Running Aalto 1.2.1 AU in Live 8.2 (and also Logic 8) on Mac 10.6...
I haven't found a case where the Gate Decay makes any difference in the sound. Even in presets where it's set to something other than a default of 1....
Bug, or am I just an Aalto noob missing something? Maybe it's real subtle. If this were a subtractive synth and the problem was filter q, etc., I (think) I'd know right away :-D
Interestingly, I've watched a few of the Aalto videos where people have twiddled the gate decay and still don't hear it (though with some of those evolving patches it's hard to tell of course).
Thanks - and being my first post, big thanks to Randy and the rest of the team for a creative and inspiring product. Nice to see so many "indies" (U-he, AudioDamage, AudioSpillage, etc.) raising the bar!
Joe Cat
The gate decay controls the time constant of the Vactrol emulation. This is a special kind of low pass filter applied to the level input itself. So you probably won't hear it if the level input is coming from the envelope is longish. Try setting all the envelope controls to minimum to get a 'tick,' put that into level, and adjust the decay control. You should definitely hear a difference then.
Thanks for the nice words!
-Randy
Randy - thanks, and thanks for the fast reply!
That did the trick. It is very subtle. I noticed it was set to 2 on the Aalto Piano Lo patch - on that patch you can hear the difference setting it to 0. It's almost like an additional release control. Should prove interesting with some percussive sounds.
Now I have to try and get some work done while this awesome new toy calls out to be tweaked...
Thanks again - Joe
Try the "deep bongo" patch. You'll hear a difference there!