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RELEASE/DECAY

When the attack phase is over, the envelope drops back to zero level. Use the REL/DECAY knob to

set the time this should take.

NV VEL

If you press SHIFT and turn the ATTACK knob so that the ENV VEL indicator lights up, the Mod En-

velope will be scaled with the keyboard velocity (i.e. how hard or soft you play). This is normally

used to make higher velocity (louder notes) produce brighter sounds (because of higher modulation

of the filter or the Timbre), which is how most acoustic instruments behave.

NV MODE

Hold down SHIFT and turn the REL/DECAY knob to select Envelope Mode. The LEDs below the

knob will show the selected mode. The Attack/Decay and Attack/Release modes are illustrated

below:

EPEAT

In Repeat mode, the Modulation Envelope restart directly after the Decay phase, creating cyclic mod-

ulation, like an LFO with shapable waveform, where you can change the waveshape and cycle time

by adjusting the Attack and Decay times.

A slow looping Mod Envelope can be used for example to produce continuously sweeping pads,

while shorter Attack and Decay settings can produce special effects or repetitive sounds.

In Attack/Decay mode, the Mod Envelope

outputs a control signal that rises to maxi-

mum amount at the set Attack time and then

immediately falls back to zero at the set De-

cay time.

In Attack/Release mode, the control signal

from the Mod Envelope stays at the maxi-

mum value until key release.