20
DCA
ATTACK
TIME
Determines
how
long it takes
for the DCA output voltage
to
rise
from zero to
its
maximum level.
Essentially, attack determines
the "quickness"
at
which a
sound reaches its maximl.lm
volume' after a not~
is
played
on
the keyboard.
21
DCA
DECAY
TIME
Determines the period that it
takes
for the DCA envelope
to fall from the maximum
contour level to the sustain
level.
:
22
DCA
SUSTAIN
LEVEL
1
Determines the voltage level
to which the DCA envelope
1
· 1?ecays, assuming that 'the
~
ey
is
still being held down
,on the keyboard. ,
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, ,
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'l
23
DCA
RELEASE
TIME
E>e
t~
rmines-the peri0d that-it
takes
for the DCA envelope ·
to fall away from the sustain
level
to
its
minimum level
after the key
has
been
released.
24
ATTACK
CURVE
1
, ,
Determines the
Gurve
of
the
DCA
envelope attack over
time. ,- -
A value
of
"O"
provides a
quick attack
as
the curv,e
is
rather-acute, while a' setting
o
f'
,)
,,,
provides a sloping
curve for a slower attack
which
is
useful in creating
brass
sounds, etc.
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Volume
Volume . , I t
li>ecay
}ime
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Time
Volume
,r
,,1
Sustain
/eve/
Volume
,
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if,.
I '
Volume I ,
l~
I
, ,
Data
=P
Time
Key
OFF
Oatil
,= •t
Time