E-Mu Vintage Keys Operation Manual page 211

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Front panel knobs 5-8
are routed to the volume
envelope parameters and thus
affect the settings. You may
want to disconnect the
PatchCords to gain total control
of the envelope parameters.
(Alternately, you can create a
completely blank preset and start
from there.)
Increase the Amp Attack knob and play a note. The attack controls the
3.
time it takes for the sound to reach the Attack level when a key is
pressed and held.
Increase the Amp Decay/Release knob. Note the effect as you release the
4.
key. The Release stages controls the time it takes for the sound to die
away when a note is released.
To Create a Complex Volume Envelope:
Go to the Volume Envelope mode screen, by pressing the "Amp" jump
1.
button twice, and set the Volume Envelope mode to "time-based."
L1
VOLUME ENVELOPE
Mode: time-based
Now move on to the next screen to set the Volume Envelope
2.
parameters.
L1
VOL ENV
Attack 1
Increase the Attack 1 time value and play a note. The attack controls
3.
the time it takes for the sound to reach the Attack level when a key is
pressed and held.
Move the cursor to the first field in the bottom line and use the cursor
4.
buttons to advance to the Release pages.
Increase the Release 1 and 2 times. Note the effect as you release the key
5.
on the controller. The Release stages controls the time it takes for the
sound to die away when a note is released.
To Setup the Volume Envelope as an ADSR:
The classic synthesizer ADSR (Attack-Decay-Sustain-Release) envelope is
easy to create using the Vintage Keys six segment envelope generators. The
trick is to only use segments: Attack1, Decay2, and Release1.
Set Atk1, Atk2 & Dcy1 levels to 100.
1.
Set Rls1 & Rls2 levels to 0.
2.
Set Atk2, Dcy1 and Rls2 rates to 0.
3.
Program the Atk1, Dcy2 and Rls1 segments as you wish. Decay 2 level is
4.
your Sustain level.
TIME LEVEL
50 100%
Vintage Keys Operation Manual 201
Preset Programming
Editing Presets