[sdiy] ADSR Plus - 8 parameters?

[Mike Pepper]

> I've figured out my digital ADSR generator - microcontroller feeds DAC,
> is controlled by an 8-input SPI ADC connected to a set of 8 pots. (This
> section nicked from my notes on how I might build a replacement for a
> Roland PG-800.)
>
> 7 pots accounted for:
>
> * Attack time
> * Attack shape (straight line, curving inwards)
> * Decay time
> * Decay shape (as above)
> * Sustain level
> * Release time
> * Release shape (ditto)
>
> As I have an extra channel going spare, is there another useful
> parameter I could put in there, bearing in mind that I'm not going to be
> doing aftertouch?
>
Either start delay, a delay before attack, helpful with modulation
envelopes, or a repeat speed, the envelope keeps cycling as long as the gate
is high. I think with a bit of switchery, the same pot might do both.

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