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❖ Attack controls the amplitude envelope’s initial phase, that is, the start

of the reverb effect. It lets you do things like create a special FX reverb

that surges to impressive proportions.

❖ Decay controls the amplitude envelope’s ﬁnal phase. It lets you fade out

the reverb signal faster or conjure gated reverbs that cut off hard.

Though an Attack or Decay segment can extend across an entire HDIR

model, the two can never overlap. If the two segments verge on each other

directly, one always displaces the other. If they do not verge, a third “ﬁller”

segment is generated that has no effect on the sound.

Every change made to an Envelope parameter must be computed into the HDIR model.

The reverb signal is brieﬂy interrupted while the CPU performs these calculations.

[W2_Envelope

The Envelope panels lets you inﬂuence a reverb’s amplitude using an enve-

lope.

Length

Length shortens the entire reverb signal. If you enter Length values lower

than 100%, the HDIR model is not played to its end.

Length values lower than 100% compact the envelope. The Attack and Decay phases’

relationship as determined by Attack/Decay Time does not, however, change.

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