This is a great idea!

On Jun 8, 2005, at 8:33 AM, sfrules wrote:

> 4. I - being a master of the exotic & absurd - would like to suggest a
> Spike and Ripple module!
>
> To explain:  The envelope for some 'real' instruments contains an
> extremely fast transient at the beginning followed by a fast attack.
> What it looks like on an oscilloscope is a a spike, a small dip, and
> then
> an ordinary ADSR.  This could be obtained with 2 ADSR's except that
> the
> spike is much faster (narrower) than most ADSR's can produce.
>
> For this half of the module I suggest the spike be of fixed duration,
> but as narrow as possible, and of variable height (voltage).
>
> To explain the other half of the module:
>
> It usually takes several modules to introduce a delayed vibrato.
> You may or may not want a delay before it starts.  You may want to
> fade
> the vibrato in gradually.  You may want to fade the vibrato out
> gradually.  You may want to vary the depth and speed of the vibrato.
> You may want to do all of these at the same time.  You may want to use
> this transient voltage to control the pitch, loudness, filter,
> reverb...
>   Boing and ringing!
>
> With a bit of work and a lot of modules you can accomplish this.  That
> is why it is so seldom done. 
> It would be nice to free up all those other modules...

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