FILTERS & MODIFIERS
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GATE
Signal indicator light, whether by keyboard, external gate, or
the Loudness Contour’s
LFO GATE
.
PEAK
Overload light for the External Input circuit.
LOUDNESS CONTOUR
The ampli
fi
er envelope or
VCA
EG
, is the last word on the V30’s
synthesis movement through time—the
fi
nal shape modulator.
ATTACK
Sets the
ATTACK
time (the initial segment of the envelope) for
the
LOUDNESS
CONTOUR
Envelope Generator. Turning the
ATTACK
knob clockwise from 1 m-sec to full (approximately 10
seconds) starts things out snappily enough, and eventually
results in a sound few have the patience to witness: long
ATTACK
synth sounds being as popular as glare.
DECAY
Sets the decay time. The
DECAY
time determines the duration
of the second segment of the envelope, i.e., the fall from the
ATTACK
peak to the
SUSTAIN
level. When repeatedly triggering
a note/noise and incrementing the value from 1 millisecond to
approximately 20 seconds, you will at 1st hear the amplitude
drop sharply after the initial
ATTACK
, after which the slope down will become more gradual as the
DECAY
time is increased to the
maximum duration.
SUSTAIN
Sets the Sustain level. The
SUSTAIN
level determines the amplitude level at which the envelope rests after the initial rise and fall. The
amplitude of the
SUSTAIN
can be as high as the initial peak, in which case there is no
DECAY
after the initial rise, or it can be as low
as the frequency at which the envelope
CONTOUR
began.
SUSTAIN
is only active while a note is held. Also, the Mini's envelope has a
peak slightly higher then the
SUSTAIN
can reach.
REL
(switch located in OUT)
Switches on Release which is governed by the
DECAY
time. Release is the fourth and
fi
nal stage of the envelope contour: after the
initial rise and fall of the
ATTACK
and
DECAY
times to the
SUSTAIN
level, the Release time takes e
ff
ect after the
SUSTAIN
level
segment, when the trigger/key/sequence step/CV command terminates. The amplitude at which the
SUSTAIN
is set then falls at the
rate set by the
DECAY
time—
DECAY
being the mind of the afterthought of
REL
(release), as
DECAY
and
REL
share the same circuit.
Midimini V30 User Manual
Rev. 1.29.20
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© Analogia Inc. 2020
