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The Amplitude Envelope (AMPENV) Page
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Eachparameteronthispagehastwovalues,aslistedbelow.Fortheenvelopesegments,thefirst
(upper)valueisthe durationofthesegment, andthesecondistheamplitudelevelatthe
completionofthesegment.FortheLoopparameter,thevaluesde finehowtheenvelopeloops,
andhow
manytimestheloopcycles.
Attack Segment Times
Theseindicatehowlongittakesforthecurrentlayer’samplitude toreachitsfinallevelfromits
startinglevel.
Attack Segment Levels
Thesearethefinallevelsthateachsegmentachievesatcompletion.Thelevelsareexpressedas
percentagesofthemaximumpossibleamplitudeforthecurrentlayer.Attacksegment1always
startsatzeroamplitude,andmovestoitsassignedlevelinthetimespecifiedbyitstimevalue.
Sothedefault
settingsof0secondsand100%meanthatthefirstsegmentoftheattacksection
movesinstantlyfromzeroamplitudeto100%amplitude.IncreasethetimeofAttacksegment1
ifyouwantthesoundtorampupmoreslowly.
Attacksegments2and3affectthesoundonlywhenyou
setanonzerovaluefortime.Theywill
thenmovetotheirassignedlevelsinthetimespecif ied.Theirstartinglevelsareequaltothe
finallevelsoftheprecedingsegment.
Decay Segment
Thedecaysectionhasonlyonesegment.Ithasvaluesfortimeandlevel,justasfortheattack
section.Thedecaysectionbeginsas soonastheattacksectionhasbeencompleted.Itstartsatthe
sameamplitudelevelastheattacksegmentprecedingit,andmovestoitsassigned
levelinthe
timespecified.You’llhearanote’sdecaysectiononlywhentheattacksectioniscompleted
beforeaNoteOffmessageisgeneratedforthatnote.
Tocreateasustainingenvelope,simplysettheDecaysegment’sleveltoanonzerovalue.
Release Segments
Liketheattackanddecaysections,eachofthethreesegments inthereleasesectionhasvalues
fortimeandlevel.Eachsegmentreachesitsassignedlevelinthetimespecifiedforthatsegment.
Releasesegment1startsattheNoteOffeventforeachnote,atthecurrentamplitudelevel
of
thatnote—whetherit’sintheattacksectionorthedecaysection.Itthenmovestoitsassigned
levelinthetime specified.Releasesegments2and3startatthefinallevelsofthesegments
Parameter Group Parameter Range of Values
Attack Segment 1, 2, 3
Time 0 to 60 seconds
Level 0 to 100%
Decay Segment
Time 0 to 60 seconds
Level 0 to 100%
Release Segment 1, 2, 3
Time 0 to 60 seconds
Level
0 to 150% (Release Segment
3 is always set to 0%)
Loop
Type Off, Forward, Bidirectional
# of loops Infinite, 1 to 31 times
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