Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Citeren Steve Wahl <steve@...>:

>
>> My wife is an experienced pianist and piano teacher.  She is
>> particularly interested in the piano sounds, and noticed that the
>> sustain on most of the SD-1 piano programs is quite limited.  I
>> searched through the Musician's Manual, but can't find any control
>> that changes the amount of sustain a program has.  The sustain pedal
>> works, only the sustain is limited.  I suspect there is an answer
>> somewhere in Section 8  of the Musician's manual, "Voice Programming"
>> but none of the parameters seem directly related to sustain.  Does
>> anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Sounds like you want to change the envelopes.  From memory, probably
> Env3 (always? routed to volume), probably the second to last time on
> the (second?)  page (press Env3 twice?).
>
> However, you need to understand the "select voice" buttons, as each
> patch (or "program" as ensoniq referred to them) can use up to six
> voices, and in most cases you'd only be editing one of the voices if
> you go straight to the Env3 page.
>
> If you check out the sections of the manual that touch on those two
> subjects, you'll probably get what you want.
>
> One more thing to "note", lengthening the sustain will increase the
> number of voices playing at one time.  The VFX family has only 21
> voices (except the SD1-32 voice, which has 32), you may find you get
> into voice stealing (abruptly stopping one sound to start playing
> another) if you "push the envelope" too far.
>
> --> Steve Wahl
>
>


DOn't know by hart, but there is another parameter for sustain, not in 
voice menu but in performance menu....