[A6] Pitch before note triggering

[Kyle Jarger]

How about using the delay segment of all the envelopes to mask the pitch swoop and tighten up the sound of the beginnings of notes?  I guess the notes would be, obviously, late by a few mSec, but a constant lateness could be taken care of elsewhere when tracking a tune.

Regards,

Kyle Jarger

-----Original Message-----
From: a6-bounces at code404.com [mailto:a6-bounces at code404.com]On Behalf Of
Colin Chung
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 7:12 PM
To: a6 at code404.com
Subject: [A6] Pitch before note triggering


One thing that always bugged me about the A6 is the fact that when you hit a note
the VCO pitch slides up from somewhere to the note you press.
And you can hear this at the start of each note - which gives
the effect of a soggy attack, even though the A6 envelopes are 
fairly fast

The ultra fast pitch setting in the Engine optmiser does reduce this.
But I still feel there needs to be more done.
No other synth does this, so why does the A6 do it?
If you recall I posted a comparison before between it and 
my Mks80 which exposed this odd flaw.

Kinda puzzles me - but why isn't the pitch to the VCOs triggered first before the
the envelopes open up? Which is the way I assume is how it's done
on all other analog synths.I know on the Minimoog I have, that is how
it works, the CV is applied to the pitch of the VCOs a fraction before
the VCA and envelopes trigger.

Please Alesis do something about this :)


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