Reference Manual

413 Live Instrument Reference
play a note a bit out of sync, it will repeat perfectly but stay out of sync. In Sync Mode however,
the first repetition is quantized to the nearest 16th note and, as a result, all following repetitions
are synced to the song tempo. Note that Sync Mode only works if the song is playing, and oth-
erwise it will behave like Beat Mode.
Note: To avoid the audible clicks caused by restarting from its initial level, a looped envelope
will restart from its actual level and move with the set attack rate to peak level.
There is also a mode called Trigger that is ideal for working with percussive sounds. In this mode,
note off is ignored. This means that the length of time a key is held has no effect on the length of
the sound.
The rates of all the envelopes in Operator can be scaled in unison by the Time control in the
global section of the shell. Note that beat-time values in Beat and Sync Modes are not influ-
enced by the global Time parameter. Envelope rates can be further modified by note pitch, as
dictated by the Time<Key parameter in the global section’s display. The rate of an individual
envelope can also be modified by velocity using the Time<Vel parameter. These modulations in
conjunction with the loop feature can be used to create very, very complex things...
The pitch envelope can be turned on or off for each individual oscillator and for the LFO using
the Destination A-D and LFO buttons in its display. The intensity of this envelope’s modulation of
these targets can be adjusted by the Dest. A slider and the envelope can be turned off altogether
via the switch in the pitch section of the shell.
Like the LFO, the pitch envelope can modulate an additional parameter as chosen by the Dest.
B chooser. The intensity of this modulation is determined by the Amt. B slider and the main Pitch
Env value.
The pitch and filter envelopes each have an additional parameter called End, which determines
the level the envelope will move to after the key is released. The rate of this envelope segment is
determined by the release time.
Tip: If the pitch envelope is only applied to the LFO and is looping, it can serve as another LFO,
modulating the rate of the first. And, since the envelope of the LFO itself can loop, it can serve as
a third LFO modulating the intensity of the first!