MOTM

ken.tkacs@... writes:

>>But would you really want velocity to simply control sustain level? It's 
easiest to implement electronically, sure, and nice & neat on the front 
panel, but is it the best way to create envelopes? This wouldn't simulate the 
way energy is introduced & dissipated in natural systems.<<

Well I don't particularly find voltage control of sustain level or release 
time to be all that useful anyway, but I'm just thinking that sustain should 
be kept sustain and not a second decay.  Attaching sustain level to velocity 
would allow a person to change from a percussive type sound to a sustained 
type sound while playing.  Maybe not all that useful, but it's something that 
might come in handy once in a while.  I guess what I'm saying is that an ADSR 
is supposed to be an ADSR and not something that is specific to "dissipated 
energy in a natural system".  And I always apply more modules to get the 
complex sounds I want, which would include multiple EG's which you also 
mentioned.

BTW:  The Access Virus has 5 stage envelopes.  The the sustain section also 
has a rise/fall time knob.

-Elhardt