Owner`s manual
1. 
Attack 
time: 
Time 
taken 
for 
voltage 
to 
increase 
from 
zero 
(initiated 
by 
trigger) 
to 
maximum. 
2. 
Decay 
time: 
Time 
taken 
for 
voltage 
to 
decrease 
from 
maximum 
to 
sustain 
level. 
3. 
Sustain 
level: 
A 
static 
voltage 
amount 
that, 
once 
initiated, 
continues 
as 
long 
as 
a 
key, 
or 
keys, 
is 
held 
down. 
4. 
Release: 
Time 
taken 
for 
voltage 
to 
drop 
from 
sustain 
level 
to 
zero 
after 
the 
key 
is 
released. 
Different 
settings 
of 
these 
times 
and 
levels 
will 
produce 
markedly 
different 
contours. 
Some 
examples 
are 
shown 
below: 
60 
A 
30 
D 
30 
'V-
99 
99 
S 
50 
R 
so 
50 
LOUDNESS 
CONTOUR 
ยป 
FILTER 
CONTOUR 
It 
is 
important 
to 
remember 
that 
although 
the 
two 
contour 
generators 
can 
output 
radically 
different 
contour 
patterns, 
the 
loudness 
contour 
will 
have 
"priority" 
over 
the 
filter 
contour. 
If 
the 
filter 
is 
going 
through 
a 
long, 
involved 
contour, 
and 
the 
VCA 
has 
already 
closed, 
it 
makes 
no 
difference, 
because 
no 
audio 
signal 
is 
heard. 
The 
output 
of 
the 
filter 
contour 
generator 
can 
be 
attenuated, 
or 
lessened, 
by 
adjusting 
the 
Contour 
Amount 
control 
(described 
in 
the 
Filter 
section 
on 
page 
32). 
The 
voltage 
from 
the 
loudness 
contour 
generator 
to 
the 
VCA 
is 
not 
attenuated. 
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