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Getting to Know ENV 1 in the ES2
Although ENV 1 might appear to be rather poorly equipped at first glance, its handful of
parameters are useful for a vast range of synthesizer functions.
Decay/Release Mode
button
Trigger Modes menu
Attack via Velocity slider
• Trigger Modes menu: You can define the trigger behavior of ENV 1 by choosing one of
the following settings:
• Poly: The envelope generator behaves as you would expect on any polyphonic
synthesizer: Every voice has its own envelope.
• Mono: A single envelope generator modulates all voices in the same way. All notes
must be released before the envelope can be retriggered. If you play legato, or any
key remains depressed, the envelope won’t restart its attack phase.
• Retrig: A single envelope generator modulates all voices in the same way. The
envelope will be triggered by any key you strike, even when other notes are sustained.
All sustained notes are identically affected by the retriggered envelope.
• Attack via Velocity slider: The Attack time slider is divided into two halves. The lower
half defines the attack time when the keys are struck hard—at maximum velocity. The
upper half defines the attack time at minimum velocity. Drag the area between the
two slider halves to move them both simultaneously. If this area is too small to drag,
click an unused portion of the slider, and drag vertically.
• Decay/Release mode button: Click to switch ENV 1 between behaving as an Attack/Decay
and an Attack/Release envelope.
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