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Filter1 EG
TheFilterEG,orEnvelopeGenerator,letsyoucreatecom
plex,timevaryingchangestothecutofffrequenciesofFil
tersAandB.Theparametersonthispagecontroltheshape
oftheEG.Amongotherthings,youcan:
•CreatethebasicEGshapebysettingthelevelsandtimes
ofeachsegment.
• ControlthecurvatureofeachEGsegment,forsubtle
controloverthemodulationshapeoftheEG.
•SetupcomplexmodulationofEGlevelsandtimes.
•SetupanAMSsource,suchasanLFO,torestarttheEG.
TocontrolhowmucheffecttheEGhasonthefilters,usethe
FilterEGparametersontheFilter1Modulationpage,as
describedunder()“FilterEG”onpage18).

Filter EG is also an AMS source

YoucanusetheFilterEGasanAMSsourcetomodulate
otherparameters,justlikethekeyboardtrackingandLFOs.
SimplyselecttheFilterEGintheAMSlistforthedesired
parameter.
Envelope
Filter EG
Anenvelopecreatesamodulationsignalbymovingfrom
oneleveltoanotheroveraspecifiedtime,andthenmoving
toanotherleveloveranotherperiodoftime,andsoon.
Theparametersbelowletyousetfivelevels,theamountof
timeittakestogofromeachofthelevelstothenext,andthe
shape(fromlineartocurved)ofeachtransition.
Level
Eachofthefivelevelscanbeeitherpositiveornegative.
Positivelevelswillmakethecutofffrequency(orotherAMS
destination)goupfromitsprogrammedvalue;negativelev
elswillmakeitgodown.
Start [–99...+99]
ThissetstheinitialEGlevelatnoteon.
Attack [–99...+99]
ThissetsthelevelattheendoftheAttacktime.
Break [–99...+99]
Break,shortforBreakPoint,setsthelevelattheendofthe
Decaytime.

Sustain [–99...+99]

ThissetsthelevelattheendoftheSlopetime.Onceit
reachestheSustainlevel,theEGwillstaythereuntilnote
off,unlessitisresetviaAMS.
Release [–99...+99]
ThissetsthelevelattheendoftheReleasetime.
Time
Highervaluesmeanlongertimes,asshownbelow:
Attack [00...99]
ThissetshowlongtheEG���takestomovefromtheStartlevel
totheAttacklevel.
Forthefastestpossibleattacktime,youcansettheStart
levelto+99;inthiscase,theEGwillstartinstantaneouslyat
itsmaximumvalue.
Decay [00...99]
ThissetsthetimeittakestomovefromtheAttacklevelto
theBreaklevel.
Slope [00...99]
ThissetshowlongtheEG���takestomovefromtheBreak
leveltotheSustainlevel.OnceitreachestheSustainlevel,
theEGwillstaythereuntilnoteoff(unlessitisresetvia
AMS).
Release [00...99]
ThissetshowlongittakestheEGtomovefromtheSustain
leveltotheReleaselevel.
Note-on or reset Note-o
Attack
Time
Start
Level
Decay
Time
Release
Time
Release
Level
Attack
Level
Change to
lter cuto
Sustain
Level
Time
Break
Level
Slope
Time
EG Value Actual Time
10 10ms
20 44ms
30 104ms
40 224ms
50 464ms
60 944ms
70 1.8seconds
80 3.8seconds
90 10.9seconds
99 87.3seconds