Modifying an Envelope

We have seen how to create an envelope using this code:

    myEnvData = new SynthEnvelope( data );

When the envelope is created, the values in the data array are copied to internal storage inside JSyn. The data array can then be deleted or modified without affecting the envelope. So how can we modify an envelope once it has been created? The answer is to use the envelopes write() method.

Suppose we wanted to change the attack time of an envelope. We can either create a new data array, or we can modify our original array. For clarity, let's make a new array.

    double[] data = 
    {
        0.5, 1.0,  // Take 0.5 seconds to go to value 1.0. instead of the original 0.2
    }

Now we can write frame #0 of the array to frame #0 of the envelope. The parameters are ( envelopeStartFrame, dataArray, arrayStartFrame, numFrames ).

    myEnvData.write( 0, data, 0, 1 );

If we wanted to modify the release portion, which is frame #1 in the envelope, we could do this.

data[0] = 5.0; // new release duration
data[1] = 0.0; // final release value
myEnvData.write( 1, data, 0, 1 );

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