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CHAPTER 22. LIVE INSTRUMENT REFERENCE
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Normally, each new note triggers its own envelope from the beginning of the attack phase.
With Legato enabled, a new note that is played while another note is already depressed will
use the rst note's envelope, at its current position.
Enabling the Free switch causes the envelope to bypass its sustain phase and move directly
from the decay phase to the release phase. This behavior is sometimes called trigger
mode because it produces notes of equal duration, regardless of how long the key is
depressed. Free mode is ideal for percussive sounds.
The Loop chooser offers several options for repeating certain segments of the envelope
while a key is depressed. When Off is selected, the envelope plays once through all of its
segments without looping.
With AD-R selected, the envelope begins with the attack and decay phases as usual, but
rather than maintaining the sustain level, the attack and decay phases will repeat until the
note is released, at which point the release phase occurs. ADR-R mode is similar, but also
includes the release phase in the loop for as long as the key is held.
Note that in both AD-R and ADR-R modes, enabling Free will cause notes to behave as if
they're permanently depressed.
ADS-R mode plays the envelope without looping, but plays the attack and release phases
once more when the key is released. With short attack and release times, this mode can
simulate instruments with audible dampers.
22.1.7
LFOs
Display and Shell
Parameters for the two
LFOs.