ALESIS ANDROMEDA A6 - Manual (Page 169)

Chapter 6: Modulation and Envelopes
A NDROMEDA A6 R EFERENCE M ANUAL 167
EXAMPLE 3: BI-POLAR with Output LEVEL Clipping and RELEASE HOLD
DELAY Time OFF (no Delay stage)
ATTACK Time 8.67 S
Attack SHAPE LINEAR
D1TIME 7.58 S
Decay1 SHAPE LOG 1
D2LEVL Set to 0 but is effectively 60 after adjusting for Offset
D2TIME 3.70 S
Decay2 SHAPE LINEAR
SUSTAIN Level Set to -59 but is effectively -9 after adjusting for Offset
R1TIME 2.92 S
Release1 SHAPE EXPO 2
R2LEVL Set to -100 but is effectively -50 after adjusting for Offset
R2TIME 131.07 S (Maximum, causing the HOLD LED to light.)
Release2 SHAPE Can be set to anything but is ignored
Envelope OFFSET +50
Envelope LEVEL 100
Envelope POLAR POSWAV
This example shows another relationship between the Offset and the envelope Level.
Since the envelope Level is set to
100 , the level from the start of the envelope to the
maximum Output Level is 100 . After the Offset is adjusted to +50 , this pushes the
top half of the Attack segment beyond the maximum Output Level. The envelope
levels are calculated beyond the maximum, but are clipped at the maximum.
The HOLD function for the Release stage is also shown here. When the R2TIME is set
to its maximum value, it is set to HOLD mode. In this mode, when the envelope
reaches the Release2 Level, it holds at that Level infinitely until the Voice is released.