envelopes

i have an envelope on a track to control an effect's power on/off. the effect kicks in when the now marker gets to the "on" node, but when the now marker gets to the "off" node the effect does not turn off. i have each node set to "jump"

if i stop playback when the now marker is in the region of the off node (dotted line area) the effect turns off.

if i let the track loop so it starts before the "on" node and ends after the "off" node the effect will never the less stay on throughout the loop.

so, i can get the effect to turn on with the envelope , but i can't get it to turn off at the assigned time. what am i missing?


edit: i've been learning to use the envelope by applying the project 5 reverb. so, i tried applying other project 5 effects and the envelope works fine. anyone know how to cure the reverb "off" issue? i want to be able to use this reverb.

it has a proximity param, no mix.

but, this is moot since, as you know, saving a project with envelopes causes HS4 to crash when i try to open the project. this really sux. after spending the time now i have to learn some other automation.

thx!

Instead of using the Jump mode for your nodes, try inserting a node just before and just after the current nodes and drag them both to -Inf. You can assign linear, slow or fast curve to the resulting line between nodes. It's possible to have a vertical line between two nodes.

Have you inserted the Reverb in the FX bin of the track or in an Aux Bus? I always insert reverbs in a Bus and use a Bus Send envelope to control reverb. In track view, you should be able to see the level of reverb being applied as the tune loops. If it doesn't drop to -Inf at the start of the loop, my solution should work.

how creative

I prefer to insert reverb in a bus because it means there's only one instance of it running, thereby reducing CPU load. Also, each track can access the reverb by means of a Bus send envelope.