User's Manual

508 Live Instrument Reference
Envelope End Level (End) — (LFO, Filter and pitch envelopes only) This is the level reached at the
end of the Release stage.
Envelope Rates<Velocity (Time<Vel) — Envelope segments will be modulated by note velocity
as defined by this setting. This is especially interesting if the envelopes are looping. Note that this
modulation does not influence the beat-time in Beat or Sync Modes, but the envelope segments
themselves.
Envelope Loop Mode (Loop) — If this is set to Loop, the envelope will start again after the end
of the decay segment. If set to Beat or Sync, it will start again after a given beat-time. In Sync
Mode, this behavior will be quantized to song time. In Trigger mode, the envelope ignores note
off.
Envelope Beat/Sync Rate (Repeat) — The envelope will be retriggered after this amount of beat-
time, as long as it is still on. When retriggered, the envelope will move at the given attack rate
from the current level to the peak level.
Envelope Loop Time (Time) — If a note is still on after the end of the decay/sustain segment, the
envelope will start again from its initial value. The time it takes to move from the sustain level to
the initial value is defined by this parameter.
As mentioned above, Sampler’s envelopes also provide parameters that adjust the slope of their
envelope segments. Positive slope values cause the envelope to move quickly at the beginning,
then slower. Negative slope values cause the envelope to remain flat for longer, then move
faster at the end. A slope of zero is linear; the envelope will move at the same rate throughout
the segment.
All time-based values in this tab are displayed in either samples or minutes:seconds:milliseconds,
which can be toggled using the [right-click](PC) / [CTRL-click](Mac) context menu on any of
their parameter boxes. Samples, in this context, refer to the smallest measurable unit in digital
audio, and not to the audio files themselves, which we more commonly refer to as “samples.“
Sample Start — The time value where playback will begin. If the volume envelope’s Attack pa-
rameter is set to a high value (slow attack), the audible result may begin some time later than the
value shown here.
Sample End — The time value where playback will end (unless a loop is enabled), even if the
volume envelope has not ended.