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Enveloper parameters
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Threshold slider and eld: Drag to set the threshold level. Signals that exceed the threshold
have their attack and release phase levels altered. In general, you should set the Threshold
to the minimum value and leave it there. Only when you signicantly raise the release phase
level, which also boosts any noise in the original recording, should you raise the Threshold
slider slightly. This limits Enveloper to aecting only the useful part of the signal.
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(Attack) Gain slider and eld: Drag to boost or attenuate the attack phase of the signal. When
the Gain slider is set to the center position—0%—the signal is unaected.
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Lookahead slider and eld: Drag to set the pre-read analysis time for the incoming signal. The
Lookahead slider denes how far into the future of the incoming signal Enveloper looks,
to anticipate upcoming events. You generally do not need to use this feature, except when
processing signals with extremely sensitive transients. If you do raise the Lookahead value, you
may need to adjust the attack time to compensate.
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Display: Shows the attack and release curves applied to the signal.
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(Attack) Time knob and eld: Rotate to set the time it takes for the signal to increase from the
threshold level to the maximum Gain level. Attack Time values of around 20 ms and Release
Time values of 1500 ms are a good starting point.
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(Release) Time knob and eld: Rotate to set the time it takes for the signal to fall from the
maximum gain level to the threshold level.
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(Release) Gain slider and eld: Drag to boost or attenuate the release phase of the signal. When
the Gain slider is set to the center position—0%—the signal is unaected.
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Out Level slider and eld: Drag to set the level of the output signal. Drastic boosting or cutting
of either the release or attack phase may change the overall level of the signal. You can
compensate for this by adjusting the Out Level slider.