About Subtractive Synthesis
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After the envelope has reached full level, it starts to fall back again. How long this should take, is set with
the
Decay
parameter.
The level of the envelope does not necessarily have to fall all the way back to zero level at the end of the
Decay. Instead, the ADSR-envelope has a
Sustain
setting used to determine the level the envelope should
rest at, after the Decay. If you for example want to create a flute sound, you would have a fairly high
Sustain setting on your Volume envelope, since a flute tone basically stays at a steady level for as long as
you play it. On the other hand, for a piano sound, you would want a Sustain level of “0”, since a piano
sound decays to silence if you hold the key long enough.
Please note that the Sustain parameter represents a
level
, but all other envelope parameters represent
times
.
Attack
(time)
Decay
(time)
Key Down
Level
Time
Attack
(time)
Decay
(time)
Sustain
(level)
Key Down
Level
Time
Summary of Contents for nord lead
Page 1: ...Owners Manual Software Version 2 x English Clavia DMI AB 1996...
Page 6: ...Page 4 Table Of Contents...
Page 8: ...Page 6 Introduction...
Page 22: ...Page 20 Basic Operations...
Page 74: ...Page 72 MIDI...
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Page 110: ...Page 108 MIDI Implementation Chart...
Page 114: ...112 Index...