Creating And Deleting Breakpoints; Grid Switch; Lock/Slide Switch; Free/Sync Switch - Native Instruments Absynth 5 Reference Manual

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8.2.1 Creating and Deleting Breakpoints

To create a Breakpoint simply hit a command-click (Mac) or a right-click (Windows). To delete

a Breakpoint, perform a Ctrl-click (Mac) or respectively repeat the right-click (Windows).

Click the Grid switch to turn the grid in the envelope-representation on and off. If the grid is

turned on, then the Grid menu appears on the right side next to the Grid switch. Choose the

favored resolution of the grid from the Grid menu. The default value is 1/8 (the grid amplitude

corresponds to **eight notes). Other possible resolutions are 1/16 (sixteen notes) and 1/32

(thirty-two notes). If the grid is being displayed, the Breakpoints automatically register on the

lines. You can overwrite the registering by drawing the Breakpoints with a depressed Ctrl-key

(Mac), respectively Alt-key (Windows).

With this you can determine how the Breakpoints react to movement with the mouse: If Lock

is selected, you can only move a Breakpoint to the next Breakpoint. The move does not af-

fect the parts of the envelope that follow the next Breakpoint. If Slide is selected, all of the

following Breakpoints move together with the Breakpoint that is currently edited.

Lock is especially useful for rhythmical envelopes, where the Breakpoints are supposed to be

synchronized with beats.

Sync button

Apart from Control Driven Envelopes (which are independent of time}, you can synchronize

to the tempo of the Host-Software by switching the Free/Sync switch to Sync.

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