Hmmm...
Just a few initial questions:
a) Are you ∗sure∗ these are the "Rev B" EGs (with the TRIG wire mod)?
b) What is the GATE source?
c) Are you using the TRIG input as well?
Paul S.
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> 1) I patch up a sound and hit a key on the keyboard to trigger the sound and
> it sounds OK. Then I start playing and all of a sudden the sound gets
> brighter and louder (I have envelopes going to both filter and amp). This
> isn't right. The envelope should not output higher voltages because I'm
> playing faster or more legato, yet it does. I finally got around to scoping
> it and confirmed it. With the exception of a little initial spike the ADSR
> outputs about 4 volts max. Yet at certain settings if I play a fast trill I
> can push it up to about 6 volts. Set A=0, D=6, S=7, R=4 and go into the a
> filter FM input and you'll see what I mean.
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> 2) If the Sustain level is set way up to about 10, then the Decay acts like
> an Attack. I can set the Attack to 0 and move the Decay around to get
> various length attacks. It seems to control the attack time from the normal
> 4 volts up to a higher voltage which is set by the sustain level. Strange.
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> 3) I can set Attack to 0, Decay to 0, and Sustain to 10 to get plain organ
> type envelope, yet the attack portion is too soft. It's impossible to get a
> hard solid sound at this setting.
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> And I haven't even gotten into the somewhat artificial sound of the envelopes
> either because I need to compare side by side with another synth. But they
> almost sound linear instead of exponential (even though I'm sure they're not)
> and don't seem to have a really good bouncy and punchy quality I like. But I
> need to compare to others before I can say for sure what's going on here.
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> I've never experienced these things with any of my other synths. Am I the
> only one dealing with these issues?
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> -Elhardt
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