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ENV 3 is, however, also available for simultaneous use as a source in the router. The
envelope time parameters can also be used as modulation targets in the router.
Attack Time slider is
divided into two halves
that determine the attack
time at maximum and
minimum velocities.
Click the center symbol
to set the Sustain Time
slider to its center value.
Sustain Time and Sustain
Level are set
independently in the ES2.
• Attack slider: Defines the length of time it takes for the level of a note to rise from an
amplitude of zero to the set amplitude. The Attack time sliders of ENV 2 and ENV 3 are
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 be dragged, click in an unused portion of the slider and drag vertically.
• Decay slider: Determines the period it takes for the level of a held note to fall to the
sustain level, after the attack phase has completed.
• If the Sustain level parameter is set to its maximum value, the Decay parameter has
no effect.
• When the Sustain level is set to its minimum value, the Decay parameter defines the
duration or fade-out time of the note.
• Sustain and Sustain Time sliders: There are two sustain parameters that interact with
each other. One controls the sustain level, and the other controls the sustain time. See
Using the Envelope 2 and 3 Sustain Parameters in the ES2.
• (R) Release Time slider: Defines the time required for the (sustain) level to decay to
zero—after the key is released.
• Vel (Velocity Sensitivity) slider: Determines the velocity sensitivity of the entire envelope.
If set to maximum, the envelope will output its maximum level only when the keys are
struck at maximum velocity. Softer velocities result in a corresponding change to the
envelope levels—with a 50% velocity resulting in half-levels for each envelope-level
parameter.
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