Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Hello, I have been building a lot of bass drum sounds on my MEK
recently. What I have noticed is that my attacks are kinda slow,
making the drums sound a bit soft. Is there a way that you guys have
found to speed the attack from 0-100 of envelope 2? Thanks D

a trick i've used with other synths is to use the pitch envelope. set 
envelope 3 to control oscillator all frequency, then play with the 
attack, decay and depth parameters. may not work on the evolver series 
(i sold my desktop evo a while ago). pls let me know if this works, as 
i'm eager to make my own kits when I save enough to buy an MEK...

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "nisusthemovement" 
<nisusthemovement@...> wrote:

>
> Hello, I have been building a lot of bass drum sounds on my MEK
> recently. What I have noticed is that my attacks are kinda slow,
> making the drums sound a bit soft. Is there a way that you guys have
> found to speed the attack from 0-100 of envelope 2? Thanks D
>

I just got back into the Evolver myself, and I've been trying to
figure this out too.

On Carbon111's website, there is a programming tip from Mike Peake
regarding this topic. Here is the quote:

"Adding 'Punch' - Submitted by Mike Peake. Set the envelopes to
linear, and use a Mod to modulate AmpEnv All by itself (lin through
log responses with positive and negative self-modulation). This is of
course fun on the filter envelopes as well."

I haven't tried it out yet, but I'm a little confused by how it is
worded. The part that seems missing is: what type of Mod do you send
to the Amp Envelope? An LFO? That wouldn't quite make sense. I don't know.

Anyone else tried this out?

Here's a link to Carbon111's site:

http://www.carbon111.com/evolver.html



--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "robotunes" <robotunes@...> wrote:

>
> a trick i've used with other synths is to use the pitch envelope. set 
> envelope 3 to control oscillator all frequency, then play with the 
> attack, decay and depth parameters. may not work on the evolver series 
> (i sold my desktop evo a while ago). pls let me know if this works, as 
> i'm eager to make my own kits when I save enough to buy an MEK...
> 
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "nisusthemovement" 
> <nisusthemovement@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello, I have been building a lot of bass drum sounds on my MEK
> > recently. What I have noticed is that my attacks are kinda slow,
> > making the drums sound a bit soft. Is there a way that you guys have
> > found to speed the attack from 0-100 of envelope 2? Thanks D
> >
>

Amp Envelope isn't a destination, it's a source. The destinations are
the individual A, D, and R. So maybe it means send Amp Envelope to amp
Attack and Decay. But that would take two slots.

I dunno. It is rather confusingly worded.

I'll have to try that some time. Let us know your results when you get
to tinkering.



> 
> "Adding 'Punch' - Submitted by Mike Peake. Set the envelopes to
> linear, and use a Mod to modulate AmpEnv All by itself (lin through
> log responses with positive and negative self-modulation). This is of
> course fun on the filter envelopes as well."
> 
> I haven't tried it out yet, but I'm a little confused by how it is
> worded. The part that seems missing is: what type of Mod do you send
> to the Amp Envelope? An LFO? That wouldn't quite make sense. I don't
know.
> 
> Anyone else tried this out?
> 
> Here's a link to Carbon111's site:
> 
> http://www.carbon111.com/evolver.html
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "robotunes" <robotunes@> wrote:
> >
> > a trick i've used with other synths is to use the pitch envelope. set 
> > envelope 3 to control oscillator all frequency, then play with the 
> > attack, decay and depth parameters. may not work on the evolver
series 
> > (i sold my desktop evo a while ago). pls let me know if this
works, as 

> > i'm eager to make my own kits when I save enough to buy an MEK...
> > 
> > --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "nisusthemovement" 
> > <nisusthemovement@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello, I have been building a lot of bass drum sounds on my MEK
> > > recently. What I have noticed is that my attacks are kinda slow,
> > > making the drums sound a bit soft. Is there a way that you guys have
> > > found to speed the attack from 0-100 of envelope 2? Thanks D
> > >
> >
>