Non-zero amplitude AFTER release?

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Phileosophos
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Non-zero amplitude AFTER release?

Post by Phileosophos » Wed Aug 14, 2024 11:32 pm

I'll be honest: the Moog One amplitude envelope handling throws me every time I come back to it, and I think it's because so many of my other synthesizers over the years let you specify a time and a level for each stage. Whereas in contrast, the Moog One gives you an amazingly powerful envelope with two stages more than usual: delay, attack, hold, decay, sustain, and release. But of all those values only the sustain knob isn't a time but rather specifies a level. That always throws me for a loop until I remember it.

I was thinking about it today, how all that flexibility gives me more options than I've ever previously had, and a single case leapt out at me that makes me post this question: is there any way for a patch to have a non-zero amplitude after the release phase? As near as I can tell, the release phase always decays to a final amplitude of zero. Some synths I've used/owned make it possible to create patches with "drone" oscillators, that always sound even when no keys are pressed because their release level is non-zero. Is there any way to achieve that with the Moog One? Thanks in advance.

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