Partikl Controller Unit: Envelope

Overview

The Envelope editor is used to edit the "c/envelope" control-rate plugin. It is only of use in Modular Synth networks, where it is triggered in response to MIDI note on and note off events for the current MIDI line. It's only used when creating Partikl files, and is not seen or used in a mix (so there is no sound on this page).

There are a number of values which you can adjust to modify the shape of your envelope. The shape used is shown in this diagram below.

The main controls in this unit are:

Delay: The length of time it takes after a note on event occurs for the voice, before the volume envelope starts to rise-up from zero to its Attack level.

Attack: The length of time it takes after the delay time has passed for the voice, to rise-up from zero to its Attack level.

Atk Level: The target level for the attack stage of the envelope, as the envelope rises from its initial value of zero.

Hold: The length of time it takes after the attack level is reached, before the envelope starts to decay down to the Sustain Level.

Decay: The length of time it takes for the envelope to decay down from the Attack Level, down to the Sustain Level.

Sustain: The level at which the note will play, once all of the Decay, Attack, and Hold periods have completed.

Post Attack: The length of time it takes after the note stop event occurs, for the envelope to move from the sustain level to the post-attack level

Pst Atk Level: The target level for the post-attack stage of the envelope, as the envelope moves from its sustain level.

Post Hold: The length of time it takes after the post attack level is reached, before the envelope starts to decay down to zero.

Release: This time defines the time it takes for the Voice to respond to a note off event, in terms of how long it takes to decay from the Post-Attack Level to a level of zero.