Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

On 12/10/02 3:14 AM, "Paul Nagle" <paul@...> wrote:

> My gut feeling is that is it the exponential decay shape, not the
> attack time that is preventing those really zappy basses. I have got
> very close to the sound I like (and could normally get easily) by
> using envelope 3 in conjunction with the filter envelope to add an
> extra "oomph" at the start of a filter blip. The two envelopes
> together make a pretty punchy sound although, I admit, not "Pulse
> Punchy".... ;-)
> 
> Other things that seem to affect punchiness are the keyboard tracking
> of the filter (set this quite low) and the relationship of decay time
> and sustain level - normally my filter envelope would have a zero
> sustain but this just kills the sound too much because of the decay
> shape. Am I making sense? Anyway, the third envelope is the key to me
> - with the Evolver there's a way of doing "everything" - you just have
> to figure it out <g>
> 

Not yet having one in hand it's hard to make a meaningful suggestion but...

Did you try changing the envelope's decay shape by having it control its own
envelope times?  The old self-feedback trick to make an exponential decay
more linear (or even convex) or vice-versa?  It seems the mod matrix at
least offers control of overall envelope rates so even though separate
control over decay would be best maybe a bit of control feedback would help?

<you already know this trick I am sure but others may not>


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