3 hp
  12. 012 Wind syn
  13. 013 High harm
  14. 014 Clipper
  15. 015 Organ syn
  16. 016 Squaresaw
  17. 017 Formant 1
  18. 018 Polated
  19. 019 Transient
  20. 020 Electricp
  21. 021 Robotic
  22. 022 Stronghrm
  23. 023 Percorgan
  24. 024 Clipsweep
  25. 025 Resoharms
  26. 026 2 Echoes
  27. 027 Formant 2
  28. 028 Fmntvocal
  29. 029 Microsync
  30. 030 Micro PWM
  31. 031 Glassy
  32. 032 Square hp
  33. 033 Sawsync 1
  34. 034 Sawsync 2
  35. 035 Sawsync 3
  36. 036 Pulsync 1
  37. 037 Pulsync 2
  38. 038 Pulsync 3
  39. 039 Sinsync 1
  40. 040 Sinsync 2
  41. 041 Sinsync 3
  42. 042 PWM pulse
  43. 043 PWM saw
  44. 044 Fuzz wave
  45. 045 Distorted
  46. 046 Heavyfuzz
  47. 047 Fuzz sync
  48. 048 K+strong1
  49. 049 K+strong2
  50. 050 K+strong3
  51. 051 1-2-3-4-5
  52. 052 19/twenty
  53. 053 Wavetrip1
  54. 054 Wavetrip2
  55. 055 Wavetrip3
  56. 056 Wavetrip4
  57. 057 Malevoice
  58. 058 Low piano
  59. 059 Resosweep
  60. 060 Xmas bell
  61. 061 FM piano
  62. 062 Fat organ
  63. 063 Vibes
  64. 064 Chorus 2
  65. 065 True PWM

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List of controller abbreviations

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List of filter types

  1. 24DB LP: 24DB lowpass filter
  2. 12DB LP: 12DB lowpass filter
  3. 24DB BP: 24DB bandpass filter
  4. 12DB BP: 12DB bandpass filter
  5. 12DB HP: 12DB highpass filter
  6. Sin(x)>LP: Sine wave shaper followed by 12DB lowpass filter
  7. WaveShaper: 12DB lowpas filter with wave shaper
  8. Dual L/BP: parallel 12DB lowpass and bandpass filter
  9. FM-Filter: 12DB lowpass filter with frequency modulation
  10. S&H>L12DB: sample and hold in front of 12DB lowpass filter
  11. 24dBNotch: 24DB notch filter
  12. 12dBNotch: 12DB notch filter
  13. Band Stop: parallel 12DB low and highpass filter

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List of effect types

  1. Chorus: speed, depth, mix
  2. Flanger 1: speed, depth, mix
  3. Flanger 2: speed, feedback, mix
  4. AutoWahLP: sense, cutoff, resonance
  5. AutoWahBP: sense, cutoff, resonance
  6. Overdrive: drive, gain, amp type (direct, combo, medium, stack
  7. Amp. Mod: speed, spread, mix
  8. Delay: time, feedback, mix
  9. Pan Delay: time, feedback, mix
  10. Mod Delay: time, feed, depth

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List of Modulation sources

  1. (00) off: modulation off
  2. (01) LFO1: LFO1 signal
  3. (02) LFO1*Modw: LFO1 signal multiplied by modwheel
  4. (03) LFO1*Prs.: LFO1 signal multiplied by aftertouch
  5. (04) LFO2: LFO2 signal
  6. (05) FilterEnv: Filter Envelope signal
  7. (06) Ampl. Env: Amplifier envelope signal
  8. (07) Wave Env: Wave envelope signal
  9. (08) Free Env: Free envelope signal
  10. (09) KeyFollow: Same as Keytrack, but with pitchbend and glide
  11. (0A) Keytrack: MIDI note number
  12. (0B) Velocity: MIDI note velocity
  13. (0C) el. Velo: MIDI note release velocity
  14. (0D) Pressure: MIDI aftertouch
  15. (0E) Poly Prs.: MIDI polyphonic pressure
  16. (0F) PitchBend: MIDI pitchbend signal
  17. (10) Modwheel: MIDI modulation wheel (MIDI controller #1)
  18. (11) sust. Ctr.: MIDI sustain pedal (MIDI controller #64)
  19. (12) Foot Ctr.: MIDI foot control (MIDI controller #4)
  20. (13) Breath Ctr.: MIDI breath controller (MII controller #2
  21. (14) Control W: Assignable MIDI controller 1
  22. )15) Control X: Assignable MIDI controller 2
  23. )16) Control Y: Assignable MIDI controller 3
  24. (17) Control Z: Assignable MIDI controller 4
  25. (18) Ctr Delay: Modifier delay
  26. (19) Modifier 1: Modifier 1 result
  27. (1A) Modifier 2: Modifier 2 result
  28. (1B) Modifier 3: Modifier 3 result
  29. (1C) Modifier 4: Modifier 4 result
  30. (1D) MIDI Clock: MIDI Clock signal
  31. (1E) Minimum: Constant for minimum modulation (equals 0)
  32. (1F) Maximum: Constant for maximum modulation (equals +1)

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Modifier Types

  1. (00) +: addition
  2. (01) -: subtraction
  3. (02) *: multiplication
  4. (03) /: division
  5. (04) XOR: exclussive OR function
  6. (05) OR: OR function
  7. (06) AND: AND function
  8. (07) S&H: sample and hold (parameter: time/speed)
  9. (08) Ramp: triggered ramp (parameter: ramp time)
  10. (09) Switch: switch (parameter: switch value)
  11. (0A) Abs value: absolute value
  12. (0B) Min value: minimum value (parameter: value 2)
  13. (0C) Max value: maximum value (parameter: value 2)
  14. (0D) Lag Proc.: ramp function (parameter: ramp time)
  15. (0E) Filter: lowpass filter (parameter: filter frequency/cutoff)
  16. (0F) Diff.: differential function

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List of Modulation Destinations

  1. (00) Pitch: global pitch of all oscillators
  2. (01) Osc1 Pit.: oscillator 1 pitch
  3. (22) FM Amount: amount of frequency modulation
  4. (02) Osc2 Pit.: oscillator 2 pitch
  5. (03) Wave1 Pos: wave 1 start position
  6. (04) Wave2 Pos: Wave 2 startposition
  7. (05) Wave1 Mix: mixer input level wave 1
  8. (06) Wave2 mix: mixer input level wave 2
  9. (07) Ringmod: mixer ring modulation level
  10. (08) Noise Mix: mixer noise level
  11. (09) Cutoff: filter 1 cutoff frequency
  12. (0A) Resonance: filter 1 resonance
  13. (23) F1 Extra: filter 1 extra parameter
  14. (0B) Filter 2: filter 2 cutoff frequency
  15. (0C) Volume: amplifier master volume
  16. (0D) Panning: amplifier pan position
  17. (0E) FE Attack: filter envelope attack
  18. (0F) FE Decay: filter envelope decya
  19. (10) FE Sustain: filter envelope sustain
  20. (11) FE Release: filter envelope release
  21. (12) AE Attack: amplifier envelope attack
  22. (13) AE Decay: amplifier envelope decay
  23. (14) AE sustain: amplifier envelope sustain
  24. (15) AE Release: amplifier envelope release
  25. (16) WE Time: all wave envelope times
  26. (17) WE Levels: all wave envelope levels
  27. (18) Free Env T: all free envelope times
  28. (19) Free Env L: all free envelope levels
  29. (1A) LFO1 Rate: LFO 1 rate
  30. (1B) LFO1 Level: LFO 1 level
  31. (1C) LFO2 Rate: LFO 2 rate
  32. (1D) LFO2 Level: LFO 2 level
  33. (1E) M1 Amount: amount of modulation assignment 1
  34. (1F) M2 Amount: amount of modulation assignment 2
  35. (20) M3 Amount: amount of modulation assignment 3
  36. (21) M4 Amount: amount of modulation assignment 4

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