Re: [stella] sort of a music question.,...

Subject: Re: [stella] sort of a music question.,...
From: Chris Cracknell <crackers@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 14:22:47 -0500 (EST)
In article <3633FA5D.F25F3F51@xxxxxxxxxxx>, you wrote:
>Ronald A. Laski, Jr. wrote:
>> 
>> >What's an ADSR curve?
>> 
>> Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release curve, the basic waveform of sound (<-
>> loose interpretation.. :)
>
>>      /\
>>     /  \____
>>    /        \
>>    ^A^D^ S ^R^  (pardon the rough drawing :)
>
>I think the drawing is great :)  Just to clarify, the ADSR
>doesn't have anything to do with the waveform that makes the
>sound, but rather is what defines the volume/amplitude.
~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~

And the envelope can be applied to the filters too. Except, of course, the
2600 doesn't really have filters as such. 

                             CRACKERS
         (Additive synthesis will drive you insane from hell!!)

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