Envelope And Character Controls - Arturia VOCODER V User Manual

7.2. Envelope and Character Controls

The Times controls affect how the modulator's envelope controls the bands.
Attack (1 ms to 1 second) When a modulation signal appears after silence, Attack fades in
the modulator signal level based on this control setting. Increasing attack can smooth the
beginning of a sound, or reduce transients.
Release (10 ms to 30 seconds) After the modulator signal stops, this sets a release time over
which the Carrier's amplitude envelope decays. This allows the Carrier to fade out after the
modulation signal ends, instead of ending abruptly.
The two controls for Bands change the vocoder's character and timbre.
Shift Turn counter-clockwise to lower the band frequencies (darker sound), or clockwise to
raise the band frequencies (brighter sound).
Width Changes the bandwidth of the 16 vocoder filters. Turn counter-clockwise for a thinner,
more synthetic sound, or clockwise for a broader, more natural sound.
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