Reference Manual

454 Live Instrument Reference
Loops“ in the [right-click](PC) / [CTRL-click](Mac) context menu, you can enable linear cross-
fades.
24.8.3 Zoom
Quite often, one starts with a longer region of a sample and ends up using only a small part of
it. Simpler’s Sample view can be zoomed and panned just as in other parts of Live — drag verti-
cally to zoom, and drag horizontally to pan different areas of the sample into view.
24.8.4 Envelope
Simpler contains three classic ADSR envelopes, as seen in most synthesizers, for shaping the
dynamic response of the sample. Volume-, filter frequency-, and pitch modulation are all modi-
fiable by toggling their respective buttons in the envelope section. Attack controls the time in
milliseconds that it takes for the envelope to reach its peak value after a note is played. Decay
controls the amount of time it takes for the envelope to drop down to the Sustain level, which is
held until the note is released. Release time is the amount of time after the end of the note that it
takes for the envelope to drop from the Sustain level back down to zero.
The influence of envelopes on pitch and filter cutoff can be decided using the envelope amount
(Env) controls in each of these sections.
24.8.5 Filter
The Filter section offers classic 12 dB or 24 dB lowpass, bandpass and highpass filters, as well
as a notch filter, each of which can impart different sonic characteristics onto the sample by re-
moving certain frequencies from the waveform. The most important parameters are the typical
synth controls Frequency and Resonance. Frequency determines where in the harmonic spectrum
the filter is applied; Resonance boosts frequencies near that point.
The best way to understand the effects of these controls is simply to play with them!
The Frequency parameter can be modulated by an LFO, note velocity and an envelope — each
of which have an amount control in the Filter section. The Key (tracking) control allows for shift-
ing the filter’s frequency according to note pitch.