Audio Damage Phosphor - Manual (Page 9)

If you turn on the Vintage switch above the partials sliders on the right, the quality of Phosphor’s
oscillators is reduced to resemble the alphaSyntauri’s hardware. The Vintage switch introduces aliasing and
digital grunge which can add some interesting color to Phosphor’s tone.
2. Envelope Generators
Phospor employs a pair of envelope generators to shape the volume or loudness of each oscillator over the
duration of a note. Since Phosphor’s oscillators can create entirely different timbres, using the two envelope
generators to vary the relative loudness of each oscillator is one of the keys to producing interesting sound
with Phosphor.
Phosphor’s envelope generators use the traditional “ADSR” design found in numerous hardware and software
synthesizers. Unlike most ADSR envelope generators, Phosphor’s EGs let you control the curvature of the
Attack, Decay, and Release segments of the envelope.
Phosphor’s envelope generators have graphical controls that show you the shape of the envelope. Click and
drag the white handles to change the envelope parameters as follows:
Drag the handles horizontally to change the times; drag the two middle handles vertically to change the
sustain level. (The sustain level is the level at which the envelope remains while you hold down a key on your
keyboard.)
If you drag vertically between the handles (or to the left of the first handle), you change the curvature of the
envelope segment. The alphaSyntauri’s envelopes had only linear shape, but Phosphor’s adjustable curvature
provides a greater variety of envelope shapes.