The Envelope Section - Steinberg HALION4 Mode D'emploi

The Envelope Section

The Envelope section for synth and sample zones gives you access to the four
envelopes of the zone: Amp, Filter, Pitch, and User. Each of these is a multisegment
envelope with up to 128 nodes. The Amp, Filter and Pitch envelopes are pre-assigned
to the amplitude, the filter cutoff frequency and the pitch of the zone. You can adjust
the pre-assigned modulations in the corresponding sections of the zone. The purpose
of the User envelope is freely definable.
• Click the Amp button to display the parameters of the amplifier envelope.
The amplifier envelope shapes the volume over time.
• Click the Filter button to display the parameters of the filter envelope.
The filter envelope controls the cutoff frequency to shape the harmonic content
over time.
• Click the Pitch button to display the parameters of the pitch envelope.
The pitch envelope modulates the pitch over time. The pitch envelope is bipolar,
which means it allows for negative and positive values to bend the pitch.
• Click the User button to display the parameters of the freely assignable user
envelope.
It is bipolar, which means it allows for negative and positive values, for instance, to
modulate the pan from left to right.
Zooming and Navigating in the Graphical Envelope Editor
The vertical axis of the graphical envelope editor displays the level. The horizontal axis
displays the time.
You can zoom in and out in the following ways:
• To zoom in on the horizontal axis, use the "+" button to the right of the scrollbar
below the graphical editor.
• To zoom out, click the "-" button.
• In the timeline, click and drag up or down to zoom in or out at the current position.
• To zoom to a certain region, hold [Alt]/[Option] and drag the mouse over the
region.
You can navigate to a certain position in the following way:
• Drag the scrollbar to the left or right to scroll the envelope editor.
• To jump to the corresponding position in the envelope editor, click in an empty
space next to the scrollbar.
• To scroll through the envelope step by step, click the triangles to the left and right
of the scrollbar.
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Editing Zones in the Sound Editor
The Envelope Section