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a legato effect. The default strategy is the first one while the second one will be applied when
the Legato button is depressed (green light on). Note that when the Keyboard is in polyphonic
mode and the envelope generator in legato mode, the envelope generator behaves in a monophonic
manner, reacting to a logical OR between all the gates signal from the different notes played on the
keyboard. In other words the envelope generator will only be trigged by the first note played on the
keyboard and then remain in the sustain stage until the last note is released.
4.7.4 Loop Modes
The envelope generator features three loop modes: AD, ADR and Once. These modes allow the
envelope to cycle between several stages of the envelope until the key is released and are selected
from the Loop drop-down menu.
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A D
Time
Looping through ADR RR
Key Released
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Amplitude
A D
Time
RANormal Sustain
Key Released
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Amplitude
A D
Time
RLooping through AD
Key Released
Amplitude ADR Mode
Once Mode
AD Mode
Figure 20: Loop mode of an envelope generator.
In the AD mode, the envelope begins with the attack and decay phases as usual, but rather than
holding the sustain level, it repeats the attack (from the sustain level) and the decay phases until
the note is released. When the note is released the envelope signal returns to zero following the
release phase. The ADR mode is quite similar to the preceding mode and only differs in that the
looping is done by cycling trough the attack, decay and release phases. Finally, in the Once mode,
the envelope is played normally but the envelope generator cycles once more through the attack
and release phase when the key is released.
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