Wavetable Envelope

An envelope can consist of a number of segments that can be based on different waves. The order of the segments in the wavetable envelope matches the order of the waves in the wavetable. Between these segments, crossfades are inserted to create smooth transitions. The form of the crossfades is shown in the display. The fade-in and the fade-out of the selected segment are highlighted. The vertical line in the display marks the position where the wave can be heard alone, that is, without crossfade from adjacent waves. When you play a note, the envelope starts from the position cursor.

Time of Segment

If you want to set an envelope segment to a specific time, enter the value in this field.

You can adjust the Time of several selected segments at the same time.

Link Envelope Times to Marker Positions

If this button is activated, the chronological order of the envelope segments corresponds to the chronological order of the markers in the sample. New markers are added to the wavetable envelope according to their position in the sample. If you change the position of a marker in the sample, the position and time of the corresponding envelope segment also change.

If this button is deactivated, you can extract a different spectrum from a different position in the sample without changing the envelope.

Note

• If you adjust the envelope or change the order of the waves while Link Envelope Times to Marker Positions is activated, this option is automatically deactivated, because the markers and the envelope are not in sync anymore.

• If the wavetable consists of multiple sequences, this option is remembered separately for each sequence.

Set Equal Times

The duration of the selected envelope segments is adjusted to equal times, that is, to the arithmetic mean of the durations of the segments.

Note

This function can only be used if three or more consecutive segments are selected.

Double Envelope Times

For the selected envelope segments, the times are doubled.

Halve Envelope Times

For the selected envelope segments, the times are halved.

Speed

Determines the rate at which the envelope plays through the wavetables. At +100%, the envelope plays back at its original speed. A value of +50% corresponds to half the original speed, and +200% to twice the original speed, for example.

This parameter is unipolar.

Position

Determines the position in the envelope where playback starts.

Loop Mode

• Off: If Playback Direction is set to a positive value, the wavetable plays from the position cursor to the end.

  If Playback Direction is set to a negative value, the wavetable plays from the position cursor to the start.

• On: Depending on the Playback Direction setting, the wavetable plays forward or backward in a loop.

• Alt: The wavetable plays in an alternate loop, that is, the loop is alternately played forward and backward. The first direction depends on the Playback Direction setting.

Loop Until Release

If this button is activated, the loop is repeated until you release the key on the keyboard.

If this button is deactivated, waves outside the loop are not played when you release the key.

Hold Last Spectrum

Activate Hold Last Spectrum to keep the last spectrum once sample playback reaches the sample end or sample start, depending on the playback direction.

Legato

If Legato is deactivated, each note starts playback from the position cursor.

If Legato is activated, the first note starts playback from the position cursor, and any subsequent notes start from the current playback position, for as long as the first note is held.

This allows you to you add more and more notes, all synchronized with respect to their playback position. As long as you play notes legato, the oscillator continues to run, which allows you to switch between chords without restarting the oscillator.

Sync To Host Tempo

You can synchronize the envelope to the tempo of your host application. This allows you to set envelope times that relate to musical time intervals.

If Sync is activated, a grid appears in the graphical envelope editor. From the Grid pop-up menu to the right of the Sync button, you can select a note value. This sets the resolution of the grid.

For example, if you specify a 1/4 note value, the envelope segments snap to 1/4 note steps. If the T button is activated, triplet note values are used.

You can also manually enter note values and triplets in the value field. The Time field of a segment displays times in fractions of beats. The fraction is always reduced to the smallest possible value. For example, 2/16 is displayed as 1/8. Envelope segments that do not exactly match a note value show the closest note value.

Fixed Mode

• If Fixed Mode is activated and you move selected segments on the time axis, only these segments are moved.

• If Fixed Mode is deactivated, all segments that follow the edited segments are also moved.