The Envelope Page

The Envelope page is used to change settings for the output envelope of the currently selected split. The envelope is a curve that is applied to the sample output of the split. This page is also used to apply velocity settings to the currently selected split as well as panning (stereo position) and detuning (pitch shift) information.

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The envelope page consists of

The Envelope Display

An envelope curve has four sections (ADSR):

If you want to start the sound with a higher level than 0, you also can set the start level for the sound. Typically a sound starts with level 0.

Each section has rates from 0-63 and levels from 0-255. A level of 255 means full volume for the sound whereas a level of 0 means silence. The rate specifies the time to reach the specified level for that section. This setting depends on the timer resolution set in the Settings page. By default the timer resolution is 10ms, so you can achieve rates ranging from 0ms to 630ms. If you need higher rates, you can set the EG multiplier to a value above 1. The EG multiplier settings will multiply the rates with the given value. Valid values are 0-20, so with an EG multiplier of 20 you would achieve rates from 0ms to 12.6s. Note that precision decreases if you set the EG multiplier to a higher value. With an EG multiplier of 1 for example the rate 1 results in a time of 10ms whereas with an EG multiplier of 20 it would be 200ms. Note that the envelope is only used if you activate the "EG enabled" checkbox.

You can change rates and levels by pressing the left mouse button over the nodes in the EG curve and drag it with the mouse to the desired position.

General Sound Settings

Three knobs are responsible to specify general sound settings:

Velocity Settings

These settings affect velocity behaviour of the selected split. Velocity is the strength that is used to play a specific note. MIDI velocity ranges from 0 (no velocity at all) to 127 (highest velocity). Note: Virtual Sampler will only receive velocity data if you select the "Receive Channel Velocity" entry on the Settings page. The following options are available:

Changing all splits for a Preset in one step

The checkbox "Change all splits" is used to apply all changes to this page to all splits of the selected Preset (instrument). That means your changes will be applied to all splits and therefore override the old values. This is especially useful for envelope settings that typically are equal for all splits of a Preset.