[sdiy] Question about Envelopes

[Tim Parkhurst]

WAG: Because you don't hear the envelope, until it gets 'filled' with
sound. In other words, the envelope contains (actually it shapes) the note
event you hear.


Tim (sometimes guesswork is the only work I do) Servo
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On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Chromatest J. Pantsmaker <
chromatest at azburners.org> wrote:

> I know this is probably a silly question, but....
>
> I'm getting my fiance into synths and I was going over her new synth with
> her, explaining what a VCO is, VCF, etc...
>
> Then I get to the EG (ADSR) and she asks me why it is called an envelope
> generator?
>
> I said because it generates envelopes.
>
> That wasn't good enough for her, and I don't have a better answer.  I've
> been playing with and working on synths for decades, even took a synthesis
> class in college (they had the biggest Roland System 100M, I tell ya), but
> I don't know why they call it an envelope.  Google searches have not been
> helpful.
>
> Silly question, but can anybody explain?
>
> -c
>
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