User guide

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CAUTION: If you reduce the Bit-100 v2 envelope’s SUSTAIN amount, the peak of the envelope’s output can actually
rise - the Bit-100 v2 attempts to recover overall volume level . This helps to offset any loss of volume which the
patch might incur due to the reduced sustain setting.
However, at very low sustain settings, the effect can be quite dramatic.
If an envelope which is controlling volume is subject to a reduction in sustain level,
PLEASE PROCEED CAUTIOUSLY in order to protect equipment and prevent ear damage.
Self-Compensating Sustain Level
Please note that the maximum output from the Bit-100 v2’s envelopes will exceed the highest cut-off frequency
setting (all frequencies allowed through) if cut-off and tracking are also applied. This is good - it can be used to
refine a cut-off envelope profile around its peak, as shown below:
Max cut-off
Max cut-off
Envelope to filter slider set so that the
maximum envelope output is less than
max cut-off (all frequencies allowed through)
Envelope to filter slider set so that the
maximum envelope output exceeds
max cut-off.
In the second example, because the peak is ‘clipped’, the filter remains fully open for a longer period
and this will have a dramatic effect on the sound.
Please note that adding filter cut-off manually, in addition to envelope output, will further intensify this
effect since the two sources (cut-off slider & envelope output) are simply added together.
14 Programming -Envelopes
ENVELOPE TO FILTER CLIPPING
SUSTAIN
OUTPUT
Key is released
SUSTAIN = 0
OUTPUT
Key is released
SUSTAIN
OUTPUT
Key is released
SUSTAIN
OUTPUT
Key is released
Examples of the kinds of profiles which can be easily dialled up using the ADSR method:
BRASS
STRING
SYNTH
SWELL