Creative Envelope Effects

US Using amplitude variations for richer sounds      28/05/25

Cyberattack is back with another video on effects and some unique ways of using them! In this instance, we take a look at Creative Envelope Effects - including  Auto Wah, Delayed Onset, The Throb, Alien Beauty and more. Here's the description in his words: 

 

Here are 5 ways to exploit effects that respond to your envelope (or playing dynamics). Affiliate links are below. Thanks to John Marty for animating the action figures. Additional thanks to the following contributors to the Spriters Resource for providing graphic assets: Alecpike, Centrixe the Dodo, Guile, HeronNobody, JJ314, Kaiju, MasterPengo, Models124717, Peardian, Rayved, Satsubatsu347, Test, Thanwe, The Shirt Ninja, Teh_supar_hackr, Turtle Boy, UFAlien.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro

00:22 Pro-Tip 1: The Basics

01:56 Sound Example

03:07 Pro-Tip 2: Auto Wah

04:11 Sound Example

05:09 Pro-Tip 3: Delayed Onset

06:03 Sound Example 06: 52 Pro-Tip 4: Alien Beauty

07:35 Sound Example

09:08 Pro-Tip 5: The Throb

09:53 Sound Example

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About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music. 
About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music. 


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