ASM HYDRASYNTH - The Envelopes Module; Envelope Features and Types; Envelopes 1 and 2

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The Envelopes
What’s an Envelope?
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XJMMCFJOUIFNJEEMF)ZESBTZOUIIBTFOWFMPQFTUIBUDBOCFVTFEUPTIBQFBOZBWBJMBCMF
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BQQMJFTFRVBMMZUPBMM
Envelope features
ADSR plus
")ZESBTZOUIFOWFMPQFQSPWJEFTUIFDMBTTJD
"%43GPSNGBDUPS"UUBDL%FDBZ4VTUBJOBOE
3FMFBTF#VUUIFZWFCFFOFOIBODFEXJUI
EFMBZBOEIPMETUBHFTTPUFDIOJDBMMZUIFGPSN
GBDUPSJT%")%43
Adjustable curves
5IF"UUBDL%FDBZBOE3FMFBTFTFHNFOUTIBWF
DVSWFTUIBUDBOCFBEKVTUFEHSBEVBMMZGSPN
-PHBSJUINJDUP-JOFBSUP&YQPOFOUJBM5IFZDBO
CFTOBQQZMB[ZPSBOZUIJOHJOCFUXFFO5IJT
BMMPXTZPVUPTQFDJGZFYBDUMZIPXZPVXBOU
UIFQBUDIUPQSPDFFEGSPNTUBSUUPöOJTI
Time-based segments
&OWFMPQFTDBOPQFSBUFJOPOFPGUXPNPEFT
TZODISPOJ[FEPSVOTZODISPOJ[FE*GUIF#1.
4ZODPQUJPOJT0OFBDITFHNFOUDBOPDDVQZ
BTQFDJöDSIZUINJDWBMVF*GUIF#1.4ZOD
PQUJPOJT0òUIFEVSBUJPOPGFBDITFHNFOUJT
NFBTVSFEJOTFDPOETPSNJMMJTFDPOET&WFSZ
FOWFMPQFBOETFHNFOUXJMMMBTUFYBDUMZBTMPOH
BTZPVXBOU
/PUFUIBUUIF#1.4ZODTFUUJOHBòFDUTBMM
TUBHFTFYDFQU4VTUBJOXIJDIJTNFSFMZBMFWFM
JFBQMBDFOPUBOFWFOU
The wonderful thing about triggers
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NBOZBTGPVSTPVSDFTPODFBWPJDFJTBDUJWF
0ODFJUJTUSJHHFSFEBOFOWFMPQFDBOSVOGSFFMZ
'SFFSVO0OSFTFUXJUIFBDIOFXOPUF3FTFU
0OPSSFTFUPOMZJGBMMPUIFSOPUFTIBWFCFFO
SFMFBTFE-FHBUP0O
*UTFBTJFSUPIFBSBOFOWFMPQFSFTFUXJUIB
NPOPQIPOJDQBUDIUIBOXJUIBQPMZQIPOJD
QBUDI'PSBOFYBNQMFTFFUIFEFTDSJQUJPOPG
Reset (p. 50)
Looping envelopes
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OVNCFSPGUJNFTPSJOEFöOJUFMZ
Modulation and interaction
"OFOWFMPQFDBOCFVTFEBTBNPEVMBUJPO
TPVSDFGPSBOZEFTUJOBUJPOBOEJOEJWJEVBM
FOWFMPQFTFHNFOUTDBOCFNPEVMBUFE
TIPSUFOFEPSMFOHUIFOFECZ-'0TPSCZPUIFS
FOWFMPQFT
5IBOLTUPUIF.PE.BUSJYFOWFMPQFTBOE-'0T
DBOJOUFSBDUBOEFWPMWFJOBOFBSMZJOöOJUF
OVNCFSPGXBZT'PSBRVJDLUJQPOIPXUPEP
UIJTTFFEnvelope Shortcuts (p. 52)BUUIFFOE
PGUIJTDIBQUFS
Envelopes 1 and 2
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&/7UPUIF'JMUFSTBOE&/7UPUIF"NQ
NPEVMF5IJTJTCFDBVTFFWFSZTPVOEIBT
BNQMJUVEFBOEUJNCSFFWFOJGBEJTUJODUQJUDI
JTOPUQSFTFOU.PSFFOWFMPQFTDBOCFSPVUFE
UPUIFTFEFTUJOBUJPOTBTOFFEFEUISPVHIThe
Mod Matrix (p. 78)