[sdiy] Question about Envelopes

[Donald Tillman]

> On Nov 29, 2017, at 8:43 PM, Chromatest J. Pantsmaker <chromatest at azburners.org> wrote:
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> I'm getting my fiance into synths and I was going over her new synth with her, explaining what a VCO is, VCF, etc... 

The real question; is she keeping her maiden name or will she now be "Mrs. Pantsmaker".


> Then I get to the EG (ADSR) and she asks me why it is called an envelope generator?  

The word has always been used in radio for Amplitude Modulation.  See Wikipedia.

  -- Don
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Donald Tillman, Palo Alto, California
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