Last year we stated, “modulation matters.”
And it’s true, modulation does matter.
Most devices are composed of two parts: controls and ways to modulate.
Modulation can come in many forms; low frequency oscillations, ADSR (attack-decay-sustain-release) envelopes, and envelope followers.
No matter what type of modulation you choose to use, the modulators all act upon some control to change it’s position throughout time.
With an envelope follower, the control(s) are modulated by the tracking voltages from the current or some side track.
*Using the voltage of a different track to modulate a control on another track is as called sidechaining or ducking.
Visage now can sidechain too.
How to sidechAin with visage:
(1) Click and drag the modulation envelope (E1 or E2) onto a control.
(2) Click and drag on the dropbox to adjust the range that the envelope follower can modulate the control.
(3) Click on E1 (or E2) to reveal the envelope follower controls.
(4) Dial in the sensitivity. As the control is turned to the right, the more sensitive the envelope follower will be to voltage changes.
Note, if you want the envelope follower to follow a different track, then you’ll need to toggle on the sidechain button.
(5) from there you will see now the modulation envelope is now reacting to the sidechanned channels voltage.
Envelope following is a fun trick to use to pan sounds away from the center of the stereo-field in relation to side-chained sounds.
For more tips and tricks, check back periodically.
