> But, am I understanding some folks want hold between A and D?
> If so, I do not understand. I am doing my favorite imitation of Stooge
> Larry in a Lucille Ball outfit asking Ricky to "splain" it to me.
The main reason AFAIK for this ever becoming an issue is due to a flaw in the Minimoog EG which
many began revering as a feature. This flaw was that a slight hold (aka flat spot) was held at
the peak between the Attack and Decay. Many people believe (I don't have any evidence one way or
the other myself) that this is one of the things that give the Minimoog is extra umph (oomf?).
If any one ever designed an EG with this phase included, a practical range might be somewhere in
the range of 0 sec. to 10 millisec. My guess is that the proof would be in the pudding and that
this phase might be better controlled with a trim pot--set it and forget it. The only real way to
know would be to actually test it at different lengths using different source material. Who
knows, this might be a really cool thing to have a know and/or VC for. Regardless, it would still
be very subtle and many people wouldn't be able to tell much of a difference either way.
--Shemp
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