EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 11:48 AM 9/9/2006, you wrote:

>What do you mean by the word "envelope"?

Send me a letter and either I'll explain it to you, or you'll already 
have figured it out (by definition). OK, dumb joke.

An "envelope" is the term used for a parameter in a sampler that 
alters the attack and release of a sound (among other things). You 
can take a sound and make it "fade in" from silence as you hit a key, 
or take a sound and have it "fade out" after you release the key.

Drum sounds need short or no fading in, so you'd set the Attack 
parameter of the envelope to 0. Soft pad sounds need fading in 
usually, so you'd set the attack time to "50" or some larger number.

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User