this little beauty (new step LFO shape introduced in X) has a powerful secret i really haven’t exploited enough until recently.
It’s well known the MD produces artefacts when modulating the VOL and PAN params at high speeds. Using the LFOs on VOL to introduce an attack or volume cut can result in undesired noise.
The NFX-EV is a great addition to the MDs sound sculpting potential.
Turning those long percussive sounds into short stabs etc and allowing control over the attack and much more.
However, the step LFO is a sweet fast track for shortening sounds (and saves a track if you don’t need DEL ATT RMOD etc) when assigned to a machines DEC.
LFO TRIG setting, LFOD at 127, LFOM at 127, the LFOS speed set will cleanly close the DEC to 0.
Effectively creating a pseudo HOLD envelope stage for very short staccato or long held notes (if the DEC is at 127 for example).
Edit:(Just thought you could set the depth to something less than 127 to allow a little release stage! Must try this)
You can lock the LFO speed for variety and cover any 0 crossing clicks.
There’s lots more to explore with combining the new LFOs as envelope stages for certain params.
