Decay on Syn Page vs Decay of ADSR

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#1

Hi,

can anyone explain to me what the Decay on the Syn Page really does? What is the difference to the Decay Parameter on the Amp Page? I took a look into the manual bit I didn’t find an answer. Thank you

Regards Alex

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#2

I think of them like this:

  • on the [SYN] page, Decay lowers the energy of the impulse over time
  • on the [AMP] page, Decay lowers the level of the amplification

They’re independent. You could leave the [AMP] fully open and just use the decay on the [SYN] page. This is quite good for percussion. Or, set the [SYN] decay to INF (so it sustains) and use the [AMP] envelope to contour the sound. You can play with any balance between these two extremes.

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#3

Apparently SYN page Decay can have a different behavior depending on machines. Some can’t be infinite…

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#4

Thinking about sound design in general… most samples have dynamics baked into the data. If you play a drum sample (which likely has a fairly short decay) though an [AMP], you can “modulate” the decay, to some extent.

The [SYN] page decay means you can think of the output of the page/oscillator/machine in a similar way to a sample, when considering dynamics.

#5

Ok thank you all for the explanation. I think I understand it now.