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• The lines on the background grid are placed 100 milliseconds apart.
• The background lines are placed 1000 ms apart for very long displayed envelope
times. In sync mode, this is displayed as 1 quarter.
• The envelope is zoomed automatically after releasing the mouse button. This allows
the display of the entire envelope at the highest possible resolution for the graphic
Envelope window.
• This behavior can be disabled/enabled by pressing the Autozoom button—the small
magnifying glass.
• Autozoom is automatically disabled when you perform a manual zoom—by click-
holding on the Envelope Curve window background, and dragging horizontally. As a
reference, the current window width is displayed by the numerical entry at the top
right of the window. You can re-engage autozoom by clicking on the Autozoom
button.
• If you click on the handles (nodes) or lines between the nodes in the Envelope
window, the current envelope segment will be highlighted. A small Help Tag also
indicates the millisecond value of the current segment.
Envelope Handling
When first launched, a default Envelope “curve” is automatically created for each
Envelope. To view either, press the Env button in the Mode section.
If a recorded Envelope exists, the parameters discussed in this section will allow you to
fine tune positions and levels.
You will see a few handles (nodes) placed—from left to right—along a straight line
within the Envelope. These are indicators of the following parameters.
• Node 1—Start level.
• Node 2—Attack time position/level.
• Node 3—Loop time position/level (can be freely positioned).
• Node 4—Sustain time position/level (can be freely positioned).
• Node 5—End time position/level.
As you move your mouse cursor along the line, or hover over the nodes directly, the
current Envelope segment is highlighted.
You can create your own envelopes manually, by manipulating the nodes and lines, or
you may record an envelope, as discussed in the “To record an Envelope…” section, on
page 396.
To adjust the time between nodes, click on the desired handle, and drag it left or right.
As you do so, the overall length of the Envelope will change—with all following nodes
being moved.