Bezier curve envelope? Possible? What would it sound like?
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- Banned
- 4558 posts since 21 Mar, 2020
I often try to imagine what it would be like if we took the principles of one art form and transferred it to another. While I was thinking about this, it crossed my mind that maybe it's possible to have a bezier curve envelope in a synth where the user can add as many intermediate nodes as s/he requires between A,D,S and R. Is this possible and what would it sound like? Also, do you have any unusual ideas like that?
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- KVRAF
- 9574 posts since 6 Jan, 2017 from Outer Space
The idea isn‘t unusual and implemented more or less in a lot of VSTis... Look for synths with Multi Segment Envelope Generators - short MSEG... a lot of them allow curves in their stages or have an option to draw the envelopes freely. That comes close enough, believe me... Have a listen at Fathom for example...
Personally I find ADSR is almost the worst concept for envelopes I have no idea why synth designers stick to it at all, there is no excuse I would accept ever...!
Personally I find ADSR is almost the worst concept for envelopes I have no idea why synth designers stick to it at all, there is no excuse I would accept ever...!