Breathe
Pad · Lesson 2 of 4 · PD2
The 2nd step of the pad track in PatchPond's subtractive synthesis curriculum. Width, motion, space — and this lesson is where you meet slow attack/release (amp_env use) for the first time.
▸What you'll learn
The difference between a hammer hitting a nail and a sunrise.
A slow attack and slow release on the amplitude envelope turn an oscillator into something that breathes — fading in over hundreds of milliseconds or seconds, holding, then fading back out. It is the same envelope shape used everywhere else, just with the time knobs cranked. Read more →
▸Built on
A volume fader being moved by a robot every time you play a note — and you are programming the robot.
The amplitude envelope is the volume contour of a note from press to release. Full definition →
First taught in BS2 Shape the note
Build this lesson live in the PatchPond studio. Web MIDI in, on-screen keyboard otherwise. The patch you make here loads back into iOS later on — same patch format.
Open in studio →▸In this track
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