Reference

Envelopes

The 3 main envelopes are quite flexible, with multi-stage attack and release, and shape control over each stage. The controls are laid out as in this diagram:

Other envelopes (the amplitude envelope, the pulsewidth envelope and the filter envelope) have subsets of these controls.


Each envelope has 3 attack stages, a sustain stage and two release stages, and you can specify a time for each, as shown here:

The shape controls correspond to the five time controls. They change the segment shape between linear and curved.


There are four level controls, which set the envelope level at the points between the stages:


Infinite Release

Time control 5 has a special value (at full clockwise rotation of the control) labelled 'Inf'. When this setting is made, the envelope stops at the point of level 4, and does not decay to zero. This is useful when you want the group envelope to remain fixed during the release, and let the main overall ADSR envelope control the release sound.

Note-on Delay

When level 1 is set to zero, time 1 effectively gives you control over a time delay before the envelope kicks in.