[sdiy] Question about Envelopes

[Stephan Vladimir Bugaj]

It comes from mathematical physics and the concept of the enveloping 
curves that tangent the inflection points / outline the extremes of the 
signal.


On 11/29/2017 9:32 PM, Tim Parkhurst wrote:
> 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.
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> Tim (sometimes guesswork is the only work I do) Servo
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> "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
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> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Chromatest J. Pantsmaker 
> <chromatest at azburners.org <mailto:chromatest at azburners.org>> wrote:
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>     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?
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>     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.
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>     Silly question, but can anybody explain?
>
>     -c
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