My pastimes involve covering Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment a lot.

I can’t find any setting in the control assign for mod wheel that lets me assign a wah effect to the sound I’m using.

I was told that there would be all kinds of effects, anything under the sun (because the moxf was using the motif xf engine).

Please tell me there is a way to use the mod wheel for wah, I need it for most of my lead sounds!

XpoiZone - 01 February 2015 05:31 PM

My pastimes involve covering Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment a lot.

I can’t find any setting in the control assign for mod wheel that lets me assign a wah effect to the sound I’m using.

I was told that there would be all kinds of effects, anything under the sun (because the moxf was using the motif xf engine).

Please tell me there is a way to use the mod wheel for wah, I need it for most of my lead sounds!

You were told correctly, there are “all kinds of effects” in your MOXF!

First, the WAH insert effect must be assigned to the VOICE you are using.

Call up a desired VOICE, and push the EDIT button.  You should now be in COMMON EDIT.

Go to page 35/36 of the MOXF Reference manual to see how the Insert Effects are assigned to a VOICE in COMMON EDIT.

Next, the MW must be assigned to to control the WAH for that VOICE.  See pages 32 and 53 of the Manual on assigning the Controller Set.

Perhaps the best way to see this in action would be study a VOICE where the above parameters are set up the way you want...and then just copy what is being done.

I am not certain, but I believe PRE1 E:15 Pedal Wah Clavi MW is set up in the manner you want to emulate. (I don’t have a machine in front of me, so I can’t check that)

Let us know if you need more specific details, and welcome to the Forum!

Thanks for the tip. I have been able to assign the wah effect in the same manner the wah clavi was setup but I am running into an issue. The wah effect when active dampens the lead sounds I’ve tried it with - the volume is almost muted at the bottom and returns to normal as the wah is activated. I can’t fix this issue.

Currently assigned wah to INSA effect of Bright Saw (PRE5: 073 (E09))

Well...the thing is, the WAH effect has a different “effect” on different VOICES...so you must set it up to work the way you want it to work on the VOICE you want it to work on.

You may find This Article helpful.  Don’t get hung up that it was written for using a foot control pedal and for a different keyboard...the principles still apply.

Refer to the MOXF Data List also for effect parameters that can be edited to work the way you would like for the VOICE you are using.

I have attached an excerpt from the Data List for the WAH effect parameters.

The effect parameter screen is discussed on page 36 of the MOXF Reference Manual.

You can download the full MOXF Data List from This Link.

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XpoiZone - 01 February 2015 11:56 PM

Thanks for the tip. I have been able to assign the wah effect in the same manner the wah clavi was setup but I am running into an issue. The wah effect when active dampens the lead sounds I’ve tried it with - the volume is almost muted at the bottom and returns to normal as the wah is activated. I can’t fix this issue.

Currently assigned wah to INSA effect of Bright Saw (PRE5: 073 (E09))

If you are using the VCM Pedal Wah turn up the Bottom. It will highlight when you scroll over to it.

Changing INS effect B fixed the a bit for me, thanks guys. Still doesn’t sound as good as Sherinian’s Lead but it’ll do.