Potentially quite basic question here, but I can’t find my answer in the SC documentation.
I want to create a simple attack/decay envelope going from 1 to 0 to 1. My aim is the have the lines of the envelope go from being completely linear to a very steep exponential curve (a bit like the letter U). I’ve not yet found a way to achieve this.
Any guidance gratefully received!
Not at the computer right now… But I think …
Env(
[1, 0, 1],
1,
4 * [-1, 1]
).plot
edit: changed sign - @semiquaver
Signs backwards but @jordan otherwise right!
Env(
[1, 0, 1],
1,
4 * [-1, 1]
).plot
note its not a exponential curve as exponential curves can’t reach 0 but…
That’s precisely it! Thank you Jordan, thank you semiquaver, that was exactly what I was looking for!
Impressed with getting the code almost exactly right without the aide of the program 
One way to get close to exponential between 1 and 0 is using tiny offsets:
Env(
[1.00001, 0.00001, 1.00001],
1,
\exp,
offset: -0.00001
).plot
A trick I learned to make from that excellent 808 implementation made during lockdown is to make a longer curve than you need with a sharper slope:
Env.perc(0.01, 5, 1, -40).plot
to get that really snappy percussive curve.
Turning into a U is a bit of a nightmare:
Env(Env.perc(0.01, 4, 1, -80).asSignal.copyRange(0,99).dup.collect{|sig, i| if(i.odd){sig=sig.reverse}; sig}.flatten, 1/200!200).plot
but you get a great sounding curve. Maybe there is a better way to transform the original into a U.
OT - I forgot the .flatten when I was making that and got this (not useful…but it looks good):
Env(Env.perc(0.01, 4, 1, -80).asSignal.copyRange(0,99).dup.collect{|sig, i| if(i.odd){sig=sig.reverse}; sig}, 1/200!200).plot
Sam
Thanks TXMod and Sam, very interesting additional approaches. As often seems to be the case on this forum, a relatively simple question leads to all sorts of interesting things I would never else have thought of!
If anyone has a moment I’d be interested to know more about the “808 implementation” in lockdown. A little ‘before my time’ in terms of SC!
Ah yes, very nice. Thanks for sharing. Will take a deeper look.
Love the look of the last one! Maybe discretize is cleaner?
(
z = Env.perc(0.01, 5, 1, -40).discretize;
Env(z ++ z.copy.reverse).plot
)