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Circuit Mono Station has a dedicated slider control
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for each ADSR parameter:
• Attack – sets the note’s attack time. With the slider at its lowest position, the note
attains its maximum level immediately a note is triggered; with the slider in its uppermost
position, the note takes over 5 seconds to reach its maximum level. Midway, the time is
approx. 250 ms.
• Decay – sets the time the note takes to decay from its initial level to that dened by the
Sustain parameter. With the slider at the mid-position, the time is approx. 150 ms.
• Sustain – sets the volume of the note after the decay phase. A low Sustain value will
obviously have the effect of emphasising the start of the note; having the slider fully down
will make the note inaudible when the decay time has elapsed.
• Release – Many sounds acquire some of their character from the notes remaining
audible after the pad is released; this “hanging” or “fade-out” effect, with the note gently
dying away naturally (as with many real instruments) can be very effective. With the slider
set to the mid-position the Release Time will be approx. 360 ms. Circuit Mono Station
has a maximum release time of over 10 seconds, but shorter times will probably be more
useful! The relationship between the parameter value and the Release Time is not linear.
You will nd that the various factory Patches use many different Modulation Matrix routings.
Many of them – including Init Patch – route the Envelope to the VCA (Amp) so that the ADSR
sliders operate in a “conventional” manner, but some do not have this routing, and you may nd
the ADSR controls do not affect the sound at all.