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You can adjust both slider halves simultaneously by dragging in the space between
them.
Important: The Attack time parameters of the Amplitude Envelope have a major
impact on the way a single note is retriggered. When both Attack Soft and Hard are set
to value of zero, the vibrating string is retriggered. If either of these parameters is set to
a value above zero, a new note will be triggered.
Decay
Defines the Decay time. The Decay time is the amount of time that it takes for the
signal to fall to the Sustain level, following the initial strike/Attack time.
Sustain
This parameter sets the Sustain level. The Sustain level is held until the key is released.
Release
This parameter determines the length of time that it takes for the signal to fall from the
Sustain level to a level of zero. Short Release values help to reduce CPU load, as the
voice is no longer processed once the Release phase has completed.
Waveshaper Parameters
These parameters control and determine any non-linear processing/polyphonic
distortion for the stereo signal, resulting from the panning and level scaling of the two
Pickup signals.
The Waveshaper provides a non-linear shaping curve (per voice) that shapes the signal
coming from the Pickups (and Amplitude Envelope) and passes this reshaped signal on
to the Filter. This is quite similar to the waveshaping of oscillators in synthesizers, such
as Korg’s O1/W.
Waveshaper On/Off Button
The Waveshaper button enables/disables the Waveshaper.
Type
The Type pull-down menu above the Waveshaper button allows you to select different
types of waveshaping curves from the list below.
• Soft Saturation
• Vari Drive
• Tube-like distortion
• Scream