NI vc76 - any idea why lower attack/release are working clockwise and not counter-clockwise?

[midi_transmission]

Usually a fast attack/fast release is at something like a 7 o'clock position, couter-clockwise.

For the NI vc76 is exactly the opposite. Any idea why the did it?

[Burillo]

ummm... which ones did you compare it to? because the 1176 from T-Racks (the Black 76) has counter-clockwise attack/release knobs as well, and i believe that's how every other emulation (Waves, UAD, etc.) works because that's how the original unit worked.

EDIT: what does it mean to be "7 o'clock counter clockwise"? 7 o'clock is 7 o'clock.

[midi_transmission]

You're right 7 is 7. But I mean that you usually turn counter-clockwise to get fast attack/release.With the vc76 is the opposite.

[Burillo]

yes, but all 1176 emulations that i'm aware of exhibit this, because the original unit behaved that way as well.

for example, here's a picture of Softube FET's GUI:



attack goes from slow to fast (so, counter-clockwise if we're going by milliseconds), rather than from fast to slow. same applies to IK emulation (you can't actually see the "fast"/"slow", but i can attest to the fact that it works in reverse):



Waves emulation has the same markings as IK version, and presumably works the same way:



same goes for Slate emulation:



same for UAD:



and finally, the original unit:



so, as you can see, that's by design

[sjm]

Think of it as how pronounced the attack is, higher values are more pronounced/extreme. Don't think of it as time.

[midi_transmission]

@Burillo: great answer! thanks for pointing at the hardware, did not thought about it....

[simon.a.billington]

This was typical of how the original hardware units were designed.

Clockwise was fastest, anti-clockwise was slowest. Counter-intuitive from what we ar used to today, but historically accurate non-the-less.