Envelope Editors

Allows you to edit single or multiple nodes.

Allows you to delete envelope nodes.

Allows you to insert a predefined envelope shape.

You can enter shapes by clicking or by clicking and dragging.

• Click once on the envelope display to insert the selected shape with its predefined length.

  If Sync Envelope is activated, the shape is inserted at the nearest grid position. If you repeatedly click at the same position, the shape is inserted multiple times.

• Click and drag to insert the shape in the covered drag area. If Sync Envelope is activated, the start and the end nodes of the shape snap to the grid, and all nodes in between are scaled relative to the overall length of the shape.

  After the shape is inserted, all nodes remain selected. This allows you to switch back to the Edit tool for further editing of the shape.

With Fixed Mode activated, the inserted nodes replace all nodes that cover the current time range. With Fixed Mode deactivated, all consecutive nodes are moved to the right.

Allows you to paint in a predefined envelope shape. The shape is inserted with its predefined length.

Allows you to select the shape that is used when entering nodes with the Draw or the Paint tool. A shape consists of multiple nodes making up a progression that can be used when creating your envelopes. The predefined factory shapes are available via the Factory tab. You can also create your own shapes and add them to the User tab. Up to 48 shapes are available per tab.

Allows you to save the current envelope shape as a user shape. You can add up to 48 user shapes.

• With Fixed Mode activated, only the selected nodes are moved when you move a node on the time axis.

• With Fixed Mode deactivated, all subsequent nodes are moved as well when you move a node.

Determines how the corresponding envelope is played back when it is triggered.

• Select Sustain to play the envelope from the first node to the sustain node. The sustain level is held for as long as you play the note. When you release the note, the envelope continues with the stages following the sustain. This mode is suited for looped samples.

• Select Loop to play back the envelope from the first node to the loop nodes. Then, the loop is repeated for as long as the key is held. When you release the note, the envelope continues playing the stages that follow the sustain. This mode is suited for adding motion to the sustain of the envelope.

• Select One Shot to play the envelope from the first to the last node, even if you release the key. The envelope has no sustain stage. This mode is suited for drum samples.

• Select Sample Loop to preserve the natural attack of the sample. The decay of the envelope does not start until the sample has reached the sample loop start.

  If you set the second node to the maximum level and use the following nodes to shape the decay during the loop phase of the sample, the envelope only affects the loop phase. The attack of the envelope is still executed.

• Select Shaper to use the envelope as a modulator that allows you to create freely programmable cyclic modulations. To ensure a seamless cycle, the start and end node levels are linked.

  • The Pitch and Filter envelopes continue to be played in a loop after releasing notes, which makes it possible to use the modulation in the Release phase of a note.

  • The Amp envelope immediately stops playing when notes are released.

    Note

    The end node of the Amp envelope does not need to have a level of zero. However, when switching from Shaper mode to another mode, the end node level is set back to zero.

Determines how the velocity affects the level of the corresponding envelope.

The level of the envelope depends on the velocity setting and on how hard you hit a key. The higher the values and the harder you hit a key, the more the level of the envelope increases.

Sets the time value for the selected node.

Activates/Deactivates tempo sync for the corresponding envelope. Grid sets the base note value for tempo-syncing the envelope.

Sets the tempo sync mode for the corresponding envelope if Shaper mode is selected.

• With Tempo + Retrig selected, the entire length of the envelope is scaled with the project tempo and can be retriggered, depending on the selected Retrigger Mode.

• With Tempo + Beat selected, the entire length of the envelope is scaled with the project tempo. The envelope restarts with the transport and lines up to temporal positions in the project. In this mode, the Retrigger Mode is not available.

• Note

  This parameter is only available with Sync Envelope activated.

Determines whether the envelope is restarted when a note is triggered. The envelope restarts either immediately (Tempo + Retrig) or lines up with the project position (Tempo + Beat).

• With Off selected, the envelope is not retriggered and runs freely.

• With First Note selected, the envelope restarts when a note is triggered and no other notes are held.

• With Each Note selected, the envelope restarts each time that a note is triggered.

Determines how much the selected envelope affects the audio. This parameter allows for positive and negative values. If the Envelope Amount is set to 0, the envelope has no effect.

Shows the pitch, filter, or amp envelope curve. You can adjust it by adding, moving, and deleting nodes. The nodes for attack (A), sustain (S), and release (R) are always shown and cannot be deleted. Next to the release node, the release time of the envelope is shown.

The upper part of the context menu of the envelope display allows you to edit the nodes of the envelope curve:

• Copy copies the selected nodes to the clipboard.

• Paste pastes nodes from the clipboard to the cursor position.

• Replace replaces the selected nodes with the nodes from the clipboard.

• Duplicate duplicates the selected nodes.

• Invert Levels flips the nodes horizontally around the center of the selection.

• Reverse Times flips the Time values of the nodes around the horizontal center of the selection.

• Set Sustain Node makes the selected node the sustain node.

The lower part of the context menu allows you to assign automation or quick controls to the attack, decay, sustain, and release segments of the envelope: