Exponential uDAHDSR (Delay, Attack, Hold, Decay, Sustain, Release)
  • stschoenstschoen
    I've fooling around with exponential decays, so I thought I would build an exponential DAHDSR. Here's the resulting raw module and in uModule format.
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  • RobertSyrettRobertSyrett
    Very nice, quite useful, and I look forward to trying it out with the FM synths we recently made.
  • stschoenstschoen
    Oops left off a connection! My bad
  • stschoenstschoen
    Discovered a few more bugs! Back shortly.
  • stschoenstschoen
    I think I've got them all squashed. Here's V3. The raw module takes times in seconds and sustain as a decimal from 0-1. The uModule version knobs max times per step are 3 seconds and have a quadratic curve. Let me know if you find any more bugs!
    10:38 found another one!
    11:05 V4 posted
    11:13 found another one!
    11:40 V5 posted - surely this is the last one! lol
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    exponential uDAHDSR V5.audulus
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  • stschoenstschoen
    As I've often said, "there's always one more bug". Having been a programmer since before there were PC's, you would think I would have it figured out by now! I guess that's why I'm willing to be patient when the occasional bug shows up in software I've purchased. If I can't write bug free stuff, why should I expect it from others? Audulus has been fairly free of significant bugs, and Taylor had done a good job of fixing them as they are reported. If there's a bug now and then I totally understand.
  • RobertSyrettRobertSyrett
    Thanks for all the bug fixes!
  • stschoenstschoen
    Now that I've fixed the bugs (I hope), I took some time to refine the design. I reduced the CPU load by about 30% and added gate outputs for each stage to the basic module for external switching. No functional change from V5.
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  • stschoenstschoen
    I've encountered a couple of additional minor issues I'm in the process of working out. Should have an update later today.
  • stschoenstschoen
    I think I've got it working now.
    exponential uDAHDSR V8.audulus
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    uDAHDSR Demo II.audulus
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  • RobertSyrettRobertSyrett
    I like the extra gates, it's like an old-school Buchla module.
  • stschoenstschoen
    Thought they might come in handy. There’s no limit on the times on the raw module so it could be useful for long period stuff
  • PaulinkoPaulinko
    @stschoen very nice module. The demo is too cpu intensive for an iPad Air 2.
  • biminiroadbiminiroad
    Great stuff! One suggestion - maybe use a delay node for the gate delay? If you press notes too quickly depending on the gate delay, the envelope won't retrigger.
  • biminiroadbiminiroad
    You have to put a x>0 thing after the delay node for some reason to get a proper trigger delay out of it too btw
  • SansNomSansNom
    Very nice. Another suggesion, on analog EGs the attack exponential is stopped before reaching it's maximum, check http://www.earlevel.com/main/2013/06/02/envelope-generators-adsr-part-2/ ("Time" section) (Part 1 is worth the read too). At the moment there's a pronounced plateau before reaching the next section.
  • stschoenstschoen
    @biminiroad, I’ll check on the retrigger, @SansNom, interesting read. I currently have the “finished” threshold set to 0.99, so the exponential has very nearly finished before the next segment is triggered. I can see some advantages to intentionally overshooting and truncating the exponential early.
  • stschoenstschoen
    @biminiroad, I think the retrigger is working. When it retriggers, the delay restarts, so if you’re repeating notes faster than the delay time, the attack never starts and you won’t see any output. I’ve verified that it’s retriggering correctly well into audio frequencies.
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