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6.1.2 ADSR envelope
This envelope sets
A
ttack,
D
ecay,
S
ustain and
R
elease for the amplitude of the
layer, as well as for the filter when it is assigned to the envelope. Each envelope
has its own voice-allocation and settings.
The envelope is not linear- it has logarithmic attack and exponential decay and
release times, thus you may notice extra CPU usage when doing longer attacks,
decays or releases. Also keep in mind that using very long release times will use
more voices. This could cause the sound of some voices to be "stolen" by newer
notes if there are many notes still ‘releasing’ while you play more notes. If this
happens, and if it is a problem for the song mix, set voices to a higher value [16
is the highest] or lower the release values on the envelope.
You can use "Shift + Mouse click" to fine tune the ADSR sliders, which can be
very useful for precise Attack, Decay and Release times.
6.1.3 Velocity Sensitivity and Key Scaling
Velocity Sensitivity:
The ‘
vel sens
’ dial allows you to set velocity sensitivity
independently for each layer. Setting ‘vel sens’ to the hard left (zero) makes the
envelope insensitive to keyboard velocity pressure – this is useful for such
sounds as B3 and VOX organs, or Mellotron sounds, which as hardware simply
feature a note on/note off keyboard. Moving from the hard left position, the layer
becomes gradually more velocity sensitive for more dynamic playing, suitable for
electric pianos, for instance.
Key Scaling:
The
KEY
dial is for ADSR keyboard tracking. It has two modes
[see icons at right of the + symbol] -
ADSR Speed
(the higher option) and
ADSR
Level
(the lower option). Both modes are active at the same time, and by clicking
on the symbols the GUI toggles between each mode. With ADSR Speed tracking
you can scale attack, decay and release times along the selected key zone for
the layer. With ADSR Level tracking you can scale the envelope amplitude along
the selected key zone for the layer.
6.1.4 The Filter
With EVE 2 we introduce a new per layer
12 dB multimode filter
. This filter
features lowpass (
LP
), highpass (
HP
), bandpass (
BP
), and bandreject (
BR
)
settings. Unlike in the original EVE LP filter, the new multimode filter features
separate controls for cutoff frequency (
FRQ
) and resonance (
REZ
). The filter
frequency can be modulated by the ADSR envelope adjusting the
ENV
control
for positive or negative response. Centre position (Ctrl + Left mouse click) of the
filter envelope knob does not send any ADSR modulation to the filter.