Main Envelope

The main envelope affects five effects:

  1. Crossfade

  2. Noise Gate

  3. Mod Params

  4. Transient Detector

  5. VFX Envelopes

While playing softly in a home studio, turn up the main envelope sensitivity. Before blasting on a live stage, turn down the main envelope sensitivity.

The further the mic is in the bell, the lower the main envelope sensitivity will need to be.

mainenv

mainenv

Parameters

  • Main

    Adjusts the overall envelope sensitivity.

  • Freq

    Sets the frequency to boost.

  • Boost

    The amount in dB to boost the selected frequency.

    Boosting between 1 kHz - 4 kHz makes the envelope respond to the brightness of the tuba’s sound. It’s a simple way to apply frequency weighting that makes the envelope a bit snappier.

  • Q

    The bandwidth of the boost. 1 is the default, towards 0 it gets narrower, towards 2 it gets wider.

  • low cut

    Sets the frequency of the low cut filter, so that excessive subbass frequencies don’t trigger the envelope.

  • weighting menu

    Applies k-weighting, or ITU-R 468 weighting filters.

  • dB / linear menu

    determines wether the envelope is logarithmic (dB), or linear.