[A6] looping envelopes

[Doug Pearson]

On Fri, 9 May 2003 05:48:05 -0700 (PDT), Tom Moravansky <tom at synthservices.com> wrote:
> 
> Would it be fair to say that the looping envelopes
> are the least understood and least used feature on the A6?

I think that envelope retriggering is even less-used (at least nobody's had anything to say about it when I've asked questions).  One thing I've found the feature particularly-useful for live performance is ...
1) Put the envelope(s) in MOD-TRIG mode
2) Use the external footswitch to trigger & re-trigger
3) Set the decay *level* to 0
4) Set the D2 (decay2) time to very long
5) Use the A & D1 stages to set an A/R envelope
6) Use a *latching* instead of momentary footswitch for the sustain pedal input
7) Play a note, and turn the sustain pedal on
8) The external footswitch now triggers the sound each time it's clicked, without having to touch the keyboard.

The reason for the long D2 time is that once the envelope passes through the D2 stage and hits the sustain stage, it will no longer re-trigger until the sustain pedal is released and a new note is played (or, alternatively, use the old tape-the-key-down trick).

>I find them very good for getting two different things 
>happening in the life of a note (sustain versus release 
>portions), as well as being able to create doubling/delay 
>like effects.

Yep.  I've used looping on ENV3 to "auto-play" rapid-fire triplets (and the like) that are too fast to play with one finger on one key.

Also useful if you run out of LFO's, or need "weird-curve" (exponential, logarithmic, "S"-type) shapes on an LFO.

But I think Brian is right about the Tracking Generator ... I still haven't found a use for it, personally ...

    -Doug
     jasret at mindspring.com