Instruction Manual

Voice Anatomy

Figure 8 shows the various components that comprise Synplant's Envelope. Please

note that there is only one envelope per voice which controls both volume and

"modulation" effects. However, the exact curves or "shapes" of the envelope seg-

ments are set independently for the attack and decay phases of the volume and

modulation targets respectively.

Figure 9 displays a few examples of envelope segment shapes. (The percentages are

mainly there for illustration purposes. They do not correspond exactly to the gene settings.)

Figure 10 (next page) reveals the low-level wiring of a voice inside Synplant. Blue

lines and boxes represent the flow of the "control signals". Gray lines and boxes rep-

resent the "audio signal" path. Triangles are "gain stages" or multiplications. The di-

agonally slashed circles symbolize cross-faders.

Finally, Figure 11 (next page) depicts a few different waveforms that may be produced

by Oscillator A and B.

env_tilt

env_loop

vol_sus

env_time

release

(mod base line)

note off

(only volume)

(shape)

atk

(shape)

dcy

Figure 9 Envelope Segment Shapes

1% 25% 50% 75% 99%

atk

dcy

Figure 8 Envelope