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Envelope (1-4) Page
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ESQ-M – Musician's Manual
4. VEL T1 — Velocity Attack Control
This control makes TIME 1 respond to Keyboard Velocity. Raising its value will cause a
decrease in the value of TIME 1 as a key is struck harder, shortening the Attack Time. The
greater the value, the faster LEVEL 1 will be reached with a hard keystrike. (This Parameter
will have no effect if TIME 1 = 0.)
Range:
0 To 63.
5. TIME 1
The amount of Time between when the key is struck and when the Envelope reaches LEVEL 1.
In most applications this is the
Attack Time. The higher the value the longer the TIME.
Range:
0
To 63.
6. TIME 2
The Time it takes the Envelope to go from LEVEL 1 to LEVEL 2. In most applications
this is the first of two Decay stages.
Range:
0 To 63.
7. TIME 3
The Time it takes the Envelope to go from LEVEL 2 to LEVEL 3. In most applications
this is second Decay stage. At the end of TIME 3, the Envelope will remain at LEVEL 3
until the key is released.
Range:
0 To 63.
8. TIME 4
Release Time. Defines the amount of Time it will take the Envelope to return to Zero from
LEVEL 3 (or from whatever it currently is, if LEVEL 3 has not yet been reached) after the
key is released.
Range:
0 To 63.
9. KBD SCAL — Keyboard Decay Scaling
Raising the value of this parameter will cause the value of both TIME 2 and TIME 3 to
decrease as you go higher up the keyboard. Thus higher notes will decay faster than lower
ones. This is true of many acoustic instruments. The greater the value of KBD SCAL, the
more the decay time will
decrease
as
you play higher up
the
keyboard. KBD SCAL will
have no effect if TIME 2 and TIME 3 are Zero.
Ran
g
e: 0 To 63.