[A6] Ordered A6, patch sets and data card

[Steven Wartofsky]

UnderTow,

Just a shot in the dark here, but have you tried, say, using the Pitch Env
with a sharp log2 attack, 2ms, sharp decay (also log2 or one of the
s-curves), set it for level of say 22-32 and then applied that to just one
of the oscs, to add a little punch to the attack?  Or is that different from
what you're trying to do?

Steve



----- Original Message -----
From: "UnderTow" <undertow at trance.org>
To: "Chad Gould" <Chad_Gould at Jabil.com>
Cc: <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: [A6] Ordered A6, patch sets and data card


>
>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Chad Gould wrote:
>
> > > > The LFOs stop at 25 Hz, the EGs are only 2 ms fast, the
> > > > Arp and Sequencer don?t send Midi, the knobs send only
> > > > NRPR, etc...
> > > I see. Well, snappy EGs are an issue for me too, but I heard
> > > really fast attacks in some of the mp3s on code404. Doesn't
> > > that UltraPercussive engine mode change the the speed to
> > > 1ms or faster?
> >
> > That's what I thought - maybe not that fast, though. It's enough,
however,
> > to get clicking, which is exactly the speed you want. I haven't heard an
> > official measurement.
> >
> > (Us synth kids... if the EG is speedy enough to "click", people complain
> > about the click. If the EG isn't speed enough to click, people complain
> > about the snappiness. I tell you... :P
>
> Yes but what causes the click? If the machine can sync the OSC and
> everything else and open the amp in less than 1 ms. Would it click?
>
> (If the OSC is free running then the click is close to inevitable unless
> the amp opens right when the OSC is passing 0 crossing.)
>
> In other words, won't different synths produce a click with different AEG
> attack times? (As in some synths might click with a 2ms attack, some with
> a 20ms attack and, theoreticaly at least, others won't click even with a
> 0.0000001 nanosecond AEG attack?)
>
> So why should a fast EGs automaticly mean it clicks? Sounds like somthing
> that has become acceptable over time but isn't inherently right.
>
> But then again ... what do I know? Please correct my uneducated ideas. :)
>
> I still have difficulties getting the right bassline attack with the Andy.
> The clicking isn't helping. I want it to actually respond _faster_
> without clicking.
>
> Actually I would guess that the original envelope attack times were chosen
> because they didn't click. This was negated by the ultra fast envelope
> modes added later. Of course some people on this list will surely be able
> to tell me I am full of non-sense!
>
> UnderTow
>
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