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Title: Changing envelope stage slopes
Post by: BobTheDog on January 31, 2017, 12:37:10 pm

This is a useful tip for anyone that doesn't know it.

You can change an envelope stages slope by modulating it with itself.

As an example lets take the Decay of the Amp env.

In Mod mode hold down one of the user destinations (13-16) and move the Amp Envelope Decay to map it.

Now in the mod matrix route the amp envelope to your user destination. A negative modulation will shorten the decay and give it a convex shape while a positive modulation will lengthen the decay and give you a concave shape.

Title: Re: Changing envelope stage slopes
Post by: artElect on February 17, 2017, 12:03:39 pm

Thank you for that, thats really very useful...

Title: Re: Changing envelope stage slopes
Post by: khidr on February 18, 2017, 01:21:02 pm

Very nice tip..could be included in the manual as an example of modulation...

Title: Re: Changing envelope stage slopes
Post by: SoundRider on March 14, 2017, 01:02:58 pm

Great info, thanks, didn't know it works on the MB too ...

I would like only to add that this kind of "recursive" modulation produces the typical exponential and logarithmic shapes, which are generally created by analogue circuits (quite snappy or smooth), whereas most digital envelope generators provide linear slopes.

That should go in the manual, indeed :)

Title: Re: Changing envelope stage slopes
Post by: yeskeys on July 09, 2017, 11:14:41 pm

ahhhh.... (!)
this is why I love synthesizer communities.  Thanks Bob, I recognize you from DSI forums....

Title: Re: Changing envelope stage slopes
Post by: Reaktiv on August 04, 2017, 02:11:04 pm

Very clever! Thanks for sharing this tip!