At the moment, Space's velocity volume modulation in the Output section overrides the master Volume knob so that, when velocity volume modulation is 100%, turning the master Volume knob has no effect at all. I know that this was discussed before, but I'd really prefer if all the volume modulations (velocity and LFO) would be applied before the master Volume. The main reason is that velocity modulation is a tool to create expression and articulation in a synth's performance, and master volume is the means by which that performance's loudness is adjusted to adapt it to the next stage in the audio chain. So there's a logical order to them. I don't know of any synth where velocity modulation overrides master volume. If you turn the master Volume knob all the way down on any instrument, you expect (maybe even need) silence, no matter what modulations you've set up.
Comments (7)
At the moment, if I use 100% velocity volume modulation (which I do often), I have to add a TinyGain or adjust the gain of the Space's output in the next stage, which seems an unnecessary waste of Space's big Volume knob.
Bumping.
And here I thought this was a bug.
Afaik it was a design decision, but I never felt happy about it.
Agreed that this is the proper way and should be fixed, especially since Heisenberg works correctly. Though currently, if you want to use 100% velocity modulation, it is still workable by setting the master volume knob to 0 and setting the velocity modulation to x% to control the real master volume without using TinyGain.
The volume seems to work by something like
volume = master*(1 - mod) + modvelocity
when it ought to work by
volume = master(1 - mod + mod*velocity)
i agree with this
That's a great workaround, thank you. But it goes to show how weird the current setup is when you need to put the master volume to zero to have the modulation and level you want.