Multi Envelopes

The multi-envelope screen allows you to alter BLUE’s multi-envelopes. There are four of these Multi A to Multi D and they can only be connected to synthesizer elements using the Modulation Matrix.

Multi-Envelopes in BLUE are made up of up to 16 different sections, and have loop start and loop finish positions.

Using loop points means that envelopes can have an attack phase, a sustain phase and a release phase. In the attack phase the envelope before the loop start point is used, in the sustain phase the envelope between the loop start and loop finish points is used & then looped and in the release phase either the region after the loop finish point is used or the looped area is used.

Editing envelope points

Clicking on a point with the left mouse button selects that point (it has a larger square around that point now and the position indicator is latched to that point), moving the mouse now moves that point.

Clicking between points with the left mouse button allows you to alter the slope between points by moving the mouse up or down. Moving the mouse up means the line is curved more towards the start point and moving the mouse down means the line is curved more towards the end points, with the middle point meaning a linear line between the two points.

  • Pressing shift + left mouse button adds a point at the current mouse position. Alternatively double clicking adds a point at the current mouse position.
  • Pressing ctrl + left mouse button (alt/option + left mouse button on Mac) selects the currently selected point as the loop start point.
  • Pressing alt + left mouse button (command + left mouse button on Mac) selects the currently selected point as the loop end point.

Clicking the right mouse button (or control-click on Mac) brings up the multi-envelope pop up menu.

The commands here are:

Undo Undoes the last envelope edit
Add PointAdds a point
Del PointDeletes a point
CopyCopies the current envelope
PastePastes the last copied envelope
Loop StartSets the loop start position
Loop EndSets the loop end position
Loop OffSets the looping off
Loop All Loops between all the points
LoadLoads a pre-saved envelope
SaveSaves the envelope to disk
PresetsEnvelope presets

Envelope Length

The total length of the envelope. If the parameter Tempo Sync is set on settings are tempo based.

Tempo Sync On/Off

Determines if the envelope length is tempo based or is set in milliseconds. Also section parts are then displayed in quarter beats or millisecond values, depending on the if Tempo Sync is set to "on".

Release stage

Sets the multi-envelope so that it has a release stage. When the release button is "on" the part after the loop end is used when a key is released. When it’s "off" the loop area is used as release.

Key > Env

Controls how much the speed of the multi-envelope is altered by the key pressed. For positive values, higher keys produce faster envelopes, for negative values, higher keys produce slower envelopes.

Loop On / Off

When this is turned on the envelope loops between the set loop start and loop finish points. When it's turned off the loop points are ignored and the whole of the envelope is used.

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