Sampler Track Envelope Editors in Cubase 12

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Sampler Track Envelope Editors in Cubase 12

Selecting nodes

Adding and removing nodes

Adjusting the envelope curve

Zoom functions

Envelope Editors

You can adjust the Pitch, Filter, and Amp envelope curves. Each of these envelopes can contain up to 128 nodes.

• Click Show/Hide Pitch Modulators, Show/Hide Filter Modulators, or Show/Hide Amp Modulators in the section header to show/hide the corresponding envelope editor and the LFO section.

Pitch Envelope

Filter Envelope

Amp Envelope

Envelope Amount

Determines how much the selected envelope affects the audio. This parameter allows for positive and negative values. If the Envelope Amount is set to 0, the envelope has no effect.

Note

This parameter is only available for Pitch and Filter.

Envelope display

Shows the pitch, filter, or amp envelope curve. You can adjust it by adding, moving, and deleting nodes. The nodes for attack (A), sustain (S), and release (R) are always shown and cannot be deleted. Next to the release node, the release time of the envelope is shown.

Mode

Determines how the corresponding envelope is played back when it is triggered.

• Select Sustain to play the envelope from the first node to the sustain node. The sustain level is held for as long as you play the note. When you release the note, the envelope continues with the stages following the sustain. This mode is suited for looped samples.

• Select Loop to play back the envelope from the first node to the loop nodes. Then, the loop is repeated for as long as the key is held. When you release the note, the envelope continues playing the stages that follow the sustain. This mode is suited for adding motion to the sustain of the envelope.

• Select One Shot to play the envelope from the first to the last node, even if you release the key. The envelope has no sustain stage. This mode is suited for drum samples.

• Select Sample Loop to preserve the natural attack of the sample. The decay of the envelope does not start until the sample has reached the sample loop start.
  If you set the second node to the maximum level and use the following nodes to shape the decay during the loop phase of the sample, the envelope only affects the loop phase. The attack of the envelope is still executed.

Velocity

Determines how the velocity affects the level of the corresponding envelope.

The level of the envelope depends on the velocity setting and on how hard you hit a key. The higher the values and the harder you hit a key, the more the level of the envelope increases.

Time

Sets the time value for the selected node.

Sync

Activates/Deactivates tempo sync for the corresponding envelope. Grid sets the base note value for tempo-syncing the envelope. Trpl allows you to set triplet base notes.

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Selecting Nodes

You can select single nodes or multiple nodes. Selected nodes are edited together.

• To select a node, click on it in the graphical editor.
  The Time field at the top of the graphical envelope editor shows the parameters of the selected node.

• To add a node to a selection, Shift-click the node.

• To select multiple nodes, draw a rectangle around them with the mouse.
  If multiple nodes are selected, the Time field shows the parameters of the node that is indicated by a white border.

• To select all envelope nodes, press Ctrl/Cmd-A.

• If the envelope editor has the keyboard focus, you can select the next or the previous node using Left Arrow and Right Arrow.

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Adding and Removing Nodes

You can add up to 128 nodes to an envelope curve.

• To add a node, double-click at the position where you want to add the node.
• To remove a node, double-click it.
• To delete several selected nodes, press Delete or Backspace.

Note

• You cannot remove the attack (A), the sustain (S), or the release node (R).

• All nodes added after the sustain node always affect the release phase of the envelope.

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Adjusting the Envelope Curve

The envelope editor allows you to adjust the envelope curve by dragging.

• To move a node horizontally or vertically, click and drag it.
• To move the envelope curve vertically between two nodes, click and drag it.

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Zoom Functions in the Envelope Editors

The vertical axis of the envelope editor displays the level. The horizontal axis displays the time.

• To zoom in or out, click the + or - buttons to the right of the scrollbar below the envelope editor or use the corresponding key commands.

• To zoom in or out at the current position, click in the timeline, and drag up or down.

• To zoom to a specific region, hold Alt/Opt, and click and drag the mouse over the region.

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