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THE PHASEMISTRESS CONTROL PANEL - ADSR MODE
ADSR Mode is a recreation of the standard envelope generator found on
most synthesizers. If you’re new to synthesis technology, ADSR stands
for Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release, which happens to correspond to
the four control knobs in this mode.
With the ADSR you can define a specific envelope shape that will be
used to modulate the phaser each time it receives a trigger based on
the level of input signal. This is quite a bit different than in Envelope
Mode whose shapes change and respond dynamically to the input sig-
nal.
On a keyboard synth, the ADSR envelope is triggered each time you
ADSR MODE
press a key. In PhaseMistress, the “ADSR” is triggered either by pressing
the Trigger button, by receiving a MIDI note event, or when the input
signal exceeds the set Threshold.
PhaseMistress — Version 5
Figure 16: Control Panel layout in ADSR Mode
TRIGGER
The Trigger section includes a Manual Trigger button (much like with
Tap Tempo) as well as a variable Trigger knob that works just like the
Threshold control does. The real-time audio level will display red in the
white notches surrounding the knob. You can set the Trigger level by
turning the control’s pointer to the threshold, based on the incoming
audio level, where you would like modulation to occur.