Alesis QS7.1 Instruction Manual download pdf (Page 147)

Editing Programs: Part 8

QS7.1/QS8.1 Reference Manual

Delay (00 to 99) Page 5

This is the amount of time that the envelope will wait before doing anything; very

useful if you want to affect one element of a sound sometime after the sound starts.

When the Delay is set to 0, the envelope begins its attack segment right away,

without any delay. Play some notes while turning up the delay and see that the time

between playing the note and hearing the effect of the Filter Envelope gets

progressively longer as the Delay control is turned up.

If the Delay is set above 99, the display will read “Hold”. This indicates that the

Delay stage of the envelope will wait indefinitely until the key is released before

continuing on to the remaining envelope stages (Attack, Decay, etc.). With a value of

“Hold”, the Pitch Envelope’s Trigger parameter is automatically set to “Freerun” in

the software (see below). However, the displayed value of that parameter is not

changed; only its behavior is.

Sustain Decay (00 to 99) Page 6

This is the amount of time that the envelope will take during the sustain stage to

bring the level down to 0. If this is set to 99, the envelope will remain at the Sustain

level until the note is released. This is the normal setting for organ-type sounds.

When set to 0, the envelope’s level will immediately jump down to 0 upon reaching

the sustain stage.

Trigger (Normal, Freerun, Reset, Reset-Freerun) Page 7

The Trigger mode determines how the envelope will function. You may select either

Freerun or Reset, or both (Reset-Freerun) or neither (Normal). When set to Normal,

the envelope will always start at its current level (i.e., if another note had been played

which triggered the envelope’s cycle, playing another note in the middle would not

interrupt the cycle). Also in Normal mode, the envelope will immediately advance to

its release stage upon releasing the note. When set to Freerun, the envelope will

complete its entire cycle, even if the note is released in the middle. When set to Reset,

the envelope starts at the beginning whenever a new note is played. When set to

Reset-Freerun, the envelope will start at the beginning whenever a new note is

played

and

will complete its entire cycle, even if the note is released in the middle.

If a Sound layer’s Keyboard Mode parameter (found in the Pitch Function, Page 10)

is set to “Mono”, the Filter Envelope will only retrigger when playing legato if the

Trigger Mode is set to either “Reset” or “Reset-Freerun”.

To get the most natural-sounding Sustain Pedal reaction, the best setting for the Filter

Envelope Trigger Mode is usually either the FREERUN or the RESET-FREERUN

mode. This allows the Filter to keep following its envelope shape even after the keys

are lifted up.

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