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Chapter 13 Sculpture 273
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Envelope display: Shows the envelope curve, and enables you to record and edit envelopes. See
Use Sculpture’s envelope display on page 274 and Sculpture active envelope parameters on
page 273.
Sculpture active envelope parameters
The following parameters are active only if the envelope is engaged (Mode buttons set to either
Env or Ctrl+Env).
Envelope parameters
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A-Time Velosens slider: Move to set velocity sensitivity for the attack phase of the envelope.
Positive values reduce the attack time at lower velocities. Negative values reduce the attack
time at higher velocities.
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Timescale eld: Drag to scale the duration of the entire envelope between 10% (ten times
faster) and 1000% (ten times slower). This also aects the appearance of the envelope curve
displayed as it is shortened (sped up) or lengthened (slowed down).
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Sustain Mode pop-up menu: Choose the behavior of the envelope while a note is held. Choices
are Sustain mode (default), Finish mode, and three loop modes—Loop Forward, Loop
Backward, and Loop Alternate. See Loop Sculpture envelopes on page 276.
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Sync and ms buttons: Select either a tempo-synced envelope with note value options, such as
1/8th or 1/4, or a free-running envelope (with segment times displayed in milliseconds).
Note: Switching between values forces a recalculation of times to the nearest note value or ms
time, respectively, based on the current project tempo.
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Compare button: Toggles between the original recording and the edited version.
Note: This is available as an option only if an envelope curve has actually been recorded
and edited.
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VariMod-Source and Amount: Controls the strength of envelope variation with a user-dened
modulation source (available only for recorded envelopes).
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Source options include O, Velocity Concave, Velocity, Velocity Convex, KeyScale, Ctrl A, and
Ctrl B.
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Variation in the envelopes means the deviation of a recorded envelope path from straight
interconnecting lines between the points. After you record an envelope, you can reduce
or exaggerate the amplitude-jitter (variation) of the recording by Command-dragging the
curves between points down (to reduce) or up (to exaggerate).