I personally don't like the patronizing tone of zerocrossing's response to this, but I do agree that there are literally countless, dare I say necessary, uses for envelopes beyond what can be achieved by gestural playing alone.Roger_Linn wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 2:51 am Personally, I haven’t used EGs in years. 50 years ago, they were merely a stop-gap solution for the problem of playing music with on/off switches. I no longer see the need to simulate what I can perform with my finger. Do we really still need every note’s envelope to be identical? Maybe that’s why there are no more instrumental solos in pop music.
As I recall, we had this conversation about LFO's too. The guitar, for instance, responds brilliantly to my every touch, but I still love me a good Uni-Vibe (wink).
Cheers!